All Blacks vs Scotland
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Commiserations to Foster. He came so close to another record but the subs let him down. He will be pleased with the efforts of DH, Clarke and BB though.
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I am not sure I will be able to watch the post-match interview with the AB coaches.
Bingo bonus if learnings is mentioned. -
I am not sure - during that Scottish yellow card on Dempsey - he was leaning/moving past the AB as if he really was going for the ball as well..
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@junior said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Rieko, premier midfielder.
Some people on here think he’s not a centre’s arsehole
He can be quite an arsehole and he's a handy centre though.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Telea great debut, gives us an option to drop Clarke now.
I'm not sure dropping Clarke is only optional. More of a necessity. Not RWC ready.
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@junior said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Some people on here think he’s not a centre’s arsehole
I don't care if he doesn't have an arsehole at all if he plays like that.
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Smith, Mo, Reece, JB, Reiko, Telea, BB for England
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I loved that our bench came on when we were under the pump and provided both a steadying hand but also upped the tempo and energy. TJP was critical because maintaining possession was what we needed and he provided that. Our forward replacements made a big difference too by playing direct.
From ALBs YC to about the 58th minute we played some ill disciplined, high error and at times just dumb rugby.
Pleased to get the win because the last 20 was pretty good.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Perenara's best ever test. Amazing. What a return.
I know it was off the bench, but fuck he was ever present, on the button with his options and no fannying about. Where has this guy been? He was Christie on roids.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Perenara's best ever test. Amazing. What a return.
I know it was off the bench, but fuck he was ever present, on the button with his options and no fannying about. Where has this guy been? He was Christie on roids.
It does show you the value of form (and the NPC).
He had a wonderful NPC campaign and played really well for AB XV last week.
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TJP was great
JB was good
-> Smith, Mounga, JB, RI, Reece, Telea, BB
JB at 12 makes a big difference
BB-DH-ALB didn't work -
Will take that.
Random thoughts.
Made ourselves work harder than we needed.
Beaudy has lost his mojo.
ALB improved toward the end, but Rieko clear No.1 at 13.
Groot not as good as he's been.
Loosies were very very good.
Only possible surprising thing about Dalts being official POTD was it wasn't Ardie.
Telea looked alright.
Cap'n Sam looked to lose some composure tonight. I'll go there ... is he up to the captaincy? Remember the '19 SF ...
How did they not score?
Think both sides would have some concerns about the ref, but I couldn't really pin point specifics.
TJ's career is not over.
More random thoughts as they occur.
