Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11
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@KiwiMurph Are you implying that you are ok in selecting players that might not be "up to it" into the All Blacks squad. Surely if a player is selected in the squad he must be considered good enough to do the job. If not "up to it"but he is the best available in that particular position then we will just have to live with it.
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@Higgins I didn't say he wasn't up to it - I'm just not against easing him in perhaps off the bench or even wait until the second Bledisloe once we've had a look at Rennie's Wallabies. In a unique unknown situation as this first test I don't think experience in the loosies is a bad thing.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
If M4L was a selector (and it is pretty easy to see why i am not)
Moody
Taylor
Laulala (i actually think Ofa is the better player, but i prefer the type of game Ofa would bring off the bench)
Sam W
Tuipulotu
Frizzel
Cane
Sotutu
Smith
Mo'unga
Clarke
ALB
Ioane
Jordan
J BarrettAumua
Karl T
Ofa T
Vaa'i
Ioane
Savea
TJP
B BarrettReplace lose forward Ioane with TJP, and I'm with you. Who's nine if Smith goes down? Edit oh swap Ofa, but I'm no expert on props
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@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Sotutu still has work to do on his skills at the boot of the scrum - I could see Rennie seriously targeting him there.
The other seven blokes will have a big say in that though.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
If M4L was a selector (and it is pretty easy to see why i am not)
Moody
Taylor
Laulala (i actually think Ofa is the better player, but i prefer the type of game Ofa would bring off the bench)
Sam W
Tuipulotu
Frizzel
Cane
Sotutu
Smith
Mo'unga
Clarke
ALB
Ioane
Jordan
J BarrettAumua
Karl T
Ofa T
Vaa'i
Ioane
Savea
TJP
B BarrettReplace lose forward Ioane with TJP, and I'm with you. Who's nine if Smith goes down? Edit oh swap Ofa, but I'm no expert on props
TJP is there.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
If M4L was a selector (and it is pretty easy to see why i am not)
Moody
Taylor
Laulala (i actually think Ofa is the better player, but i prefer the type of game Ofa would bring off the bench)
Sam W
Tuipulotu
Frizzel
Cane
Sotutu
Smith
Mo'unga
Clarke
ALB
Ioane
Jordan
J BarrettAumua
Karl T
Ofa T
Vaa'i
Ioane
Savea
TJP
B BarrettReplace lose forward Ioane with TJP, and I'm with you. Who's nine if Smith goes down? Edit oh swap Ofa, but I'm no expert on props
Who are you swapping Ofa for?
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
If M4L was a selector (and it is pretty easy to see why i am not)
Moody
Taylor
Laulala (i actually think Ofa is the better player, but i prefer the type of game Ofa would bring off the bench)
Sam W
Tuipulotu
Frizzel
Cane
Sotutu
Smith
Mo'unga
Clarke
ALB
Ioane
Jordan
J BarrettAumua
Karl T
Ofa T
Vaa'i
Ioane
Savea
TJP
B BarrettReplace lose forward Ioane with TJP, and I'm with you. Who's nine if Smith goes down? Edit oh swap Ofa, but I'm no expert on props
dude
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life is Mauger with the 6:2 split.
damn right. Tests are won up front. Token back replacements are rarely required. B Barrett is there for impact with his pace later on.
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@Tim said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Surprised that anyone who watched the last two years of rugby would want Laulala to start. Must be keen on jogging into contact and missing tackles.
who is the other tighthead?
genuine question, because i honestly don't know
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@mariner4life Lomax who just got released to play Mitre 10 Cup this weekend?
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@Tim said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Surprised that anyone who watched the last two years of rugby would want Laulala to start. Must be keen on jogging into contact and missing tackles.
I'd largely agree with you apart from the North-South game where I thought Nepo had a good points win.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
If M4L was a selector (and it is pretty easy to see why i am not)
Moody
Taylor
Laulala (i actually think Ofa is the better player, but i prefer the type of game Ofa would bring off the bench)
Sam W
Tuipulotu
Frizzel
Cane
Sotutu
Smith
Mo'unga
Clarke
ALB
Ioane
Jordan
J BarrettAumua
Karl T
Ofa T
Vaa'i
Ioane
Savea
TJP
B BarrettReplace lose forward Ioane with TJP, and I'm with you. Who's nine if Smith goes down? Edit oh swap Ofa, but I'm no expert on props
dude
Sorry, misread. I'd swap the props, cos that's what all the 'experts' have, no idea myself. Swap Ioane for goodhue. 6:2 split is for fat unfit squads
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This quip about Rennie while discussing differences with Cheika cracked me up
"A lot of it’s new but he seems like a very calm and composed character, which is quite nice.”
No more psycho nutter screaming at us.
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@mariner4life 6 forward bench. Looking to bash them?
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@booboo said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@mariner4life 6 forward bench. Looking to bash them?
yes. repeatedly. for 80 minutes.
the quick guys out wide will feed off that. bliss.
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@Tim said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
The key ingredient the Wallabies must take out of their recipe to avoid another Bledisloe disaster
The question the Wallabies must ask is, how much ball-in-hand rugby do they want to play? Because too much may play straight into the All Blacks hands as it has for the last four years.
Great article. "Eliminate errors" and "don't be stupid" could have been covered off in 2 paragraphs, but a sperminating thrashwank of a victory over Ireland had to be flogged out of the author first.
Well done.
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