All Blacks vs Pumas II

Chris

Stuff thought Blackadder went ok

Ethan Blackadder: An absolute statement of a performance. Big engine, and produced some skilful moments when needed – especially with one offload to Hoskins Sotutu. Played at 100 miles an hour, 100 per cent of the time, and completely outpointed some big names in the Pumas’ back row. Has no doubt given the selectors some food for though for next week's 23. 9

No Quarter

@Chris Stuff is the absolute last place I go for rugby analysis

Kirwan

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Stuff thought Blackadder went ok

Ethan Blackadder: An absolute statement of a performance. Big engine, and produced some skilful moments when needed – especially with one offload to Hoskins Sotutu. Played at 100 miles an hour, 100 per cent of the time, and completely outpointed some big names in the Pumas’ back row. Has no doubt given the selectors some food for though for next week's 23. 9

Paul Cully from Christchurch you mean. He gave him a 9 FFS.

As said above, provincialism is alive and well.

No Quarter

I should also add I thought Ardie really led from the front on both attack and defense.

Chris

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Stuff thought Blackadder went ok

Ethan Blackadder: An absolute statement of a performance. Big engine, and produced some skilful moments when needed – especially with one offload to Hoskins Sotutu. Played at 100 miles an hour, 100 per cent of the time, and completely outpointed some big names in the Pumas’ back row. Has no doubt given the selectors some food for though for next week's 23. 9

Paul Cully from Christchurch you mean. He gave him a 9 FFS.

As said above, provincialism is alive and well.

A good man that Cully.

Chris

@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@Chris Stuff is the absolute last place I go for rugby analysis

You are missing out then.

Rancid Schnitzel

@arhs said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

It was pretty damn good for a rotated team. How come the fern was so silent on Will Jordan tonite? If anyone else had overrun in support passed forward missed high ball missed tackle left his station to let a try in lost possession etc they would have been hammered like poor Blackadder and Christie. Ethan gave it his guts. Just needs to improve his accuracy. Bridge and Tupaea were very solid and Dmac was a great provider. But I thought our best were Samisoni and Vaii. The latter does so much graft accurately and effectively. Samisoni just gives so much go forward and physicality with a high work rate.

Seen him live twice this year and have been underwhelmed. Must be a Brisbane thing.

gt12

@arhs said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

It was pretty damn good for a rotated team. How come the fern was so silent on Will Jordan tonite? If anyone else had overrun in support passed forward missed high ball missed tackle left his station to let a try in lost possession etc they would have been hammered like poor Blackadder and Christie. Ethan gave it his guts. Just needs to improve his accuracy. Bridge and Tupaea were very solid and Dmac was a great provider. But I thought our best were Samisoni and Vaii. The latter does so much graft accurately and effectively. Samisoni just gives so much go forward and physicality with a high work rate.

Jordan made 10 tackles tonight and missed 1 which is a better effort from him, although he conceded 3 turnovers (including one bad drop of a high ball) but he was also probably more effective than Bridge - fewer metres (44 versus 61) but with 1 defender beaten and one offload, and far more passes (6 for Jordan versus 2 for Bridge), so I think he might edge out of the game behind Reece but ahead of Bridge.

Bridge did have a couple of good moments, especially with some of his work under the high ball, and that could be important next week so I wouldn't be surprised to see him included, just for that.

Chris

BB looked out of sorts in his time of the bench.
Were D Mac was very good at 10.
I hope Fozzie is not having a brain wave thought for next week.

Bones

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

BB looked out of sorts in his time of the bench.
Were D Mac was very good at 10.
I hope Fozzie is not having a brain wave thought for next week.

Yeah Beauds return to form didn't last long eh!

Chris

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

BB looked out of sorts in his time of the bench.
Were D Mac was very good at 10.
I hope Fozzie is not having a brain wave thought for next week.

Yeah Beauds return to form didn't last long eh!

Hopefully he’s back next week.

Chris

We have some insane depth right now, no more so than hooker ,4 pretty good options when they are all on form.

Chris

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Stuff thought Blackadder went ok

Ethan Blackadder: An absolute statement of a performance. Big engine, and produced some skilful moments when needed – especially with one offload to Hoskins Sotutu. Played at 100 miles an hour, 100 per cent of the time, and completely outpointed some big names in the Pumas’ back row. Has no doubt given the selectors some food for though for next week's 23. 9

Paul Cully from Christchurch you mean. He gave him a 9 FFS.

As said above, provincialism is alive and well.

NZ Herald Liam Napier gave Blackadder a good write up and ranking as well.

Derpus

Are the ABs number 1 again yet? No one is even close.

Bones

Welfare check on @Machpants please.

Surely the ABs are number one in the rankings, right?

Chris

Marc Hinton liked Blackadder as well quote

“Ethan Blackadder was brilliant, such a fabulous mixture of workrate, industry and hardness, and the likes of Samisoni Taukei’aho, two-try lock Tupou Vaa’i, Hoskins Sotutu and Quinn Tupaea were not far behind him.”