England vs All Blacks
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@mikethesnow said in England Vs All Blacks:
Won't elaborate but he might not be whiter than white if you get my drift.
Pretty well known. It's his appallingly-bad commentary, weird relationship with the BBC & the belief it influences the WRU which seems to wind people up.
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@victor-meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@mikethesnow said in England Vs All Blacks:
Won't elaborate but he might not be whiter than white if you get my drift.
Pretty well known. It's his appallingly-bad commentary, weird relationship with the BBC & the belief it influences the WRU which seems to wind people up.
😂😂😂
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King Karl to scrum for penalties...
ABs to smash England playing ten man rugby in the wet. All part of the 'tie one hand behind our back' tactic to test /improve facets of play, like in RWC 15 pool game.
England will need more than resilience to get better of New Zealand | Nick Evans
Eddie Jones’s side dodged a bullet against South Africa but All Blacks will be a different proposition – although I think the game will be closer than many think
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Looking forward to this next fortnight of rugby ,
Highlight of the 2018 season for me
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Article from Sean Fitzpatrick in the Grauniad. Interesting - highlights how different rugby was back in 93 compared to now.
‘Everyone was eating cucumber sandwiches’: an All Black’s view of Twickenham | Sean Fitzpatrick
As a boy I dreamed of pulling on the New Zealand shirt and running out to face England but in 1993 we lost. It was a turning point for us
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@nzzp said in England Vs All Blacks:
Article from Sean Fitzpatrick in the Grauniad. Interesting - highlights how different rugby was back in 93 compared to now.
‘Everyone was eating cucumber sandwiches’: an All Black’s view of Twickenham | Sean Fitzpatrick
As a boy I dreamed of pulling on the New Zealand shirt and running out to face England but in 1993 we lost. It was a turning point for us
Well it is quarter of a century ago so you’d hope it had changed a bit.
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Maybe SBW and Goodhue. I hope so, it’s the one combo we haven’t seen yet. In my mind Goodhue is now a lock for 13 and it’s a case of choosing a 12 from SBW, Crotty, Laumape and ALB to partner him. Roughly 12 months to get it right.
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@act-crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:
@nzzp said in England Vs All Blacks:
Article from Sean Fitzpatrick in the Grauniad. Interesting - highlights how different rugby was back in 93 compared to now.
‘Everyone was eating cucumber sandwiches’: an All Black’s view of Twickenham | Sean Fitzpatrick
As a boy I dreamed of pulling on the New Zealand shirt and running out to face England but in 1993 we lost. It was a turning point for us
Well it is quarter of a century ago so you’d hope it had changed a bit.
yeah - but the interesting thing for me was quite how different it was. With television and player transfers the styles have aligned a lot more - techniques get seen on video and if they're good, they permeate quickly
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@billy-tell said in England Vs All Blacks:
Maybe SBW and Goodhue. I hope so, it’s the one combo we haven’t seen yet. In my mind Goodhue is now a lock for 13 and it’s a case of choosing a 12 from SBW, Crotty, Laumape and ALB to partner him. Roughly 12 months to get it right.
Im in two minds about that call. Even though Crotty has been ineffective, Goodhue hasn't been playing and ALB is the better bench option.
Would like Goodhue to have a run before Ireland though, so maybe go halves with GH starting and ALB swapping in. -
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@billy-tell Goodhue & SBW played v France.
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@crucial said in England Vs All Blacks:
Photos from training show Goodhue running with the team.
Amazing to think they will insert Goodhue after he's battled with glandular fever and had no playing time. That disease will knock you down big time. Did Roger Federer get it a while ago and came back quite fast? These pro athletes are supermen
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@bones said in England vs All Blacks:
@rotated yeah I skimmed over that this morning and didn't really see any "attack" on Shields, so I wasn't sure what Sumo was talking about. It seemed rather odd.
I took that as an aim at the Ferald for the headline inference and twist of quotes.
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@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:
@bones said in England vs All Blacks:
@rotated yeah I skimmed over that this morning and didn't really see any "attack" on Shields, so I wasn't sure what Sumo was talking about. It seemed rather odd.
I took that as an aim at the Ferald for the headline inference and twist of quotes.
Yeah - it was a weird article - clickbait headline, with absolutely nothing in the article backing up the inference.
So... a clickbait article from start to finish - claiming things that the coaches have never said, but would make a "good story" if they did - ... and I assume/hope S"S"S was taking object to that. -
Joe Moody has been ruled out of the rest of the tour with an eye injury. This is a massive loss, Tim Perry is not an adequate replacement imo. Angus Ta'avao comes into the squad.
