Italy vs All Blacks
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@machpants said in Italy vs All Blacks:
NMS well gone, so won't be there, as is SBW, Whitelock, and Squires. Is Fafita with the squad in Europe? Hemopo was never in core squad. Only Laumape has been called in as a replacement.
@booboo team doesn't have Jordie B, I'm sure he'll get a run. So you'll need to squeeze in pimply giraffe, Naholo, Harris, Tuipuloto, Fafita, Ta'avao, Papaili, TTT, and probably Laumape - cos everyone will have to get a run in the squad I reckon. Unless the game against Japan will count for their game time.
I think ALB and Goodhue start and Crotty on the bench. Laumape only there as cover.
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Highly struggling to care about this game tbh. I imagine the players feel the same...
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@act-crusader I think an ALB-Goodhue midfield is one plenty have been wanting to see.
These Italian matches are usually snore-fests, error and penalty riddled matches...
My starting 15:
Laulala, Coles, Tu'ungafasi (one of them plays both sides right?)
BBBR, Tuipulotu
Papali'i, Read, SB
TTT, Mounga,
ALB, Goodhue
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@billy-tell said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Highly struggling to care about this game tbh. I imagine the players feel the same...
So if this tour is the dress rehearsal for Japan '19 is this the 3rd-4th play-off?
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@booboo said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Good RWC dress rehearsal this tour.
Replicating 1/4 final, semi-final, 3/4th playoff ....
Bugger. Someone heat me to it. Again.
Thread reading is a lost art these days....
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@act-crusader said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@booboo said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Good RWC dress rehearsal this tour.
Replicating 1/4 final, semi-final, 3/4th playoff ....
Bugger. Someone heat me to it. Again.
Thread reading is a lost art these days....
Lost?
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@kiwimurph said in Italy vs All Blacks:
I'm looking forward to this game to see Papalii play and the 9-10 combo of TTT-Mounga which on paper looks very useful.
With the issues we are having at six, might be worth playing Dalton there. He's a big unit, good ball runner, and has a huge workrate.
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B Smith
G Bridge
J Goodhue
N Laumape
R Ioane
R Mo'unga
TJP
A Ioane
A Savea
S Luatua
B Rettalic
S Whitelock
N Laulala
C Taylor
J MoodyD Coles
Karl T
Ofa T
S Barrett
D Papali'i
TTT
ALB
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@kirwan said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@kiwimurph said in Italy vs All Blacks:
I'm looking forward to this game to see Papalii play and the 9-10 combo of TTT-Mounga which on paper looks very useful.
With the issues we are having at six, might be worth playing Dalton there. He's a big unit, good ball runner, and has a huge workrate.
I'm pretty sure I read that Hansen considers him a 6 that can cover 7
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@machpants Fox said he plays both, and was selected as 7 cover.
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Hansen said he wasn't a natural 7 and he was primarily a 6 who could cover 7. Fox made some comment about him being better suited to 6 too
Hopefully he gets the start at 6 this weekend. It would be a shame to take him on tour and not see him both positions
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Possible starting team for Italy:
Jordie Barrett, Waisake Naholo, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ngani Laumape, Rieko Ioane, Richie Mo'unga, TJ Perenara, Kieran Read, Dalton Papalii, Vaea Fifita, Scott Barrett, Patrick Tuipulotu, Nepo Laulala, Dane Coles, Ofa Tuungafasi.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12162930
