All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Is Finau really challenging Shannon? I'd imagine Shannon shades him in the lineouts (as that is "apparently" a perceived strength) but Finau looks more physical. If Jacobson is the clear utility backup, that makes things even harder for Akira (also a 6/8).
I don't think he is, but it was great to see we have someone who can easily step up at 6 without Frizzel. I saw in the pre match highlights Finau wearing 8 for the chiefs too...
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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They give Finlay Christie a 6 and Aaron Smith a 6. -
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I know I am a small petty man - but by gawd I like watching Eddie Jones rage a bit - that said the Wobblies are still a good sniff in RWC - that draw and that team - barring injuries - will be dangerous enough
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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They give Finlay Christie a 6 and Aaron Smith a 6.Thanks, I certainly shan't read that one
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@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I know I am a small petty man - but by gawd I like watching Eddie Jones rage a bit - that said the Wobblies are still a good sniff in RWC - that draw and that team - barring injuries - will be dangerous enough
He's been worse than Cheika used to be! Doesn't look happy eh.
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@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I know I am a small petty man - but by gawd I like watching Eddie Jones rage a bit - that said the Wobblies are still a good sniff in RWC - that draw and that team - barring injuries - will be dangerous enough
Eddie vs Cheika during England vs Australia was top box stuff, shame this year didn't seem to have the same fireworks but at least Cheika got some revenge:
Eddie Jones’ rivalry with Michael Cheika reignites as Wallabies hunt seven-year first
Jones’ rivalry with Cheika reignites as Wallabies hunt seven-year first
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Aus with the choke
Not mental, they ran out of air
Excellent comeback from NZ. The big time players stood up big time
Fitting way for Nugget to say goodbye
Feel for DMac. Shit being outside Ginge and made terrible choices under pressure
At this stage, Eddie will be the happier of the two coaches going into the RWC
Barring injuries and some seriously stupid play they should win the Pool and meet Argentina in the QF
By that stage, it's a case of last man standing but their passage to a SF and a massive over achievement based on current results and ranking looks more likely than NZ's
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
No way should Finau or Christie be getting on the plane.
50% correct at full time
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Would be interesting to see how RM looks with Christie at 9. Not great I'd wager.
I recall BB looking shit with Christie starting at 9 against Scotland last year. But BB was also pretty shit that day.
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Eddie ‘We’re going in the right direction.”
That was our C team and some of those players won’t be on the plane to France.
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Classic Eddie at the presser ,
Fozzie is doing a good job , but I saw him the other day putting his application in at centre link
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@His-Bobness That is why he is probably trying to change rules to allow offshore selection. RM will be the first he calls on if he gets it through.
Mo’unga is simply not good enough for that treatment. It would be the fastest way of scaring off Dmac, Perofeta, Cameron etc. If Razor can’t live within his means, he’s not good enough for the job
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I do agree with what someone else was saying that DMac was probably under instructions to stand deeper to accommodate Christie’s laboured clearance. That didn’t excuse his poor non-contestable kicks, but that pairing was a disaster. Webber - who has an established combination with DMac - should be on the plane ahead of Christie. The only possible argument against it is that Brad is on his way overseas, but so is half of the rest of the existing team. The biggest problem in the first half, though, was the starting front row. Williams’ penalties opened the door for the Wallabies, while Laulala was back to his sloppy worst. That they couldn’t get ascendancy over an Australian front row down to its third or fourth choice props speaks volumes. It was also a bad day at the office for usually excellent Sam T at hooker. So nothing much went right in the first 40 minutes. But as Mike Snow says above, the fact that the senior contingent steadied the ship so calmly in the second half was testament to their resilience and bodes well for the crunch games ahead. Foster rolled the selection dice on this one and nearly came a cropper.
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Only saw the first half but based on that the first thing I would do is hire Dan Carter as our 10 coach and his first role would be to talk Dmac through every decision he made. This test could be defining if he learned from it, but will he?
He doesn’t need to try to make something happen to get us to score fast points, he’s at 10, not 15.
His role is to get us territory and get us in pattern - that chip kick when we turned them over, are down by two tries and finally have some territory, that’s where you hold it and put us in pattern. Him immediately chipping it away was the most unforgivable part of today, it was nothing to do with bad service or having a bad day with the boot, it highlighted that what he has (mostly) learned at super level has not transferred to the test arena.
I still have hope for him but he needs a huge kick in the ass.
