The Rugby Championship 2016
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="604547" data-time="1470783502"><p>it's what? who are the great Australian pair we need to watch out for?</p></blockquote>
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You know mariner, that pair that sliced and diced England up the middle of the park and stopped any ball carrier in their tracks....<br><br>
Kurindrani has been extremely out of form this season for both Brumbies and Wallabies. Toomua who I rate has had injury concerns so was unavailable for the start of the England series. That young Qlder did okay for a debutante but they don't yet know if he is a 12 or 13 or should play him on the wing. <br><br>
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<p>Kuridrani is a myth. He was good for one season, a couple of years ago. For a big unit you can count his linebreaks in a year on the fingers of a careless piranha fisherman. He's not even a great line bender.</p>
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<p>Toomua is pretty good, but has stalled while he's been injured. And they'll rissole him for Giteau anyway. No wonder he is fucking off overseas. </p> -
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<p>Kuridrani is a myth. He was good for one season, a couple of years ago. For a big unit you can count his linebreaks in a year on the fingers of a careless piranha fisherman. He's not even a great line bender.</p>
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<p>did he cop an injury that just hasn't come right or something? because he was really bloody good that one year, and has been very ordinary since.</p> -
<p>Teams named for Springboks v Pumas (Sun 21/8, 3.05am NZT):</p>
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<div><strong>Springboks</strong></div>
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<div>15 Johan Goosen, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk, </div>
<div>8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c) , Tendai Mtawarira</div>
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<div>Reserves: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Jaco Kriel, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Juan de Jongh, 23 Jesse Kriel.</div>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3665344'>http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3665344</a></div>
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<div><strong>Pumas</strong></div>
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<div>15 JoaquÃn Tuculet, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 MatÃas Orlando, 12 Juan MartÃn Hernández, 11 Manuel Montero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 MartÃn Landajo, </div>
<div>8 Facundo Isa, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 MatÃas Alemanno, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 AgustÃn Creevy (c), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro</div>
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<div>Reserves: 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Felipe Arregui, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Ramiro Moyano</div>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.sanzarrugby.com/therugbychampionship/news/trc-rd-1-50th-cap-for-creevy-against-boks/'>http://www.sanzarrugby.com/therugbychampionship/news/trc-rd-1-50th-cap-for-creevy-against-boks/</a></div> -
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<p>i still can't believe they didn't pick van rensburg, best 12 in the comp and an established combination with the 10 and 13 selected. farkin dummies.</p>
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Funny reading some of the worries some had about our midfield heading into the RC. Seems to be going okay so far.
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@Stargazer and Shag hinted that he is a good chance to come straight in and start next week ,
Which is what many here predicted a little while back in the case of a Cane injury
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@reprobate said in The Rugby Championship 2016:
Kuridrani is a myth. He was good for one season, a couple of years ago. For a big unit you can count his linebreaks in a year on the fingers of a careless piranha fisherman. He's not even a great line bender.
did he cop an injury that just hasn't come right or something? because he was really bloody good that one year, and has been very ordinary since.
Yeah someone on here called him the Black Mortlock ( actually that sounds precisely the sort of shit that I would have said ) but for whatever reason his form has fallen off a fucken cliff. It's like he's doing a Savea but for way, way longer.
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@kiwiinmelb said in The Rugby Championship 2016:
@Stargazer and Shag hinted that he is a good chance to come straight in and start next week ,
Which is what many here predicted a little while back in the case of a Cane injury
Holy shit I really hope he does, the meltdown from the likes of Canes4Life and Winger would be epic.
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@kiwiinmelb said in The Rugby Championship 2016:
@Stargazer and Shag hinted that he is a good chance to come straight in and start next week ,
Which is what many here predicted a little while back in the case of a Cane injury
I didn't interpret Hansen's comments that way. Below is from the Stuff report. Also some insight in terms of his size.
"It's coming along okay. It's a big step up from Super Rugby to the more physical demands of international rugby. As we saw with his Hurricanes career he came in and took a couple of seasons to get to the point where he was really going to dominate," Hansen said. "He's growing all the time. We had a good chat last week. He's happy and everyone is happy with the progress but we know there's things he can still do better. It's the pace of the game. **He's a really explosive athlete so is he ready to play 80 minutes? We're not sure yet at that level but we'll get a good 60 out of him and we know Matty can play for as long as we need him.** "Matt has been in and around the team for a long time and become the professional yo-yo. He copes with it really well." Interestingly, **Hansen believes Savea will only get better the more weight he puts on**. Making the comparison to Cane, who has gone from around 102kg to 109kg in the All Blacks under the guidance of strength and conditioning guru Nick Gill, Hansen said the added weight would increase Savea's impact for longer. "That extra weight gives him [Cane] a lot more strength and power and he's able to do things that others can't," Hansen said. "Defensively he's been fantastic. "I don't know if Ardie will get to that weight but he's certainly come a long way. **When he started Super Rugby he was only 95kgs - he's up to 102 now so if we can get him around 105 that'll be a good weight for him."** -
@ACT-Crusader Hopefully he is saying that perhaps Ardie would be good for 60 then bring on Todd. He refers to Todd as being a professional yo yo which means to me he is good enough for cover but not good enough to demand a starting position. I think it would be a step back otherwise and if they are concerned about Savea and the physicality on the game is Todd really a step up.? Time to play 2 6's anyway in my thinking ... clears throat ... Akira.
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The way I read it is that Ardie will get a good 60 minutes all being well and Todd to come on for the final quarter. part being is that they are still concerned about the Ardie over 80 minutes of test footy.
With regards to Todd, I think what they are saying here (and previous comments) is that they know he can go 80 but he's not ahead of Cane as a starter and they like Ardie as an impact man.
