RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay
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@Joans-Town-Jones Are you Steve Hansen?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Pretty logical selection.
Rest Reiko and some tired forwards, gets Sam & SF up to speed, more game-time for Roigard with RMo and see how DMac goes a-playmaking with RMo. Lack of midfield cover interesting though.
I would think LF is midfield cover. Any problem at 12 ALB and LF just move in one? I torn between liking the changes and not, like the idea of the 1st team running together, but also like the idea of probable replacements having some game time. I wouldn't mind seeing Blackadder get some decent time, I personally would have him on bench ahead of Papali'i in QF.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
If I am.going to read too much into this, it's that Cam starting means he has moved past Finlay.
We can only hope
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@taniwharugby said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
If I am.going to read too much into this, it's that Cam starting means he has moved past Finlay.
His selection on the bench vs Italy and then subsequent play off of the bench vs Italy sealed it - even for Foz.
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For all the complaining about Roigard, I'd say the coaches have done a great job introducing him to test footy. They haven't rushed him, he's made every post a winner with game time increasing each test, and now has stacks of confidence going into the finals. TBH I thought the RWC was a year too soon for him to get established, but we now have a real weapon to bring off the bench that other teams have not had a good look at.
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Other than that, who knows re: selections, the ABs will be more focused on what they are doing off the pitch right now, so each selection would have been based on each individual player and whether another hit out will do them good before the quarter.
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@pakman said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Joans-Town-Jones Are you Steve Hansen?
Flushed that dunny and moved on.
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@Nepia said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
I'm surprised that some posters expected (or wanted) the A team to run out this week. Was never going to happen.
I'm genuinely surprised the messiah isn't starting though.
If he did the Uruguayans ( is that even a word ? ) would retire the moment the game was over
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@No-Quarter said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
For all the complaining about Roigard, I'd say the coaches have done a great job introducing him to test footy. They haven't rushed him, he's made every post a winner with game time increasing each test, and now has stacks of confidence going into the finals. TBH I thought the RWC was a year too soon for him to get established, but we now have a real weapon to bring off the bench that other teams have not had a good look at.
This is partially true, but I think you could only credit the coaches if they'd actually used a decent halfback in front of him (e.g Weber).
This is a bit like when the Blackcaps picked Will Young over Devon Conway, because he'd been in NZ longer, before relenting for the WTC Final, and lone behold Conway was way better.
Pick your best players, end of.
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@pakman said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@pakman Irish are vulnerable at TH because they have to play Furlong deep into game and by 55 he’ll be pretty knackered.
Haha, one of the funniest ones I’ve read for a while. Furlong could easily go 80.
