All Blacks vs England I
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:
Though, after Jacobson got car5ded because he tackled with force, maybe you whiny bitches are right, and rugby really is a game for faeries now.
we live in debauched, effeminate times. Gone are the days when you only got red for having the temerity to be the best player on a team that was beating the ABs AND you laid the (legal) tackle of the decade on the AB ten.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs England I:
My first thoughts , not a lot different to what fozzie would’ve picked.
I suppose when razor sprinkles his magic dust over them it will look much different.
it's a very "balanced" team, so no obvious pointers to a way they will look to play.
And in reality, there aren't THAT many ways to play winning test rugby anyway.
Fixed.
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He only got a yellow for that. The red came for his karate chop to a throat 😂
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@DaGrubster must be piss easy to get a black belt in NZ/France.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England I:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England I:
Scott ‘both sides of the ball’ Robertson talking up Sevu Reece
this is just cruel!
Not as cruel as jokes about Foster and Hansens waistlines
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
I like Razor having a proper press conference with journos on team naming and not a premade internally produced video.
Good shit
I think we starting to see NZR (and Razors etc) setting a more professional/marketing orientated plans with ABs. The series on Razor , and the one that got me is the ABs now have a commercial manager as part of team. Her job is to look after the sponsors etc requirements and make sure the team is sold even more. I sure this is all part of it (and quietly think we starting to see the changes od being involvd with Silver Lake). I won't be surprised to see players names on jerseys etc in near future, and anything else that will help sell things. It's the way of future.
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@Smuts said in All Blacks vs England I:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:
Though, after Jacobson got car5ded because he tackled with force, maybe you whiny bitches are right, and rugby really is a game for faeries now.
we live in debauched, effeminate times. Gone are the days when you only got red for having the temerity to be the best player on a team that was beating the ABs AND you laid the (legal) tackle of the decade on the AB ten.
Fuck I had forgotten about that. That was shit then, let alone now.
But yeah, it was two yellows.
That saffer pack was mean as fuck. I miss them. These days they are somehow blacker but also more homogenised.
From brutal to boring: the sanitisation of south African rugby.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
Interesting that the last 4 red cards by an All Black are
Ofa - Blues
Scooter - Saders
Jordie - Canes
Cane - ChiefsThis is in no way an endorsement of selecting more Highlander players
cant get cards if you dont have anyone playing
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
The match is a confirmed sell out.
Excellent
So less than 800 or 600 tickets is still correct….
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@ACT-Crusader outstanding Ferning
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
The match is a confirmed sell out.
Excellent
So less than 800 or 600 tickets is still correct….
Nearly #booboo'ed. Glad I checked.
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Sell out crowd under the roof. A new beginning. A new-look team. What is not to like? Bloody excited about this one.
I think they got the loose forward mix right. Hopefully, Finau cuts people in half and creates doubt about running at our fringes like Kaino / Collins eras.
Pat T has something to prove at test level. Someone needs to stitch a Blues jersey to the inside of the AB one. It looks like he has come of age though. Fingers crossed.
All I ask is some kind of tactical plan, some innovation, basically something to forget the recent "lost years". -
Via Database:
This is the first time the All Blacks have had no Test debutants in their First Test of the season for 35 years.
Last having none in 1989.
0- 1985, 1989, 2024 *
1- 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2023
2- 1987, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022
3- 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2020
4- 1997, 2000, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2021
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6- 2010
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@mikedogz said in All Blacks vs England I:
Via Database:
This is the first time the All Blacks have had no Test debutants in their First Test of the season for 35 years.
Last having none in 1989.
0- 1985, 1989, 2024 *
1- 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2023
2- 1987, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022
3- 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2020
4- 1997, 2000, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2021
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6- 2010
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11- 1986interesting stat given its the year after a RWC and i always kind of think thats when we would have the most turn over
