RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia
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If Christie starts over Roigard I will shit in Fozzies breakfast.
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well Fozzie said FRizell and Lomax wont be ready, Jordie is improving as is Cane, but now becomes a juggling act to give enough people game time while building toward the key matches.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Jordie is improving as is Cane, but now becomes a juggling act to give enough people game time while building toward the key matches.
That's been the issue for a while - always chasing our tails and not enough time to give players game time together. Jordie's a classic case - needed plenty of time with Reiko and now he's injured there's a big. big problem in midfield as we saw against France.
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McKenzie in the starting XV. Either frizzell or blackadder at 6. Rest i don’t care.
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
McKenzie in the starting XV. Either frizzell or blackadder at 6. Rest i don’t care.
I'm still wondering why Finau who trains with the ABs and is that much bigger than Ethan, and matchfit! is behind him for the selectors, given Ethan will not at all be up to speed with team tactics (even if he has already played with most of the pack that must be over a year ago?!)
Could another loosie be carrying a niggle, and they really need Ethan's 6/7/8 utility? -
The performance of the tight five with cleaning and carrying (Barrett aside) was inadequate. de Groot is really struggling for form. A new front row combination is needed, so they may as well give it some game time.
1 Tu'ungafasi
2 Tuakei'aho
3 LaulalaBetter hope that Lomax can come straight back into his usual form after injury. Game against Italy?
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@nostrildamus Yes, Cane.
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@sparky said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
I’d pick.
Williams, Coles, Newell, S Barrett, Vai’i, Jacobson, Papalii, A.Savea, Roigard, McKenzie, C.Clarke, R.Ioane, W. Jordan. B. Barrett
Sami T, Du Groot, Ofa T, Retallick, Cane or Blackadder, Christie, J.Barrett or AlB, Leicester F
I know it’s only Namibia but going into a game without a 2nd five really smacks of arrogance the NH writers always talk about
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Why not start our best team (despite those with niggles) and actually get some cohesion going? Right now we lack fluidity, wouldn't it make sense to get combinations fine-tuned before the playoff run? Then again Roigard and McKenzie deserve to push their case, I personally think they should both be in the top 23.
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Mix and match, play our best side against Italy and try to get our best 23 on the field for the qtr final.
It’s imperative we get our top side to play in the qtr final.
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4 1/2 weeks to a QF,the best team needs some game time together we already have 4 players from our top side not playing for a few weeks.
Get them out there and get some sort of game going, as you said some cohesion and sort out the things that are contributing to these big 2nd half falling off a cliff BS performances. -
@nostrildamus Pretty sure that Ethan doesn’t need to know the tactics. Just hit another player, hit another ruck.
