All Blacks vs England I
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@Machpants really bugs me because the "logic" is so strained
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
All Blacks: Who plays halfback this weekend?
Analysis: Aaron Smith's incredible career saw him snuff out any debate about the No 9 jersey for 13 straight seasons, but who takes his place, asks Jamie Wall.
I clearly don’t read NZ media enough (at all) anymore as I opened that expecting some analysis of the 3 candidates respective pluses and minuses, what they might bring to this particular game given the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, the possible side we will name, the likely game plan, maybe what each has worked on this year “on both sides of the ball”.
Jokes on me
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
One day the Brits will learn how to count
Probably not
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seems very early to name your team
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
seems very early to name your team
AB team is announced in house today,
So the players/team have the time to prepare.
Released to the media on Thursday though. -
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
Yeah fair enough no surprises anyway.
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good on England. if rugby was serious about marketing itself all test sides would get named on Tuesday. Days of analysis and head-to-head match ups to discuss.
But noooo, lets wait until late in the week.
It's piss weak
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it
Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.
Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.
am i wrong though that we dont normally get a team named on a tuesday?
not saying it bad, just unexpected and i feel unusual not to have noth team naming at a similar time
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Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.
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England and Aussies always name earlier than the ABs when we play. And possibly the Boks too.
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sweet, more to talk about then
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
sweet, more to talk about then
yeah, like how Chandler Cunningham-South sounds like a Harry Enfield character
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@mariner4life Surprisingly, he's from Wellsford.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
am i wrong though that we dont normally get a team named on a tuesday?
are ... you asking when the team is named?
/sarc
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An early naming ends silly speculation, dumb articles like the one above that talk about three halfback options but doesn’t add anything meaningful.
We could have some decent discussion in our media and around forums about the actual teams
