All Blacks vs England I
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs England I:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:
fuck, now you made me read the "article" and i am dumber for it.
The little wank over Frizzell was the first giveaway that this was going to be complete garbage.
Anyone else look at that AB starting team he picked and thought "gee that's a bit ordinary" (miss you John Drake)? Perofeta at the back. 3 openside-sized players in the loosies. The hope that this is the year Patty T turns Super form in to test form? The hope that Cody Taylor is immediately up to speed. A quarter of the run on side hasn't played any rugby for like 5 weeks?
Finau selected to cover lock? Have they ever heard of Soldier Field?
pffft, Kaino's no Finau eh
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Bones
He seems to suggest Razor's teams play in quite a different way from Fozzie's. (or even Hansen and Henry)More adaptability and variation acorss roles during the game.
Razor's backline operates very differently, that's for sure. It's one of the reasons why Mo'unga looks a world-beater for the Crusaders and just average for the All Blacks. He gets to pick his moments more for the Crusaders.
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs England I:
It's one of the reasons why Mo'unga looks a world-beater for the Crusaders and just average for the All Blacks.
I think the step-up between SR and Test level might have something to do with it myself.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs England I:
It's one of the reasons why Mo'unga looks a world-beater for the Crusaders and just average for the All Blacks.
I think the step-up between SR and Test level might have something to do with it myself.
As I said, one of the reasons 😉
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@reprobate said in All Blacks vs England I:
On Sotutu, I am kinda sick of people saying "both sides of the ball" to criticise him. If they really mean both sides, then how about criticising, i dunno, everyone fucking else for not being able to do what he does on the attacking side of the ball?
That's probably never going to happen, because instantly everyone would be up in arms about the coaches bagging a player in the media. And I don't particularly want our coaches telling other teams about our players' perceived weaknesses.
It's a bit like people wanting more information about the gameplan.
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All Blacks: Who plays halfback this weekend?
Analysis: Aaron Smith's incredible career saw him snuff out any debate about the No 9 jersey for 13 straight seasons, but who takes his place, asks Jamie Wall.
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@Machpants really bugs me because the "logic" is so strained
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
All Blacks: Who plays halfback this weekend?
Analysis: Aaron Smith's incredible career saw him snuff out any debate about the No 9 jersey for 13 straight seasons, but who takes his place, asks Jamie Wall.
I clearly don’t read NZ media enough (at all) anymore as I opened that expecting some analysis of the 3 candidates respective pluses and minuses, what they might bring to this particular game given the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, the possible side we will name, the likely game plan, maybe what each has worked on this year “on both sides of the ball”.
Jokes on me
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
One day the Brits will learn how to count
Probably not
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seems very early to name your team
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
seems very early to name your team
AB team is announced in house today,
So the players/team have the time to prepare.
Released to the media on Thursday though. -
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
Yeah fair enough no surprises anyway.
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good on England. if rugby was serious about marketing itself all test sides would get named on Tuesday. Days of analysis and head-to-head match ups to discuss.
But noooo, lets wait until late in the week.
It's piss weak
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
am i wrong though that we dont normally get a team named on a tuesday?
not saying it bad, just unexpected and i feel unusual not to have noth team naming at a similar time
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Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.
