Bledisloe 3

Snowy

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Good to see the went with my XV and only differed with me at 20 and 22 where I was wavering on Ardie and tossing up between ALB and Mo'unga.

I'll be an All Black selector yet.

At least we will know who to blame if it all goes wrong

It'll still be Deans.

Crucial

@snowy said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Good to see the went with my XV and only differed with me at 20 and 22 where I was wavering on Ardie and tossing up between ALB and Mo'unga.

I'll be an All Black selector yet.

At least we will know who to blame if it all goes wrong

It'll still be Deans.

True. Deans AND @booboo

PS: just noticed that when you start typing @booboo an option comes up to select a member called @Booboo_is_a_tool

antipodean

I reiterate my concern about a bloke who doesn't play five-eighth at Super Rugby level being the Test backup against the Wallabies, in Brisbane.

Especially given his performance against the Lions.

ACT Crusader

Any thoughts of the ABs entering this test match with some sort of diminished mentality are gone with that lineup. First choice players from 1-15 based on who’s available.

I’m really looking forward to watching what I think will be a physical test match.

OZ back row were very good in Bledisloe 2 so I’m looking for our boys to step it up a notch.

NTA

Scott Sio (38 Tests)
Tatafu Polota-Nau (77 Tests)
Sekope Kepu (86 Tests)
Rob Simmons (77 Tests)
Adam Coleman (17 Tests)
Jack Dempsey (5 Tests)
Michael Hooper (c) (74 Tests)
Sean McMahon (21 Tests)
Will Genia (vc) (84 Tests)
Bernard Foley (vc) (51 Tests)
Reece Hodge (19 Tests)
Kurtley Beale (66 Tests)
Tevita Kuridrani (53 Tests)
Marika Koroibete (3 Tests)
Israel Folau (61 Tests)

Reserves

Stephen Moore (124 Tests)
Tom Robertson (14 Tests)
Allan Alaalatoa (18 Tests)
Lukhan Tui (2 Tests)
Ned Hanigan (8 Tests)
Nick Phipps (57 Tests)
Samu Kerevi (13 Tests)
Henry Speight (17 Tests)

booboo

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Good to see the went with my XV and only differed with me at 20 and 22 where I was wavering on Ardie and tossing up between ALB and Mo'unga.

I'll be an All Black selector yet.

At least we will know who to blame if it all goes wrong

Deans?

booboo

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@snowy said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Good to see the went with my XV and only differed with me at 20 and 22 where I was wavering on Ardie and tossing up between ALB and Mo'unga.

I'll be an All Black selector yet.

At least we will know who to blame if it all goes wrong

It'll still be Deans.

True. Deans AND @booboo

PS: just noticed that when you start typing @booboo an option comes up to select a member called @Booboo_is_a_tool

No relation

Snowy

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@booboo said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Good to see the went with my XV and only differed with me at 20 and 22 where I was wavering on Ardie and tossing up between ALB and Mo'unga.

I'll be an All Black selector yet.

At least we will know who to blame if it all goes wrong

Deans?

That'l learn ya for not reading the whole thread ey?

Stargazer

Milk

@nta said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Michael Hooper (c) (74 Tests)

About to get his 75th cap and he's only 25 years old. What a machine.

Crucial

@milk said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@nta said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Michael Hooper (c) (74 Tests)

About to get his 75th cap and he's only 25 years old. What an ~~machine~~ only option

FIFY

Bones

Sam Cane the same age and about to rack up 50, after sitting behind the captain and arguably best ever AB for 3 years...

Milk

@bones Yeah, that's impressive too. On one hand, a lot more games off the bench. On the other hand he plays a much more physical game than Hooper.

Bones

@milk would actually be interesting to see the off the bench comparison. @booboo is still stats man right?

Crucial

espn stats have MH at 68 starts from 74 matches

Cane is 30 from 49

Bones

@crucial you're not booboo.

Crucial

@bones said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@crucial you're not booboo.

Yeah, but he will be tucked up in bed with one hand on it. Unfair to interrupt him

Crucial

Doesn't matter how many starts they have. The better stat is this

Hooper 74 games with a 52.7% win rate
Cane 49 games with a 91.83% win rate

nzzp

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Doesn't matter how many starts they have. The better stat is this

Hooper 74 games with a 52.7% win rate
Cane 49 games with a 91.83% win rate

or, to put it another way:
Hooper 74 games, 40 wins
Cane 49 games, 45 wins

Hooper with 50% more games, and fewer wins. Go the might ABs

Crucial

Damn distracting looking at stats. Here's another I spotted

Cane is about to join a special group of players that have played 50+ test matches with a win rate of 90% or more

Others are

Sam Whitelock
BBBR
Crockett
A Smith
Dagg
B Smith
BB
Coles
Cruden
Faumuina
J Savea

Then there is a whole bunch with 50+ tests and a win rate over 80%. All ABs except for the very bottom of the list with Kyran Bracken scraping in at 80.39.

PS: Both Nonu and Conrad just miss out on 90% by one win. That 2012 draw in Brisbane eh? 1 more point would have made one more win.

McCaw misses out by 3 wins. For that I blame Barnes.

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe 3