Australia v All Blacks - Bled I
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@cgrant said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
I still don't understand Caleb Clarke's naming on the bench. He only covers the left wing spot. Weird.
Jordan to fb might be a move they want to try , fozzie hinted at it before the last game
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@kiwiinmelb I'd prefer they gave that Will Jordan guy a run at FB...we know more about JB at 15 in black than we do WJ
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@foobaNZ said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Happy for Roigard!
I still think Samisoni is our best hooker. That's the main change I'd make to what we're currently picking as our premier line up.
If impact needed off bench Sami is your man.
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That Eddie jones banter was fantastic , only just watched it , he’s a great promoter of the game.
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
DMac - this year running straight and organising well, in previous years ran his team into trouble going sideways. Ergo his class (average*) versus form (excellent)?
*International ten level
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
He's a 22 year old who has played 4 tests, the last of which was a blinder. Bit early to be pulling out the 'jump to conclusions' mat......
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@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@game_film Super Rugby doesn't always correlate to test rugby. See the current AB midfield.
Also Nonu
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@game_film said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
Turning this back to Eddie Jones one might well rather say: contracts are temporary. Being an arse is permanent.
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We are getting close to a best team, whether it is good enough or not, not sure.
I’d probably prefer us to have a bit more from our props (looking at you Nepo) and I feel like our best squad likely has Williams and Ofa (TH) off the bench.
If we put Dmac on the bench, we’d have a nice balance where we only need to make one change for almost all positions (Dmac could even cover wing potentially).
Props and Hooker done
Lock: Done
Loosie: Done (Jacobson)
HB: Done
First five: Done (Dmac)
Midfield: Done (ALB)
FB: Done (Dmac)And, the bench should have some punch if we ran with that.
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@MN5 said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
Did Eddie really say this ?
I found this on the internet but the internet isn’t always true
Yes. He said that.
Eddie has jumped the shark. It's no longer getting indignant over.
Lost his mojo.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@mariner4life said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
@TheMojoman said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:
They’re not being subtle, they’re going to take us on upfront, try to stop the AB gain line, flood the breakdown to mess up our ball. They’ve got the personnel to do it, will be interesting to watch.
Sounds similar to the game plan for RWC 03 Semi Final. That day he targeted Jerry Collins as he was the primary ball carrier. I wonder if Frizell is in for similar treatment on Saturday.
he was the ONLY ball carrier in the team. Nothing else in the pack, nothing in the backline. As physically an unimposing team as you can put together.
Roko whilst green had been a try scoring machine and beating defenders at will. Mils at centre and Rangi at fullback and I think that lineup plays better.
Speed merchants skinning dudes out wide we had in spades.
We needed to pull guys in out wide and we couldn't