All Blacks MOTM v Wales
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@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
I went Ardie, Whitelock and Jordan. Notable mentions for me are Beaudy, Paps and ALB.
Damn, you read my mind. In that order.
Paps still looks a tad off his top game despite a great try, but I think the workrate and general sh*thousery he and Blackadder add at 6 and 7 as a combination may set Ardie free to play his game.
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Ardie, Whitelock and ALB for me. Close run thng between Will Jordan and ALB but the latter was everywhere today with some immense defence & tidying up work today.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
that win started up front. Went for the two locks, and then threw one to BB.
How costly was that BBBR injury before the RWC ... he's been underdone since, and it shows. Starting to play really really well
Hope his injury today wasn't too serious.
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Ardie, Jordan and Blackadder. But our full loose trio went great guns. The 2nd try made me feel better about BB getting MoM.
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@sparky said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@nzzp said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
that win started up front. Went for the two locks, and then threw one to BB.
How costly was that BBBR injury before the RWC ... he's been underdone since, and it shows. Starting to play really really well
Hope his injury today wasn't too serious.
He thinks it's nothing major. Minute 3.20
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@akan004 said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@sparky said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@nzzp said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
that win started up front. Went for the two locks, and then threw one to BB.
How costly was that BBBR injury before the RWC ... he's been underdone since, and it shows. Starting to play really really well
Hope his injury today wasn't too serious.
He thinks it's nothing major. Minute 3.20
That was quite good. Like how Dmac said Brodie had been a grub all week so had it coming.
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@hooroo said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@akan004 said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@sparky said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
@nzzp said in All Blacks MOTM v Wales:
that win started up front. Went for the two locks, and then threw one to BB.
How costly was that BBBR injury before the RWC ... he's been underdone since, and it shows. Starting to play really really well
Hope his injury today wasn't too serious.
He thinks it's nothing major. Minute 3.20
That was quite good. Like how Dmac said Brodie had been a grub all week so had it coming.
I thought he said he was grumpy? DMac needs to open his mouth and enunciate if he wants to be a reporter 😜
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Whitelock, Blackadder, Jordan
Honourable Mention: Savea, J. Barrett, Perenara
Mention: B. Barrett, Papali’i, R. Ioane
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Just finished watching and am absolutely astounded at Blackadder being awarded MOTM points. My half time notes specifically mention how quiet he was in the first half and nowhere near his best from previous tests, especially compared to his loosie mates Papali'i and Savea. Seems to be the new Fern fan favourite.
- Don't take this as me not liking Blackadder, he's been great this season.
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I rewatched and while he wouldn't make my top three, Papili'i was rock solid on defense, a quick check says he topped ESPN's tackle count with 11 (in 60 minutes) and no misses. The AB's have him defending very centrally in the 10/12 channel where the traffic is highest, he sweeps when defending the counter attack as you expect from a 7.
Looked to be playing within himself (vs Blackadder, who was not) but almost everytime he got involved it was impactful ... including the try and a couple of turnovers. In particular he made a couple of 50/50 tackles where you expect you expect your loosie may get skinned.
btw I thought Rieko got skinned at 78:10 on first watch, second watch suggests something went wrong with the AB defensive system/comms between Weber and Mounga just before this scrum? Havili and Rieko got pinned with a 3-on-2. Views on this?
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Savea, Papali'i and Whitelock.
