All Blacks v Argentina II
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
He played 9mins
Yes and my bad: I should have been clearer, I did see quite a bit of him on the field per se but not much impact.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The management of Finau and Sititi has been absolutely awful to date. What the hell were they thinking putting Sititi on at 6 in a test we were battling in. He's a rookie and doesn't normally play there. That's one of the dumbest substitutions I can think of in AB history, and just to top it off they drop him after he completely unsurprisingly didn't go very well just to fuck with his confidence.
I don’t think it’s that unusual for loose forwards to start their test career either as a starter or as a sub to play a position that they weren’t playing that season at super rugby - Sam Cane started his AB career coming on to replace the number 8 or blindside. He wasn’t replacing McCaw but yet coaches kept selecting him as a bench replacement to play out of position - until his time came.
Read even started as a 6 despite being more a number 8. Messam too played at number 8 early on despite being more a blindside.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Read even started as a 6 despite being more a number 8. Messam too played at number 8 early on despite being more a blindside.
I was going to ask a Cantab this. Didn't Read actually play as a 6 in his first Crusader season then got moved into 8 with an eye for the ABs, or is my memory faulty?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
Give Walker-Leawere a shot. Why not?
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
Give Walker-Leawere a shot. Why not?
Cam Suafoa at 6 over Blackadder. Why not?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
That's a good question, I don't have a good answer.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
Give Walker-Leawere a shot. Why not?
Noooooo
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Lord has the physical dimensions and sure he’s still a young pup but I think they’ll persist with him at least whilst he’s fit and there are injuries to two frontline locks.
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@darylmitchell said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I'm surprised Lord is still there, didn't really notice him last game.
Who would you select to replace him?
Give Walker-Leawere a shot. Why not?
Cam Suafoa at 6 over Blackadder. Why not?
Was Suafoa called into the squad?
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The Argentinians will be gunning for this one. There's history in the making.
If we don't have a good first half I'd like to see Ratima come out at the beginning of the second half. -
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
My takeaways from the starting XV.
I like the balance of the wingers better than Telea and Reece. Clarke and Jordan offer the Julian Savea/Ben Smith type balance.
Would you not start Ofa at loose head considering he’s been playing and Tamaiti hasn’t? Or are we just are just going throw another crusader straight into the starting xv who hasn’t played a lot of minutes at all this year….. not a shock. Thought having experience on the field would be a big thing in this game seeing as they harp on about how you can’t replace experience.
Shocked TJP is still starting, would prefer Ratima but I guess this is his chance to step up as a leader and prove why he should still be in the 23.
A shame De Groot has hurt his neck. Hope it isn’t serious.
I supect they've lessoned a learning -- better to have old heads on at end.
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For me only one real question from team: what exactly is the status of Finau? Not playing Fiji was uncontroversial, and selected in TRC squad. Why not sighted since?? When Raz asked in PC after Puma I announcement, he merely said, 'He wasn't selected' and clearly didn't want to discuss.
Other than EDG injury the 23 was entirely as expected.
The problem is that TWM are paying the price for extremely poor TRC squad selection.
No real gimme matches so all 36 needed to be able to come on for last 15 when heat on.
Bell, Sititi and Hotham ought to have been kept for EOYTs, either for ABs or XV.
The obvious experienced players were Ricatelli, Akira/Hoskins and Christie.
All of whom would have been real chances to be in 23 for Saturday had they been in squad.
The selected ones may be seen by TWM as having higher ceilings, but even if that is so, this isn't Super where periods of lessons can be accomodated.
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