RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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The good news is, the RWC jersey will soon be on Lovell Rugby's knocked out discount sale.
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@Joans-Town-Jones so you can get a nice snail trail reminder of Robinson and Fozzie
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Is telea out for being a naughty boy? Irish website saying discipline breach.
I heard he backed one out on Foster’s favourite petits fours, chocolat stylee. Just jokes, but don’t f*** with a man’s food.
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Just waiting for Frank
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Fozzie's mind games. Telea will be available for next week's match: https://www.the42.ie/mark-telea-all-blacks-6194941-Oct2023/?utm_source=shortlink
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Powerhouse wing Leicester Fainga’anuku has been handed the start on the left wing to face Ireland in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, with the All Blacks confirming he replaces incumbent No 11 Mark Telea because of a breach in team protocol.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster said Telea’s breach had been of a “minor” nature, but nonethless had resulted in him being left out of the selection picture this week.
”Discipline,” explained Foster of Telea’s omisison. “It’s nothing major but enough to keep him out of selection this week. We still love him, he’s trained well, but it’s happened.”
It’s understood Telea had breached a team curfew, but Foster was not keen to expand on the reasons for his elusive wing’s omission.
“It is what it is,” added the coach. “For us it’s clear-cut. We don’t want to talk about it any more – we’ve moved on.”
The other eyebrow-raiser in an otherwise predictable 23 is the selection of Blues and Ta$man halfback Fin Christie on the bench to back up veteran Aaron Smith at No 9. He gets the nod ahead of rising young Hurricanes standout Cam Roigard who appears to have the greater upside as an attacking force off the pine.
Foster said it was a “horses for courses” selection, and talked about the defensive prowess Christie brings in that backup role.
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@Stargazer it's getting ridiculous now how NZ rugby journos are just summarising fern threads. Lazy bastards.
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Re Telea. Aren't things like breaching protocol decided by the entire management group and not just the coaching staff?
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@Victor-Meldrew Yeah, I actually thought it was the All Blacks leadership group, not the coaches, but I may be wrong.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Re Telea. Aren't things like breaching protocol decided by the entire management group and not just the coaching staff?
The leadership group did it, and you can't fucking ignore it because it's an important game. Telea is a fucking idiot, they all knows the rules, but he is a young fucking idiot sand will probably learn. Foster has had years of being a fucking idiot, and still he does the same thing. Sadly is my second team are probably worse, so not much to look forward to after we get knocked out
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I refuse to contemplate picking a ‘second’ team before this game. For me it would be like throwing in the towel early. Hell no! I have belief this AB’s team can beat the Irish side.
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