RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay
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@Stargazer Tevita was the one called into the AB squad though which is why he didn't play in the XV games. I assume it will either be Moody or Mafileo from those props left in NZ.
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@Canes4life it’d probably be Angus. He was injured until the NPC
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@Duluth could be, how's his form?
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He's been good.. Auckland scrum has generally been strong. He's been used a lot from the bench as Auckland has wanted to get game time into some younger props and finish with experience
I presume it'll be him because you'd want someone who's familiar with the setup and can slot straight in if there's another injury
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LF can't be in the starting team. On defence he turns slower than the QE2 and then gets outpaced by Vaa'i on the chase back.
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@nostrildamus Jamie Joseph?
Nooohh, please no!
He will be just like Deans and Rennie: hamstrung by an incompetent administration and given players who aren't up to it.
Nothing to worry about.
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@Duluth either that or they call up Moody and use Ofa as a tight-head only.
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That was a really good performance and a number of players got some important minutes. The Lomax injury is by a mile the biggest negative from that.
DMac was very good again, Roigard did great work cleaning up scrappy ball and is such a threat with ball in hand, and Jordan looked to be getting into some good form with some magical touches.
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Possibly. I think they'd keep the same squad balance though
Foster's comment:
"It looks like a small strain, we won't know for another 24 hours but he was looking OK"So maybe a false alarm. I hope they don't fuck with the NPC teams and let all the props play
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
so for those who couldn't watch the match and were foolishly following this thread for the score and overall comments, did any loosies play well? Did EB do anything well?
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Cane was everywhere without really standing out but first to the breakdown wherever it was (side bar was just thinking he's looking a lot more trim than in recent times)
Jacobson usual big front on D. Carried well and always looking to get an offload away in the tackle. Bit of miscommunication clearing ball at base of scrum a couple of times to the half. Right on Canes heels.. I'm sure tackle stats will show them making plenty
Frizzell - couple of decent runs hitting the line at speed, don't really recall seeing too much of him but aggressive on D when he needed to beBlackadder - spilled first touch. one decent run. that's about it
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
If LF doesn't start next week, he should be on the bench instead of ALB.
pretty unimpressed by him getting skinned on the outside then showing the pace of a president grades prop chasing back and being passed by Whitelock
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Just watched on delay then read the thread. Geez I see a few things differently to many posters but similar to the TV team
Thought LF and Ofa tried to play themselves out of qf 23 tonight. LF was lazy slow and inaccurate but seemed not to get noticed when he played better in midfield in second half. Ofa still looks awkward to me. Gosh I hope Lomax is OK and Newell too. Tamaiti went well.
For me standout mom was Dmac. Can't believe how many times others messed up when he was in a try scoring position. Really don't think Jordan or BB are the answer at 15. It just has to be Dmac. And he was the best 10 on the park as well as 15. Richie seems to slot back too much so Dmac has to be there to compensate.
Not sure why the haters for Luke J. Both he and Cane were close to the ball and effective all day competing against the best Uruguayan.
Roigard can do better and will learn from today but still looks a big threat. ALB did a lot of good work. Others were remarkably quiet.
Looks OK for QF provided Lomax is OK.
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@ARHS said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Just watched on delay then read the thread. Geez I see a few things differently to many posters but similar to the TV team
Thought LF and Ofa tried to play themselves out of qf 23 tonight. LF was lazy slow and inaccurate but seemed not to get noticed when he played better in midfield in second half. Ofa still looks awkward to me. Gosh I hope Lomax is OK and Newell too. Tamaiti went well.
For me standout mom was Dmac. Can't believe how many times others messed up when he was in a try scoring position. Really don't think Jordan or BB are the answer at 15. It just has to be Dmac. And he was the best 10 on the park as well as 15. Richie seems to slot back too much so Dmac has to be there to compensate.
Not sure why the haters for Luke J. Both he and Cane were close to the ball and effective all day competing against the best Uruguayan.
Roigard can do better and will learn from today but still looks a big threat. ALB did a lot of good work. Others were remarkably quiet.
Looks OK for QF provided Lomax is OK.
yeh I agree with you.
made our bed with sticking with BB - no idea what fozzie was thinking there, hoping BB of 2015 would come back at some point.. father time says get farked!Roigard was pretty disrupted but shit his pass is inaccurate
ultraslim Williams looking to move into the backline.. looked awesome wide with ball in hand!
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@chimoaus Didn't look too serious. I just read in one of the media articles that taking him off the field was precautionary.
Yeah it crossed my mind that it was more of a 'tactical sub' than an injury given he came on a bit earlier after the injury to Lomax. He may still be on managed time after coming back from injury.
