All Blacks 2023
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@nostrildamus Yep mate, but doesn't change anything, what we were talking about, I said Cane was fast as the other loosies, that doesn't actually say he was timed or anything, only number of ruck attendance times etc were from different games, and don't say how many rucks were had in the games etc. I not arguing with your opinion, but that's why stats are not a real indication of anything especially when they taken from different games etc.
Your comment wasn't quite right, they weren't timed between rucks , you can only do that when they playing in same game surely.
Your post actually said;
'last year he was timed as taking much more time at ABs between rucks than Dalton P. good if he has regained speed since then'Where does it talk about speed between rucks? Doesn't say how often there were rucks in the games.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2023:
@nostrildamus Yep mate, but doesn't change anything, what we were talking about, I said Cane was fast as the other loosies, that doesn't actually say he was timed or anything, only number of ruck attendance times etc were from different games, and don't say how many rucks were had in the games etc. I not arguing with your opinion, but that's why stats are not a real indication of anything especially when they taken from different games etc.
Your comment wasn't quite right, they weren't timed between rucks , you can only do that when they playing in same game surely.
Your post actually said;
'last year he was timed as taking much more time at ABs between rucks than Dalton P. good if he has regained speed since then'Where does it talk about speed between rucks? Doesn't say how often there were rucks in the games.
But anyway, I think maybe we might be meaning different things.ruck attendance mentioned in above, and was for last year and for a different competition....it sounds like Cane is fitter and healthier this year...I'm not saying one is currently better to the other as I haven't watched enough games, I'm just asking!
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2023:
@Steven-Harris I'll be pretty amazed if Mo'unga isn't locked in at first five. Simply in terms of man-management it would be a bit stupid to send signals to him that we don't really trust you this late in the day, while waiting to see how DMac's game transitions from Super rugby. Aside from which I'm way more upbeat about Richie's game than most on the Fern - I'm pretty much with Tim Horan, who recently rated him one of the top three players in the world.
Definitely a place opened up in the outside backs with Sevu's injury. It will be very interesting to see how Fozzie shapes his backs, with half a dozen guys - Beaudy, DMac, Jordie, Will, Havili, Stevenson - all possibilities to play fullback.
I maybe wrong but I suspect people wanting wholesale changes based on super rugby form may be disappointed in general,
I reckon they will pretty much trot out the same team unless forced through injury
I think their thinking will be , we have been building and working on these combinations, it’s too late now to throw it all out and start again
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I think that 11-12 players are already inked in for the starting XV. 6, 11, 14 and 15 will be the positions that may be yet to be decided. And the choice of fullback will determine who plays on the right wing.
To me, it will be about getting the selection of the 23 right.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2023:
Clarke didn't look like an AB wing tonight. Poor defence too.
He's looked like an AB wing for just a few minutes against Oz, sadly he's never kicked on from that
He has been dining out on one lomu esque run against Australia during the pandemic for a while now. I like my Allblack wingers and fullback to score at least a try every 1.5 tests.
I think he has his uses and he certainly has the physique to punch holes and knock out the likes of Faf de Klerk but I’d expect him to have at least 8/9 tries in his 15 tests to date.
He has 4……..
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Category A tickets in Dunedin put me back $185 each. So certainly a sting in the pocket
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2023:
Category A tickets in Dunedin put me back $185 each. So certainly a sting in the pocket
Premium Tickets for the MCG Bledisloe Test are $349!
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I'll take my 185 then and the MCG is bloody huge!
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@Unite said in All Blacks 2023:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2023:
Category A tickets in Dunedin put me back $185 each. So certainly a sting in the pocket
Premium Tickets for the MCG Bledisloe Test are $349!
And they wonder why Oz rugby ain't going to great at the moment. Still, I guess they need to pay for Suali'i somehow.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2023:
@Unite said in All Blacks 2023:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2023:
Category A tickets in Dunedin put me back $185 each. So certainly a sting in the pocket
Premium Tickets for the MCG Bledisloe Test are $349!
And they wonder why Oz rugby ain't going to great at the moment. Still, I guess they need to pay for Suali'i somehow.
To be fair, after the Premium and the Cat A seats, which are $249, the rest are $109 and under. Which is there or there abouts, but the high-end seats seem to have really jumped up the past few years following covid.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2023:
I'll be pretty amazed if Mo'unga isn't locked in at first five.
Dunno about locked-in but I think he's Foster's 1st choice. I can see DMac challenging him though (nice place for the AB's to be in) and maybe replacing BB in the 23.
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@Unite i admit a mate and i were chatting yesterday and have decided to just watch at the pub, Marvel last year was a better viewing experience than i thought it might be but the MCG is huge and will probably enjoy more on TV as wont be anywhere near the action
