All Blacks vs England I
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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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@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
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:
@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
Probably also when you look to have those guys in the team who've typically played second fiddle as you can't slot debutantes in between your experienced/superstar players.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
@mikedogz In how many of those years did we play a team like Tonga in the first test?
I looked up 2010 with six debutants - not sure I could pick them all from the lineup though!
Edit and it was Ireland in New Plymouth. Heaslip red card for kneeing McCaw, O'Gara yellow for taking out player. not a good day for Ireland.
