All Blacks vs England I

DaGrubster

@mikedogz said in All Blacks vs England I:

Razor is on the trophy march already!!!

Tim

Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.

Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.

Bones

The best bit about this game was Flatman's ridiculous cheerleading being shoved down his throat.

mikedogz

@DaGrubster said in All Blacks vs England I:

@mikedogz said in All Blacks vs England I:

Razor is on the trophy march already!!!

Hillary Shield.

BerniesCorner

Haven't seen all the match yet but some of those long Barrett kicks I saw were literally match savers.
Jordie is indispensible now.

DaGrubster

When will we see the headlines about Razor trying to get Fozzie out of his Japanese contract…..?! 😂

KiwiMurph

The great thing about Jordie tonight was his error rate was basically nil. Usual brilliant stuff but also no errors

nostrildamus

@chucknz said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Tim you must be gutted that we won, seems to be the result blues fans are wanting

nope, we can be Blues fans AND AB supporters

MN5

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:

Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.

Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.

This has always been my issue with him. JC and Kano regularly buried forwards even bigger than they were. Finau has ( from what I’ve seen ) made a dubious reputation of smashing first fives in vulnerable passing positions.

Victor Meldrew

@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:

Telea gets involved, but lacks top end pace and power. I'd replace him with Clarke.

He looked ~~a bit~~ lost at times tonight.

DMac has to be persisted with, but God damn he did some wayward pointless kicks.

It was Beauden Barrettesque.

Was he executing the game-plan well or badly?

Tim

@MN5

clears throat, takes deep breath

Blackadder may not be much of a lineout option, but he'd be a better pick at six.

Might have to move Barrett or Vaai there.

BerniesCorner

Bloody hard taskmasters on here. England are a bloody good team across the park.
Test 2 going to be awesome also.

nostrildamus

if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!

BerniesCorner

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England I:

if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!

Sititi

Tim

@nostrildamus Imagine if he had out played the current bum twice in four weeks? That would be a miracle.

chimoaus

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England I:

if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!

Yes I seem to remember seeing one in the super final.

Frank

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

Blackadder may not be much of a lineout option, but he'd be a better pick at six.

He was used very effectively as a front of lineout option by Foster. (in the one or two games he played).

Tim

@Frank Could do that and use four man lineouts as well to mix it up.

chimoaus

What made the Blues loose tri so good. Multiple lineout options, multiple running options and the ability to play tight.

nostrildamus

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England I:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England I:

if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!

Sititi

He's young, let him earn his stripes at his specialist position, I mean he's played 6 right but mostly at 8 for the Chiefs?

The Silver Fern

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