All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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I’d love to see Jacobson get more game time especially if Blackadder isn’t ready yet. I don’t think Jacobson has the size to start at 6/8 against the big teams but he’s a great squad/bench option due to his versatility. IMO he’s the best defensive 6/8 we have in terms of accuracy and efficacy.
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Scott Barrett has actually been the best lock the entire season. I think his performance at lock means he won't go to 6.
Going forward, I think Retallick will become the impact lock with Whitelock and Barrett starting.
I hope they give Lord more minutes next week.
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@game_film said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Still think the mindset for this game is to crush the Wallabies. Can’t lose it. One more game, then it’s the B team vs Boks in London. Nobody will care about the result there as it’s just a money game. Wallabies at home in Aaron’s final home game matters though. Turn up for France in the group then they can rotate the rest of the pool stages.
Too many memories of Gregan knocking the ball out of Goldie's hands, Eales kicking the winning goal out of time, and 4 more years. Stick the boot on the throat and crush them like a bug
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Scott Barrett has actually been the best lock the entire season. I think his performance at lock means he won't go to 6.
Going forward, I think Retallick will become the impact lock with Whitelock and Barrett starting.
I hope they give Lord more minutes next week.
Funny how that’s panned out ie, emergence of Frizell and Barrett’s form where he’s now our premier lock.
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@cgrant said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I think Foster does not consider ALB as a centre but rather as a 2nd five. If Rieko is rested, then it would be for making room for Ennor.
Other way around, I think.
While Fozzie has been head coach he's started ALB 11 times at centre and once at 2nd five.
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
What’s the status of Blackadder, Newell and Moody?
Nice to see you back on a semi-regular basis, Bob.
Newell is apparently good to go this weekend. Moody and Blackadder aren't officially squad members, so pretty unlikely to appear.
However, Jason Ryan said Moody (and Havili) have been training with the squad (Kirsty Stanaway added Blackadder's name to that list, but I'm not sure if that is true).
I think they need to keep a reasonably strong core group of players for this game, so that you learn something about the guys who slot in. Too many newbies and it becomes a Barbarians style where systems fall apart.
Not much room for sentiment IMO though. I would cotton wool Aaron Smith. Roigard to start, Christie on the bench with McLeod.
DMac at fullback. Big Leicester on the left wing. Maybe ALB at centre.
Codie Taylor can have a rest - maybe the two starting props. Maybe Scott Barrett starts at 6. Cane probably back.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
While Fozzie has been head coach he's started ALB 11 times at centre and once at 2nd five.
That has been because of who has also been in the midfield with ALB. Usually Havili but also Goodhue. On the few occasions that ALB has combined with Ioane it has been at 2nd 5. Melbourne being the most recent example. The ability to play 12/13 makes him the perfect sub, unlike Havili and Ennor.
So I can see JB-ALB or ALB-Ioane as options.
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Scott Barrett has actually been the best lock the entire season. I think his performance at lock means he won't go to 6.
Going forward, I think Retallick will become the impact lock with Whitelock and Barrett starting.
I hope they give Lord more minutes next week.
personally i think it more a case of frizell finally showing some form that will keep scooter at lock, fozzie has shown he believe form in one position should carry directly into other positions so i think if frizell wasn't performing we'd definitely see scooter back there
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
That has been because of who has also been in the midfield with ALB. Usually Havili but also Goodhue. On the few occasions that ALB has combined with Ioane it has been at 2nd 5. Melbourne being the most recent example. The ability to play 12/13 makes him the perfect sub, unlike Havili and Ennor.
So I can see JB-ALB or ALB-Ioane as options.
Yeah I think ALB is pencilled in as the midfield cover for the big matches. It explains why they have been looking at a specialist wing on the bench. Halfback/ALB/Wing covers the backs when you have Jordan & BB starting
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I liked the look of Jordan at 15.
Running the ball yes, but when he came into first receiver as a playmaker (as has been the case for all our fullbacks for the past 10 years), he didn’t look as comfortable I thought. He’s great on the wider channels because he uses the space so well, but tighter in he looks to have some work ons.
Even though he was the Crusaders fullback, they rarely use him in that type of role.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Scott had been our most consistent lock for a while, now bringing SR form into internationals. Both bbbr and Sam have had real injury and/or form dips last few years
I think the biggest change has been that he has managed to cut out the brain dead shit he used to do on a regular basis.
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as a bit of a stab
1 ofa T
2 sami
3 newell
4 vaii
5 whitelock
6 finau
7 cane/paps
8 jacobson
9 roigard
10 dmac
11 clarke
12 j barrett
13 alb
14 EN
15 jordon16 coles
17 williams
18 laulala
19 bbbr
20 savea/paps
21 ginge
22/23 mo / BB /lester /ennor two of -
@ploughboy apparently Narawa is out with a back niggle, Cane is still a possibility
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Nope. Just a cynic. Do you think they will pick a 100% first choice team for the Boks game then?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I liked the look of Jordan at 15.
Running the ball yes, but when he came into first receiver as a playmaker (as has been the case for all our fullbacks for the past 10 years), he didn’t look as comfortable I thought. He’s great on the wider channels because he uses the space so well, but tighter in he looks to have some work ons.
Even though he was the Crusaders fullback, they rarely use him in that type of role.
sounds a fair assessment and I haven't seen him much under the pump, but I like his kicking.
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Given need for TWM to pick their last seven spaces, I'd see something like this:
Ofa/Coles/Nepo/Vaa'i/Whitelock/Cane/Finau/Jacobson/Nuggie/DMac/ALB/Ennor/Leicester/Stevenson/BB
Bench: Williams/Sami/Newell/Lord/Ardie/Roigard/McLeod/JordanAgianst that, the players have been in camp, so may want to retain a few more of the top 26.
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