All Blacks vs Springboks I

[JC]

@crucial Careful now, that was very close to not hating Foster

[Tim]

@bovidae Think the comment during the week was that they would have to pass their fitness tests on Tuesday to be considered for selection.

[mariner4life]

well if it goes tits up you can't blame the selectors. That's the clear best 23 available.

[ACT Crusader]

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

i dont mind it

I'm underwhelmed a bit but I don't know what I would change with no ALB. Can't argue with forwards though.

Whilst still a work in progress, Ioane is the second best centre in the squad, so he has to play there.

I would’ve gone for Reece on the wing, but can’t complain about the other two selected.

Will be interesting if one of our wingers has to go off, will they put Tups on and move Ioane or do they put DMac on and move Jordie. If it’s early in the game I reckon the latter because of experience.

[Chris]

Physical looking bench they should make decent impact when needed.

[Crucial]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

well if it goes tits up you can't blame the selectors. That's the clear best 23 available.

Missed opportunity not to play Scott Barrett at 6 though

[Frye]

@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Some facts:

Beauden Barrett will be playing his 15th Test against South Africa and Brodie Retallick his 12th. Eight players (Akira Ioane, Luke Jacobson, David Havili, Will Jordan, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Ethan Blackadder, Brad Weber and Quinn Tupaea) will be playing them for the first time.

Havili has played South Africa.

[Bovidae]

@frye said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Some facts:

Beauden Barrett will be playing his 15th Test against South Africa and Brodie Retallick his 12th. Eight players (Akira Ioane, Luke Jacobson, David Havili, Will Jordan, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Ethan Blackadder, Brad Weber and Quinn Tupaea) will be playing them for the first time.

Havili has played South Africa.

That's right. He made the pass to DMac for that try. Blame allblacks.com.

[Stargazer]

@frye Yep, in Cape Town.

[Bovidae]

Let's hope these are correct.

Stats and facts

• The 100th Test will be played in the centenary year of the famous All Blacks- Springboks rivalry. The very first Test was played at the historic Carisbrook ground in Dunedin on 13 August 1921, with the All Blacks winning 13-5 that day. The last Test match was the Pool match at RWC2019 which the All Blacks won 23-13.

• In the 99 Tests to date, the All Blacks have won 59 times, South Africa 36, with four drawn matches. The All Blacks have scored 2,050 points in that time including 225 tries while the Springboks have scored 1,577 points, including 153 tries.

• The teams will once again be playing for The Freedom Cup, which was introduced in 2004. The All Blacks have held the Cup since 2010.

• The All Blacks have scored 16,997 points in Test matches and are set to be the first international team to top 17,000 points.

[Kiwiwomble]

now i dont know which "facts" i read on the internet to believe!

[KiwiMurph]

Can't argue with that. Strongest 23 available. Bring it on.

[Machpants]

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Can't argue with that. Strongest 23 available. Bring it on.

[ACT Crusader]

@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Let's hope these are correct.

The 100th Test will be played in the centenary year of the famous All Blacks- Springboks rivalry. The very first Test was played at the historic Carisbrook ground in Dunedin on 13 August 1921, with the All Blacks winning 13-5 that day. The last Test match was the Pool match at RWC2019 which the All Blacks won 23-13.

Pub trivia question: where was the 100th test between the ABs and Spingboks played?

Clue: it wasn’t a World Cup year.

Answer: Townsville

[Bovidae]

I'm hoping that BB can just focus on playing well and directing the team without the burden of knowing he is also the goal kicker.

[Canes4life]

@bovidae Jordie has been in fine form with the boot aswell so hopefully they keep using him in that role.

[sparky]

Shame Paps and ALB ain't available.

I 'm really not sold on George Bridge, apart from that this XXIII looks right.

[L_n_P]

@chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Good team selection I think,Taking into account injuries etc.
The selection looks like it has been well thought out to combat the Boks usual game plan.

Looks the best team if ALB and Paps are out.

Happy to see Jacobson at 8 anyway.

Totally expected to see George Bridge regardless given the Bok style of play.

Works for me too ...

[Frank]

Bridge has played okay, especially in the last test where he was superb under the high ball. It's tough on Reece because he the far more threatening attacker, but with Will Jordan you kind of get the best of both worlds.

[L_n_P]

For me the big thing is that the selection are looking both coherent and consistent, which I haven't seen until recently. Certainly seems to help the players.

In Fozzie we trust ... well, maybe we trust a bit more.

Let's give it a bit more time I reckon ...