All Blacks 2024
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024:
@Machpants Generally are US AB tickets very expensive.
The prices in UK for AB games are very expensive now. 4 tickets viagogo £2500 AB v England category D ticketsThe fuck?? !!!
That’s outrageous
I bought 5 tickets to the Bled here in Sydney for A$400 the other day
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@voodoo said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
One thing that is very apparent e.g. by watching the rotation of Hall and Drummond at the Crusaders - is how much easier it is (and how much better they look) for halfbacks to come off the bench.
Finlay is the glaring exception to this rule
Actually, Finlay played a central role in me realising this.
The first year the Mako won the title (2019) we had Finlay labouring away at halfback and a Japanese guy called Uchida who looked like an absolute gun on the bench.
We couldn't understand why he wasn't starting.
When Uchida finally got a start he was poor and struggled - and after that we were happier with Finlay.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
@voodoo said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
One thing that is very apparent e.g. by watching the rotation of Hall and Drummond at the Crusaders - is how much easier it is (and how much better they look) for halfbacks to come off the bench.
Finlay is the glaring exception to this rule
Actually, Finlay played a central role in me realising this.
The first year the Mako won the title (2019) we had Finlay labouring away at halfback and a Japanese guy called Uchida who looked like an absolute gun on the bench.
We couldn't understand why he wasn't starting.
When Uchida finally got a start he was poor and struggled - and after that we were happier with Finlay.
Cool, so Razor just needs to bring a halfback up from the Heartland Cup, play him for a test, and then we'll all be wishing for the Ginga ...
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
@Nepia No need.
You've already got two Mako halfbacks in the squad.
Don't give Finlay the boot until you've given Noah a few test starts and he's proven he's really up to it.
I'm not a huge fan of Noah but happy to give the Ginga the boot for him. I wouldn't want to deprive Ta$man of his services for the NPC.
I didn't know you'd bought the Waikato halfback down on behalf of the Crusaders.
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@voodoo said in All Blacks 2024:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024:
@Machpants Generally are US AB tickets very expensive.
The prices in UK for AB games are very expensive now. 4 tickets viagogo £2500 AB v England category D ticketsThe fuck?? !!!
That’s outrageous
I bought 5 tickets to the Bled here in Sydney for A$400 the other day
It's ViaGOGO. They are toxic, ticket inflating resellers of vapourware as I understand it.
SO don't read anything into it. The link below has tickets from 350-400GBP
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dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
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@DMACForLife said in All Blacks 2024:
dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
Booooo!!!!!
Can't beat live sport. Have to follow up with a rewatch naturally - but the experience of being there with 40-100k people is awesome.
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@DMACForLife generally most people are kind of keen to watch ive rugby if they can and encourage more bums on seats
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@voodoo said in All Blacks 2024:
@DMACForLife said in All Blacks 2024:
dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
Booooo!!!!!
Can't beat live sport. Have to follow up with a rewatch naturally - but the experience of being there with 40-100k people is awesome.
Maybe but not for £350. And the cheaper seats (still often not that cheap) are so far away from the action ...
Arsenal's stadium was brilliant though (maybe a better seat location) but not Twickenham (or Wembley - I preferred the old one). It was a good day out but would sooner watch rugby on TV now.
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Scott Barrett apparently out of the early RC rounds.
I hope he's back for SA - or it might be quite ugly.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
Scott Barrett apparently out of the early RC rounds.
Lets hope Josh Lord got safely through Taranaki's win over Wellington yesterday.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
Scott Barrett apparently out of the early RC rounds.
I hope he's back for SA - or it might be quite ugly.
Ardie will captain, Sam Darry to start
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