All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
So what will the NZ side be? Something like?
Du Groot, Taylor, Lomax, S. Barrett, Whitelock, Jacobson, Cane (c), A. Savea, A.Smith, R. Mo’unga, Telea, J. Barrett, R. Ioane, W. Jordan, B. Barrett.
Sami T, Williams, Newell, Vaii, Papalii, Christie, Havili, Leicester F
I expect Finau at 6. Three of Lord/Vaa'i/Jacobson/Papali'i om bench. Leicester may not be needed.
Apart from Finau enigma, this was pretty close.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
Tricky thing is covering a midfield injury.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
Tricky thing is covering a midfield injury.
I suppose the 6/2 split is more the issue there.
I don't mind ALB on the bench per se, but when ALB is ALL that's on the bench, then I see no impact.
Imagine being down in the second half and needing to turn things round and ALB is the answer.
Not for me.
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That team gets the thumbs up from me. Good stuff Ian.
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I don’t get the point of finau getting a run. Hes not in the squad. Need to know that Jacobsen can cover 6.
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@Smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Nothing like a bok AB game. I really, really want the boks to be looking for revenge for fucking Albany. And I especially want Etzebeth to be out to coldly, cynically take his pound of flesh closest to the heart.
Long 26 hours ahead.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I thought they would give Finau a run, but don't know what's happened since he got to London, and I wondering if there an injury that perhaps whoever it is Lord will come in? Maybe Rettalick slower recovering than expected?
As @Billy-Tell says they need to prepare for France opening game. As it stands right now (touching wood no more injuries) Jacobson is a real contender for 6 shirt vs France - Finau is not.
Both Lord and Vaai on the bench allows them the flexibility of subbing off both of their starting locks - which is useful given they have only 3 fit locks for the French game.
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So the criticisms seem to be:
- we picked a bloke who is in the main squad over a bloke who is not (on the bench)
- we picked a bloke who is not in the main squad but not a bloke who is not in the main squad
- we've picked a 6-2 bench against a team that has picked a 6-2 bench
- we didn't pick a specilaist winger on the bench
About right?
On the plus side:
- Best available XV (assuming Taylor is injured)
- chance to use either of our lock/6 options for some time at 6
- Lord gets game time in the event of injury to squad locks necessitating replacment during tournament
- Best available forward bench plus 1
- Roigard gets game time
Other observations:
- ALB covers both midfield positions
- 3 of the non-winger starting backs have started tests on the wing
Anything else?
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Is DMac injured? It's a bit of an odd bench but I guess this is an odd game. Am a LJ fan so hope he puts in a good shift.
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@Billy-Tell Most heart warming post on The Fern in the last 2 years.👍💯🏉
