RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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@African-Monkey said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@frugby Fully agree with you there mate. I'm really nervous about Papali'i at 6 and have never liked him there. He's a 7 or don't play at all for me and always has been. Would feel more comfortable with Finau there and the non selection of Jacobsen at 6 suggests to me that they regret picking him as he is the utility loose forward in the squad.
Papali'i lacks a bit of sting both on attack and defence to be an international 6 for me.
That last test he started at 6 he seemed a little all over the show and almost nervous. He gave an interview, can't remember if it was pre or post game and it was telling that ihe wasn't overly comfortable about it. But Paps is a real student of the game and would've learned a few things and the coaches will hopefully have a better idea how to use him there.
if we play an uptempo, speed, don't die with the ball game, we certainly have the loose trio to do that!
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@ACT-Crusader I certainly hope so, and I really hope he goes out there and kills it. I love what he does for the Blues, hope he delivers and makes me look like an idiot on Saturday.
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@MN5 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
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@Darren said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Winning this games doesn't necessarily give us the easier QF anyway, just creates momentum and confidence.
Which is "easier" ...
Scotland, if the manage to tip over either SA or Ireland, which had happened before
Just cos they haven’t won before doesn’t mean they won’t
My point is it had happened before, that's what I said. English comp fail? Which is fair enough with my swipe texting English grammar. Scotland have previously beaten both Ireland and SA, I can't see them doing both in the pool, but they might top one of them meaning winning our pool could result in an easier game.
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Fozzie is obviously an acolyte of Ben Darwin
See the video posted about analytics
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@reprobate said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Christie and Nonu are in no way equivalent and you know it
Not sure what any comparison between Christie and Nonu has got to do with it.
I just pointed out that not picking on SR form didn't mean an inflexible coach or selection process which didn't take form into account.
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@No-Quarter said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
We have a pretty significant lack of depth at halfback right now
Right now? There's been a lack of depth at 9 (and in a fair number of other positions) for the last 4-5 years.
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@Frank said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Comparing Christie to Nonu, you're reaching new lows here bud
Pretty huge bridge you've built there.
When did I compare Nonu to Christie?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Frank said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Comparing Christie to Nonu, you're reaching new lows here bud
Pretty huge bridge you've built there.
When did I compare Nonu to Christie?
You implied that a decision to pick Nonu despite poor super rugby form was similar to picking Christie on poor super form. It's not, because of the massive gulf in their international experience / quality of previous international performance. The only way the decision would be similar, is if you consider the players are similar.
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@Chris said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Dalton's selection? He is absolutely world class
I am not sure he has put in enough World class performances at Test Level to call him World class.
Apparently Ethan Blackadder has according to the fern though
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@Chris said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I haven't heard he is absolutely World class,More give him a go to see what he can do with a few games under his belt in a row.
And people like his 150% no fear approach.That’s slightly more measured than some of what has been said to be fair
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@reprobate said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
You implied that a decision to pick Nonu despite poor super rugby form was similar to picking Christie on poor super form.
I didn't - I just made the point that picking a player despite poor SR form didn't mean the coach/selectors were inflexible and stupid.
Apparently that's comparing Christie to Nonu or fluffing Foster. A bit bizarre.
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@Victor-Meldrew using Nonu as your example.
The Foster-fluffing (not that I said it) comment I imagine is not related so much to this one post defending a poor decision by him, but your many other posts doing so. You've even been doing it tangentially by having repeated cracks at Ryan on the boks match.
While some of the Foster criticism is over the top, there's also a huge amount of perfectly valid criticism. If you're making a play for both broken record and white knight, it's a decent one. -
@African-Monkey said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader I certainly hope so, and I really hope he goes out there and kills it. I love what he does for the Blues, hope he delivers and makes me look like an idiot on Saturday.
It's not ideal and it smacks of a bit of desperation / let's try something different, but I really hope he goes well. He will have to play close to his best ever footy to hold his own against a quality forward pack that like to hit the tackle hard when the ball goes to ground.
i'm nervously excited...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
We have a pretty significant lack of depth at halfback right now
Right now? There's been a lack of depth at 9 (and in a fair number of other positions) for the last 4-5 years.
No, we don't lack depth at nine at all, Roigard is an awesome player. he should be on the bench. We only 'lack depth' cos Foster puts ginger Scottish losers in the team
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@frugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
What the hell is with the ire towards Dalton's selection? He is absolutely world class and a real leader in the pack. One quiet game against Ireland doesn't change all of that. I am very pleased to see him starting this test, and hoping he brings his A game as he is so influential when on form.
I don't think anyone disputes Papalii's qualities. More of a discussion around it being an imbalanced trio.
If I was in charge I'd have Paps as the starting 7
