Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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@nzzp said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
With our lock shortage, any chance that Steven Adams might bring his boots down to training and get a run?
Given he's now charging $34 mill a year for his services I think he may be out of the ABs price range...
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@No-Quarter said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@nzzp said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
With our lock shortage, any chance that Steven Adams might bring his boots down to training and get a run?
Given he's now charging $34 mill a year for his services I think he may be out of the ABs price range...
be fair, that's NZD.
it's only $25M USD a year. Still, how good would he be in the air!
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@nzzp said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@No-Quarter said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@nzzp said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
With our lock shortage, any chance that Steven Adams might bring his boots down to training and get a run?
Given he's now charging $34 mill a year for his services I think he may be out of the ABs price range...
be fair, that's NZD.
it's only $25M USD a year. Still, how good would he be in the air!
I think it's safe to say he would be an incredible rugby player if that's what he'd concentrated on. The one that got away...
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Team naming tomorrow? Probably in the evening NZ time.
Will take a stab at it...
Front Row: Moody, Coles, Crockett
Locks: Tuipolutu, S.Barrett
Back Row: Kaino, Cane, Read
Halves: Smith & Cruden*
Midfield: Cruden & Lienert-Brown
Back three: Savea, Dagg & B.SmithBench: Faumuina, Taylor, Crockett, Squire, Savea, Perenara, B.Barrett*, Fekitoa
I reckon they go the #1 starting lineup possible in this first test, especially with our makeshift backrow - geez looks thin without the Twin Towers.
Lot of work going into scrummaging and line-out this week I'd expect - I wonder if we'll see a little less set-piece work from us - and willingness to keep the ball in a little more - actually having no Retallick and Whitelock ironically might provide us some extra spark, those two have usually carried a ton of work up to this point in the year.Have put Barrett back off the bench, partially to reward Cruden, to let Barrett freshen up some - I think the coaches will keep an eye on Dublin and Paris, and want to blitz those teams, so spelling him a bit this week, and then next week means Barrett should be cherry ripe physically and mentally for the last two.
Smith-Cruden is a good combo for each other coming back in.
I would actually like to see what Fifita can do on international stage, just give him a license to Smash into anything green.
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@westcoastie said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Team naming tomorrow? Probably in the evening NZ time.
Will take a stab at it...
Front Row: Moody, Coles, Crockett
Locks: Tuipolutu, S.Barrett
Back Row: Kaino, Cane, Read
Halves: Smith & Cruden*
Midfield: Cruden & Lienert-Brown
Back three: Savea, Dagg & B.SmithBench: Faumuina, Taylor, Crockett, Squire, Savea, Perenara, B.Barrett*, Fekitoa
I reckon they go the #1 starting lineup possible in this first test, especially with our makeshift backrow - geez looks thin without the Twin Towers.
Lot of work going into scrummaging and line-out this week I'd expect - I wonder if we'll see a little less set-piece work from us - and willingness to keep the ball in a little more - actually having no Retallick and Whitelock ironically might provide us some extra spark, those two have usually carried a ton of work up to this point in the year.Have put Barrett back off the bench, partially to reward Cruden, to let Barrett freshen up some - I think the coaches will keep an eye on Dublin and Paris, and want to blitz those teams, so spelling him a bit this week, and then next week means Barrett should be cherry ripe physically and mentally for the last two.
Smith-Cruden is a good combo for each other coming back in.
I would actually like to see what Fifita can do on international stage, just give him a license to Smash into anything green.
I'll bite ...
Two looseheads
Cruden playing both five-eighths. Does that make him a five-quarter? -
@booboo not to mention the swap of Smith and Dagg...
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@westcoastie said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Team naming tomorrow? Probably in the evening NZ time.
Will take a stab at it...
Front Row: Moody, Coles, Crockett
Locks: Tuipolutu, S.Barrett
Back Row: Kaino, Cane, Read
Halves: Smith & Cruden*
Midfield: Cruden & Lienert-Brown
Back three: Savea, Dagg & B.SmithBench: Faumuina, Taylor, Crockett, Squire, Savea, Perenara, B.Barrett*, Fekitoa
I reckon they go the #1 starting lineup possible in this first test, especially with our makeshift backrow - geez looks thin without the Twin Towers.
Lot of work going into scrummaging and line-out this week I'd expect - I wonder if we'll see a little less set-piece work from us - and willingness to keep the ball in a little more - actually having no Retallick and Whitelock ironically might provide us some extra spark, those two have usually carried a ton of work up to this point in the year.Have put Barrett back off the bench, partially to reward Cruden, to let Barrett freshen up some - I think the coaches will keep an eye on Dublin and Paris, and want to blitz those teams, so spelling him a bit this week, and then next week means Barrett should be cherry ripe physically and mentally for the last two.
Smith-Cruden is a good combo for each other coming back in.
I would actually like to see what Fifita can do on international stage, just give him a license to Smash into anything green.
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@MN5 said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@akan004 said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Why has Bird not been given the call up? Is he injured?
He's clearly slipped down the pecking order
ffs.
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@taniwharugby Clearly we all know B.Smith the #1 #15. It just took Hansen a little bit to realise it.
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@mariner4life said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@westcoastie said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Team naming tomorrow? Probably in the evening NZ time.
Will take a stab at it...
Front Row: Moody, Coles, Crockett
Locks: Tuipolutu, S.Barrett
Back Row: Kaino, Cane, Read
Halves: Smith & Cruden*
Midfield: Cruden & Lienert-Brown
Back three: Savea, Dagg & B.SmithBench: Faumuina, Taylor, Crockett, Squire, Savea, Perenara, B.Barrett*, Fekitoa
I reckon they go the #1 starting lineup possible in this first test, especially with our makeshift backrow - geez looks thin without the Twin Towers.
Lot of work going into scrummaging and line-out this week I'd expect - I wonder if we'll see a little less set-piece work from us - and willingness to keep the ball in a little more - actually having no Retallick and Whitelock ironically might provide us some extra spark, those two have usually carried a ton of work up to this point in the year.Have put Barrett back off the bench, partially to reward Cruden, to let Barrett freshen up some - I think the coaches will keep an eye on Dublin and Paris, and want to blitz those teams, so spelling him a bit this week, and then next week means Barrett should be cherry ripe physically and mentally for the last two.
Smith-Cruden is a good combo for each other coming back in.
I would actually like to see what Fifita can do on international stage, just give him a license to Smash into anything green.
Good old Brian Cox, second only to Sean Connery in the "Scottish actors who play any nationality on earth with a Scottish accent".....I do hope he makes an appearance in Super Troopers 2.
Would Tuipolotu and Barrett provide a bit more grunt in terms of scrumaging than BR and SW ? Genuine question.
@jegga pretty shit Dad joke I'll admit but surely better than the old "when is the team named?" chestnut.....
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I believe it is a sell out.
For those potentially streaming the game via the All Blacks website (e.g. Aus based Ferners), the cost is going to be $7.97 NZD for the ABs-Ireland and $4.97 NZD for the Maori ABs-USA.
SOLD!
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I believe it is a sell out.
For those potentially streaming the game via the All Blacks website (e.g. Aus based Ferners), the cost is going to be $7.97 NZD for the ABs-Ireland and $4.97 NZD for the Maori ABs-USA.
So it looks like it will be 22 AUD to watch the three All Black games on tour. Am not going to bother with the Italian game. Not too bad I suppose as long as the stream is solid.
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@westcoastie said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@taniwharugby Clearly we all know B.Smith the #1 #15. It just took Hansen a little bit to realise it.
I think it was well established that Hansen knew all along but didn't have a 14 of high enough quality, so went for the Dagg-Smith combo as that gave us the best balance.
As it turns out, Dagg is a pretty decent 14 as well.
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