All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider
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@Machpants the lack of self awareness when people say things like this is always funny
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants the lack of self awareness when people say things like this is always funny
Yeah it would be more correct after two awful performances last year, after the win in the first Irish test to say ‘We haven’t become a great team overnight!’ Yup that’s why we are ranked 4th
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
- Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 45 caps
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 9 caps
- Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 59 caps
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 32 caps
- James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 45 caps
- Peter O'Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 86 caps
- Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 42 caps
- Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary's College) 19 caps
- Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 19 caps
- Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary's College) 107 caps CAPTAIN
- James Lowe (Leinster) 14 caps
- Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 39 caps
- Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 59 caps
- Mack Hansen (Connacht) 5 caps
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 22 caps
Reserves:
- Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 27 caps
- Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 117 caps
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 24 caps
- Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 7 caps
- Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 29 caps
- Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 98 caps
- Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 34 caps
- Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 97 caps
That's a good looking bloody line up too. Is Henshaw as good at 13 as 12?
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@Machpants i think they said similar things after the argentinian loss and i was happy to go with it, bit of a blip, ambushed but a hungry pumas side, took our eye of the ball etc....but there are been too many "blips" now
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants i think they said similar things after the argentinian loss and i was happy to go with it, bit of a blip, ambushed but a hungry pumas side, took our eye of the ball etc....but there are been too many "blips" now
People rubbish the WR rankings, and I think that RWC shouldn’t be weighted as it is, but the decline under Foster is easy to see on that line
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@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
I agree, I’d love to see how it went with the RWC weighting removed (only added in so there is almost no way a RWC winner not be ranked 1 after the final) as that would be a better indication of actual relative performance.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
And they lost a bit or credibality when Boks remained on top for a year by simply not playing. I think maybe if you need rankings that's what we got, that's as good as anything. Until such time as we get a world league or something they will stay same. And didn't realise there was WC winner weighting.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
And they lost a bit or credibality when Boks remained on top for a year by simply not playing. I think maybe if you need rankings that's what we got, that's as good as anything. Until such time as we get a world league or something they will stay same. And didn't realise there was WC winner weighting
It is not just for the winner, all games in the RWC are worth double points, plus and minus
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so, have we worked out of Samisoni is injured or not?
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
so, have we worked out of Samisoni is injured or not?
There hasn't been a presser yet.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
so, have we worked out of Samisoni is injured or not?
Obviously that was the first question asked by our tenacious rugby press…
…oh no.
But the awesome media machine of NZR that just loves to keep us informed with the most up to the minute info has released that…
…naaaah
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
And they lost a bit or credibality when Boks remained on top for a year by simply not playing. I think maybe if you need rankings that's what we got, that's as good as anything. Until such time as we get a world league or something they will stay same. And didn't realise there was WC winner weighting
It is not just for the winner, all games in the RWC are worth double points, plus and minus
yeah, so the further you go in the comp the more "extra" point you get
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
And they lost a bit or credibality when Boks remained on top for a year by simply not playing. I think maybe if you need rankings that's what we got, that's as good as anything. Until such time as we get a world league or something they will stay same. And didn't realise there was WC winner weighting.
i wasn't too worried about the SA staying top thing, thats just how far they were ahead, largely due to the RWC extra points but them is the rules, whilst i believe we were easily the top team from 2011 through 2015....the gap we had over the other teams was huge due to the back to back RWC's so we've benefited from it too, im also pretty forgiving with anything COVID fucked up, its righting itself pretty quickly
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
It's quite possible after this weekend that we end up back at number 2 (if we win of course). The top places are very close together points wise and there could be a big shuffle. Oz can drop as low as 7 I think.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
I will add that last night it occured to me what I finding most disconcerting about the position we find ourselves in (or ABs) and the reaction on rugby forums. We are tied in a test series and 4th on the rankings in world rugby, and while being a bit disppointed, not as disappointed as maybe the reaction on forums by so called AB supporters, there seems almost no credit given to Ireland for winning 2nd test, only tearing clothes and screaming about how poor ABs were, want to know something Irish were bloody good and made us look poor, and we 4th on rankings, prehaps French (in my opinion clearly best team), Ireland , and Boks (though I feel some of theirs is residual points from year off) just deserve to be in the positions they are in. When I was thinking of it I was thinking how much as a rugby nation we used to enjoy and celebrate bloody good teams and players, 71 Lions tour the whole of NZ knew all the Lion's players, and while wanting ABs to win would seemingly enjoy the Edwards, Johns, Gibson ete, etc skils, same as Wallabies when they had the likes of Ella, Campese, Eales etc, why has it in internet days changed where we can't give the likes of Doris, Sexton etc credit for being good players? I an starting to understand why maybe AB supporters are disliked by others at times.
Ok my rant over, but I think it came to me when I wondered why I was disappointed to miss club rugby this weekend while going to test, and that's one thing that came to mind, we don't think it our right to win at the club etc.Because Sexton is a mouthy git* and Doris wears sensible shoes.**
Actually you make good points, I wonder if it is because fans don't mix like they used to (so many at home watching from tv with their rewind and slow frame buttons).
Ireland played well, they have good players (I still think there are some limitations with the midfield and outer backs (oh I like the Irish 15) but if the ABs can't capitalise on these weaknesses something is wrong (maybe I am).
*yet I like Coles so I am a hypocrite.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Machpants yeah, theyve always made some sense to me, i think people look at the position and put a lot more weighting on that than the actual score, people claiming to be infinitely better than another team thats only fractions of a point off them
It's quite possible after this weekend that we end up back at number 2 (if we win of course). The top places are very close together points wise and there could be a big shuffle. Oz can drop as low as 7 I think.
which i guess makes sense with the results we've seen over the last year, top 6 are all pretty close compared to the past
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Apparently Foster said in an interview after the game ‘I haven’t become a bad coach overnight’ ...
fixed it for you:)
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@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...I’d have to go and get changed with the All Blacks to answer that unequivocally
The question was has Foster lost the dressing room, not: have you scared the dressing room?
