RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Enjoying the Blackadder fan club on here ignoring his completely ineffectual Tests. The less he plays the better he gets.
After the Boks game, I think we're all just hoping for some miracle rabbit out of the hat...
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@chimoaus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
So, its starting to look like
De Groot, Taylor, Laulala
Barrett, Whitelock
Paps, Ardie, Cane
Smith, Mounga
ALB, Ioane
Telea, BB, JordanThen
16. Samisoni
17. Tamaiti
18. Newell
19. Tupou Vaa’i
20. Jacobson
21. Ginger
22. Havili
23. ClarkeNot saying it is what I would pick, but I think that is what we will see
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@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The less he plays the better he gets.
True of many players though TBF...I mean Frizells one excellent game this year and his absence has grown his stature as a player.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The less he plays the better he gets.
True of many players though TBF...I mean Frizells one excellent game this year and his absence has grown his stature as a player.
He'll be back to usual shit self soon enough.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The less he plays the better he gets.
True of many players though TBF...I mean Frizells one excellent game this year and his absence has grown his stature as a player.
Tongan Jesus.
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@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Enjoying the Blackadder fan club on here ignoring his completely ineffectual Tests. The less he plays the better he gets.
Ineffectual tests according to a few Blues fans on the Fern championing other players. Having said that, the last part of your comment seems true.
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can we please stop comparing this team to the 2015 vintage? There are a handful of tema in history that can favourably compare to this team, and certainly no team at this Cup.
Ben Smith is as good as any AB fullback ever
Our best ever midfield that includes one of the best 12s ever
The best 10 to play the game
The best AB halfback ever
One of the top #8s in AB history
The greatest rugby player of all time
The best AB 6 i've ever seen
Our best locking compo at the peak of their powersPrime BB coming off the bench.
It's a ridiculous comparison that doesn't really say anything about this team.
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If that's our loose forward trio our lineout is in trouble.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
If that's our loose forward trio our lineout is in trouble.
Don't worry we only do short kicks so it will never go out
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If i am France i am kicking it out all day.
Not only are we short one genuine target, our lifters aren't tall enough either.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
If that's our loose forward trio our lineout is in trouble.
Given how many of them there are in a game, I find it incredible that they didn't think to add one more lock or loosie so that we could have Scooter at 6 (or preferably Finau) when needed.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Not only are we short one genuine target, our lifters aren't tall enough either.
I'm less worried about the jumpers as Savea and Jacobson/Papalii are fine as third options but agree about the lifters. Lomax's extra height is a huge advantage compared to Laulala. Whitelock needs to be used more than he was against SA.
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@Nepia said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Kirwan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The less he plays the better he gets.
True of many players though TBF...I mean Frizells one excellent game this year and his absence has grown his stature as a player.
Tongan Jesus.
jesus famously punches mary magdalene after the last supper and threatens everyone else to keep quiet
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@mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
If i am France i am kicking it out all day.
Not only are we short one genuine target, our lifters aren't tall enough either.
add to that we're still rubbish at exiting and our game plan is still heavily reliant on risky attack from anywhere plays so plugging the corners really does seem like a pretty straight forward way to put the pressure on
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@Nepia said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Did NZR spend their NPC marketing budget on Frizzell? On multiple threads and forums he's getting hyped by posters. FFS on one thread there's posters suggesting we should be putting him at 8.
Plots are being lost.
His physique and skill set are suited to the way the AB's need a 6 to play. Carry the ball into contact - tackle well, be a lineout option. Finau is pretty much exactly the same.
Carrying both Cane and Savea requires this of your 6 otherwise you end up with a lightweight loose forward trio unable to move bodies or get go-forward in the carry.
We saw the worst results of it last weekend against SA and picking either Jacobsen or Papps at 6 wont make a difference against the French should the French decide to play physical this loose forward trio will get rolled.
Not due to skill or determination or trying - just simple physics, a bigger body beats a smaller body.
So that's my logic, Frizzel in the past has played this role poorly, this year it's been a remarkable improvement.
Personally I don't care if it's Frizzel, or Finau or Blackadder I just want a big 6 to smash in the carry, move bodies and be a lineout option.
Unfortunately for us fans it seems that the AB's have hung their hat on the pod system for attack. that means however you need a ball carrier who can be "the tip of the spear" in the pod to break the advantage line.
In the current AB's we have BBBR, Scooter, Frizzel and Sam T (Lomax was improving here too) - hardly anyone else can do the job. If those guys aren't in the team carting the ball up hard our attack just goes sideways across the field and flounders.
So for me it's not so much "Yay Frizell" but more like "Please! For the love of God - someone do the job!!"
