All Blacks vs England I

[Crazy Horse]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

800>600>tickets remaining - still can be correct

Word on the street, and this has been confirmed by a guy at the pub and George, is that there are actually less tha 10000 tickets available.

[Machpants]

@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

800>600>tickets remaining - still can be correct

Word on the street, and this has been confirmed by a guy at the pub and George, is that there are actually less tha 10000 tickets available.

Typical South Island abs test, they never sell out*. Shouldn't get any more, the ungrateful buggers.

• Chch

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks vs England I:

Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 5 caps)

Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 36 caps)

Ben Earl (Saracens, 31 caps) – vice-captain

I expect that to be a good litmus test of the selection strategy for our backrow. From what little I've seen of NH club rugby this year, they're on form and handy - not to be taken lightly.

[mariner4life]

so given the chat on the other thread what are we looking at?

BBarrett
Reece
Ioane
JBarrett
Narawa
DMac
Christie
Savea
DPap
Blackadder
Vaa'i
Patty T
Lomax
Taylor
De Groot

Aumua, Williams, Newell, Finau, Jacobson, TJP, ALB, Perofeta.

[Kiwiwomble]

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

[mariner4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

i dunno, i guess probably Telea if he is actually fit. Which one actually plays that side?

[Kiwiwomble]

@mariner4life pretty sure Telea has played 11 for the AB's

[Daffy Jaffy]

From the Herald -
Scott Robertson and his coaching staff name their squad at 11.30am on Thursday.

[mariner4life]

TBH the selection one winger doesn't worry me in the slightest. I am far more worried about that pack, and the coaches turning to real game breakers like Perofeta if it goes pear shaped

[Bovidae]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

Narawa is a 14, the other two fit wingers can play on either side.

I'm picking 11 Reece, 14 Telea.

[reprobate]

@mariner4life Blackadder on the open and Finau on the blind just to rile the Blues fellas up a bit more.

[ARHS]

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

[mariner4life]

@ARHS said in All Blacks vs England I:

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

oh, something new and different then

[Tim]

How Wayne Smith's fingertips are all over New Zealand's 'Razor' blueprint

The iconic coaching sage will influence Scott Robertson's style of play as the Ian Foster playbook is ripped up.

[Tim]

Jul 2  /  Sport

All Blacks: Has Vern Cotter provided a Blue-print for the English?

Analysis - The signs are pointing towards a tense opening test between the All Blacks and England, with a ton of pressure likely to be directed on Damian McKenzie, writes Jamie Wall.

[mariner4life]

edit wait i am a dumb fluffybunny

either way, roll on fucking tomorrow and saturday so we can start to put some shit to bed

[Tim]

Alright, lets assume that Scott Barrett and Caleb Clarke are out with injuries. Does Darry come on to the bench, or does Finau cover lock? Loose forward lineout options are poor as it stands.

[DaGrubster]

@Tim

Why are we assuming that?

[gt12]

@Tim

What jumps out from that article is that:

Blackadder doesn’t have enough minutes to be counted, hmmm.

Sotutu is a gun at line out time. If our set piece goes to shit, that’s where the coaches will be in the gun.

[Tim]

@DaGrubster Rumours in this thread ... and a bit of mid-week boredom ...