Japan v All Blacks
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@ploughboy Maybe he's on the bench because he's only played about 50 minutes of NPC since April? This Saturday, that Waikato game is 3 weeks ago.
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@Nepia said in Japan v All Blacks:
@KiwiMurph said in Japan v All Blacks:
Looks like a good mix between players who need game time and experience vets.
Yeah, some of the earlier hissy fitting in the thread about the quality of this team seems a bit silly right now.
But that's the Fern! Silly hissy fits all over the place!
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@Stargazer said in Japan v All Blacks:
@ploughboy Maybe he's on the bench because he's only played about 50 minutes of NPC since April? This Saturday, that Waikato game is 3 weeks ago.
...but i mean...10-15 minutes off the bench isn't going to change that much, so if hes not ready to start against Japan should he not have been selected?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby i forgot this game was coming until i saw the match thread....
Too focused on the Black ferns huh ? What a progressive guy you are !
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Ennor to score four tries and lock himself into the World Cup squad a result ala Bridge.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Japan v All Blacks:
Ennor to score four tries and lock himself into the World Cup squad a result ala Bridge.
And miss a fifth by dropping the ball with the tryline ahead.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Japan v All Blacks:
Ennor to score four tries and lock himself into the World Cup squad a result ala Bridge.
He’s better than Marc Ellis. I say he’s good for eight.
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No. Name Club Team
1 Keita INAGAKI SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
2 Atsushi SAKATE SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
3 Jiwon GU KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
4 Warner DEARNS TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO
5 Jack CORNELSEN SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
6 Michael LEITCH TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO
7 Kazuki HIMENO TOYOTA VERBLITZ
8 Tevita TATAFU TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
9 Yutaka NAGARE TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
10 Takuya YAMASAWA SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
11 Siosaia FIFITA HANAZONO KINTETSU LINERS
12 Ryoto NAKAMURA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
13 Dylan RILEY SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
14 Kotaro MATSUSHIMA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
15 Ryohei YAMANAKA KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
16 Takeshi HINO SHIZUOKA BlueRevs
17 Craig MILLAR SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
18 Shuhei TAKEUCHI URAYASU D-Rocks
19 Kanji SHIMOKAWA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
20 Faulua MAKISI Kubota Spears Funabashi TOKYO-BAY
21 Naoto SAITO TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
22 Seungsin LEE KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
23 Gerhard Van Den HEEVER Kubota Spears Funabashi TOKYO-BAY -
@KiwiMurph said in Japan v All Blacks:
Looks like a good mix between players who need game time and experience vets.
Yeah - I like it.
Not taking Japan too lightly. Probably half of the team is from the first choice 23 (with a decent chunk unavailable), with a bit of cavalry on the bench.
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@sparky Similar strength to what played USA last year - though the Blossoms are a bit more of a threat.
Forwards marginally stronger for this one.
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Not sure exactly what I expected , but this is probably better than I expected.
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@ploughboy said in Japan v All Blacks:
be interesting to see who /if anyone plays all four matches
A few I reckon, the key players in this would have to feature later unless injured.
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"Foster said there could be a chance that Perofeta will move to first-five later in the game."
I wonder who will move where to fit this in
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@bayimports said in Japan v All Blacks:
"Foster said there could be a chance that Perofeta will move to first-five later in the game."
I wonder who will move where to fit this in
Discussed above.
Options are
RM and SP swap - unlikely
RM off and DH to 15 - most likely
RM off Reece to 15 - possible but can’t see the benefitI still think that the better option would have been DMac in bench.
