All Blacks vs Fiji
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
I have a big glass of go fuck yourself waiting for you here bro.
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@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
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@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
Sad to see the end of Jack Kronfeld.
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@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
Don’t forget Sean Broomhall.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
Don’t forget Sean Broomhall.
The fuck are you talking about? No such person.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
Don’t forget Sean Broomhall.
The fuck are you talking about? No such person.
You would know. You never forget a name.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Josh’s brother? 😀
A lot of depth at open side back then particularly with guys like Sam Herring and Ben Harding.
Mikey Holah went ok
Craig Masoe and Chris Newby got capped too. Great times.
Don’t forget Sean Broomhall.
The fuck are you talking about? No such person.
You would know. You never forget a name.
Practice makes perfect
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Of our locks in general play, apart from Whitelock, and a rusty, weaker Retallick, there is little depth. I think they need to try, um, maybe Tom Robinson?
Robinson had one SR game at lock back in 2020. This year the Blues have given up using him to cover lock. I don't think he spent a second at lock this year.
The one time the Blues did use a lock/blindside it was actually GoodhueHe could do the job at lineout. I suspect the scrum would be significantly weakened.
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Just regarding the above about the Golden Era that is passed etc., I think most here acknowledge that we’re unlikely to have a 2015 standard team any time soon. What’s pissing people off is what appears to be the distinct lack of focus on something that has been an alarming weakness for a few years now, i.e. physicality or lack thereof. Neither the team last year nor the one on Saturday looked like they were geared towards or focussed on taking out the other team at the collisions. The opposite in fact. It’s almost like we’ve gone full circle back to the Mitchell era where it was all about quick ball and getting it wide and the forwards were more a conduit for the backs rather than a weapon in themselves and indeed the most important one if the game becomes an arm wrestle. We might not have McCaws or Carters anymore but we certainly have the players to smash teams up front. It’s incredibly frustrating because I reckon it’s been a matter of concern from as early as that Argie game in 2016. I remember them causing havoc around the rucks. Making metres at will. Thankfully teams didn’t have the skill or the lungs to sustain that kind of game back then but now they most certainly do and we will be looking at more Foster type records if nothing is done about it.
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@nta Problem is we aren't seeing any improvement in certain areas but instead history repeating itself every season (basically an extension of the Foster-led Chiefs). In contrast, you can see Rennie's influence on the Wobs. The harder-edged approach to forward play against the French (basically an extension of the niggly, hard-nosed back-to-back champion Chiefs side).
It would be interesting if someone with more search skills than me, ie not lazy, dug up old Chiefs threads from the Foster era. My memory tells me the complaints we are hearing now are pretty much the same complaints we were hearing then.
True , i , for one am outraged at the absence of our great captain from the BOP; Sam Cane. He's trying to drive him off shore like he did Colin Bourke.
Right, now we should get an exact match.
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@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji: Retallick who looked old and on the back foot.
I disagree on Retallick a little, I thought he looked on the front foot but yes inaccurate and was weaker, in the first half, and then got struck on the head (I think) and wasn't the same afterwards but I don't see anywhere if he was seriously injured. They did strip the ball from him but he did have one of his own.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@jailbreak7 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Cowley-Tuioti and Lachlan Boshier
This is akin to lamenting the loss of Paul Tito and James Blackie.
Nope because those two had more available top-notch rivals in those positions.
We had three opensides down and we have locking depth equivalent to Australia in the bad days!
