Bledisloe 3

[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.

[booboo]

@bones said in BLEDISLOE 3:

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

Love stats. But only easy ones about winning percentage and stuff. I'll leave individual stats to the true nerds.

[booboo]

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

espn stats have MH at 68 starts from 74 matches

Cane is 30 from 49

...like @Crucial

[Crucial]

@booboo

[nzzp]

Remember this from 1996? I was chopped at the student pub, remember Mehrtens big run, but missed Buncey actually scoring it.

Fark, Bunce was awesome.

[pakman]

@nzzp Mehrts brilliant. Huge attempted clothsline on Cullen. If that had connected he really would be 'Beerbottle'!

[pakman]

@pakman *clothesline!

[Crucial]

@pakman said in BLEDISLOE 3:

@nzzp Mehrts brilliant. Huge attempted clothsline on Cullen. If that had connected he really would be 'Beerbottle'!

Didn't look too bad until the reverse angle. Swinging stiff arm from Gregan. If that had connected these days it would be 6 weeks on the sideline.

[NTA]

@crucial said in BLEDISLOE 3:

Didn't look too bad until the reverse angle. Swinging stiff arm from Gregan. If that had connected these days it would be 6 weeks on the sideline unless you're an All Black, then its a stern warning.

Fixed.

Aw come on don't get prissy - someone had to make a stupid "FUCKEN KIWIS!" comment this week. The thread is comatose

[Stargazer]

Shit news for Todd!

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2017/10/matt-todd-ruled-out-of-bledisloe-cup-test-against-australia.html

[Paekakboyz]

That sucks. Ardie has been battling a bit for form, and Todd had earned another shot. Suspect he was going full noise at training and got unlucky. Stink bro. Does give Ardie a sniff though. Go hard son.