RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B)
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@Hooroo said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@Stargazer said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@Hooroo Uhm, no, maybe the same as the team naming for the Canada game?
That would be 3:00 this which is great. I just thought it would be earlier due to earlier kick off.
I heard 330 this afternoon (same as last time)
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Stuff has a second-by-second Countdown clock therefore if you so choose you can watch the seconds until that glorious moment when the team is actually named. Genius journalism, I love it!
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@sparky said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
Stuff has a second-by-second Countdown clock therefore if you so choose you can watch the seconds until that glorious moment when the team is actually named.
Well that's ruined that then.
Another of the great mysteries in life is just common knowledge.
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Starting to wonder if the AB's will play three or four people through first-five. Treating this game a little like an opportunity to test their contingency plans.
This AB management would want to turn every stone to test things.
I could see TJP, Jordie & Crotty all getting a spell there. With one of Mounga or Beaudy on bench inside a little red box with a glass front that says break in case of emergency.so to start.
A.Smith
Jordie
Bridge
Crotty
ALB
Reece
B.SmithBench.
Weber
TJP
MoungaJordie & Bender can cover midfield if needs be. In fact they may spend entire first half switch and swapping.
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@westcoastie I reckon Goodhue will either start or come off the bench, he has had limited minutes and needs time.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@Hooroo Hansen cares not for trivial details like that...he just knows he is messing with everyone expecting any kind of consistency.
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They need to play Jordie at 10 for the full 80.
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@Snowy said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@sparky said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
Stuff has a second-by-second Countdown clock therefore if you so choose you can watch the seconds until that glorious moment when the team is actually named.
Well that's ruined that then.
Another of the great mysteries in life is just common knowledge.
They're sucking all of the magic out of the world. We're only just clinging on to Aura as well.
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@Stargazer said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
For whoever wants to know ...
@thesilverfern.com likes this
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@Snowy said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@sparky said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
Stuff has a second-by-second Countdown clock therefore if you so choose you can watch the seconds until that glorious moment when the team is actually named.
Well that's ruined that then.
Another of the great mysteries in life is just common knowledge.
Completely off topic and absolutely doesn't belong in this thread, but the single greatest mystery in life remains how it can take so long to collect a hire car from the airport no matter how much info you've already provided when booking online.
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@Stargazer said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
For whoever wants to know ...
No one. Nobody has ever even asked, or cared, about team naming.
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@voodoo said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@Snowy said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
@sparky said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
Stuff has a second-by-second Countdown clock therefore if you so choose you can watch the seconds until that glorious moment when the team is actually named.
Well that's ruined that then.
Another of the great mysteries in life is just common knowledge.
Completely off topic and absolutely doesn't belong in this thread, but the single greatest mystery in life remains how it can take so long to collect a hire car from the airport no matter how much info you've already provided when booking online.
When I go back to NZ now I always get a car from those Asian places a few km's from the airport, and they're quicker than picking up a name car from directly at the airport, even including shuttle waiting time.
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@voodoo said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
absolutely doesn't belong in this thread
@Stargazer is watching this thread, a little caution there.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: All Blacks vs Namibia Pool B:
Genuine question - To what end?
Two tests is a long time. It was long enough for Reece to supposedly ink his name in the first XV permanently in some people's eyes, two tests could well wrestle it back from Ioane.
Bridge's form has been as good or better than anything Ioane has produced (admittedly against some weaker opposition) and he is in form right now so he is an obvious selection. But perhaps I have some blinkers on but Reece seems fine, but would certainly be a cut below the other full-time test wingers we've had for at least a decade.
Worth rolling the dice to see if Ioane can get back in form, no reason to think he can't in two tests. Only reason not to would be if for whatever reason they want to really look at Jordie or Smith at 14 with a view to the knockout stages.
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I often wonder why Rieko is not used on the right wing. He seems to regularly carry the ball under his right arm when playing on the left anyway.
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The matchday 23 is as follows (with Test caps in brackets):
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Joe Moody (42)
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Codie Taylor (47)
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Nepo Laulala (22)
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Brodie Retallick (77)
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Samuel Whitelock - captain (114)
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Shannon Frizell (7)
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Sam Cane (64)
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Ardie Savea (41)
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Aaron Smith (88)
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Jordie Barrett (13)
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George Bridge (6)
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Anton Lienert-Brown (39)
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Jack Goodhue (10)
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Sevu Reece (4)
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Ben Smith (82)
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Dane Coles (65)
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Ofa Tuungafasi (32)
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Angus Ta'avao (10)
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Patrick Tuipulotu (27)
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Matt Todd (22)
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Brad Weber (3)
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T J Perenara (61)
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Rieko Ioane (27)
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