All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
Tricky thing is covering a midfield injury.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Don't like ALB as the sole back replacement.
Doesn't exactly scream impact to me.
He did not have impact as a starter in 2019!
Prefer Havili?
No not him either.
Someone with some wheels.
Clarke????
Id be thinking along the lines of DMAC, Leicester, Narawa, (Stevenson if selected). Im not a Clarke fan to be honest, but he'd be the next cab off my rank I suppose.
Tricky thing is covering a midfield injury.
I suppose the 6/2 split is more the issue there.
I don't mind ALB on the bench per se, but when ALB is ALL that's on the bench, then I see no impact.
Imagine being down in the second half and needing to turn things round and ALB is the answer.
Not for me.
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That team gets the thumbs up from me. Good stuff Ian.
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I don’t get the point of finau getting a run. Hes not in the squad. Need to know that Jacobsen can cover 6.
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@Smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Nothing like a bok AB game. I really, really want the boks to be looking for revenge for fucking Albany. And I especially want Etzebeth to be out to coldly, cynically take his pound of flesh closest to the heart.
Long 26 hours ahead.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I thought they would give Finau a run, but don't know what's happened since he got to London, and I wondering if there an injury that perhaps whoever it is Lord will come in? Maybe Rettalick slower recovering than expected?
As @Billy-Tell says they need to prepare for France opening game. As it stands right now (touching wood no more injuries) Jacobson is a real contender for 6 shirt vs France - Finau is not.
Both Lord and Vaai on the bench allows them the flexibility of subbing off both of their starting locks - which is useful given they have only 3 fit locks for the French game.
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So the criticisms seem to be:
- we picked a bloke who is in the main squad over a bloke who is not (on the bench)
- we picked a bloke who is not in the main squad but not a bloke who is not in the main squad
- we've picked a 6-2 bench against a team that has picked a 6-2 bench
- we didn't pick a specilaist winger on the bench
About right?
On the plus side:
- Best available XV (assuming Taylor is injured)
- chance to use either of our lock/6 options for some time at 6
- Lord gets game time in the event of injury to squad locks necessitating replacment during tournament
- Best available forward bench plus 1
- Roigard gets game time
Other observations:
- ALB covers both midfield positions
- 3 of the non-winger starting backs have started tests on the wing
Anything else?
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Is DMac injured? It's a bit of an odd bench but I guess this is an odd game. Am a LJ fan so hope he puts in a good shift.
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@Billy-Tell Most heart warming post on The Fern in the last 2 years.👍💯🏉
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What was the other test match coles started this year and played well ?
First up argies ?
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