All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@crazy-horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
I keep having to confirm the game is on this weekend. Chat around here has been conspicuous in it's absence. I thought we'd at least have had a scrap over the pending selection of Bridge by now.
Trap! Sprung! But I'm resigned to Cunning as A Weasel Foster's loyalty program now, he wants a slow and physically unthreatening player to act like a midfielder rather than prove he could be a weapon on the wing so there's not much more I can say.
We can only hope he got excited by Havili/ALB. That way he may not feel he needs Bridge and will play Rieko at 11.
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@crazy-horse yeah Rieko has looked rather sharp on the wing.
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Particularly hoping for ..............
And expect to get -
-continuation of Fiji Test 2 loose forward combo of Akira, Savea and Jacobson
-Havili and ALBAnd maybe get -
Rieko at 11
No Dmac at 15And don't expect to get -
Will Jordan at 15
Ethan De Groot at prop -
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
@derpus they beat women and girlfriends, not their wives.
Uh, according to Foster, that's OK
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Where’s @Nogusta with the pre-team naming good oil?
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
Questions for selection:
Taylor or Coles to start.
BBBR or Barrett (S) to start.
Two out of Reece/Jordan/Rieko on wing.
DMac or Barrett (J) at 15.
I expect bench of Bower/Ta'avao/[Coles]/[Scottie]/Blackadder/Weber/Barrett (B)/[Rieko].
Bold wouldn't be a bad back three. But Jordan hasn't been in the frame at 15 (yet).
Will be peeps upset whichever of your two fullback options are picked.
There's plenty of scope for controversy across the team no matter who is picked.
Should be fun.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
Questions for selection:
Taylor or Coles to start.
BBBR or Barrett (S) to start.
Two out of Reece/Jordan/Rieko on wing.
DMac or Barrett (J) at 15.
I expect bench of Bower/Ta'avao/[Coles]/[Scottie]/Blackadder/Weber/Barrett (B)/[Rieko].
The loosies will tell us if Foster has learned from his mistakes last year, as will the wing selection. His biggest problem is conservative selections and retaining the Hanson ethos of being nearly impossible to be dropped on form.
Pretty much ends up with the right selections usually when injury forces his hand.
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For mine the back three has to be Rieko, Jordie and Jordan, with Beauden on the bench.
DMac and Beauden are both fighting for the bench spot. If Rieko has to be a centre then Reece slots into the starting 15 in his place.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 1 Eden Park 7th Aug:
But Jordan hasn't been in the frame at 15 (yet)
I hope it stays that way. His consistency under the high ball is slightly below what you'd expect of an AB fullback. He's more suited to the wing at this stage
