All Blacks vs England 2

[Tim]

Super Rugby coaching doesn't mean much at international level. These guys look out of their depth. Forwards poor for a lot of the game.

I would say McKenzie is a poor game manager, but there wasn't much of a game plan to manage.

[Chris]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Let's hear no more BS about Beauden Barrett being finished. He won that game.

Ratima looked good.

Yeah Fair call he made a big difference.

[Kirwan]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

Just start Vaai, Finau is a non entity

[KiwiMurph]

The whole bench was good for a 2nd week in a row

[BerniesCorner]

I was seriously bogging there

[MN5]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell and have a blinder every 20 tests.

[stodders]

@KiwiMurph coach put them on at the right time to wrest momentum back 😉

[chimoaus]

Taylor, Telea, Christie, Ioane, Patty unfortunately just not quite up to it.

[Mattasaurus]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell / Akira and have a blinder every 20 tests.

Fixed

[nostrildamus]

Dalton is a 6 in 7 clothing, we don't have a fully functioning 6 or 7 (perhaps because Dalton is doing all the tackling), Patty isn't up to it, injury or being up against Itoje, Perofeta/BB double act working, and we actually have a winger problem! I thought Ioane played well and when he went off JB's game went downhill. Not sure what is happening there. We have such a good bench scrumming team now but those lineouts may have worsened since test 1. I'm not looking at Razor for lost sheen but Ryan.

[gt12]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell and have a blinder every 20 tests.

Finau doesn’t even look as good as he was for the Chiefs, and even then we worried about him going missing at times.

[Frank]

@Kirwan said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Finau is a non entity

One of the more hyped players in Super Rugby and subsequently revealed to be undeserving. Vaai, Jacobsen or Blackadder would be better.

[BerniesCorner]

I want to see Proctor at 13

[MN5]

@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell / Akira and have a blinder every 20 tests.

Fixed

You’ll get banned for that. Akira is god.

[kiwiinmelb]

Captain is a good fella

[chimoaus]

Savea, Sititi and Paps is the loose forward trio for me.

[ACT Crusader]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

I want to see Proctor at 13

Against Fiji he hopefully gets his opportunity.

[chimoaus]

Or they should have gone Sotutu Paps and Savea.

[Machpants]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Savea, Sititi and Paps is the loose forward trio for me.

I'm a big Ardie fan, but he needs to step up

[African Monkey]

@chimoaus I thought Tuipulotu was alright. Everyone is to blame for the lineout in that tight 5, but I thought he carried fairly well.

Tupou Va'ai has done well off the bench in the first 2 games.