All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2

[Bovidae]

Clarke is yet to score a try against anyone not called Argentina (3) or Japan (1).

[Bones]

@Bovidae made a pass though eh

[pakman]

@Nogusta said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Bovidae yep Telea (L) and Jordan (R) starting wings. Clarke will be on the bench I'm hearing 🤔

That makes senses if Telea is comfortable there.

Who's covering 12, Son of Eroni?

[pakman]

Watch: 'Deadly' Mark Telea sends reminder to New Zealand that the Blues have two superstar wings

Mark Telea, who was a permanent fixture on the left wing prior to the Super Rugby suspension in March but shifted to the right-hand side of the park to accommodate for Clarke post-lockdown has sent a healthy reminder of his abilities.

Mr. T can prop both sides.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[ACT Crusader]

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

Who's covering 12, Son of Eroni?

I’m getting a bit tired telling people that Ardie is cover and in an emergency they could move Ioane who has also played 12.

[pakman]

@ACT-Crusader If they have to move Rieko they WILL be getting desperate.

[Duluth]

@pakman said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Nogusta said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Bovidae yep Telea (L) and Jordan (R) starting wings. Clarke will be on the bench I'm hearing 🤔

That makes senses if Telea is comfortable there.

Who's covering 12, Son of Eroni?

If Clarke is on the bench maybe that means they won't have a specialist 10 on the bench? (there's probably another 10 at starting 15)

A halfback, a midfielder & Clarke on the bench?

[antipodean]

That's a formidably good team on paper the Springboks have selected.

I wonder if the result goes their way convincingly there'll be a greater voice for selecting All Blacks from outside New Zealand.

That being said, I don't think we'll embarrass ourselves like the Wallabies did.

[booboo]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

Springbok team to face New Zealand in Auckland:
15 – Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls) – 84 caps, 65 pts (13t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath) – 23 caps, 74pts (11t, 2c, 5p)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 32 caps, 30 pts (6t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Panasonic Wild Knights) – 70 Tests, 45pts (9t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 36 caps, 110pts (22t)
10 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 28 caps, 36 pts (2t, 4c, 4p, 2d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) – 46 Tests, 41pts (5t, 2c, 4p)
8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester) – 20 caps, 5pts (1t)
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 63 caps, 15pts (3t)
6 – Kwagga Smith (Blue Revs) – 31 caps, 20pts (4t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Panasonic Wild Knights) – 65 caps, 25pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 110 caps, 15pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 59 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 57 caps, 60 pts (12t)
1 – Steven Kitshoff (Ulster) – 72 caps, 10pts (2t)

Replacements:
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 59 caps, 70pts (14t)
17 – Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 16 caps, 0 pts
18 – Vincent Koch (Stade Francais) – 42 caps, 0 pts
19 – RG Snyman (Munster) – 24 caps, 5 pts (1t)
20 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 67 caps, 30 pts (6t)
21 – Duane Vermeulen (SA Rugby) – 66 caps, 15 pts (3t)
22 – Grant Williams (Cell C Sharks) – 2 caps, 0 pts
23 – Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) – 4 caps, 19 pts (8c, 1p)

Yeah. That's reasonable.

[booboo]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

So. Consistent and predictable refereeing. Good.

[Jailbreak7]

@booboo said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

So. Consistent and predictable refereeing. Good.

With minimal deals done....

[Frank]

@Nogusta said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Bovidae yep Telea (L) and Jordan (R) starting wings. Clarke will be on the bench I'm hearing 🤔

You hearing anything about the starting 6 or reserve halfback?

[Frank]

Holy moly they talk some shit on The Breakdown.
Two examples -

Jeff Wilson on Shannon Frizell - "There's no doubt he carries the ball hard and his defence is strong..........He just hasn't had consistent game time"

Angus Taʻavao would rather start Nepo Laulala on the bench ahead of Tamaiti Williams.

[ACT Crusader]

@Frank said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Nogusta said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:

@Bovidae yep Telea (L) and Jordan (R) starting wings. Clarke will be on the bench I'm hearing 🤔

You hearing anything about the starting 6 or reserve halfback?

That doesn’t involve Auckland players, so probably not 😎

[antipodean]

Based on form and especially last weekend, I'm prepared to give Shannon another start this weekend. Also I'd prefer to give DMac another start at 10 too.

I would like to see Tamaiti and Samipeni on the bench too.

[ACT Crusader]

Life was so much easier when we could just go….

Moody, Taylor, Williams, Whitelock, S. Barrett, Blackadder….

[Bones]

People that don't want Taukeiaho to start, deserve Foster.

[Jailbreak7]

@Bones Sami T HAS to start. He carries like BBBR and defends like JC.

[game_film]

@Frank Gus was brutal there. Totally forgetting last year when Fletcher Newell rocked up as a rookie and gave the Boks a little taste. Tamaiti is clearly ahead of them based on everything I’ve seen this year.