All Blacks vs Fiji
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
I'm hoping Billy Proctor gets a run at 13, he was the best centre in Super this year and deserves his opportunity. I would start him outside Barrett though for familiarity.
I'd also like to see Ratima start at 9, Clarke and Narawa come onto the wings and Beaudy start at fullback.
In the loose it would be cool to see a trio of Jacobsen, Blackadder and Savea with the hope of getting Savea more time to find his form. Sititi off the bench for impact and Savea to cover 7 when Blackadder goes off injured.
I'd also start Aumua at hooker and potentially bring Bell off the bench.
My 23 for Fiji would be:
- Tu'ungafasi
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Barrett
- Va'ai
- Jacobsen
- Blackadder
- Savea
- Ratima
- McKenzie
- Clarke
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Narawa
- Barrett
- Bell
- Williams
- Newell
- Tuipolotu
- Sititi
- Christie
- ALB
- Reece
I woudl start Tosi and rest Lomax. But otherwise looks good
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
With the ABs only flying out today and playing Friday night San Diego time i'd be nervous to make too many changes.
There's 2 weekends off after this game before TRC starts.
2006 in a mad moment I flew London- Sydney for the weekend (Bledisloe).
San Diego is closer ... hmm -
My 23 for Snapdragon Stadium.
1 Ofa T
2 Aumua
3 Newell
4 S Barrett (c)
5 Vaii
6 Finau
7 Blackadder
8 Sititi
9 Ratima
10 DMac
11 Telea
12 J Barrett
13 Proctor
14 Narawa
15 B. Barrett16 Bell
17 Williams
18 Tosi
19 Darry
20 Jacobson
21 Hotham
22 ALB
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
My 23 for Snapdragon Stadium.
1 Ofa T
2 Aumua
3 Newell
4 S Barrett (c)
5 Vaii
6 Finau
7 Blackadder
8 Sititi
9 Ratima
10 DMac
11 Telea
12 J Barrett
13 Proctor
14 Narawa
15 B. Barrett16 Bell
17 Williams
18 Tosi
19 Darry
20 Jacobson
21 Notham
22 ALB
23 Clarke or LoveHoah Notham?
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
I'd also like to see Ratima start at 9, Clarke and Narawa come onto the wings and Beaudy start at fullback.
I'd like Perofeta to start again to give him some more game time. I'll eat my hat if Ratima doesn't start.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
My 23 for Snapdragon Stadium.
1 Ofa T
2 Aumua
3 Newell
4 S Barrett (c)
5 Vaii
6 Finau
7 Blackadder
8 Sititi
9 Ratima
10 DMac
11 Telea
12 J Barrett
13 Proctor
14 Narawa
15 B. Barrett16 Bell
17 Williams
18 Tosi
19 Darry
20 Jacobson
21 Hotham
22 ALB
23 Clarke or LoveDarry and Love are not in the squad.
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@cgrant said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
My 23 for Snapdragon Stadium.
1 Ofa T
2 Aumua
3 Newell
4 S Barrett (c)
5 Vaii
6 Finau
7 Blackadder
8 Sititi
9 Ratima
10 DMac
11 Telea
12 J Barrett
13 Proctor
14 Narawa
15 B. Barrett16 Bell
17 Williams
18 Tosi
19 Darry
20 Jacobson
21 Hotham
22 ALB
23 Clarke or LoveDarry and Love are not in the squad.
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1 Ofa T
2 Aumua
3 Tosi
4 S Barrett (c)
5 Vaa'i
6 Sititi
7 Blackadder
8 Savea
9 Ratima
10 DMac
11 Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 Proctor
14 Narawa
15 B. Barrett16 Taylor
17 Williams
18 Newell
19 Finau
20 Jacobson
21 Christie
22 Ioane
23 PerofetaBest to give newbies a start and have experience on the bench for if the going gets tough. Tosi and Aumua have played together a lot. Like to see how Sititi and RD gel together. Crusaders bench front row. Finau covering lock and 6. Rieko covers 13 and wing. Proctor can move to 12 if Jordie needs a break.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Original squad members that haven’t played yet:
Williams, Bell, Blackadder, Proctor, Narawa, Clarke
Expect to see all of them feature.
How is Tamaiti's little bubbs?
off regulaer. breathing by itself
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Supposedly only taking 32 players over to the states so it will be interesting to see if a senior player or 2 get rest and any of the 4 extras swap places and head over.
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
The lineout is currently the worst performing part of the team.
It shows the folly of selecting Bell, a hooker who has major throwing issues and not up to AB standard, suddenly could be throwing into a lineout that is already misfiring
I guess the flip side is, they've got three weeks of work (and likely 30 minutes of test rugby this coming weekend) into the guy who's clearly earmarked as Taylor's eventual replacement - rather than investing in a guy who unfortunately is too small to ever be more than a stopgap.
Worst case scenario - if either option had to sit on the bench vs England,
I reckon the plan would have been for whichever of Taylor or Aumua started, for him to play 70 minutes.I reckon Robertson will be looking at that coin this morning and thinking, "You bewdy, it's come up Razor again!"
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I think it's a bit shit that, in a 14-test year, with 6 "home" games, we decide to play one in the US. And not even against the US. 5 tests for the year? Talk about short changing your own fans.
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@sparky I'd be a bit surprised if Hotham got game time in this match.
We have TJ, Christie and Ratima all scrabbling to play - and Roigard due back at some point. I don't see too much point in giving the number five halfback a run unless injury dictates we need to.
On the other hand, I can see the point in giving Darry a run, even though he's not officially in the squad - especally if Patty T. would benefit from a week off.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Our locks are pretty short but top tier international standards.
You'd be surprised at the heights of other international locks. Both Itoje and Martin are < 2 m. The Irish lineout won plenty of SA ball with only Ryan 2 m+.
