Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October
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@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
21-year-old Caleb Clarke gave the Wallabies nightmares in a barnstorming All Blacks debut in Bledisloe II. Now the Wallabies are out for revenge for that 17-7 hammering, and they’ve put a target firmly on the winger’s back. Daugunu told journalists on Wednesday: We’re looking forward to playing against him again on Saturday. “Our aim is to kick to him and contest (the ball) – for him to catch it so we can smash him. Our target for this week was him. I can’t wait to hit him.” Asked if the Kiwi gun had a target on his head, Daugunu simply said “yes.”
‘Can’t wait to hit him’: Wallabies out to ‘end’ breakout All Blacks star Caleb Clarke
‘Can’t wait to hit him’: Wallabies out to ‘end’ breakout All Blacks star
And I guess as they will mostly looking at his back then that is the best place to put the target
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Im also guessing with all this talk of "smashing him", that if does occur illegally, now that it is public there is likely to be a good old fashioned "handbags at five paces" with a few players running in. Adds to the theatre for this weekend
Is kicking to him to smash him it a legit tactic? I agree with @kirwan that it didnt work in SRA, so who knows if they will go through with it. I would say its probably more due to the fact that because none of them could tackle him last time and wanting to make a statement of intent, that they will make at least one tackle this time
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maybe im too simple, i would have thought starving him of ball, maybe force him to come off his wing looking for it would be better
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@bayimports said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Im also guessing with all this talk of "smashing him", that if does occur illegally, now that it is public there is likely to be a good old fashioned "handbags at five paces" with a few players running in. Adds to the theatre for this weekend
Is kicking to him to smash him it a legit tactic? I agree with @kirwan that it didnt work in SRA, so who knows if they will go through with it. I would say its probably more due to the fact that because none of them could tackle him last time and wanting to make a statement of intent, that they will make at least one tackle this time
All smoke and mirrors I reckon.
These are the sorts of things all teams/coaches throw out before a test. Feeding crumbs to the masses thinking they’re being fed a meal!
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I'm all for a bit of shit talk. Get amongst it lads!! talk yourselves up! Put your opposite on notice.
Beats the fuck out of the usual heavily-media-coached bullshit.
Most media attached to professional sports is completely useless.
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@mariner4life totally agree, may even get a few more people interested if they feel there is a bit of fire
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Nevorian And Clarke is particulary good under the high ball, to the point that the Crusaders plan was to NOT kick to him.
You saw a presentation at a pub didn't you
They only have those in Canterbury 🦴 s.
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@Duluth said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Team has been released:
1 Karl Tu'inukuafe (14)
2 Dane Coles (71)
3 Ofa Tuungafasi (37)
4 Patrick Tuipulotu (32)
5 Samuel Whitelock (118)
6 Shannon Frizell (11)
7 Sam Cane (70) - captain
8 Hoskins Sotutu (2)
9 Aaron Smith (94)
10 Richie Mo'unga (19)
11 Caleb Clarke (2)
12 Jack Goodhue (15)
13 Anton Lienert-Brown (45)
14 Jordie Barrett (19)
15 Beauden Barrett (85)16 Codie Taylor (52)
17 Alex Hodgman (1)
18 Tyrel Lomax (2)
19 Scott Barrett (37)
20 Dalton Papalii (3)
21 TJ Perenara (66)
22 Ngani Laumape (13)
23 Rieko Ioane (31)Still strange to see that our best First Five is playing out of position, that our best Fullback is playing out of position and two of our most exciting young talents (Akira Ioane and Will Jordan) don't get a look in.
Still a question mark for me about Shannon Frizell as a Test 6 and Richie Mo'unga as a Test 10.
I can live with the rest. A good team. Loving the idea of Laumape and Reiko Ioane off the bench.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@sparky Paul Cully was saying on twitter today that Frizell is by far NZ's best blindside. Is he seeing something that we aren't? I hope he proves me wrong but have not been convinced by him so far at test level.
I actually thought he had a very good game last week. Stood up when we needed someone early on with aussie on attack, did lots of stuff well. He's no Kaino yet, but he was decent
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@canefan said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@akan004 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@sparky Paul Cully was saying on twitter today that Frizell is by far NZ's best blindside. Is he seeing something that we aren't? I hope he proves me wrong but have not been convinced by him so far at test level.
I actually thought he had a very good game last week. Stood up when we needed someone early on with aussie on attack, did lots of stuff well. He's no Kaino yet, but he was decent
Was impressed with his breakdown and lineout work but am not convinced about his physicality on defence. Have hardly seen him put in dominant tackles like Paps and some of the others regularly do.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@canefan said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@akan004 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@sparky Paul Cully was saying on twitter today that Frizell is by far NZ's best blindside. Is he seeing something that we aren't? I hope he proves me wrong but have not been convinced by him so far at test level.
I actually thought he had a very good game last week. Stood up when we needed someone early on with aussie on attack, did lots of stuff well. He's no Kaino yet, but he was decent
Was impressed with his breakdown and lineout work but am not convinced about his physicality on defence. Have hardly seen him put in dominant tackles like Paps and some of the others regularly do.
He certainly doesn't have a tight handle on the Jersey yet
