All Blacks v England
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@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
Maybe ALB looking slow at centre is two fold.
1.Match fitness usually takes a lot of games after a long lay off to get back to speed .
2.Reiko is redefining how we look at a centre now, express speed in the middle of the park is a big point of difference in the modern game.
I'm not sure he was that slow either, more rusty and looks more comfortable at 12.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
Maybe ALB looking slow at centre is two fold.
1.Match fitness usually takes a lot of games after a long lay off to get back to speed .
2.Reiko is redefining how we look at a centre now, express speed in the middle of the park is a big point of difference in the modern game.
I'm not sure he was that slow either, more rusty and looks more comfortable at 12.
He looked sluggish to me which is understandable,Anyone playing 13 is going to look slow compared to Reiko though,I think he will get better and can cover 13 and 12 perfect for a WC squad.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
Maybe ALB looking slow at centre is two fold.
1.Match fitness usually takes a lot of games after a long lay off to get back to speed .
2.Reiko is redefining how we look at a centre now, express speed in the middle of the park is a big point of difference in the modern game.
I'm not sure he was that slow either, more rusty and looks more comfortable at 12.
He looked sluggish to me which is understandable,Anyone playing 13 is going to look slow compared to Reiko though,I think he will get better and can cover 13 and 12 perfect for a WC squad.
And a match day 23 out of a WC.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
Maybe ALB looking slow at centre is two fold.
1.Match fitness usually takes a lot of games after a long lay off to get back to speed .
2.Reiko is redefining how we look at a centre now, express speed in the middle of the park is a big point of difference in the modern game.
I'm not sure he was that slow either, more rusty and looks more comfortable at 12.
He looked sluggish to me which is understandable,Anyone playing 13 is going to look slow compared to Reiko though,I think he will get better and can cover 13 and 12 perfect for a WC squad.
And a match day 23 out of a WC.
Yep that too.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
2.Reiko is redefining how we look at a centre now, express speed in the middle of the park is a big point of difference in the modern game.
Yeah, look at SR and how many 13's have experience on the wing too. Ioane, Heem, Sullivan, PUJ, Ennor, LF etc
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@Frank said in All Blacks v England:
Want to see more of this Eddie Jones come Saturday.
What's with England playing in black? Their Netball chicks did it too. I can't recall it being a thing before. Am I forgetting something?
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@Machpants I’m no expert lip reader but I think he said How stupid are we? with some colour in between
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@Crazy-Horse its at least been a thing for their change strip since 2011 RWC
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v England:
@Crazy-Horse its at least been a thing for their away jersey since 2011 RWC
Really? Shows how much I watch England play!
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@Crazy-Horse i really only remember it because some people made a big deal, "england wear black in NZ, trying to emulate NZ mana" kind of shit, same kind of stuff they said when france went to the really dark blue
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@ACT-Crusader I'm not sold on Newell. Good in the scrum but he is slow as a slug. I would have Bower in their and Ofa.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v England:
Given how well Telea played maybe there is another decent wing out there?
We still lack a spare 13 behind Ioane if ALB no longer suits there.
From what I saw of the AB XV Big Leicester would at least add a bit of oomph.Cough Shaun Stevenson cough
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris-B there’s a couple ways it could go with 2nd 5 / centre / fullback
Jordie / Ioane / Beaudie. ALB bench
ALB / Ioane / Jordie. Beaudie bench
Jordie / ALB / Beaudie. Ioane wing
Havili / Ioane / Jordie. Beaudie and ALB benchYeah - and in fact my bench would allow us to change to several of those configurations if things turn to shit.
It just looks a bit to me to me like Fozzie's been building ALB back with a view to starting this game, while at the same time using Clarke up.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v England:
@Machpants I’m no expert lip reader but I think he said How stupid are we? with some colour in between
I do lip read a bit , im a bit deaf ,
Thats what he said IMO
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@broughie said in All Blacks v England:
@ACT-Crusader I'm not sold on Newell. Good in the scrum but he is slow as a slug. I would have Bower in their and Ofa.
If Newell is a slug, Ofa is a snail!
Ofa’s mobility especially with ball in hand has dropped off the cliff considerably.
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@ACT-Crusader I think you'll find it's a little bit better than Newhalls he is still young.
