RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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"Leicester Ofa Ki Wales Twickenham Fainga'anuku"
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@nostrildamus Leicester is a wing who can play in the midfield at a pinch. Even for the Mako his starts in the midfield have been rare. He'll probably shift inwards like Tana, though, because he doesn't have elite pace.
Jordan has played all but one of his tests on the wing,
They're more wings (collectively) than Kahui (a centre) and Jane (a converted fullback) who had SBW covering them in 2011.
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@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus Leicester is a wing who can play in the midfield at a pinch. Even for the Mako his starts in the midfield have been rare. He'll probably shift inwards like Tana, though, because he doesn't have elite pace.
Jordan has played all but one of his tests on the wing,
They're more wings than Kahui (a centre) and Jane (a converted fullback) who had SBW covering them in 2011.
fair enough, I'm honestly on their side, playing Jordan on the wing has been a success. Kahui and Jane had great AB careers. But there was still a specialist wing in the 23.
I also understand Leicester prefers/preferred wing, but at AB level he has to also be seen as a backup midfielder. I'm honestly surprised they tried him at 12 though. IMO he plays like a flanker! -
@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Mark Telea is a tool for breaking curfew.
As were Israel Dagg and Cory Jane days before 2011 RWC Quarterfinal. The difference was they weren't dropped.
Except they never actually broke the rules, it just wasn't a good look. There was no policy on drinking, not was there a curfew in effect at that time. In addition the leadership group make these calls, not Foster, unless he has changed things
That reads like semantics to me
Shand said the team had dealt with it internally and the players had been disciplined according to team protocols. "We don't have any policy on smoking or drinking, we just expect them to make good decisions. Clearly there is enough evidence out there from both sides to say they have let themselves down. Cory had better play a blinder." -
@nostrildamus Apparently, Leicester's first ever time at 12 - though I'd be surprised if he hadn't played a bit of time there at school (I seem to recall he was mainly a fullback in his latter years at Nelson College).
Would be a massive risk to have him in the midfield vs Ireland - LF is the 5th best midfielder at the Crusaders - but Fozzie may have been going to roll that dice.
Leicester on the bench might have added some finishing punch on the wing - and you could have trusted to luck that neither Jordie nor Rieko got injured.
I don't see ALB as anything more than injury/meltdown cover. If one of our wings gets injured, you're going to have to move Rieko out - or put DMac on the wing (I'd probably do the latter). I wouldn't use ALB in this game unless I had to.
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Re ST....is there anyone that has lifted their game under fozzie?....is there anyone that plays better for the AB's than in super anymore? feel like at most there are a few that play as well but several that seem to go down hill in the black jersey
ST hasn't played well for Chiefs really, but very few players shine more in test rugby as it a higher standard of opposition.
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@Dan54 see....my feeling with past AB's teams lots of players lifted their game, yes theyre playing higher level opposition...but you also have 22 of the best rugby players in the country around you...10's should be looking a little better getting balls from Nuggie for example, front rows should be looking a little better with BBBR/SW/SB behind them....and it should be some of if not the best coaching environment....that why, i thought, we'd have players go and train with the AB's....see if they get a little lift
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Mark Telea is a tool for breaking curfew.
As were Israel Dagg and Cory Jane days before 2011 RWC Quarterfinal. The difference was they weren't dropped.
Except they never actually broke the rules, it just wasn't a good look. There was no policy on drinking, not was there a curfew in effect at that time. In addition the leadership group make these calls, not Foster, unless he has changed things
That reads like semantics to me
Shand said the team had dealt with it internally and the players had been disciplined according to team protocols. "We don't have any policy on smoking or drinking, we just expect them to make good decisions. Clearly there is enough evidence out there from both sides to say they have let themselves down. Cory had better play a blinder."https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ace5d147-f147-4b95-9cd3-f1aca6088e1e/gif#rUWR3vxM.copy
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@KiwiMurph "...may have...".
That they gave him a run at 12 vs Uruguay - seemed an odd thing to do, when they could have moved ALB in one.
ALB on the bench doesn't really cover wing very well, because it necessitates pushing Rieko out there, which takes a big edge off our midfield attack.
Leicester on the bench doesn't cover midfield very well either.
But, I think Leicester offers more impact. I wouldn't use ALB this weekend unless we have to.
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I think ALB, Cane, BB, maybe Taylor, are considered almost set-in-stone ABs by Foster (and or assistants). Very hard to shift that.
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@KiwiMurph I think Caleb has clearly been pushed down the pecking order.
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@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@KiwiMurph I think Caleb has clearly been pushed down the pecking order.
It only took Foster a year to figure our what has been obvious for quite some time, even less effective tests than Frizzle- and Frizzle's are at least recent not years ago
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Optimism levels greatly reduced due to inclusion of Ginga.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Optimism levels greatly reduced due to inclusion of Ginga.
TBH, as stupid was that is, it won't be with winning or losing of the game. It'll be foster sticking with pretty much the same tactics, esp on defence, for years. It'll be not learning the 'learnings' 🤮. It'll be lack of leadership when it gets tight. It'll be the lack of discipline when our stupid short kicking game puts us under relentless pressure. It'll be the lack of nous when it comes to pushing and working the ref.
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@voodoo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
40 hours and 20 minutes until kick-off guys - that's barely more than one of those world vision starvation events we used to do as kids!
Pass me the barley sugars...
Hang in there
And in that 40 hours, we get to watch the underdog Canterbury defeat the heavily favoured Naki, and hopefully Wellington defeat those nose candy chumps
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@ACT-Crusader and of course we're all getting up to watch Gatland's minions destroy the Puma's
