All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Is anyone else worried about Christie? Aside from being a ginga he was a handbrake for the Blues in their last two games, not balanced out by his handy defence.
Without any provincial bias at all
I think they need to go with Fakatava.I think there is a massive feeling of nervousness for all AB fans for both of these two.
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@ACT-Crusader excitement for Fakatava rather than nevrousness
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ACT-Crusader excitement for Fakatava rather than nevrousness
I’m excited for any player that has their opportunity to debut for the ABs, but once they hit the field, I will be nervous. So a bit of nervous excitement for sure!
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Is anyone else worried about Christie? Aside from being a ginga he was a handbrake for the Blues in their last two games, not balanced out by his handy defence.
Without any provincial bias at all
I think they need to go with Fakatava.Yep could be a handbrake for our backline against Ireland as well,he doesn't fill me with confidence.
This post got me confused, I originally thought it was @Chris-B* ready to fight me, then saw the B was missing.
- I am actually trying to @ Chris B here and the forum keeps jumping to just Chris even thought I'm hitting B.
He has an invisible force field activated.
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@ThecostlyJoel said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ThecostlyJoel Welcome to the Fern!
Thanks for having me. Seems like a good place to discuss NZ rugby.
You would think so wouldn't you 😉 Just be careful wandering into the political threads and grumpy old men threads.
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@Nevorian said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@1kiwi said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Also word is that George Bower, Quinn Tupaea, & Will Jordan all currently have symptoms...
Would be funny if DeGroot got called up as cover then outscrummed the opposition.
Wouldn't be funny if Bridge was called up as cover and came on to drop a high kick or fail to beat a man.
Or played a blinder and scored a hat trick- nothing surprises me anymore
Surely that would?
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@ThecostlyJoel said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ThecostlyJoel Welcome to the Fern!
Thanks for having me. Seems like a good place to discuss NZ rugby.
@ThecostlyJoel said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Nothing against Akira
Seems like you scoped the joint well before joining in
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Do we have a depth issue at wing? The MAB are struggling and we were planning on playing a 15 there and have shafted JB in the past. Clarke is far from match fit, leaving Reece as our specialist winger? Guess we could always bring back Bridge. 🎣
Fainga’anuku is a winger that can play centre.
Let’s not forget, one of our best wingers has just recently moved to centre.
The Jordie thing was us trying to replicate the whole Dagg/Bender thing.
MAB’s issue is a bit different. We had two high quality wingers, one passed away and the other is injured.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Do we have a depth issue at wing? The MAB are struggling and we were planning on playing a 15 there and have shafted JB in the past. Clarke is far from match fit, leaving Reece as our specialist winger? Guess we could always bring back Bridge. 🎣
if we do i think its self made, we've favoured a free flowing and interchangeable back three for years rather than a winger as a weapon or tool to be unleashed by the playmakers
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There's been quite few identified wingers that have failed to fire over the last few years or haven't impressed enough yet to get excited about. ENS, Fihaki, Kini Naholo, Nareki, Dawai, Tikoisolomone, Narawa, Rayasi...
You'd think that out of all those names someone would be setting the world alight. Maybe there is something in coaching tactics not allowing wings to be wings.
Telea is about the only other wing in the country I'd have near the ABs at the moment.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There's been quite few identified wingers that have failed to fire over the last few years or haven't impressed enough yet to get excited about. ENS, Fihaki, Kini Naholo, Nareki, Dawai, Tikoisolomone, Narawa, Rayasi...
You'd think that out of all those names someone would be setting the world alight. Maybe there is something in coaching tactics not allowing wings to be wings.
Telea is about the only other wing in the country I'd have near the ABs at the moment.
Lam is getting close.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There's been quite few identified wingers that have failed to fire over the last few years or haven't impressed enough yet to get excited about. ENS, Fihaki, Kini Naholo, Nareki, Dawai, Tikoisolomone, Narawa, Rayasi...
You'd think that out of all those names someone would be setting the world alight. Maybe there is something in coaching tactics not allowing wings to be wings.
Telea is about the only other wing in the country I'd have near the ABs at the moment.
Nareki set my world alight!! Then his knee unfortunately exploded😥
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Tavatavanawai...is he eligible
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@KiwiMurph If Clarke's up to play, then yeah that will be a strong back line. I'd love to see this
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@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There's been quite few identified wingers that have failed to fire over the last few years or haven't impressed enough yet to get excited about. ENS, Fihaki, Kini Naholo, Nareki, Dawai, Tikoisolomone, Narawa, Rayasi...
You'd think that out of all those names someone would be setting the world alight. Maybe there is something in coaching tactics not allowing wings to be wings.
Telea is about the only other wing in the country I'd have near the ABs at the moment.
how many games did Kini Naholo get for the saders?
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lol i love AB fans
We have Jordan, Reece, and Clarke, players very much to top tier international talent. And that's with the long established left wing now a centre. 3 players and an emergency for two positions
But yeah, we have a depth problem because there isn't another top level winger or two just ready to bring in.
I reckon the Blues boys wouldn't look out of place, and Rayasi could be lethal as well.
