All Blacks vs USA
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I guess I'll never see Jordan at 15 if he isn't playing there this game.
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@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:
You are way off with you number 9 call
I can't stand Chrsitie for some reason and would be the second (after @antipodean) to call him out if he was bad in black....but I can't. He's done as good a job as any other 9 outside Smith this season (not saying much, but there's no other choice is there).
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@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
A bit insulting.
I'm sure Josh Lord's parents feel very differently.
The All Blacks are about pandering to peoples parents?
Who said that? Not I.
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@bones yeah I'm no fan of Christie, but has looked better in Black than he has in Blue.
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@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
A bit insulting.
I'm sure Josh Lord's parents feel very differently.
The All Blacks are about pandering to peoples parents?
Who said that? Not I.
Touche.
Stand by my point. Have no idea about Josh Lord at all, not seen him play, so not mentioned him. You'll also note that 3 people have mentioned him in reply to my post, so it's hardly fair to suggest I'm the one with an issue with him ...
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones yeah I'm no fan of Christie, but has looked better in Black than he has in Blue.
Like a gazillion times better. He was pretty bad for the Blues - so if he can bring his current level of play to SR next year, imagine how much more dangerous the Blues will be.
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The coaches seem to like Angus Ta’avao, I'm not quite sure what he has done to stand out/retain his position in the squad? Or is it just for lack of depth?
Good time to test Lord, big promotion for him, one of the exciting elements for those of us who have not seen him play..
George Bridge, George Bridge. He'll probably do well this game, and not likely to be tested by swirling kicks... -
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs USA:
The coaches seem to like Angus Ta’avao, I'm not quite sure what he has done to stand out/retain his position in the squad? Or is it just for lack of depth?
Apart from Scrums, an extremely reliable player IMO - workhorse and probably very similar to what we've seen said about Wainui - consistency and effort. Around the field is as good or better than most of our props.
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I couldn't give a shit who they selected against USA B. My only prediction is Bridge will get about 4 - 5 unopposed runs to the try line, and may even score a couple of tries.
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@no-quarter funny, I saw on FB today the lead up to (I think) the opening try v Ireland in the 2019 RWC...Bridge scorching down the sideline, looks set to score, cuts in, looks like he slipped slightly, taken down a metre short....
I havent joined the pile on of him, but I thought that was rather amusing.
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@taniwharugby there are far too many examples of that to not make ya cringe whenever he gets the ball in space. @No-Quarter that was gold.
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs USA:
I couldn't give a shit who they selected against USA B. My only prediction is Birdge will get about 4 - 5 unopposed runs to the try line, and may even score a couple of tries.
Thanks for that. Feeling a bit crap today and that post really made me laugh & cheered me up.
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@bones ok thanks for that, I noticed his mobility but he didn't seem a highly effective or dominant tackler to me, but I'll try to keep an open mind. And the scrum seems to weaken when he/the bench enters the fray, but that might be for various reasons.
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When I criticized Bridge he had a good game. Then I changed my mind, apologized, and he went rapidly downhill in the next game. So I'm not going to say anything and hopefully that balances things out. Hopefully USA still has some gun wingers so our backs have a bit of competition.
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@nostrildamus I think he's got a pretty good shoulder and high workrate on defence. Better carrier than most of our other core props. Inconsistent as anything at scrum time though.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@nostrildamus I think he's got a pretty good shoulder and high workrate on defence. Better carrier than most of our other core props. Inconsistent as anything at scrum time though.
Yeah Ta’avao has a good work rate. Reminds me a bit of a young John Afoa.
Karl T, Laulala have seemed to really struggle this year.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:
That’s an abortion of a team.
Why?
Because one of them is a ranga.
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Will post a pre-emptive whinge here about a first world problem I'm currently experiencing.
Long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water.
Used Aus v Jp as a test for the main game tomorrow a.m.
Unfortunately the Wi-Fi seems to be crap (this is alactually the case as proven by other internerding including Fernage). Or the Telstra network is crap. Either that or the casting between phone and tele stuffs up the stream. As all I was getting was buf... buff .. buffferi ... buffering regardless of combinations.
Tried to drop the resolution to see if that helped, but nup.
Quite annoying and will annoy one immensely in an AB game.
So maybe GOM during game tomoz.
Mind you, long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water.
