Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
All Blacks coach Ian Foster may start with Beauden Barrett at fullback, brother Jordie on the right wing and Clarke on the left unless
I thought Beaudy was already out?
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
All Blacks coach Ian Foster may start with Beauden Barrett at fullback, brother Jordie on the right wing and Clarke on the left unless
I thought Beaudy was already out?
Not at all. He trained by himself instead of with the team one day and then the media ran with it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
A bit of oil in there
“ The Herald understands young utility back Will Jordan was supposed to be released, along with wing Sevu Reece and prop Tyrel Lomax, to join Ta$man for their Mitre 10 Cup match against Auckland at Eden Park on Saturday.”
So, neither Sevu nor Will is playing on the right wing - which, pretty much ensures Jordie is?
Beauden at fullback (since Josh Ioane is released).
I'd guess George was going to play wing again, with Caleb on the bench - though vice versa also possible. I wonder if Fozzie will tell us?
Leaving the three midfielders to shuffled according to the whims of Fozzie?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Bad news for Hori, but good news for players who want to see others on the wing.
My ideal backline if all available:
Smith, BB, Clarke, ALB, Boris, Ioane, DMac (or JB to avoid a Canes fans/DMac haters meltdown, the other on the bench, either way there's going to be errors).Rieko has played left and centre so right wing should be doable.
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ouch , usually happens on the negative movement with poor technique or fatigue and the bar drops to one side and you try and correct .
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@KiwiMurph Have to be one of those two, if Sevu is still going to be released to Ta$man.
I reckon we'll now see:
Smith, Mo'unga, Clarke, ALB, Goodhue, Barrett, Barrett
Perenara, Ioane, Jordan - picking another "wing" makes more sense than picking another "fullback".
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They need to choose the best 15. DM is a great sub because no one has a clue what he is going to do (but the unpredictability is more of a liability when he starts).
Dmac played well on the weekend, if by bad selection you mean Jordie should have played there then sure I agree, but McKenzie was good.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Not a huge fan of Bridge but you have to feel for the guy.
Poo for him.
But not concerned about the effect on the team.
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@Yeetyaah They were going to call up extra players for the RC squad, weren't they? Maybe not as many as initially planned, but still some extras. So they'll probably include an extra winger/outside back, even if they initially didn't plan to include one.
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@Chris-B said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
The second is quite likely - but, I'm slightly inclined to think they'll look at a few errors by Rieko and revert to last year's order.
Whatever midfield we think we need, I hope to god they pick a combo and play it.
I suspect this is the JG/RI option. Jack to provide muscle beside Richie, strength and support lines, and Rieko to split rush defence by having amazing acceleration and footwork in a bit of space.
Their first games together, and I think the first start in those positions for both. Can see them perservering, and getting a damn sight better (praying emoji thingy).
Also, we need a name for rat face Foster and his clan
Foster, MacLeod and Plumtree. We've had the Cartel and the Zoo ... what next?
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