Australia v All Blacks - Bled I
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@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
DMac - this year running straight and organising well, in previous years ran his team into trouble going sideways. Ergo his class (average*) versus form (excellent)?
*International ten level
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
He's a 22 year old who has played 4 tests, the last of which was a blinder. Bit early to be pulling out the 'jump to conclusions' mat......
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@KiwiMurph Just going on what I’ve seen since he debuted in super.
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@game_film Super Rugby doesn't always correlate to test rugby. See the current AB midfield.
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@game_film Super Rugby doesn't always correlate to test rugby. See the current AB midfield.
Also Nonu
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
Turning this back to Eddie Jones one might well rather say: contracts are temporary. Being an arse is permanent.
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We are getting close to a best team, whether it is good enough or not, not sure.
I’d probably prefer us to have a bit more from our props (looking at you Nepo) and I feel like our best squad likely has Williams and Ofa (TH) off the bench.
If we put Dmac on the bench, we’d have a nice balance where we only need to make one change for almost all positions (Dmac could even cover wing potentially).
Props and Hooker done
Lock: Done
Loosie: Done (Jacobson)
HB: Done
First five: Done (Dmac)
Midfield: Done (ALB)
FB: Done (Dmac)And, the bench should have some punch if we ran with that.
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@MN5 said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Did Eddie really say this ?
I found this on the internet but the internet isn’t always true
Yes. He said that.
Eddie has jumped the shark. It's no longer getting indignant over.
Lost his mojo.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
Speed merchants skinning dudes out wide we had in spades.
We needed to pull guys in out wide and we couldn't -
@akan004 said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
There's so much talent in that Wallaby team although am not sure if Tom Hooper is quick enough to be a 7.
Our whole forward pack lacks speed and accuracy at the breakdown. Might as well throw pure size at the problem.
It won't help.
It's their lack of cohesion and picking a couple of players with very little match fitness that will count against them this weekend.
Well that, and the yawning gulf in general fitness, skill, and physicality...
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
You’re missing the imposing and dynamic Reuben “Suitcase” Thorne..
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
Speed merchants skinning dudes out wide we had in spades.
We needed to pull guys in out wide and we couldn'tWhen you look at the squad, the only players who could have really done that were Umaga or Nonu. Looking back, should we have started him?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
Of course, I don't know why Bitchell and your boy Dean's didn't put Mils at 12 when they copied the rest of the Blues games plan that year.
Probably would have done better with a possibly not quite fit Tana as @gt12 alludes to.
