All Blacks vs Scotland
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
I'd pick
- De Grott 2.Taylor 3. Ofa T 4. Vaii 5. Whitelock 6. A.Ioane 7 Papali'i 8. Sotutu 9. Weber 10. Mounga 11. C.Clarke 12. J. Barrett 13. ALB. 14. Reece 15. BB
Bench Aumua, Bower, Laulala, S. Barrett, Frizzell, TJP, Havaii, Telea.
Sami T, Lomax,Ardie Savea, Aaron Smith and Reiko Ioane get the week off so they're good to go against England
Doesn't make much sense to me to rest Taukieaho last week and then drop him all together this week.
Re Aumua. I am to think he's had issues with throwing. Is that correct? Otherwise I'm happy for him to come on in the impact role that ST occupied last week.
Aumua was excellent in the npc final. And mostly good throughout the npc. One off game was the Auckland semi
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@MiketheSnow you said that wont happen after the Scotland v Fiji game....
If Townsend swallows his pride and selects Russell who knows what could happen
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Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
Alldritt is very close.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
this is absolutely my opinion on "rotation" as well.
with the slight caveat that at times, the best 23 for a weekend might be slightly different to the weekend before depending on who we are playing, or the fatigue status of a player
Also, i don't think Savea is the best #8 in the world. Though he is the best A Savea in the world. And i have become comfortable with that. The coaches are just letting him roam around the field doing what he wants. He's not a 7, he's not an 8, he's not a 6. He just does shit. And that's pretty cool, because right now he is the difference maker in the pack. Build the other two loosies around him, and let him do his thing.
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@cgrant said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
Alldritt is very close.
France have always had some of my favourite number 8s. Harinordiquay, Chabal, Picamoles……what a bunch of talented psychos.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@cgrant said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
Alldritt is very close.
France have always had some of my favourite number 8s. Harinordiquay, Chabal, Picamoles……what a bunch of talented psychos.
You ok Hun? You completely bypassed a chance to mention Cecillion.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@cgrant said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Feel free to move this to Foster
Been thinking about this whole coaching conundrum
As far as I’m concerned you pick the best 23 available to you every match
You can tinker with who starts and who finishes but you want your best charges present and correct at every opportunity
But how do you blood new players I hear you ask?
Ardie Savea is the best No 8 in the world at the moment
If Sotutu is chosen ahead of him based on merit not rotation then Sotutu can rightfully feel he’s possibly the best No 8 in the world
He’s trained day in day out with the best in the world (Savea) and been chosen ahead of him
That’s all he needs to perform
Not 10 minutes at the end of a match that’s already won against a side who are already beaten
Alldritt is very close.
France have always had some of my favourite number 8s. Harinordiquay, Chabal, Picamoles……what a bunch of talented psychos.
You ok Hun? You completely bypassed a chance to mention Cecillion.
Good point. He fired more shots than any of them.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@canefan for players like them it becomes more mental fatigue with the intensity levels rather than the physical side of it, in my opinion of course.
Don't the French players have over 30 matches per season?
In comparison we play just 14 games of Super Rugby each year, it's laughable.
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@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@canefan for players like them it becomes more mental fatigue with the intensity levels rather than the physical side of it, in my opinion of course.
Don't the French players have over 30 matches per season?
Our guys play just 14 games of Super Rugby each year....
Plus tests plus pre season plus any npc... bunch of softies that (spit) Foster let's them get away with.
Geez the French are awesome.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@canefan for players like them it becomes more mental fatigue with the intensity levels rather than the physical side of it, in my opinion of course.
Don't the French players have over 30 matches per season?
Our guys play just 14 games of Super Rugby each year....
Plus tests plus pre season plus any npc... bunch of softies that (spit) Foster let's them get away with.
Geez the French are awesome.
Kudos to the French players playing EVERY club match and EVERY test.
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@kiwi_expat Don't the French clubs have far bigger squads and far more rotation? And the Top 14 continues during the test window, without their internationals.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@kiwi_expat Don't the French clubs have far bigger squads and far more rotation? And the Top 14 continues during the test window, without their internationals.
Foster apologist.
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No jersey clash this weekend -
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@booboo I don’t mind it because it does have some cultural/heritage significance with the purple and thistles.
Plus I’m sure the main sponsor Peter Vardy who is paying more than a million pounds a year won’t mind something a little different because it will get people focusing in on the jersey and hence their logo.
