Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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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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A few Irish websites are predicting Murphy at 7 ahead of VDF and Payne at 13 and Kearney at 15.
That is great news for us if confirmed!
Murphy is a jack of all trades master of none back-row forward, and VDF has been in hot form at 7.
Kearney I seriously don't rate. He'd be lucky to make a NZ SXV starting side at FB IMO. A complete shadow of his former self.
Payne is solid at 13.
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Dixon, TKB, DMac and R. Ioane all released from the ABs squad to start for the Maori.
Lucky I didn't post my thesis yesterday about Dixon being a certainty for the bench against Ireland given his ability to cover 7 and jump in the lineout. We would tell our starting 7 (Cane or Todd) he was going 80, because we needed Kaino and Dixon to play the final quarter at lock. Then Squire would be on for genuine impact.
I am so lucky I didn't post that thesis. Imagine what the Fern would have thought of me.
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Imagine what the Fern already thinks of you.
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@No-Quarter I expect it would be contempt at a similar level to that expressed by my wife, kids and boss.
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@No-Quarter said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Imagine what the Fern already thinks of you.
Think of who???
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@Duluth 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?
Injured.. He had surgery planned for after the NPC
I doubt he would've got the call even he was fit. He's too much in the same mould as PT and Romero. Plus I don't think he's got the motor
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Don't know how much credence to give this but
Read and Barrett on the bench
Smith returns to All Black fold for 'pivotal' clash
Aaron Smith will return to the All Black match-day 23 when Steve Hansen reveals his hand this morning after Tawera Kerr-Barlow was released to join up with...
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@Billy-Tell said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Don't know how much credence to give this but
Read and Barrett on the bench
Smith returns to All Black fold for 'pivotal' clash
Aaron Smith will return to the All Black match-day 23 when Steve Hansen reveals his hand this morning after Tawera Kerr-Barlow was released to join up with...
Not sure if I believe them if they can't get the airport right ...
... unless he had a quickie at Akl as well ...
... sly dog ...
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Ahahaha Read on the bench. Fuck me.
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It's possible I suppose given he has an injury requiring surgery.
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