RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay
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@Tim said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
That's a bit shit. I don't think we can win without him.
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Jermaine Ainsley started both games for ABs XV, this year, that was after Oli Jager withdrew from the squad.
Ainsley has been pretty average during the NPC.The reserve TH's were Rakete-Stones (1st game) and Dyer (2nd).
i think thats a little harsh, Otago has had a shit season in general but our scrum as been pretty good, forward sin general have been much better than our backs, i still think he could do a good job
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@antipodean said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Tim said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
That's a bit shit. I don't think we can win without him.
It certainly will be a struggle to compete without our best tighthead. We need to get at least parity in the scrums to be a chance with the way the game is at the moment.
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@antipodean said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
And he's a great ball carrier who is hard to tackle, very strong, has a huge workrate, he's like a winger and loosie in one.
He's shit at both and as we've seen on defence he's a
Lenny McLean. What a character. Pretty much played himself in that movie. Not a fellow you’d want to mess with……
But yeah, back on topic, Both CC and LF aren’t quite Jonah on attack to make up for any other deficiancies.
LF looked like he was wearing fishing waders when that Uruguayan ( I’m still not sure that’s a word ) winger went round him and CCs propensity to trip over his own feet and generally do dumb shit is a huge concern.
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@game_film said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@MN5 1,000 miles off topic here, but I was watching footage of Lenny McLean in old unlicensed boxing matches in a Frank Warren doco last week. Goodness me, he was almost as hard as Ethan Blackadder.
Stop talking shit. Lenny McLean is a fucken choirboy compared to Rangioras finest
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@game_film said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@MN5 1,000 miles off topic here, but I was watching footage of Lenny McLean in old unlicensed boxing matches in a Frank Warren doco last week. Goodness me, he was almost as hard as Ethan Blackadder.
And almost as big
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More questions than answers
Some tough ones too
NZ could fall into the same trap Scotland and England have fallen into, primarily the side is more balanced and more dangerous without their RWC captain
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@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
More questions than answers
Some tough ones too
NZ could fall into the same trap Scotland and England have fallen into, primarily the side is more balanced and more dangerous without their RWC captain
Well spotted Mike.
I agree, thought we missed Ardie's control last night, not sure they will start Cane from the bench though. I'm just not convinced by our loose forward balance, it's much better with Frizz but the starting 7 is still a conundrum. -
Firstly Uruguay. Unlike Italy who were hopeless and uninterested, Uruguay gave it their all but were just outclassed.
NZ were great in all facets. If we had Hansen or Henry in charge I’d be confident but you never know which side will turn up under foster. We don’t be ¼ final easy beats though. Roigard is the most promising 9 since, well, Aaron Smith.
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
No way foster will drop cane now
I can't see it either, but that may be his and NZ's undoing
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Hopefully we have learnt since the last RWC.
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@Jailbreak7 said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
More questions than answers
Some tough ones too
NZ could fall into the same trap Scotland and England have fallen into, primarily the side is more balanced and more dangerous without their RWC captain
Well spotted Mike.
I agree, thought we missed Ardie's control last night, not sure they will start Cane from the bench though. I'm just not convinced by our loose forward balance, it's much better with Frizz but the starting 7 is still a conundrum.Whilst our results have been up and down, we tend to play better or more cohesively with both Scooter and Ardie in our starting lineup.
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@MiketheSnow said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Machpants said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
No way foster will drop cane now
I can't see it either, but that may be his and NZ's undoing
He's not the only one, cane had 7 votes for this match here, and I have no idea why.
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I sort of feel as if many are forgetting how badly Damien MacKenzie shat the bed last time he played a quality opposition.
Like, he didn't just shit the bed, he then pissed the bed, and then chundered before jizzing , snotting, and bleeding into the bed.
That was the worst game I can remember from an All Black back.
We are all used to the Cantab hate here on the fern, but the some of you who are suggesting DmAc replaces Mo'unga are deranged.
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I feel something stirring within. A spark of confidence for the QF. Bench will be key and I think Foster will go for CR, DMac and LF (why else would he put Leicester at 12, for the first time in his life yesterday?)
We’re not going to win a tight match with ALB coming on to change things.
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@Canerbry said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
We are all used to the Cantab hate here on the fern, but the some of you who are suggesting DmAc replaces Mo'unga are deranged.
I think the discussion is more about DMac replacing Beauden at 15.
