2020 Rugby Championship in Oz
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@sparky said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean No Ash Dixon, no Luke Jacobson, no Lachlan Boshier, No Josh Ioane, no TJ Faine.
I feel age has worked against Ash, Luke simply hasn't played enough rugby, Lachlan has come up against an inform Kirifi, Josh isn't setting the world alight in M10 and TJ is playing second five-eighth while the All Blacks are playing off 9, 10 and 15.
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Qantas can EAD. I am running a training day for a company in Mackay on Saturday the 7th of Nov was planning on starting early and flying back at 4.50pm to go straight to Suncorp. Qantas emailed me a few days ago saying my flight was cancelled and now I have to stay another night.
The only weekend I am away from Aug-Dec this year and the AB's are in town and Qantas cancels my flights.
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@KiwiMurph said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
So Boshier has fallen behind Kirifi now?
Kirifi has been better than Boshier in Mitre 10 Cup so I don't hate that.
Boshier was superb during SRA. He continued that form in the early stages of NPC I thought.
Kirifi has been good the last 2-3 games but I reckon he’s a penalty magnet.
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@sparky said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean No Ash Dixon, no Luke Jacobson, no Lachlan Boshier, No Josh Ioane, no TJ Faine.
I wouldn’t have TJ Faine ahead of any of the midfielders selected.
Josh Ioane is a bit of a luxury with Beaudie back fit.
With two experienced hookers it’s good to blood new young talent, so no need for Dixon.
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@KiwiMurph said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
So Boshier has fallen behind Kirifi now?
Kirifi has been better than Boshier in Mitre 10 Cup so I don't hate that.
Boshier was superb during SRA. He continued that form in the early stages of NPC I thought.
Kirifi has been good the last 2-3 games but I reckon he’s a penalty magnet.
Obviously this doesn't tell the full story but a quick look at the Mitre 10 Cup stats tells me Kirifi is the equal leading tackler in the comp (well ahead of Boshier) and has made twice as many metres carrying the ball (from fewer carries)
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Kirifi is a talented player but he needs to improve his hearing or interpreting referees because he must have topped the list for penalties conceded in SRA. It seemed the games I watched he was constantly penalised at the breakdown. I can't find the stats but the Hurricanes conceded 91 and my guess is Kirifi caused many of those.
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@Yeetyaah said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
I find Kirifi to be a bit of a dick tbh. Nothing against his playing ability, but he seems like the kinda dude that would step you out of you glanced in his direction for less than a second.
Certainly one of the oddest takes I've seen on here bro!
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@Yeetyaah said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
I find Kirifi to be a bit of a dick tbh. Nothing against his playing ability, but he seems like the kinda dude that would step you out of you glanced in his direction for less than a second.
Did you watch the interview on Youtube? They talk about a bit of biffo between them at training. Perhaps Ardie called him short.
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@Yeetyaah said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
I find Kirifi to be a bit of a dick tbh. Nothing against his playing ability, but he seems like the kinda dude that would step you out of you glanced in his direction for less than a second.
LOL so you know him. Pile od rubbish, listen to him speak as Captain
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@sparky said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean No Ash Dixon, no Luke Jacobson, no Lachlan Boshier, No Josh Ioane, no TJ Faine.
And again, no David Havili. FFS
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@Stargazer said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@sparky said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@antipodean No Ash Dixon, no Luke Jacobson, no Lachlan Boshier, No Josh Ioane, no TJ Faine.
And again, no David Havili. FFS
perhaps they saw his game on the weekend....
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@KiwiMurph I’m a fan of Kirifi who hasn’t yet reached his ceiling but I would have selected Boshier in front of him. That performance against Canterbury to lift the shield alone deserves an All Blacks callup.
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2020 Rugby Championship in Oz:
@broughie hes a big bloke so im going to say he's quite a bit of food
you should all be ashamed of yourselves, this is now my most liked comment...this...is what the fern thinks is my most valuable contribution.....i should be ashamed
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Wow, just wandered into this thread for the first time since the Safa withdrawl.
Although the way it was handled deserves criticism, I think you guys are being a touch tough on the player welfare angle which is mentioned. Quite a few of the Safa players are in Europe as well as in SA. Both areas have had pretty bad outbreaks of Covid and things are so far away from normal life at the moment, it's pretty nuts.
For the single lads, I'm sure the idea of jumping on a plane to Oz for a month sounds absolutely fantastic ... I'd wonder how many would board the return flight! But for those with families, it would surely be an absolute no-go. When this was being planned, things were heavily on the improve. With the second outbreak, thats all over. If I'd been asked to go away for 6 weeks in August over the Oct/Nov time frame, I would have said "lets see how Covid pans out". If you asked me now if I'd leave my family here ... zero chance.
I find the accusation they are just worried about losing their number 1, rather callous. That stuff is so far away from important right now.
