Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November
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@Derpus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
So, hopefully, this is a narrow ABs win with no bonus point - meaning the only game of the year i have tickets to isn't a fucken dead rubber.
the comp deserves a decider
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@mariner4life said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Derpus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
So, hopefully, this is a narrow ABs win with no bonus point - meaning the only game of the year i have tickets to isn't a fucken dead rubber.
the comp deserves a decider
not sure we 'deserve' to win eitehr - although in pro sport, there is no 'deserve'
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- Moody
- Taylor
- Laulala
- Tuipolotu
- Whitelock
- Savea
- Cane
- Sotutu
- Smith
- Mo’unga
- Clarke
- Goodhue
- ALB (rather the other way around tho)
- Reece
- B Barrett
- Coles
- Hodgeman
- Lomax (due to limited options)
- Vaai
- Akira
- Weber
- McKenzie
- Reiko
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I think Frizell gets the chop
TJ has to get dropped for lack of performance otherwise squad culture goes to shit
Jordie hasn’t been bad, but not great so Sevu should get a go.
We need decent tight heads, with Ofa gone we’re clutching at straws
Tuipolotu gets his last chance before getting dropped from the 23 for next year
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@Yeahtheboys said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
- Moody
- Taylor
- Laulala
- Tuipolotu
- Whitelock
- Savea
- Cane
- Sotutu
- Smith
- Mo’unga
- Clarke
- Goodhue
- ALB (rather the other way around tho)
- Reece
- B Barrett
- Coles
- Hodgeman
- Lomax (due to limited options)
- Vaai
- Akira
- Weber
- McKenzie
- Reiko
Ikira starts if Frizzy is dropped? Shirley?
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@Derpus said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
So, hopefully, this is a narrow ABs win with no bonus point - meaning the only game of the year i have tickets to isn't a fucken dead rubber.
I think another double-digit-margin Argie win with no bonus point would be infinitely more amusing.
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Team named and the sauce was good.
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- Joe Moody (49)
- Dane Coles (73)
- Nepo Laulala (28)
- Scott Barrett (39)
- Samuel Whitelock (121)
- Akira Ioane (1)
- Sam Cane (73) - captain
- Ardie Savea (48)
- Aaron Smith (96)
- Richie Mo'unga (21)
- Caleb Clarke (4)
- Jack Goodhue (17)
- Anton Lienert-Brown (48)
- Jordie Barrett (22)
- Beauden Barrett (88)
- Codie Taylor (56)
- Karl Tu'inukuafe (16)
- Tyrel Lomax (5)
- Patrick Tuipulotu (34)
- Hoskins Sotutu (4)
- TJ Perenara (68)
- Rieko Ioane (33)
- Will Jordan (1)
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@gt12 said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Team named and the sauce was good.
sauce is always good
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8 and 14 are 2 positions a bit disappointed in.
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If the All Blacks are honest, this whole business of individuals losing emotional control which has been so evident in the Tri Nations, began during Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Maybe it was the pent up frustration of lockdown coming out or the sense that a New Zealand-only competition, run and refereed by New Zealand administrators and officials, was a safe place to indulge in multiple histrionics on the field without fear of recrimination.
There was definitely something at work, almost compelling players – many senior All Blacks – to behave in a petulant and volatile manner where they challenged referees openly and with hostility; where they stamped their feet and screamed when things didn't go their way and where they reacted physically to any mild sense of injustice.
Remember Brad Weber and Aaron Smith punching it out in Hamilton? Or the Chiefs crowding referee Brendon Pickerill at Eden Park after he awarded the Blues a penalty instead of the visitors a try?
Or what about TJ Perenara being told in the first game that he was no longer, even as co-captain, allowed to engage with referee Mike Fraser who'd had enough of the verbal onslaught.
The signs were all there in Super Rugby that plenty of players were finding it hard to stay on a steady emotional keel – that there was no ability to turn the other cheek.
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@gt12 said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Scott Barrett (39)
fuck off
@gt12 said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Ardie Savea (48)
fuck off
@gt12 said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Jordie Barrett (22)
fuck off
@gt12 said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
TJ Perenara (68)
fuck off
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cracks me up reading some of the comments on social media:
Feel sorry for Webber, he's been the best 9 on tour.
Clack (sic) should be centre
Ardie Savea should be captain
Drop coles bring in amoua
Wow how does Coles not get stood down...Al Black Management have pretty low ethical standards
Thank god auck lock not starting Big no show
Cane still captain get him out hes a crap captain not even really done jack in these games either ardie the better 7 -
@taniwharugby So Cane was right about the average AB fan.
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Surprised with some of the selections. Pleased for Akira and Jordan getting deserved match time. Surprised Savea starting and not Sotutu, to get biggest impact from both. I guess pressure will be on Scott and Jordie Barrett, TJ and Richie Mo'unga to repay the faith in them to play to their potential. Thought Brad Weber and Reece might be preferred if bonus point required, and Ardie away rampaging in second half.
Gregor Paul: The real reason behind the All Blacks' petulance
