All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@sparky said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Itoje didn't play for Saracens yesterday. Is he fit to play on Saturday?
Elliot Daly is the only player from the squad who was released to play (because he's returning from injury).
Slade is playing for Exeter today to prove his fitness. In the space of 11 months he’s gone from being ditched by Borthwick for RWC to getting a central contract when he’s injured.
Go figure huh?
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@sparky said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
So apart from Alex Mitchell being out and question marks over Chessum and Slade, England are likely to be at full strength.
George Ford is also touch and go. Hasn't played for a month so probably unlikely to start against the All Blacks.
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@Frank said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@mariner4life
So badly wants Finau to be good.......................Hi Frank
Jog on
Finau is already good.
But hey, let's get Blackadder back on to run around heaps.
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@booboo said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Frank said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@mariner4life
So badly wants Finau to be good.......................In all honesty so do I
Our only genuinely big body loose forward? Nah I hope he's shit forever. What a waste of space.
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@Jet said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
I’m worried about the option taking of our 10’s when we are not making easy meters at the gain line.
I fear there is going to be a lot of crabbing sideways behind the advantage line and panic kicking.
I saw DMac during SR, and he did not play that way for the Chiefs. In fact, he played a more orthodox game. I suspect it's Razor's gameplan that isn't working, he's asking DMac to make all the play instead of trying to manage the game more
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The Chiefs were pretty pragmatic for the last 2 years, DMac and Stevenson kicked a lot.
So yeah, he's for sure under instructions.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Frank said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@mariner4life
So badly wants Finau to be good.......................Hi Frank
Jog on
Finau is already good.
But hey, let's get Blackadder back on to run around heaps.
Point is, he's still waaaaaaay off the pace and you're all over it based off a couple of good tackles vs Japan.
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During Foster era:
Mo’unga didn’t play like this at the Crusaders.
He must be under instructions to play like this. No, no, no this isn’t super rugby, he’s just not test standard.During Razor era:
DMac didn’t play like this for the Chiefs. He must be under instructions to play like this. Yes yes.😎
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Who would you play and why?
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I'd play Finau if he'd actually done something good against a good side.
You know, earned his selection.He was given good grace by Razor to start at England in two tests when he hadn't fuckin earned it at super level.
You 've talked about highlight reel Ardie. Finau is the ultimate example. Smashed a couple of 10s - woah get him in!!! He was shit against England and deservedly dropped.
Now the cupboard is almost bare, he might luck his way back in based off smashing someone other than a 10 against Japan. (for once)
I'd play Sititi at 6, Ardie at 8 and Cane at 7.
I want to see the back of Ardie at 8 and Cane at 7 as soon as possible, but Lakai seems to green to throw in against England and Finau simply hasn't earned a start.
Perhaps he can be off the bench.
He certainly has the physical dimensions to be an awesome 6, but right now he's more Pierre Spies (looking like Tarzan playing like Jane) than anything else.
This is perhaps partly on Razor persisting with Blackadder and Ardie for too long and not giving Sititi starts at 8 or bringing in Lakai earlier.
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Tell me you didn't watch the defence yesterday without telling me you didn't watch the defence yesterday. The highlight reel hits were a small part of it.
And after watching our loose forwards get dominated in contact all season so far I saw enough to think we should at least try. Also he's tall and a good lineout lifter.
I want to see the end of 3 loose 6'2 loose forwards forever. Especially ones that can't win a collision on defence.
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@mariner4life
Agree with the imbalanced back row but he simply hasn't earned a start yet. Putting in goodish work against Japan is not enough considering he's been tried once already. Its fuckin unfair on the harder working players that he swans into the starting 15.Giving him decent minutes off the bench should be his path perhaps with Savea going to 7 and Sititi to 8.
If he starts monstering opposing forwards and ups his workrate a tad then he starts at 6, then Sititi goes to 8 and Savea can fuck off to the bench where he belongs.
Then it's a two horse race between Papalii and Lakai for the 7 shirt once Cane buggers off.
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@Frank said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@mariner4life
Agree with the imbalanced back row but he simply hasn't earned a start yet. Putting in goodish work against Japan is not enough considering he's been tried once already. Its fuckin unfair on the harder working players that he swans into the starting 15.Giving him decent minutes off the bench should be his path perhaps with Savea going to 7 and Sititi to 8.
If he starts monstering opposing forwards and ups his workrate a tad then he starts at 6, then Sititi goes to 8 and Savea can fuck off to the bench where he belongs.
Then it's a two horse race between Papalii and Lakai for the 7 shirt once Cane buggers off.
EB was another who you could switch out in that convo. I don't think anyone apart from Sititi has nailed down their spot based on performance in black this season so far. In that case I would expect Razor to want to kick the tires on other guys who might better help us to win
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Whereas savea can turn in what, 8? Substandard 80 minute performances and he should definitely start?
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@Frank said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
I'd play Sititi at 6, Ardie at 8 and Cane at 7.
Dude. Just how shit does Ardie have to play for us to put up with a loose forward that doesn't hit rucks, doesn't make dominant tackles and is too small to be a serious lineout option? All his game busting positives have gone. His "leg drive" in contact now actively slows our ruck speed down. Being bundled over the sideline. Losing the ball in contact and missing tackles.
The best 8 in the squad is made to play a position he didn't play in SR. For anyone to say that the numbers don't matter in modern rugby have no fucking idea how specific lines are.
Finau, Cane, Sititi.
Lakai and Ardie on the bench.
