All Blacks vs Pumas II
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
BB looked out of sorts in his time of the bench.
Were D Mac was very good at 10.
I hope Fozzie is not having a brain wave thought for next week.Yeah Beauds return to form didn't last long eh!
Hopefully he’s back next week.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
Stuff thought Blackadder went ok
Ethan Blackadder: An absolute statement of a performance. Big engine, and produced some skilful moments when needed – especially with one offload to Hoskins Sotutu. Played at 100 miles an hour, 100 per cent of the time, and completely outpointed some big names in the Pumas’ back row. Has no doubt given the selectors some food for though for next week's 23. 9
Paul Cully from Christchurch you mean. He gave him a 9 FFS.
As said above, provincialism is alive and well.
NZ Herald Liam Napier gave Blackadder a good write up and ranking as well.
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Welfare check on @Machpants please.
Surely the ABs are number one in the rankings, right?
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Marc Hinton liked Blackadder as well quote
“Ethan Blackadder was brilliant, such a fabulous mixture of workrate, industry and hardness, and the likes of Samisoni Taukei’aho, two-try lock Tupou Vaa’i, Hoskins Sotutu and Quinn Tupaea were not far behind him.”
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
Welfare check on @Machpants please.
Surely the ABs are number one in the rankings, right?
We’re not number one until we beat England
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Hey @Machpants
New World Rugby rankings table as South Africa removed from number one after New Zealand win | Wales Online
The latest world rankings will be officially published on Monday and the All Blacks are now number one
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ST as starting hooker was great. He is the future. Thought Quinn at 12 went really well too
Great depth building except at lock.
We are back. Hats off to foster. Mrs foster cooks a mean humble pie.
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Blackadder was fine. Anyone saying he was poor is absolutely clueless about rugby. He wasn’t the best out there though that’s going too far.
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@billy-tell said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
Blackadder was fine. Anyone saying he was poor is absolutely clueless about rugby. He wasn’t the best out there though that’s going too far.
They probably don't even watch rugby.
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@billy-tell said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:
Blackadder was fine. Anyone saying he was poor is absolutely clueless about rugby. He wasn’t the best out there though that’s going too far.
Made more than a few mistakes but understandable, I guess, as he was getting thru a power of work. Gets 11/10 for effort and can only get better with a bit more experience.
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Sorry missed the live game banter but at 3am I had to sleep. Bridge is good under the high ball. Can’t take that away from him. Blackadder did plenty and is worth keeping. Dmac played well but I still prefer the brute of JB at fullback. Dmac is a good back up at 1/5 and always looks better with space and on the front foot. JB should be our FB period. Only really one stupid thing he did all game. Still wished we attacked around the ruck more as they are reading is laterally. Some more old fashion pick and go. Our 12 takes in the line well. More abrasive than his size. Did real well and elusive. Great try by Argentina and it look like they were more prepared to attack. Good captains run by Ardie. Young lock did well too, not just for the tries but in all facets. More agro than PT who might not even make the team if Whitelock was available. Pretty good performance by the starters in general.
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