All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2
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@Steve said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Steve said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
Wtf is going on ABs social media this year.
Last year/previous years they used to have interviews with Foz/players when the team was named, they used to post press conferences and they used to have 'In The Sheds' videos after the game and now all of that has been canned.
Talk about bare mininum.
IIRC, people were arguing last year there was too much of this sort of stuff, it was distracting, showed a lack of focus and a symptom of a poor culture.
Maybe they've done some thinking and made some changes.
nope, not how i remember it at all, i remember being happy about the odd glance into the minds making decisions
I don't have a problem with it either, so yeah. There were 1-2 articles I read querying if it was a good thing, overdone or distracting. (There were also a few comments on here criticising haircuts, dress-sense, attitude etc but that's a bit different.)
Good mindset in Mendoza I thought.
Definitely a view I have held on here. Sunshine boys I call them . A few in the squad were all fur coat and no knickers. The social media drives me bonkers too.
To elaborate. I hate the humanisation of the Allblacks (and other teams) social media accounts. They should be matter of fact tweets only. Allblacks are an entity, not a person.
"Final score NZ 26- SA 24" for example is fine....
However....NOT..."Onya Springboks , Safe travels, See you again in Durban".
I may not share the sentiment of the tweet as a fan. Dont be gracious on my/our behalf. We could have been hatcheted by a ref, had one of our blokes taken out by a cheap shot etc.
It's not for some PR intern to be tweeting "onya" on our behalf.It's so performative and insincere. I despise it. The Allblacks "machine" has been waaaaay too nice for a good while now and it seeps onto the pitch.
As I alluded to last year we had O'Mahoney ripping the piss out of our captain and Beaudy Barrett nearly hospitalised by Kurt Lee Arendse and there wasn't an opposition collar felt. It took until the second game against SA (and Frizell to his credit) to start a bit of biff when our 9 got taken out in a cheap act.
No dickheads policy sure. But don't be a bunch of doormats either.
A pet hate of mine,
We play like absolute dog shit and get beaten , I’m super pissed off , they put up a video of the haka , with something like “let’s all enjoy this “
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I'm really looking forward to this match, the unknowns - Auckland weather, how much will the ground cut up and the French "flair"
I think the game will be won and lost up front, with the better kicking game a key
contributer.
I'm excited about our front row, little surprised Taylor over Sami though.Like others have said, I'm not confident with that bench... Christie and Clarke in particular.
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@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
I'm really looking forward to this match, the unknowns.
Me too.
Amazing in this day and age that this is the first time the Boks will play in NZ in four years.
Weirdly (for the Fozzie era), I've been quietly confident all week - for no particular reason. Could easily be in for a nasty surprise!
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
Could easily be in for a nasty surprise!
This, I really can't see us winning this. Yes, we did well against Arg, but they were awful. As soon as Arg started to click, and our bench (even worse this time) came on we were in trouble.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
Could easily be in for a nasty surprise!
This, I really can't see us winning this. Yes, we did well against Arg, but they were awful. As soon as Arg started to click, and our bench (even worse this time) came on we were in trouble.
I'm a bit more optimistic in that: (a) I have quite a lot of faith in Big Tamaiti. It's hard to shift such a massive man and I don't think anyone bettered him in Super rugby. I think he might be an upgrade; (b) We can hopefully bring on our lesser lights from the bench later, or not at all; and (c) the starting XV looks pretty strong.
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@Chris-B the biggest worry for me is Christie, not only such a huge drop off, if we want to play rugby he ain't the guy we need, if we are needing a 9 for his scramble d game, then he is what we need.
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@taniwharugby Even though he's one of my Mako boys, I can't disagree.
We'll have to use him and it's a bit of a worry if he's the 2nd best halfback in NZ.Our back reserves aren't that flash, but I think the bench forwards will be better this week.
Hopefully we don't get any early injuries in the backs.
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@Chris-B I think with Smith, the back reserves look good enough.
Hope the ginger proves me wrong.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@taniwharugby Even though he's one of my Mako boys, I can't disagree.
We'll have to use him and it's a bit of a worry if he's the 2nd best halfback in NZ.Our back reserves aren't that flash, but I think the bench forwards will be better this week.
Hopefully we don't get any early injuries in the backs.
In the interest f supporting your moneybags bid for the 2023 NPC I suggest that Fozzie returns the Ginga to you lot and takes one of the Magpies halfbacks.
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@taniwharugby On the plus side- I've never even heard of the Bok halfback, and google tells me his only test experience to date was coming off the bench in a loss vs Wales!
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Nepia We'd walk to the title if the Fern was selecting the All Blacks.
Mind you, the All Blacks would only have two players in France, which would be OK because they'd only have one coach.
Nah, we'd completely handicap you by giving you back the Ginga and the Tongan, while keeping Jordan.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Nepia No - pretty happy not to have him at all, I think.
Strange, even I want him in there despite the fact he has the double whammy of being from the Moneybag Invitational XV and the Evil Empire.
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Couldn't give a flying ra if the ball doesn't go past Mo'unga.
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Least the AB haka won't be drowned out by that boring SA lullaby
