All Blacks vs Fiji 2
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@dan54 said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
I like this team as well! But I hope they are testing the starting props as they were well outdone around the field by their Fijian opponents-I thought Fiji used their props far better than we did.
I've gone to the 'Shannon isn't so bad but he doesn't seem to synch well with others' frame of mind. I suspect he is a real fave with the coaching staff but he needs for me to reproduce the impact he had for the Highlanders.
Also I've fallen into the 'Jordie is pretty good actually as AB fullback' camp. Sure his kicking game wasn't perfect but when you are booting it 20m further than the others your mistakes don't get capitalized on so much. He might not tackle like Jerry Collins but he is far more likely to stop the big bllokes than the mulleted Jack Russell from the Waikato.
And a good-looking midfield! How often does that happen lately!! Well ok, more often recently, but a gripe is a gripe..
Still, I hope I don't see Mr Foster looking out of his depth, passive, frustrated, but motionless in the coaching box. In the last test on the cutaway tv movements he looked like a passenger, not an engaged coach.
Really? I don't really care what any coach looks like in the box, some bounce around, some are animated some sit there quietly, geez I didn;t think that was how anyone judged coahes.
But he's fat.
Yep but I not sure how much I can point the finger at others for being a bit overweight
, but I understand , we need coaches who look like they in good shape, and have just the right amount of animation in the box?
(and I know I have left the word box there for someone to run with
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
Nadolo retired from test rugby, I think in 2019. I assume his return to the Fijian squad has to do with the Covid reality that they can't get all their players in the white jersey. Either because their French clubs don't want to release them in time, or because they don't want to travel themselves.
Fiji doesn't have lack of wing talent. Most likely just laziness from the coaching staff because they don't want to have to deal with a player who might not have particularly good English.
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,o0fkfkfkmmkfkfkf0o is CmmC@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
Samisoni Taukeiaho,To make his debut of the Bench,Coles out with a calf problem.
Big chance for Fiji, now the ABs don't have Dane riding in at the end to rescue them. 😉
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must be a bit of wind down there old man was just telling me he's at the captains run and Jordie knocked a goal over from midway between 10m and 22 line and it still had plenty of legs in it
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@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
Samisoni Taukeiaho,To make his debut of the Bench
St Paul's Collegiate's second ever AB. The first was Geoff Hines back in 1980 so a long time ago.
Awesome I love to see schools or clubs getting new AB,s especially when they don’t have many in their history.
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@dan54 said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@nostrildamus yep and Rennie won 33% against ABs and 0% against Pumas, and he really just sits pretty quiet, so what's your point?
He's not AB coach. So his dismeanour does not really worry me.
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@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
Samisoni Taukeiaho,To make his debut of the Bench
St Paul's Collegiate's second ever AB. The first was Geoff Hines back in 1980 so a long time ago.
Awesome I love to see schools or clubs getting new AB,s especially when they don’t have many in their history.
St Paul's have produced a few other handy sportsmen in recent memory, namely Daniel Vettori, Lance Hohaia and Chris Wood. Just not rugby players. Tom Franklin was probably the closest to making the ABs.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
How's the weather on the ground there Tron peeps?
Forecast had it clearing tonight, but it's damn wet and windy up north. Lost power for good times
Just watching the FPC in Auckland which doesn't look too bad but reading reports of rubbish in Hamilton
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@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
How's the weather on the ground there Tron peeps?
Forecast had it clearing tonight, but it's damn wet and windy up north. Lost power for good times
Just watching the FPC in Auckland which doesn't look too bad but reading reports of rubbish in Hamilton
Pretty normal
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
How's the weather on the ground there Tron peeps?
Forecast had it clearing tonight, but it's damn wet and windy up north. Lost power for good times
Just watching the FPC in Auckland which doesn't look too bad but reading reports of rubbish in Hamilton
Pretty normal
I was talking about the weather.
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@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs Fiji 2:
How's the weather on the ground there Tron peeps?
Forecast had it clearing tonight, but it's damn wet and windy up north. Lost power for good times
Just watching the FPC in Auckland which doesn't look too bad but reading reports of rubbish in Hamilton
Pretty normal
I was talking about the weather.
Sorry, it's an easy mistake to make
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