All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour
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@tim said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
The issue with starting Ethan Blackadder in the All Blacks' back row
Blackadder is not the finished product, and isn't expected to be, but, in that respect, the hype needs to be dampened considerably.
Thanks for posting that, an interesting article. Good to see a journalist actually discuss the different roles
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@chris said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@bovidae said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@chris Shows how good Rennie was then.
It probably does, would not be unhappy to see him as AB coach either.
Certainly he's got the Wallaby forwards playing better than they were.
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All the comments about the French Test are getting crowded out. Can we keep this thread about selections for this week etc?
More general stuff about changing coaches etc can go in the AB 2021 thread
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lots of chat about the props being shit but Joe Moody not being mentioned once. What exactly does Joe Moody bring? Other than a couple of penalties a game?
His running game has gone. He's hardly moving furniture at ruck time, and he's not exactly beating up on tightheads at scrum time either
None of our props are worth a fucking thing at the moment, other than holding our ball steady at scrum time.
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@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
All the comments about the French Test are getting crowded out. Can we keep this thread about selections for this week etc?
More general stuff about changing coaches etc can go in the AB 2021 thread
and to bring it around to this
i would cut Foster an awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
i would cut Foster an awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
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@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
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@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
De Groot? Too soon?
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@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
yea, i would start Ioane, Cane, and Sotutu actually. With one of Papali'i or Blackadder on the bench (both bloody good players who are both still learning).
Savea should be on the chopping block if we're serious. But he will start, because there isn't much in the way of accountability.
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@stodders said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
De Groot? Too soon?
Maybe. I suspect the selectors will go for experience in the front row though
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
yea, i would start Ioane, Cane, and Sotutu actually. With one of Papali'i or Blackadder on the bench (both bloody good players who are both still learning).
Savea should be on the chopping block if we're serious. But he will start, because there isn't much in the way of accountability.
That Ardie is seen as indispensable sums up the problems. We were told at the outset they were going to address our passiveness and yet he's named constantly.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@duluth said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
awful lot of slack if he chucked the baby out with the bathwater this week and just threw newbies in there everywhere. Lets see what they are made of.
Vaa'i, Tupaea, Taukei'aho?
yep. Change at least one loose forward (i would change 2, actually probably 3) as well.
Fuck all you can do at prop except bring Ofa T in and hope he keeps his brain connected
I like the idea of dropping Retallick for Vaa'i. It sends a signal that no one is safe if they don't perform
Surely QT will start?
I'd start Coles and have ST on the bench. Taylor has earned a demotion.
Loosies - Cane/Savea/Ioane with Papali'i on the bench. I hope Cane is ready for a hard Test..
Props? No idea. They are all a bit shit. Ofa has been disappointing since returning from injury.
yea, i would start Ioane, Cane, and Sotutu actually. With one of Papali'i or Blackadder on the bench (both bloody good players who are both still learning).
Savea should be on the chopping block if we're serious. But he will start, because there isn't much in the way of accountability.
That Ardie is seen as indispensable sums up the problems. We were told at the outset they were going to address our passiveness and yet he's named constantly.
A coach fav at No.8 according to Foster.
Savea on the bench or at 7 if starting
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@frank said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
This thread reads like a lot of the threads on GAGR after the Wobblies have once again being smacked by us. All about selection changes chopping and changing from week to week.
A real sign of desperation.Better coaching,with a decent winning game plan would be better.
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Well, the story in the Herald announced how good the team feels after the review with Moody saying there was nothing wrong with the gameplan and Sam Cane saying they feel great for a bounce back. If we get smacked by France, then we know we are in real trouble.
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@frank said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Well, the story in the Herald announced how good the team feels after the review with Moody saying there was nothing wrong with the gameplan and Sam Cane saying they feel great for a bounce back. If we get smacked by France, then we know we are in real trouble.
I'm not sure what game they were watching, maybe it was the 2019 QF?
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@canefan said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
@frank said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:
Well, the story in the Herald announced how good the team feels after the review with Moody saying there was nothing wrong with the gameplan and Sam Cane saying they feel great for a bounce back. If we get smacked by France, then we know we are in real trouble.
I'm not sure what game they were watching, maybe it was the 2019 QF?
oh shit, maybe we are a lower-middle EPL team playing against City, and the plan is to sit deep and hit them on the break?
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@antipodean He would be okay at 7 but once again he is played out of position and has to play like a ball runner which is good when he has space.
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Plumtree has said that he likes Savea at no.8 as he gets his hands on the ball more, to be a ball-runner. That is fine in theory as long as the other 2 loose forwards complement Savea's strengths and just as importantly, his weaknesses. That means you need a no.6 who can bend the defensive line and make dominant tackles, not just make tackles. We have that player, but he has been relegated to the bench. BTW, that loose forward trio played Aust in Perth.
