England vs All Blacks

[voodoo]

@kiwiinmelb said in England vs All Blacks:

@rotated said in England vs All Blacks:

@kiwiinmelb said in England vs All Blacks:

Interesting Shag saying , we want to play two playmakers ,

The argument he makes seems to make more sense with Beaudy at fullback and Richie and first-five. Having two points of attack to take the defence's focus off one is a great idea in theory, but if the English defence start forcing Barrett to make errors I expect McKenzie to as well. When the poor option taking happens it seems to be contagious with those two.

I suspect that might be the longer term plan , but want to ease Richie into it ,

In this game he will get game time at 10 , Beaudy back to FB ,

I would not be surprised to see him starting next year and McKenzie back to the bench NPC

Fixed

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in England vs All Blacks:

@mn5 pretty sure when Ben Blair (our last midget 15) played at Twickers we lost...

Yes, rather worrying.

Also the following year when Caleb Ralph had a shocker too.

[Bovidae]

Tu'inukuafe is much better (and bigger) than McDonnell. I won't even mention that Cantablack no.8.

Besides, Mitchell is in the other camp this Sat.

[MN5]

@bovidae said in England vs All Blacks:

Tu'inukuafe is much better (and bigger) than McDonnell. I won't even mention that Cantablack no.8.

Besides, Mitchell is in the other camp this Sat.

I'm not convinced SBW is better than Keith Lowen

[Tim]

Will Kelleher  /  Nov 8, 2018  /  Rugby

So, which All Black is a dab hand at milking cows? Sopoaga reveals all

Lima Sopoaga, the former All Black fly-half, and current Wasps star, runs us through those in the New Zealand lineup out to beat England on Saturday at Twickenham.

Power Ranking the All Blacks based on Lima Sopoaga anecdotes

Lima Sopoaga recently delivered a handful of anecdotes about each All Black in this weekend's lineup. Naturally, we decided to rank everyone based on his assessment.

[ACT Crusader]

@tim not bad.

[Bones]

16 games is not a veteran.

[mariner4life]

@bones said in England vs All Blacks:

16 games is not a veteran.

i didn't even read the article but that jumped out at me!

Fucking veteran...

[MiketheSnow]

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@nevorian said in England vs All Blacks:

@mikethesnow haha that would suggest England are going to score a try?

I think (think) @mikethesnow was suggesting a margin between 16 and 21. Five points isn't a 'canter'.

Correct 👍

[MiketheSnow]

@mariner4life said in England vs All Blacks:

@bones said in England vs All Blacks:

16 games is not a veteran.

i didn't even read the article but that jumped out at me!

Fucking veteran...

16 Tests for the ABs is like 50 for other countries

[canefan]

So Jerome "we have a deal" Garces is the ref this weekend. We rarely win convincingly at Twickenham and I'm not expecting us to pump them this time. We should be on high alert

[canefan]

If he keeps it up he will supplant Barnes on my refs wall of shame

[Victor Meldrew]

@rocky-rockbottom said in England vs All Blacks:

Reply in French, "Chateau Onehunga".

[Nevorian]

@booboo oh makes sense. But is a canter less than a trot less than a gallop. I expect the ABs in a gallop 16-45

[Bones]

@nevorian said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo oh makes sense. But is a canter less than a trot less than a gallop. I expect the ABs in a gallop 16-45

That's a pretty wide errrr....margin you have on your margin.

[Catogrande]

@bovidae @taniwharugby Thanks. Something and nothing really though, I mean you wouldn't want them to be saying we're encouraging him to stand back and admire them would you? Really?

[Crucial]

Interesting graphic in Stuff today showing how teams use (or don't use) their reserves...

[Catogrande]

@crucial That is interesting and I think illustrates two things about NZ. Firstly that the depth is that good that it is never felt that the team is being weakened by using the bench (not sure I agree, but it would seem to be the view). Secondly that Hansen and co are very good at providing experience for a large group of players - building for the future.

[Crucial]

I hope none of the team have ordered a Malaysian takeaway tonight.
Maybe I should go and block all deliveries scooters from the gate

[pakman]

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

I hope none of the team have ordered a Malaysian takeaway tonight.
Maybe I should go and block all deliveries scooters from the gate

Always thought you were a top man!