Springboks vs All Blacks 2
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@KiwiMurph said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
I hope Sititi crushes it but geez poor bloke thrown into the fire in an unfamiliar position.
@Bovidae can confirm, but I’m sure he’s never even played 6 at super level. He’s a 8 who can play 7, they cant plan to throw him in there like that.
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Sititi may have played 6 once subs came on but certainly never started there for the Chiefs IIRC. I'd say out of the three positions it is the one Sititi has the least experience in. Again, the loose forward mix is unbalanced when Savea is always at no.8.
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They could have played Cane at 6 and Ardie at 7 as Cane kind of is a 6.5 (and I think has been subbed on there) but that is 2 out of 3 changes so...
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@Landers92 said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Just been given the backline for this weekend below. Again, this contact hasn’t led me astray before so very reliable. Very very surprised by some choices and the amount of changes which makes you question the accuracy but fuck it, hasn’t been wrong yet so yeah sharing with the fern. Caleb Clarke is out injured.
- Ratima
- Dmac
- Telea
- J.Barrett
- Ioane/ALB(this isn’t yet decided)
- Reece
15. Jordan
That concerns me greatly for reasons discussed ad nauseum.
I still can't comprehend how the NZ SR team with the greatest representation in the starting XV came from the worst team and the SR Champions had the least.
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@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Biggest game for this year
Biggest game ever for Razor
Biggest game ever for Sititi
Biggest game ever for RatimaSo guess who WR gives us for this?
South Africa vs New Zealand at DHL Stadium, Cape Town - 17h00
Referee: Matt Carley
Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace, Jordan Way
Television Match Official: Ian Tempest
Split Screen: Egon Seconds -
@stodders said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@BerniesCorner but it is in the law book (as is being repeated often). Jordie ripped the ball (I think he moved towards the ball more in hope to try and hold it up as Bongi reached, but ripped is pushing it), and Bongi then landed on it.
For me, I think Bongi lost control and it was a fortuitous try. Tell me what the reaction would have been if that try went the other way 😂
They'd have lost their shit. Numerous replays on the screen and videos with arrows galore.
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@antipodean this woulda happened
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@chchfanatic said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
That team is not from my normal source.
But a mate who also got the Semifinal team spot on. So fairly accurate. But we will see today.Could be one change from that lineup
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@Bovidae said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Sititi may have played 6 once subs came on but certainly never started there for the Chiefs IIRC. I'd say out of the three positions it is the one Sititi has the least experience in. Again, the loose forward mix is unbalanced when Savea is always at no.8.
For me I just want to see him play better. He’s our number 8 and short of a Zinny or a Kieran Read type appearing in the NPC, then he’s the man. We just need him to find some of that 2023 form.
Trying Sititi at blindside isn’t a bad strategy. Certainly add some speed. At this point of his career I’m not too concerned about him starting there. We’ve done it before with a host of players who then settled into a role.
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@Canes4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Chris said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Ethan Blackadder is injured
Shock
Horror
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@ACT-Crusader the funny thing about Savea's 2023 form was he played fucking TIGHT. Think back to those RWC play-offs. He was all graft. Carried in the tight, actually hit rucks. Was far narrower than at any other time under those coaches. He was like a different player. Less YouTube shit, just hard footy.
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@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@nostrildamus for sure. Also can’t understand why SFM wasn’t allowed a second conversion attempt with ABs and physios not retiring behind tryline and advancing before SFM addressed the ball.
Yes the ref should have paused the game just like he does for most every Bok paper cut and tummy rumble.
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@taniwharugby said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@antipodean this woulda happened
What was his punishment btw? A year without pies and no beer before lunch?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Bovidae said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Sititi may have played 6 once subs came on but certainly never started there for the Chiefs IIRC. I'd say out of the three positions it is the one Sititi has the least experience in. Again, the loose forward mix is unbalanced when Savea is always at no.8.
For me I just want to see him play better. He’s our number 8 and short of a Zinny or a Kieran Read type appearing in the NPC, then he’s the man. We just need him to find some of that 2023 form.
Trying Sititi at blindside isn’t a bad strategy. Certainly add some speed. At this point of his career I’m not too concerned about him starting there. We’ve done it before with a host of players who then settled into a role.
If he does a Jerry Collins-level positional shift I won't complain.
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Bovidae said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Sititi may have played 6 once subs came on but certainly never started there for the Chiefs IIRC. I'd say out of the three positions it is the one Sititi has the least experience in. Again, the loose forward mix is unbalanced when Savea is always at no.8.
For me I just want to see him play better. He’s our number 8 and short of a Zinny or a Kieran Read type appearing in the NPC, then he’s the man. We just need him to find some of that 2023 form.
Trying Sititi at blindside isn’t a bad strategy. Certainly add some speed. At this point of his career I’m not too concerned about him starting there. We’ve done it before with a host of players who then settled into a role.
If he does a Jerry Collins-level positional shift I won't complain.
True, JC and Rodders were 8 and 6 respectively when they first played for Wellington then things changed for the ( even ) better
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@Chris said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Canes4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Chris said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Ethan Blackadder is injured
Shock
Horror
So much for Ethan being over his injuries then
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@Chris said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Ethan Blackadder is injured that is the reason Sititi is starting and Jacobsen is on the bench.
He was due. Hes had his handful of games, time for him to wrap up for 6 months and we will see him again for a cameo in super rugby season.
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Jacobson not Jacobsen. He's not a Danish architect.
