RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
I know he is trying to say 'we're taking this game seriously' but for a coach that has a history of wrecking ABs history, not a great line to take!
Ian Foster insists NZ's unbeaten record against Italy ‘means nothing’
Ian Foster has stressed New Zealand’s history against Italy “means nothing” ahead of the crucial World Cup meeting between the sides...
We deserve a coach who states clearly and with confidence his team is absolutely, definitely going to win that crunch game.
Like Eddie.....
Jeez please no hahaha
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@akan004 said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Ardie just said that the Ireland V SA game was one of the first non ABs games he has watched.
What a professional outfit we have here, one of our most senior players and stand in captain is not even bothered to see where the opposition is at. Sigh.
Not this again…
Someone dig up the old thread/s on rugby players that don’t sit around and watch rugby games from start to finish.
They watch snippets, packaged up footage. Who cares if they don’t sit and watch full games.
This is a RWC ffs, you want to be as best prepared as possible and perhaps offer insights on the opposition that maybe the coaches might have missed.
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Just on the DM/BB axis. Have we seen that in a big test? I'm quite excited to see how it goes. Hopefully another injury forced "master stroke".
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@Kirwan said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Ritchie being out injured may be the tried and true Foster approaching to improving his team (being forced to change selections by injury).
We aren't winning the world cup with Ritchie Mounga at 10. might as well try DMac.
Think Ritchie has been OK and much improved over the last year. I'm a bit of a DMac fan and think he should have more game time but think RM is a bit more solid 10 right now
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The hilarious thing is that we'd take Anscombe in a heart beat if he was available right now.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Just on the DM/BB axis. Have we seen that in a big test? I'm quite excited to see how it goes.
Well Mo'unga has already lost us one world cup, no need to make it two
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
I know he is trying to say 'we're taking this game seriously' but for a coach that has a history of wrecking ABs history, not a great line to take!
Ian Foster insists NZ's unbeaten record against Italy ‘means nothing’
Ian Foster has stressed New Zealand’s history against Italy “means nothing” ahead of the crucial World Cup meeting between the sides...
We deserve a coach who states clearly and with confidence his team is absolutely, definitely going to win that crunch game.
Like Eddie.....
Jeez please no hahaha
Why not? Eddie makes bold selections, is prepared to put older, past-it players out to grass, doesn't need to have obvious selections or Assistants orced on him and, unlike Foster, doesn't give undeserving players starting slots in return for public support.
What's not to like......?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
I know he is trying to say 'we're taking this game seriously' but for a coach that has a history of wrecking ABs history, not a great line to take!
Ian Foster insists NZ's unbeaten record against Italy ‘means nothing’
Ian Foster has stressed New Zealand’s history against Italy “means nothing” ahead of the crucial World Cup meeting between the sides...
We deserve a coach who states clearly and with confidence his team is absolutely, definitely going to win that crunch game.
Like Eddie.....
Jeez please no hahaha
Why not? Eddie makes bold selections, is prepared to put older, past-it players out to grass, doesn't need to have obvious selections or Assistants orced on him and, unlike Foster, doesn't give undeserving players starting slots in return for public support.
What's not to like......?
12.5%
And he does need some decent assistants forced on him as he has a bunch of amateur leagies
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Duluth said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
A few years ago Barrett/McKenzie worked too
Wasn't that with BB at 10 and McKenzie at 15? Can't compare. And I don't remember it working that well either.
It was pretty damn good on the 2018 EOYT.
That was 5 years ago, mind.
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Duluth What a bs again. Mo'unga didn't lose us the 2019 RWC. We all know the problem was in the forwards.
Forgotten the poor tackling letting in a try already?
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@Duluth said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Just on the DM/BB axis. Have we seen that in a big test? I'm quite excited to see how it goes.
Well Mo'unga has already lost us one world cup, no need to make it two
But he wasn't the only dumb bastard in that semi....not by a long, long way.
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@foobaNZ said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Wow blaming Mo'unga for 2019 is such a stupid take I don't know what to say lol.
And I hate the Saders.
Our lack of physicality was the problem that day. We were boys against men.
And Eddie had some very set moves, the kick off to first try was pre planned, and so well executed - they must've practised that a lot
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England ran straight at Mo'unga and made easy metre's and got points out of it. He was mentally broken and hid from first receiver for the rest of the game.
He still has the same problem now. When the game gets tough he doesn't take control he gives up the first receiver spot
A flat track bully
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@foobaNZ said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
We were boys against men
No. We were dumb, dumb, dumb. From the selection through to the final whistle.
That loss hurt more than 2007 - and I was there in Cardiff.
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@Duluth said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Just on the DM/BB axis. Have we seen that in a big test? I'm quite excited to see how it goes.
Well Mo'unga has already lost us one world cup, no need to make it two
I'll get the popcorn.
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@Victor-Meldrew I won't say we weren't dumb, but if you cannot compete at the contact, you're no chance in a knock out game.
