Australia v All Blacks - Bled I
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I think I’ve been to 3 or 4 at the g ,
All had big crowds , but I think bledisloe games had a much higher profile then ( in Australia anyway ), there would be lots of people travelling from interstate and nz . Lots of people walking around the city through the day in wallaby and Allblacks jerseys and scarfs. Even if the game itself was largely ignored by local media it would be packed out by those that care.
I suspect this one might struggle in comparison. Hopefully I’m wrong.
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Can’t see Oz playing as badly for the next 2 games, neither the ABs as well. Surely one of them will be close.
Guessing tickets for the G were sold long before the first 2 tests. Based on experience, whatever RA say they’re expecting you can knock off 20%.
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What Jones must fix to win back the Bledisloe Cup off the All Blacks
Buoyed by a solid historical record at the MCG, perhaps an early red card to the All Blacks, some fire from younger Wallabies, and maybe Jones will get what he needs.
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Can’t see Oz playing as badly for the next 2 games, neither the ABs as well. Surely one of them will be close.
Guessing tickets for the G were sold long before the first 2 tests. Based on experience, whatever RA say they’re expecting you can knock off 20%.
80% of 80k is still 64,000
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@Duluth said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Whitelock was on press duty as well. I guess we can pencil him into the starting xv
Going to be interesting to see who misses out
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@kiwiinmelb said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Duluth said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Whitelock was on press duty as well. I guess we can pencil him into the starting xv
Going to be interesting to see who misses out
Vai'i and lord
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@kiwiinmelb said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@Duluth said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Whitelock was on press duty as well. I guess we can pencil him into the starting xv
Going to be interesting to see who misses out
Knowler might have to hand back his eye patch for suggesting SB gets a rest. A possibility I suppose.
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This fixture should be about putting the knee on the throat. Best possible XV to start and some opportunity from the bench.
If the game is decided by the reserves, something has gone horribly wrong.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@kiwiinmelb said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Heard an interview with knuckles Connelly earlier this morning on the radio . I don’t know if he has any history with Eddie jones ( he wasn’t complimentary) but he was paying out on the decision to get rid of dave Rennie and bring in Eddie , thinks they are worse off .
No history that I’m aware of and the way that I took what he said was more a swipe at the ARU and the whole process, timing etc. I didn’t mind Knuckles. He didn’t get long in the top job, just a couple of seasons and then was dumped.
Was good to hear the big man after a couple of tough years health wise.
Never really rated him tbh. His Qld team was absolutely freaking stacked. I guess you could say the same about Sir GH's Blues, but they at least won at the pointy end of the season.
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@NTA said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Pick whoever you like. Thrashing coming up
If it were Eden Park I’d agree. I think AB’s will win but it will be by 7-10PTS.
My rationale is Aus are at home (if you can call Melb home), they’ve got a talented roster that now has had a month and two games together, some good returning players like Tupou etc.
The key for the AB’s will be to get on top early and start exerting scoreboard pressure to force the Wallabies into plan B etc. Given their lack of game time together it will likely be the Wallabies undoing ie, going away from structure and game plan to play catch-up rugby.
We’ll know within 20mins how this will go.
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@sparky said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Fairly certain Sam Whitelock and ALB will be in the 23. I don’t expect many other changes.
I’d start Barrett at 6 with Frizell and Blackadder/Jacobson on the bench.
Nothing against Frizell and but we need to see if Barrett is an true option at 6 of do we lock in Frizell from here on in.
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@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
We’ll know within 20mins how this will go.
19-nil is my guess
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@NTA said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
We’ll know within 20mins how this will go.
19-nil is my guess
Which way?
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@TheMojoman it’s going to be interesting which way they go. Whitelock has only come off the bench in 3 tests of his last 35 tests. Those 3 were against Italy, Fiji and Canada. When he’s fit he’s more likely to start than not.
Hard to leave Barrett out of the starting lineup given his form and impact, but I’d like to see Frizell given another test. He’s had two very good outings so far, let’s ride it.
