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@nostrildamus said in All Black backline:
We haven't seemed to settle on a 13 since Conrad.and then when Goodhue appeared he just looked to slot in really well (if I recall correctly).
we have - it's Rieko!
Goodhue had a monster test defensively against the Saffers in Welly. He was awesome - stopped big runners dead in their tracks, positioned well, looked fantastic. Can't remember his offense, but his defensive shift was off the charts.
We lost that due to Jordie's brain fade, and our inability to drop a goal when needed at the death. Rugby DNA again perhaps?
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@nzzp said in All Black backline:
@nostrildamus said in All Black backline:
We haven't seemed to settle on a 13 since Conrad.and then when Goodhue appeared he just looked to slot in really well (if I recall correctly).
we have - it's Rieko!
Goodhue had a monster test defensively against the Saffers in Welly. He was awesome - stopped big runners dead in their tracks, positioned well, looked fantastic. Can't remember his offense, but his defensive shift was off the charts.
We lost that due to Jordie's brain fade, and our inability to drop a goal when needed at the death. Rugby DNA again perhaps?
If I recall correctly Goodhue as AB wasn't a major running threat but he distributed well and had great vision.
Unlike some, I think Rieko has great potential at 13 but needs much more direction/coaching to really unlock his potential. -
@nostrildamus I'd have liked Goodhue to have a run at 12 with Reiko at 13, as above, I think it's the defensive nous he brings more than an attacking threat, plus he does alot of work cleaning and securing rucks.
That said, sadly I think injuries have denied him his best years and AB rugby may well have passed him by now too.
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@taniwharugby said in All Black backline:
@nostrildamus I'd have liked Goodhue to have a run at 12 with Reiko at 13, as above, I think it's the defensive nous he brings more than an attacking threat, plus he does alot of work cleaning and securing rucks.
That said, sadly I think injuries have denied him his best years and AB rugby may well have passed him by now too.
Yes I think that would be good for Rieko but we can't rely on JG as he seems to have a bad injury run.
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@nostrildamus yep, he has Super rugby next year to stake a claim for the RWC, but wouldnt surprise me if he doesnt play for the ABs again.
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“Campo had scored a couple of tries in the first half and we felt we had the measure of Ireland,” said Lynagh. “Mistake. Gordon Hamilton’s try turned the match on its head, a sympathetic bounce of the ball, a slip by Campo and away he went. Ireland were in front and Lansdowne Road was bouncing.
“I’d taken over the captaincy as Nick (Farr-Jones) had gone off injured. I knew I had to come up with something precise and factual. I was determined not to resort to the cliche of, ‘don’t panic, don’t worry’. There were no clocks at the ground so I asked referee Jim Fleming how long there was to go. Four minutes, came the reply. So, that’s what I said to the boys. I stuck to the facts. ‘Four minutes, still time, we’ll kick long from the restart, press, they’ll kick out and we’ll strike from the lineout’. In fact, Nick told me only the other week that he’d have kicked short to contest the ball if he had still be on the field and captain. So, there we are – what might have been.”
What was is that Ireland scrum-half Rob Saunders sliced his clearance, Australia had a lineout around the 22-metre line, David Campese took it up and was on hand later in the sequence but was tackled. Lynagh’s role had been to track play. He swooped and dived over the line.
“There was a deathly silence and I wondered what had happened, maybe that play had been called back and I hadn’t scored,” said Lynagh.
