All Blacks vs Argentina I

[SBW1]

All Blacks to face Argentina big guns in Rugby Championship as Los Pumas name squad

Argentina have been boosted by the return of some experienced players for the Rugby Championship.

[pakman]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Been posted? Quelle surprising that Ta$man are the biggest beneficiary.

Twelve All Blacks released from Rugby Championship squad

Twelve players in the All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship have been released to play provincial rugby this weekend.

I hope TWM have rung Hoss to ensure he's on standby in case of any niggles.

[Bones]

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

Been posted? Quelle surprising that Ta$man are the biggest beneficiary.

Twelve All Blacks released from Rugby Championship squad

Twelve players in the All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship have been released to play provincial rugby this weekend.

I hope TWM have rung Hoss to ensure he's on standby in case of any niggles.

The rang Lio-Willie

[pakman]

@Bones Of course they did.

[Windows97]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

and i seriously question the viewing of Finau as a lock/6

A break glass in case of emergency lock if no-one else can play there is about Finau's level at lock unfortunately.

[ARHS]

@Windows97 you must have seen a lot more than me. He looked very good there for Waikato in 2020 before he switched to flanker.

[Machpants]

As a reminder
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)
Assistant Referees: Nic Berry (RA), Andrea Piardi (FIR)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)

[antipodean]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

As a reminder
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)

[African Monkey]

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

As a reminder
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)

'Yep, yep, sorry boys, my mistake, we'll pack down a scrum and re-start play'.

[pakman]

If we eliminate Scooter and the pre NPC 12 from squad we get:

EDG/Taylor/Lomax/PaddyT/Vaa’i/Paps/Finau/RD/TJS/DMac/Jordie/Rieko/Telea/Reece/Perofeta
Tamaiti/Aumua/Fletch/Darry/LJ/Ratima/ALB/BB

[Bones]

@pakman it's easier to type Savea than RD

[pakman]

Savea-D2

[booboo]

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

If we eliminate Scooter and the pre NPC 12 from squad we get:

EDG/Taylor/Lomax/PaddyT/Vaa’i/Paps/Finau/RD/TJS/DMac/Jordie/Rieko/Telea/Reece/Perofeta
Tamaiti/Aumua/Fletch/Darry/LJ/Ratima/ALB/BB

TJ Sayonara?

[Bones]

@booboo said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:

If we eliminate Scooter and the pre NPC 12 from squad we get:

EDG/Taylor/Lomax/PaddyT/Vaa’i/Paps/Finau/RD/TJS/DMac/Jordie/Rieko/Telea/Reece/Perofeta
Tamaiti/Aumua/Fletch/Darry/LJ/Ratima/ALB/BB

TJ Sayonara?

I thought it was our super hybrid, TJ Smith

[pakman]

@Bones That was what we all hoped.

[sparky]

Hoping for something like:

De Groot
Aumua
Lomax
Tuipolutu
Vaii
Finau
Papalii
Savea (c)
Ratima
DMac
Clarke
J Barrett
Proctor
Telea
Jordan

Taylor
Ofa T
Newell
Darry
Cane
TJP
Beauden Barrett
R. Ioane

[cgrant]

@sparky
Hoping for something like :

De Groot
Aumua
Lomax
Tuipolutu
Darry
Finau
Papali'i
Savea
Ratima
DMac
Clarke
J. Barrett
Proctor
Jordan
Love

Taylor
Williams
Newell or Tosi
Vaai
Sititi
TJP
Ioane
B. Barrett

[BerniesCorner]

@cgrant That backline is the most attacking we have had in years

[BerniesCorner]

Looks like the AB coaches have acknowledged that the attacking backline capabilities have been sub par in recent years. The rush defence by the opposition has been dominant.
Obviously trying to mix the attack up a bit now. Good move.
Hotham, Ratima and Roigard are all good runners.
A hard running 6 would be handy as well. That's a vacancy that hasn't been consistently filled since Kaino

[Bovidae]

I'm not sure why Marc Hinton keeps writing that it is a choice between Reece and Clarke as the "power winger". Firstly, Reece isn't a power winger. Secondly, Telea is the winger most under threat in the starting XV.