Bledisloe 1
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@pakman said in Bled is low 1:
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
There’s going to be some random stuff for both teams in this one.
Under the roof I’m hopeful about some decent rugby being played but not optimistic about the ref.
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@sparky said in Bled is low 1:
@NTA said in Bled is low 1:
ABs by 50.
A win by one point will do.
My nerves prefer 10.
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Any result that ends up with the ABs looking forward to the “challenge” and “excitement” of playing Australia at Eden Park is to be avoided.
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No complacency please about this one. I'm old enough to remember seeing with my own eyes in real time those Aussies get their mits on the Bledisloe. A hideous, haunting spectacle that makes my flesh creep just to think about......
Same team but Papali'i to 6, Reece to 14. Frizzell and Jordan to have a rest.
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@sparky said in Bled is low 1:
No complacency please about this one. I'm old enough to remember seeing with my own eyes in real time those Aussies get their mits on the Bledisloe. A hideous, haunting spectacle that makes my flesh creep just to think about......
Same team but Papali'i to 6, Reece to 14. Frizzell and Jordan to have a rest.
Are you old enough to remember the flour bombs at Eden Park??
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Let’s see if they can back up one solid performance with another
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@kiwiinmelb said in Bled is low 1:
Let’s see if they can back up one solid performance with another
That was more than a 'solid performance'. That was Athletic Park '96 stuff.
Things get unrealistic when we start countering poor results with a need to trounce everyone and turn in amazing 80 minute spells all the time.
We used to say that winning ugly is still winning but that seems to have disappeared.
Dominant teams don't just rack up highlight reels, they learn how to get the W 8/10 times and win the big ones.I expect that the Convicts will be better prepared and adjust better on field than Argentina did.
This RC has been an odd experience in the first proper post covid tournament for the SH. NZ has failed and learned twice. SA once and Argentina also once. Australia have come up with good first game plans then been shut down the following week twice. -
@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
I don’t recall a Thursday game between these two since Gregan performed that tackle on Wilson.
It means we’ll get the “when is the team named” posts much earlier.
I am amazed that you recall that game being on a Thursday.
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@Crucial said in Bled is low 1:
@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
I don’t recall a Thursday game between these two since Gregan performed that tackle on Wilson.
It means we’ll get the “when is the team named” posts much earlier.
I am amazed that you recall that game being on a Thursday.
Maybe Wednesday but definitely midweek
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@Crucial said in Bled is low 1:
We used to say that winning ugly is still winning but that seems to have disappeared.
This RC has been an odd experience in the first proper post covid tournament for the SH. NZ has failed and learned twice. SA once and Argentina also once. Australia have come up with good first game plans then been shut down the following week twice.
Cherry picking two of your points there Crucial...
Seems to me we're not winning ugly at the moment. We're either losing or winning big.
And it's kind of related to my assertion that the differences between winning and losing, and winning and thrashing are small.
And it's not just the RC with wildly varying results week to week. Each series in the international window seemed to go to a decider.
Suggests to me that there is a distinct evenness about WR at the moment, and smallish advantages get amplified.
On that basis am appropriately concerned for next Thursday.
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@Jailbreak7 Not quite.
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@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
@Crucial said in Bled is low 1:
@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
I don’t recall a Thursday game between these two since Gregan performed that tackle on Wilson.
It means we’ll get the “when is the team named” posts much earlier.
I am amazed that you recall that game being on a Thursday.
Maybe Wednesday but definitely midweek
It was definitely midweek.
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@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
@Crucial said in Bled is low 1:
@MN5 said in Bled is low 1:
I don’t recall a Thursday game between these two since Gregan performed that tackle on Wilson.
It means we’ll get the “when is the team named” posts much earlier.
I am amazed that you recall that game being on a Thursday.
Maybe Wednesday but definitely midweek
It was on a Wednesday.
http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=1986
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@Crucial said in Bled is low 1:
@kiwiinmelb said in Bled is low 1:
Let’s see if they can back up one solid performance with another
That was more than a 'solid performance'. That was Athletic Park '96 stuff.
Things get unrealistic when we start countering poor results with a need to trounce everyone and turn in amazing 80 minute spells all the time.
We used to say that winning ugly is still winning but that seems to have disappeared.
Dominant teams don't just rack up highlight reels, they learn how to get the W 8/10 times and win the big ones.I expect that the Convicts will be better prepared and adjust better on field than Argentina did.
This RC has been an odd experience in the first proper post covid tournament for the SH. NZ has failed and learned twice. SA once and Argentina also once. Australia have come up with good first game plans then been shut down the following week twice.Yeah I didnt mean a thrashing with points , but consistency in performance,
If the wc is our goal, stringing together a few good games has to be what we are striving towards
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@antipodean said in Bled is low 1:
@NTA said in Bled is low 1:
ABs by 50.
I doubt it. Hard to back up such a performance and the Wallabies will be hurting after being beaten up by the Boks - they'll be out to prove a point.
Looking at our growing injury list, and absolutely shit ruck technique, I'm not convinced we're hurting sufficiently.
But fine OK then: ABs by 40.
