All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Smith seems to like it.
With the demise of the Central Vikings (thank fuck) there's not many opportunities for players to get an orange jersey for their collection.
I reckon Tate's going to wear that AB jersey around the house.
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Watched the game again. Best ABs performance since the Quarter Final against Ireland in 2019. Not getting too carried away as Australia are a second-rung international side but nice to see some significant improvement from the ABs at last. Better physicality, good option taking, communication and execution.
Still areas for improvement: the scrum, defence, kick offs.
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Be interesting to see if there be many changes for the 3rd test. Personally I doubt it,maybe alb to come back in and ioane back on wing and jordie maybe to 15 as he looked good when he got on the field
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@family-man said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Be interesting to see if there be many changes for the 3rd test. Personally I doubt it,maybe alb to come back in and ioane back on wing and jordie maybe to 15 as he looked good when he got on the field
Reckon 8, 11, 15 are the likely change areas - which will lead to change at 13 as Rieko goes out again
Havili has come from nowhere to be a seriously good 12.
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The irony that he doesn't see how bad the media are in covering AB sport and his role in making things worse.
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@gt12 I'd say the quality of Aus has as much to do with the lack of interest as the late move to play back to back tests at EP.
If it had been SA playing on Saturday I reckon it sells out, especially since we havent played them in NZ since 2019.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Watched the game again. Best ABs performance since the Quarter Final against Ireland in 2019. Not getting too carried away as Australia are a second-rung international side but nice to see some significant improvement from the ABs at last. Better physicality, good option taking, communication and execution.
Still areas for improvement: the scrum, defence, kick offs.
The ABs were really shit about taking the high balls there - bodes well against the boks…
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@gt12 I'd say the quality of Aus has as much to do with the lack of interest as the late move to play back to back tests at EP.
If it had been SA playing on Saturday I reckon it sells out, especially since we havent played them in NZ since 2019.
And don't always play them at Eden Park like the Wallabies seen to get 🤔
Someone did they numbers and due to the agreements in place, wobs play at Eden Park nearly three times as often as any other visiting nation
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Someone did they numbers and due to the agreements in place, wobs play at Eden Park nearly three times as often as any other visiting nation
Visiting fans I guess - a short flight from Sydney, and frequent enough compared to WLG or CHC. Or, maybe the Wobs don't like cold weather
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It's not a common thing for us in NZ and Aus to have a game like that in the same city two weeks in a row. Maybe it was a case of "the carnival has been to town and I've already been to the carnival". Given the expense, I wouldn't be going two weeks in a row. Although that's because I live in Brisbane and the ABs are usually shit when they play here.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
he's not exactly saying much, but i agree with his overall premise
although "investigates" is a really strange word to use for a short article that interviews exactly no one.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
although "investigates" is a really strange word to use for a short article that interviews exactly no one.
I think the pricing was all wrong, and the marketing was all wrong. If I were a benevolent dictator, it would have been cheaper tickets (normally 75% of price), but then have deeper discounts for large groups. The more the merrier.
Family packs for west and east stand
Packs for groups of 4+ or 10+ in the main standsYa just gotta fill the place! With 10 days notice, you can market it as a 'special'. Maybe you hit the walkup crowd from the first week, but at 25% standard discount I doubt it.
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One article pointed out that they couldn’t reduce the ticket prices as those who paid for Bled 1 would complain. What a pile of shit, I paid full dollar for the first test, and would’ve gone for a second if they really reduced the prices. Covid forced the move be flexible, maeke two for one deals and kids deals and stuff. Just lack of flexibility.
Oh and fucking drop Steinlager as a sponsor FFS
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
One article pointed out that they couldn’t reduce the ticket prices as those who paid for Bled 1 would complain. What a pile of shit, I paid full dollar for the first test, and would’ve gone for a second if they really reduced the prices. Covid forced the move be flexible, maeke two for one deals and kids deals and stuff. Just lack of flexibility.
Oh and fucking drop Steinlager as a sponsor FFS
hell - reward those who come for Round 2 with a deeper discount. Buy your seat again priority period for 50% off. FFS, no imagination.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
One article pointed out that they couldn’t reduce the ticket prices as those who paid for Bled 1 would complain. What a pile of shit, I paid full dollar for the first test, and would’ve gone for a second if they really reduced the prices. Covid forced the move be flexible, maeke two for one deals and kids deals and stuff. Just lack of flexibility.
Oh and fucking drop Steinlager as a sponsor FFS
that was a ridiculous argument when it was first aired, and looked even worse when the vast swathes of empty seats were revealed at kick-off.
