All Blacks v Ireland II
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@RoninWC I think they'll select Naholo on the bench and use Smith as the back-up centre. They've done that earlier this season.
As for the starting XV, the team @Crucial listed looks right to me, provided Whitelock is good to go. If Whitelock isn't 100% there is no reason to put him on the bench - so Pat T starts. Squire was woeful on Chicago so would not make my 23 on form. Barrett in the reserves as insurance for BBBR and to provide specialist cover.
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
I had a look at the comments on that mystique article and mostly they were giving stuff a bollocking for talking crap, also I see Pot Hale was in there stirring a little bit too.
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Im actually liking this , its reminding me of when we lose the first Bledisloe , and we are waiting for the second game ,
Has a similar vibe
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@kiwiinmelb said in Ireland II:
Im actually liking this , its reminding me of when we lose the first Bledisloe , and we are waiting for the second game ,
Has a similar vibe
Only issue is most of those second games were at Eden Park...or at the very least in NZ...😳
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And we were only playing Australia
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@raznomore said in Ireland II:
We're stuffed. Ratfuck reckons Read is passed his useby.
Woe is us....
ABs by plenty
Imagine being that guys kid. Bring home a B in maths. "You're past it, over the hill, its time to move on. We need new blood I am backing your sister for the top job of favorite kid."
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@mooshld said in Ireland II:
@raznomore said in Ireland II:
We're stuffed. Ratfuck reckons Read is passed his useby.
Woe is us....
ABs by plenty
Imagine being that guys kid. Bring home a B in maths. "You're past it, over the hill, its time to move on. We need new blood I am backing your sister for the top job of favorite kid."
Or simply imagine being that guys kid and having to live with a fuckknuckle as your dad.
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@raznomore said in Ireland II:
We're stuffed. Ratfuck reckons Read is passed his useby.
Woe is us....
ABs by plenty
Just like Richie and Dan were ?
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@Unite said in Ireland II:
@kiwiinmelb said in Ireland II:
Im actually liking this , its reminding me of when we lose the first Bledisloe , and we are waiting for the second game ,
Has a similar vibe
Only issue is most of those second games were at Eden Park...or at the very least in NZ...😳
And after giving it more thought, we probably haven't had one of those crunch games without the old brigade of Richie and co yet either .
I guess we find out a lot about this group, we have seen plenty of how well they play when its all going there way ,
Im fairly confident they will be up for it .
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Been very little coming out of the camp, there is no way they are not focused, it will burn to be the first ab team to lose to the Irish, I doubt they want another minor tag attached to them either if they are the first ab team this decade to lose back to back to a team, plus then Matt Watsons wet dream will come true and this will be on the verge of being the worst season since 1998.
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Boom!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11749668
It finally happened! We were arrogant and disrespectful and that's why we lost:
"I think they showed a little bit of arrogance there and lack of respect with some of their selections." -
Going to be interesting , I would not be overly surprised if we blew them away , and I wouldn't be surprised if it went down to the wire either .
I think we will rectify most of the things that went wrong in Chicago such as the breakdown and lineout .
i do think they will start beuadan, , love him as a player , but have concerns sooner or later , if he is the goalkicker , it's going to cost us an important test match.
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@nzzp Fuck me that NZH subbie's a piece of work. Click-bait headline or what - "I think they showed a little bit of arrogance there and lack of respect with some of their selections."
Isn't that effectively what 90% of the posts here were saying after the game?
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Think there is an argument for Sops to start and although Ardie carried well in the latter half, there is still room for a seven in the style of Todd whose support line and linking play are excellent.
I say SBarrett has earned a a start alongside BBBR and lets get the Beast mode back into Kaino and a return to an athletic and dominant Read. -
So...Kaino injured.
Moody to get redemption
Smith-BB
LOCKS back and dagg back. -
All Blacks named.
Kaino out.
Whitelock and BBBR back though.
Julian Savea needs a much better performance than the rubbish he served up in Chicago.
All Blacks: Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Malakai Fekitoa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane, Liam Squire, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody. Reserves: Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Scott Barrett, Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara, Aaron Cruden, Waisake Naholo.
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only real surprises on the bench.
I expected PT on the bench, but maybe there is doubt on the locks, so a more like-for-like replacement was the safer choice (SB has played the house down on his two chances though, good on him). And a straight winger as our back reserve.
