AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

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@Nogusta said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Blues will be crossing fingers toes and everything else that the 'best case scenario' pans out

hell yes.

Although we have the deepest bench of loosies in the comp, short comps like this can rob you of star players. If Mo'unga gets injured Saturday night, the Blues win.

Sorry for Sotutu, hopefully it's a tweak and nothing major

dogmeat

@gt12 @Chris-B 11 mths out from RWC I was told Bridge was a certainty.

Chris B.

@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B Their biggest cock up was not just trusting their experienced guys (and playing them to get them in form) like they had throughout their tenure and instead tried to go for the NMS miracle again.

That is the number one question I'd ask Hansen - after beating the experience drum for a decade, how come he abandoned it at the last post?

Chris B.

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

Nepia

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

Why?

taniwharugby

@Nepia might not have any/enough games haha

Crucial

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

But he currently has no master to train him.

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Chris B.

@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

Why?

Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.

Nepia

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

Why?

Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.

Ruling him out after one game - so Bridge and Reece gone for their anonymous RWC campaigns?

gt12

@Chris-B

By the stats, he was quiet, dangerous, and poor:

3 runs, 1 metre
1 clean break, 2 defenders beaten
1 turnover, 1 tackles made, 2 missed

Similarly Reece had:

5 runs, 6 metres
1 defender beaten, 1 offload
2 tackles made, 3 missed

For whatever reason play went to the other side and/or the others got more involved:

Bridge:

9 runs, 49 metres,
1 clean break, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try assist
2 turnovers, 5 tackles made, 1 missed

Telea:

5 runs, 62 metres
2 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try
9 tackles made, 2 missed, 1 penalty conceded

Bovidae

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

He's nearly 2 years older than Rieko was when he debuted. If the Olympics go ahead next year than Clarke couldn't be involved with the ABs until 2022.

KiwiMurph

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?

Why?

Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.

Bridge was anonymous his previous 2 starts before Saturday.

pukunui

@Nogusta said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Sotutu could be out for a bit.....the dreaded aye see el....

Shit. Was it the ruck he went into while missing a shoe? He looked to slip awkwardly with no grip.

mariner4life

@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B

By the stats, he was quiet, dangerous, and poor:

3 runs, 1 metre
1 clean break, 2 defenders beaten
1 turnover, 1 tackles made, 2 missed

Similarly Reece had:

5 runs, 6 metres
1 defender beaten, 1 offload
2 tackles made, 3 missed

For whatever reason play went to the other side and/or the others got more involved:

Bridge:

9 runs, 49 metres,
1 clean break, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try assist
2 turnovers, 5 tackles made, 1 missed

Telea:

5 runs, 62 metres
2 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try
9 tackles made, 2 missed, 1 penalty conceded

So Telea easily the best on the field

also, how much does being a winger suck? The fuck were they even doing out there? There would have been people in teh stands who did more than these guys

Chris B.

@gt12 Even without looking at the stats, George was way ahead on points compared to the other wings in that game - on my card anyway.

That doesn't necessarily mean you get a line drawn through your name if you're the other guys, but it's a significant blow to their campaigns to be outplayed by the incumbent they're trying to unseat.

I'm biased, but I've got Will Jordan at the head of the new caps queue to join the outside backs - so the question is how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?

mariner4life

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

George was way ahead on points compared to the other wings in that game - on my card anyway

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mariner4life

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?

all of them. and all of them

let's make this exciting, and throw the baby out with the bathwater.

baby blacks y'all!

Bones

@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

3 runs, 1 metre
1 clean break, 2 defenders beaten

Does not compute! Was he going backwards for his clean break?

Bovidae

@gt12 What about errors? A lot of the criticism of Talea has been about his failure to catch the high kicks.

Nepia

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?

all of them. and all of them

let's make this exciting, and throw the baby out with the bathwater.

baby blacks y'all!

Steve?

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AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?