Pumas v All Blacks

cgrant

Italy will be the best occasion to test a few uncapped players (the Ioane brothers, Nanai, MacKenzie, Coltman) off the bench or as starters.

TeWaio

Just booked my tickets for the Paris game, hope to see them cap an unbeaten season. I think we're better than we were in 2013, and the competition (globally, not specifically France) is worse.

Kruse

@TeWaio said in Pumas v All Blacks:

Just booked my tickets for the Paris game, hope to see them cap an unbeaten season. I think we're better than we were in 2013, and the competition (globally, not specifically France) is worse.

Where did you get those from? Did you need to buy one of those packages from the NZ side?

TeWaio

@Kruse said in Pumas v All Blacks:

@TeWaio said in Pumas v All Blacks:

Just booked my tickets for the Paris game, hope to see them cap an unbeaten season. I think we're better than we were in 2013, and the competition (globally, not specifically France) is worse.

Where did you get those from? Did you need to buy one of those packages from the NZ side?

Work thing - being taken by a broker

Kruse

@TeWaio said in Pumas v All Blacks:

Work thing - being taken by a broker

Dammit - that is a good option, but probably not one open to me just now. Bad timing to split with the broker ladyfriend.
And now, even the package from AllBlacks Tours is sold out.

Bones

@Kruse We picked up tickets for the Italy match off seatwave or similar if you want to check those options out.

Wairau

I'm jealous, I'd love to fly over for the France game. I looked online and couldn't find any tickets.

TeWaio

@Kruse said in Pumas v All Blacks:

@TeWaio said in Pumas v All Blacks:

Work thing - being taken by a broker

Dammit - that is a good option, but probably not one open to me just now. Bad timing to split with the broker ladyfriend.
And now, even the package from AllBlacks Tours is sold out.

Eurostar from London was only £80 return as well! Absolute steal.

Billy Tell

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All Blacks new mascot.

Lemur Sopoaga.

Frye

@Billy-Tell go back to bed Billy !

Billy Tell

@Frye Night is dawning here in Europe...

booboo

It's Thursday. When's the team named?

pakman

Friday.

Gunner

Thursday morning Argentinean time one would assume?

taniwharugby

@booboo said in Pumas v All Blacks:

It's Thursday. When's the team named?

think I heard they were just gonna wing it this week, turn up on Saturday, see who can get in the changing rooms first and claim a jersey

Crucial

I'm currently in Malta. When is the team named here?

No Quarter

This is really stressing me out.

Duluth

Liam Napier on the game from 2006:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/84771350/leon-macdonald-recalls-the-day-the-all-blacks-almost-lost-in-buenos-aires

I found the last couple of mins of this match on youtube. That last kick from Weepu was terrible

Stargazer

The matchday 23 is (with Test caps in brackets. New caps in bold

Joe Moody (17)
Dane Coles (43)
Owen Franks (84)
Patrick Tuipulotu (9)
Brodie Retallick (54)
Liam Squire (3)
Ardie Savea (6)
Kieran Read - captain (91)
TJ Perenara (23)
Beauden Barrett (43)
Julian Savea (47)
Ryan Crotty (21)
Anton Lienert-Brown (3)
Israel Dagg (55)
Ben Smith (55)
Codie Taylor (8)
Wyatt Crockett (52)
Ofa Tu'ungafasi (1)
Samuel Whitelock (79)
Elliot Dixon (1)
Tawera Kerr-Barlow (21)
Lima Sopoaga (3)
Damian McKenzie

http://www.allblacks.com/News/29874/all-blacks-team-named-for-test-against-argentina

mariner4life

well it's about time we got an interesting team.

No Whitelock and no Kaino will put pressure on our lineout. Great to see Tuipolutu wrecking shit up from the start. Ofa against the Puma scrum later in the game will be, well, interesting.

Interesting to see our midfield without a "power" player

DMac getting a run!

The Silver Fern

Pumas v All Blacks