RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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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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@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
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@Machpants wonder what learnings will be in his presser...
Time for Fozzie to give us the
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@Kiwiwomble it's come thru my source and I ain't happy about it at all ,same as I was told Christie on bench from Monday
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@george33 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Talea, Roigard, Ofa , Blackadder, Sami T
Bit late homeSurely they’re all blameless except for Ethan, who of course turned their water into wine
