All Blacks 2021
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But Foster said the uncertainty, and likelihood his team’s move to Australia for Bledisloe III would be a long-term one
Wait, what? The same Australia with half the population in lockdown?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
But Foster said the uncertainty, and likelihood his team’s move to Australia for Bledisloe III would be a long-term one
Wait, what? The same Australia with half the population in lockdown?
Yup, they're heading to Perth (not in lockdown) because SA and Arg are already booked into Oz quarantine under their less restrictive regime. Same as last year. Previously, with the bubble it wouldn't have been a problem - SA and Arg train in their bubble for 2 weeks in Oz whilst the Bled is played, then could play Arg v NZ and SA v Oz x2 each, then swapsies. That can't happen now, there is no capacity or desire for the teams to quarantine under the NZ regime. So it is either cancel or play in Oz. The hope (dream really) is that after 2 bled in NZ, 1 bled in Oz, then NZ play Arg in Oz x2, the bubble will be open to allow both SA and NZ back in to play the last two games. But really, fat chance of the bubble being back by then, so it will likely be all in Oz. Then the ABs will not go back home before heading to USA (last SA test 2 Oct, 23 Oct USA) - unless the ABs can find space and quarantine for 2 weeks to see the families for a couple of days - then off to USA. I wonder if some will say Yeah Nah to the NH tour because of it
In Oz for 21 Aug and back just in time for Xmas after quarantine. Mmmmm. NH didn't come down here so just go to USA, make money, come home for the team likely too. -
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
Hopefully Scott Barrett is one of them....
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@antipodean ???
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
Hopefully Scott Barrett is one of them....
and hopefully not after he's already played 20 minutes.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
Hopefully Scott Barrett is one of them....
Is Scott Barrett better than the current version of Brodie Retallick?
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@frank said in All Blacks 2021:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
Hopefully Scott Barrett is one of them....
Is Scott Barrett better than the current version of Brodie Retallick?
and i thought the lockdown thread had the most depressing posts
jesus, if that's where we are at
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@frank said in All Blacks 2021:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants Where are they going to play is the question. Major population centres either already booked out or unavailable. So double headers in shit stadiums ahoy!
Perth for the first one, sold out at 60k, after that who knows
So the very people that don't even want to be Australians get rewarded.
It'll be mostly kiwis in the crowd
Hopefully Scott Barrett is one of them....
Is Scott Barrett better than the current version of Brodie Retallick?
yep
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
NZR last week 'we'll have an update on Bled 2 by the end of the week'
FFS some of us have flights and hotels to cancel!
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Wallabies may have looked average against France C, but that was still better preparation than beating up some PI teams. Add our normal slow starts and we're going to need the Eden Park bump to cement this I'd wager.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
This is a golden chance for Aus to break their Eden Park hoodoo.
Presumably one or both tests will not be sellouts - playing there 2 weeks in a row surely takes away some of the fear factor etc.
I reckon the first test is probably almost sold out, I’ve got tickets to the 1st and welly test, but will be getting a refund, along with the dozen or so welly mates I’d lined up - I’m not so keen on two weekends in a row at eden park vs Oz. C’est la vie
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
This is a golden chance for Aus to break their Eden Park hoodoo.
Presumably one or both tests will not be sellouts - playing there 2 weeks in a row surely takes away some of the fear factor etc.
no chance
They were game in that French series. But massively error prone, France hammered them through the middle, but fell apart on D.
We only need to hold our structure and it should be comfortable.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
This is a golden chance for Aus to break their Eden Park hoodoo.
Presumably one or both tests will not be sellouts - playing there 2 weeks in a row surely takes away some of the fear factor etc.
This decision to have 2 tests in NZ massively helps us to retain the Bledisloe vs 1 here and 2 in Oz.
