RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina
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@stodders said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Whitelock swap with Retallick.
Tele'a in. Fainga'anuku out of the 23.
Taukei'aho in. Coles out of the 23.
Like the look of the team, perhaps I would of thought Roigard against Argies, but can understand why they have gone for Christie (well more or less), also Sami, I actually think is good pick as he may get more time than they want to give Colsey before final, I guessing if score is ok (and I saying only if) they may make a couple of eraly changes.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Tough to drop Christie when he did nothing wrong last week.
Oh, you are a card.
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@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
Blame him for last week's earthquake in Guatemala.
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Getting some intensive anthem practice into my daughter. When she’s never lived in NZ, there’s only the matches on tv to learn. Really hope we are surrounded by kiwis (or Argentinians) and not disgruntled surly Irish and Welsh fans.
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@Victor-Meldrew facts man, just the facts.
He did a great leap into the group hug after they won too!
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@MN5 said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Foster is clueless.
Fat too.
Explains the earthquake in Peru.
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@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
We could squabble about the AB legacy.
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@Crazy-Horse said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
We could squabble about the AB legacy.
nooooooooooo
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For all the talk of the ABs legacy, the nature of the game today is that the RWC trumps all. You even get bonus ranking points during it.
Make no mistake, Ireland crashing out of the quarters has seriously undermined the legacy of that team, rightly or wrongly. They will only be remembered for crashing out in the quarters, not what they did leading up to it. Just like our 07 ABs.
So, it seems to me that our coaches have been targeting three specific games for a long time now. SA smacking us in a warm up game, as much as that sucked, will mean jack diddly squat if we win the whole thing. All of the talk will be about how great the ABs are at RWCs.
Yes we have a proud history where we have gone all out to win every single game we play. But in the professional era, with teams like France and Ireland really stepping up, it's just not possible to blow all and sundry away every time anymore. Hence the focus on winning the games that really matter.
We've joked about dry powder before, but in this instance that's exactly what we had. We figured out how to combat the Irish style of play, but gave them no indication at all beforehand that we had. We kept our cards close to our chest, and unveiled a new defensive system that they had no answers for in the end.
@Chris-B has been alluding to this for a while, and I think he's right, all of our planning for the last 2 years have centered around these three games.
And despite all that, we've still won every trophy on offer this year.
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And back to this game, selection exactly as expected. Being able to rotate 3 world class locks is not a luxury many teams have!
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