All Blacks v Pumas 1
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@FakatavaAllBlack
Saturday will see a special milestone achieved by one of the team’s key players. New Zealand’s most capped international halfback, Aaron Smith (107), will mark his 100th Test start when the sides kick off their Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship clash.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/all-blacks-named-for-test-against-argentina-in-christchurch/
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Americas Rugby News' preview of the test:
Rugby Championship 2022 – New Zealand vs Argentina – ARN Guide - Americas Rugby News
The Rugby Championship returns to New Zealand for the first time since Rugby World Cup 2019. The underfire All Blacks welcome a Puams side that is in fine form. The match-up will be the first of two between the countries in New Zealand as part of the 2022 Rugby Championship. New Zealand not only...
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@Stargazer wow first time since 2018 Foster has named same starting XV for consecutive matches
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@bayimports said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Stargazer wow first time since 2018 Foster has named same starting XV for consecutive matches
I wouldn't mind betting that there are an awful lot of tier 1 in the same boat. The injury toll in rugby is horrendus, I would think Rennie has had to make even more changes.
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Mils was only 5 tests as a sub but didn't reach 100 starts
BB only 70 starts so far
O Franks didn't quite reach 100 starts 98/108
DC 106/112. He reached his 100th start in his 107 tests
Woodcock reached his 100th start in 112 tests
Read reached his 100th start in 107 tests
Mealamu didn't reach 100 startsJust need to look at GOAT and Whitelock
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
A series between NZ A and Australia A could be really useful right now.
Australia A played Argentina the other week. They don't have the depth for such a fixture right now.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Mils was only 5 tests as a sub but didn't reach 100 starts
BB only 70 starts so far
O Franks didn't quite reach 100 starts 98/108
DC 106/112. He reached his 100th start in his 107 tests
Woodcock reached his 100th start in 112 tests
Read reached his 100th start in 107 tests
Mealamu didn't reach 100 startsJust need to look at GOAT and Whitelock
Whitelock took 118 to get 100 starts
GOAT took 106So in summary if my previous maths was correct the 100 start mark was reached in
106 McCaw
107 Carter
107 Read
107 A Smith
112 Woodcock
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@Daffy-Jaffy you can certainly see why the players like him, seems very personable, and given how under the pump he has been, must be a nice change for him...
I hope Ellis Park is the turning point for him and this group, confidence breeds confidence, and with it comes luck too.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
so we should deliberately play a worse team now in case we might have to play a worse team later?
Not all tests are created equal.
So you give some lesser guys a run in some of the lesser tests, in case you happen to need them in some bigger tests later - they're hopefully a bit more prepared.
This is not the week for that, though.
Next game might be - if we can win well this week.
When you are 2 out of your last 5, every test against a tier 1 side is equal….
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@Crucial said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
106 McCaw
107 CarterThe disrespect of the ABs by not starting McCaw and Carter in a test match. Cheapened the jersey
@bayimports same starting lineup in consecutive tests = Fozzie has run out of ideas
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