Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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Pretty sure our 23 will be close to full noise where possible for this game. With our two superstar locks out the changes in the starting forward pack will be minimal to compensate for our relative weakness here.
The talk will be around who replaces SW and BBBR (seems almost certain to be Romero and Padraig Tuohy-Polotu) and most likely the effect it has on the two bench spots for non front rowers. It seems logical to have a specialist lock on the bench but both bench options (Barrett and Fifita) are very green in the event of an early injury. I still like the two loose forward bench here, with Luatua a chance to get a run given his locking ability.
I'd say Cane will get a run from the bench with a view to captaining the Italy game (unless Cruden skippers in this game) and playing the big two games later in the tour. Given Ireland's size and ruggedness in the forwards, I wonder whether Todd starts again and Ardie Savea sits this one out.
Aaron Smith to come back as a starter.
Other than we're simply looking at the standard tinkering around the fringes i.e. J. Savea vs Naholo, and Fekitoa vs Moala on the bench.
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@Frye said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@pakman said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Anyone know which hotel ABs are staying in?
Trump Tower I believe.
With the Irish?
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@Hooroo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Frye said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@pakman said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Anyone know which hotel ABs are staying in?
Trump Tower I believe.
With the Irish?
Yeah, top and tail.
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@Hooroo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
There was media pressure on the Irish team to change from Trump towers. I never realised AB's were also going to be there
Yeah I saw that. They were told they should "keep sport and politics separate" by NOT selecting the best hotel that best meets their needs.
These people must actually be retarded.
Not a Trump supporter by any means FYI.
I got told the ABs are starting at Trump too, I'll confirm during the week.
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
No, Setanta is now BeIN Sports and part of your Foxtel package if you have the sports pack, BeIN has three of the Wallabies games I see but no one seems to be showing this weekends Ireland v All Blacks game, can't see the Italy Test next week on either of these either...unbelievable, actually it is believable.
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https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/sport.html
"The new beIN SPORTS channels will also feature expanded rugby coverage from the Northern Hemisphere. Fans will get selected LIVE matches from the Wallabies and All Blacks Spring Tours, every game of the 2017 RBS 6 Nations LIVE and some of the best European club rugby."
The operative word is "selected"
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@Unite said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
No, Setanta is now BeIN Sports and part of your Foxtel package if you have the sports pack, BeIN has three of the Wallabies games I see but no one seems to be showing this weekends Ireland v All Blacks game, can't see the Italy Test next week on either of these either...unbelievable, actually it is believable.
Yeah I saw that BeIN only had Wallabies. Farking bullshit if there is absolutely no way of legally watching the game in Australia.
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These fucking fluffybunnies. For the last few years the best AB games have been on Setanta and i have missed them. This year we get Setanta/beIN, it shows a fuck load of rugby, but the big AB games are missing. You fucking piston wristed gibbons. Put the fucking rugby on you bastards.
One possible ray of hope is that the broadcasting of the tour always seems to be finalised very late.
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@mariner4life said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
These fucking fluffybunnies. For the last few years the best AB games have been on Setanta and i have missed them. This year we get Setanta/beIN, it shows a fuck load of rugby, but the big AB games are missing. You fucking piston wristed gibbons. Put the fucking rugby on you bastards.
One possible ray of hope is that the broadcasting of the tour always seems to be finalised very late.
Might be worth giving them a call. Fingers crossed.
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The part im confused about ,
Do they have the right to show it and they are electing not to ?
Or they cant show it because they are not allowed ?
Here is their email address anyway , maybe if they get enough emails they might show it ,
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Didn't take long. Not even an English newspaper.
Haka: Tradition must be abused, or at least ignored
‘Why should a side coming to Ireland get the first applause by doing a dance’
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Rambling. Incoherent. Unstructured. Outdated stereotypes. Loose use of facts. Looser use of bullshit. No clear path from opening point to finish.
Wonder if he wants to post on TSF?
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@Billy-Tell ah, there we go, it's November tour time, and right on cue we get our first haka troll. This one's a fairly poor effort though, it reads like a parody. If by halfway through you've already got the haka; BOD-gate; preferential treatment; and poaching, you've gone off early. Add in a quick "amateurs against professionals" quip, and you've pretty much got a bingo.
Look son, you're obviously new at this, a good troll comes with subtlety, and hiding it among more honest opinions. This is like using a shotgun, doesn't have the same impact. 3/10, good for a laugh though
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@Billy-Tell said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Didn't take long. Not even an English newspaper.
‘Why should a side coming to Ireland get the first applause by doing a dance’
Next year I'm going to do a NH bingo game with a prize of a couple Denis Lalane books for the first one to get
a haka troll
mention of BOD nearly dying
A manatee thrashwank about the refs favouring the abs
Three mentions of the aura
An accusation of arrogance
Two mentions of poaching
A mention of "south seas islanders" the only time I ever see this term is when a nh writer/troll is making a cock of himself.
A diatribe about a transgression from the abs that went unpunished
A fuckwitted tweet from Brian Moore.There's a couple more spaces to fill if anyone has any ideas?
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with us winning 18 in a row , not so sure will get a - no longer have an aura - story this time, that is what would normally come next
