Springboks vs All Blacks 2
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@Boston-Boy said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@JK how long do you persist with an injury prone player like Blackadder? If he has two more injuries in the space of year I’d be tempted to invest in someone else. I love his intensity in principle but now what are our 6 options. I’d rather have someone like Akira.
Excellent point. Finally someone brings up Akira!
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@mariner4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
the big turnaround in Foster's ABs was finally putting BB out to pasture as a 10. Everything turned on that one selection.
The new assistant coaches had a bit of an impact?!
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@nostrildamus Schmidt seems like a mad scientist. OCD with details and develops almost scientifically accurate plans according to large amounts of data. I would probably have him if Razor disappeared.
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@Boston-Boy said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@nostrildamus Schmidt seems like a mad scientist. OCD with details and develops almost scientifically accurate plans according to large amounts of data. I would probably have him if Razor disappeared.
We could use a coach who knows how NH refs think, at the very least...
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@mariner4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Marc Hinton is a giant fucking idiot who should be ignored at all costs
In NZ Rugby journalism I think you do him a great disservice. In a field with tremendous competition he is the giant fucking idiot.
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@nostrildamus I notice South Africa hire former ref Jaco Piper. I still think in a 18 months we will be top 2, if not the best team. I think Ireland will fade and I just doubt that South Africa will be able to change their DNA in that time. Yes they might score a counter attacking try here and there but when the pressure goes on, they revert to type.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
are there many players in this squad that are playing better than they did in super rugby? should be better coaches, better players around them so they should get better...feels like "everyone" was playing above themselves at super level...and now getting found out
Probably only Crusaders, especially Blackadder, Taylor and Barrett.
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
thread moving too quick to read it all, this been mentioned?
I don't get the love for BB at 10.
People who think it's still 2016.
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@KiwiMurph and lets not forget...loads of BB's highlight reel he's wearing 22...not 10 or even 15...always has been excellent at raising the tempo against a tiring opposition
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@JK said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Boston-Boy said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@JK how long do you persist with an injury prone player like Blackadder? If he has two more injuries in the space of year I’d be tempted to invest in someone else. I love his intensity in principle but now what are our 6 options. I’d rather have someone like Akira.
Not sure why you're asking me? I cant stand Blackadder, nor have I commented on him in recent times. Try @Bones or @mn5 those two just love a chat about random crap. All the best.
To be fair it’s often random Rugby related crap.
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
thread moving too quick to read it all, this been mentioned?
I don't get the love for BB at 10.
@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
thread moving too quick to read it all, this been mentioned?
I don't get the love for BB at 10.
If you leave someone out of there for long enough, people will eventually forget how things went last time they were tried in that certain position.
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@Canes4life more than a few
say 10% of supporters are planks. Still leaves us with a few million dickheads with access to social media...and therein lies the problemHave a great one!
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@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@KiwiMurph and lets not forget...loads of BB's highlight reel he's wearing 22...not 10 or even 15...always has been excellent at raising the tempo against a tiring opposition
Now let’s not go too far, he played a lot of great footy at 10 and plenty of amazing highlights too. But in my view we hung on for a little long because his form and the way he played started to slip.
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@ACT-Crusader i'll admit this so not a extensively researched point...but it does feel his razzle dazzle stuff just doesn;t fly as often against fresh legs and is a bit out of place early in a game....but against blokes who have done 60mins...and we're either trying to catch up/change the game...or extend and put the game to bed....it can be glorious
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@Kiwiwomble said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@ACT-Crusader i'll admit this so not a extensively researched point...but it does feel his razzle dazzle stuff just doesn;t fly as often against fresh legs and is a bit out of place early in a game....but against blokes who have done 60mins...and we're either trying to catch up/change the game...or extend and put the game to bed....it can be glorious
I have a hunch the more important aspect might be Beauden himself being fresh. Looks to me like his decision-making goes to shit after he's played 60 minutes, and then it's all just hail mary.
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Shit eh. Who would’ve thought. My sources are correct.
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@reprobate could be yeah, might be both, perfect storm
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FFS sititi at 6, a position he's never started at since when? Against SA, in SA, in his third test. Razor had lost the loose forward plot. Will Jordan shit the bed at fullback? I reckon he will.
All Blacks team to play Springboks
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Tamaiti Williams (10)
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Codie Taylor (90)
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Tyrel Lomax (37)
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Scott Barrett (73) (Captain)
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Tupou Vaa’i (31)
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Wallace Sititi (2)
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Sam Cane (97)
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Ardie Savea (87) (Vice Captain)
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Cortez Ratima (5)
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Damian McKenzie (53)
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Mark Tele’a (14)
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Jordie Barrett (63) (Vice Captain)
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Rieko Ioane (74)
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Sevu Reece (27)
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Will Jordan (34)
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Asafo Aumua (12)
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Ofa Tu’ungafasi (62)
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Fletcher Newell (19)
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Sam Darry (4)
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Luke Jacobson (21)
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TJ Perenara (85)
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Anton Lienert-Brown (76)
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Beauden Barrett (129)
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