Australia v All Blacks - Bled I
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Big weekend for the 'G with what i expect will be damn near a full house tonight.
And there will be a decent crowd at Richmond v Melbourne on Sunday as well
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@Kirwan been many years since Rugby has had that sort of influence here, but hey, that's just old Eddie.
Part of me knows Aussie rugby needs the win, maybe an awesome game with us winning would help too, but I'd love his smile to be wiped off with a donut after 80 mins and no final minute controversy this time!
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That’s a great ad and strap line
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Big weekend for the 'G with what i expect will be damn near a full house tonight.
And there will be a decent crowd at Richmond v Melbourne on Sunday as well
The G will be buzzing.
Not many tickets available for the Bledisloe or tonight’s rivalry clash.
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@Chris-B said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@kiwiinmelb said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Machpants said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Steve said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
3 games to the RWC and we haven't seen Leicester, Stevenson, McCleod or Finau.
Leicester = injured, Stevenson = not in squad, McLeod = really only there to cover ALB missing, Finau = cruelled by the fact Frizzle learned how to beat up on the field as well as in clubs.
We will see Leicester in Dunedin if recovered, might see Finau (rest Frizzle/Jacobsen shits the bed) but if ALB goes well we won't see McLeod, def won't see Stevenson
It only makes sense to me if they see Jordan as the back up fb .
For the squad - I reckon DMac is Beaudy's back-up i.e. if Beaudy gets injured, DMac slots in - they're the most like-for-like.
For this game, either Will or Jordie’s can cover fullback.
If we get comfortably ahead this week we might well see Richie subbed, Beaudy to first five and Will to fullback - allowing Fozzie to kill several birds with one stone.
I think the latter. I think we need to keep Will on the wing because his kick chase game from the wing is too good to change.
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hate a player moving from 12 to 15, that's an enormous change in mindset and priorities 60 minutes in to a test match
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@foobaNZ every Melbourne test match I’ve been to (every AB test since the 97 one and other Wallabies tests vs Lions etc), there have always been plenty of non-rugby followers. They love a big sporting occasion here and the G generally delivers that regardless of the sport.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Not many tickets available for the Bledisloe or tonight’s rivalry clash.
Gotta feel sorry for the ground staff to have to change the posts out.
Don't bother with the rugby goals, lads. None of our kickers are good enough and the ABs will win handsomely on tries alone.
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
hate a player moving from 12 to 15, that's an enormous change in mindset and priorities 60 minutes in to a test match
100%
Just put Dmac on the bench.
For this week, move Jordan.
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One of his KPIs will definitely be ticket sales. And he's smashing that I reckon
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@Chris-B said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
by the fact Frizzle learned how to beat up on the field as well as in clubs..
I'm surprised he isn't known in here as the Clubber..
For the squad - I reckon DMac is Beaudy's back-up i.e. if Beaudy gets injured, DMac slots in - they're the most like-for-like.
Like for like?
Apart from line management, standing flat, unpredictability, passing and kicking.. -
All Blacks scrum coach explains Tamaiti Williams' omission from Bledisloe team
Debuts don't get much more challenging than coming up against the South Africans, making Williams' performance all the more impressive.
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@booboo said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@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.
Knuckles speaks:
"“A bloody disaster mate,” Connolly says from Down Under. “How did we end up with Eddie again? He is full of it. He talks a great game but plays a terrible one. He is a charlatan, he is a failed selector. He was the captain’s pick by the chairman who just came into the job.”
“When I took over from Jones, the players were like beaten down sheepdogs,” Connolly said. “If you walked in a room they would have their heads down and were scared to do anything. There was no leadership. There was no development. It was a total void that took nearly a year to rebuild. I can’t believe we have made the same mistake again.”
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Machpants said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Duluth said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Eddie vs All Blacks as head coach
Team Years Wins Losses Draws Wallabies 2001-2005 5 6 0 Japan 2012-2015 0 1 0 England 2016-2022 1 1 1 Overall 2001-2022 6 8 1 Is gotta be one of the best percentages ever
We were lucky to snag that one win vs Eddie's England too if memory serves - remember Perenara got charged down by Lawes who was just offside when they went to TMO so the English try was disallowed. I believe that was the game DMac started at fullback and had a blinder in the rain.
Was there. We fought back well after shipping points and then faded in the last 20.
And yes, DMac played a blinder. Ardie was pretty impressive too. But MoM was Sam Underhill for me - he had an insanely-good game.
