Springboks vs All Blacks I
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@Bovidae said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
5 pm NZT for the AB team announcement.
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@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
We are due a good game of rugby with the South Africans.
2023 Twickenham was dire and so was the WC final.
Two of the most mistake ridden , disjointed games of rugby I've seen involving the ABs.And the refereeing/tmo involvement was a thundering disgrace.
I will never have that match mentioned without saying it.
Im still fucking seething over it.
Yup. They bottled it. Give Frizzlemynizzle the straight red he deserved and we’re probably not having this convo.
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@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
We are due a good game of rugby with the South Africans.
2023 Twickenham was dire and so was the WC final.
Two of the most mistake ridden , disjointed games of rugby I've seen involving the ABs.And the refereeing/tmo involvement was a thundering disgrace.
I will never have that match mentioned without saying it.
Im still fucking seething over it.
Yup. They bottled it. Give Frizzlemynizzle the straight red he deserved and we’re probably not having this convo.
That's a strange way to spell Siya Kolisi...
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@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
Will be interesting to see if post McDonalds departure there are some bold(er) selections going forward.
Barrett to 10, Jordan to 15, Ratima to start etc.
What the fuck would be “bold” about putting Barrett back in at 10??!!!
Ratima
DMac
Clarke
ALB
Proctor
Jordan
J BarrettIoane and B Barrett off the bench for final 30
Now that would be bold
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@booboo said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
We are due a good game of rugby with the South Africans.
2023 Twickenham was dire and so was the WC final.
Two of the most mistake ridden , disjointed games of rugby I've seen involving the ABs.And the refereeing/tmo involvement was a thundering disgrace.
I will never have that match mentioned without saying it.
Im still fucking seething over it.
Yup. They bottled it. Give Frizzlemynizzle the straight red he deserved and we’re probably not having this convo.
That's a strange way to spell Siya Kolisi...
Take his name outta your mouth
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@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
Take his name outta your mouth
Will Smith? I think you'll find he supports the Men in Black.
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@voodoo said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
Will be interesting to see if post McDonalds departure there are some bold(er) selections going forward.
Barrett to 10, Jordan to 15, Ratima to start etc.
What the fuck would be “bold” about putting Barrett back in at 10??!!!
Ratima
DMac
Clarke
ALB
Proctor
Jordan
J BarrettIoane and B Barrett off the bench for final 30
Now that would be bold
Maybe bold was the wrong word.
He was selected as a 10 in the squad.. I was more alluding to the fact it would be bold to get 3 of Jordan Telea Clarke and Reece on the pitch at the same time.
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@Jet our rugby writers do no analysis.
Q: why did Foster et al. also pick him on the wing? What are his weaknesses in tests at fullback? How is his linking and decision making? There's just nothing there to support anything ... this is puffy clickbait
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@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet our rugby writers do no analysis.
Q: why did Foster et al. also pick him on the wing? What are his weaknesses in tests at fullback? How is his linking and decision making? There's just nothing there to support anything ... this is puffy clickbait
Thats fair, but at some point we need to see Jordan or Love or AN Other at 15.
We dont know his weaknesses at fullback in tests, because he has had no meaningful minutes there. He is Schroedingers fullback.
Foster picked him on the wing for the same reason they picked Cory Jane or Ben Smith there. The old power winger on one, footballer on the other combo. It's also seen as a lower risk place to stick a bloke early doors in his career. Even Dagg played there and scored his Benji Marshall impression against the Boks.
Surely Beaudy cant monopolise the shirt until 2027.
Rassie has given chances to Sasha, Fassi, Libbok et al over the last year or so.
The Irish stuck Jamie Osborne in at 15 against the Boks (in South Africa) aged 22 having played all his pro rugby at centre.
Will Jordan is 26 with 33 tests under his belt. At some point he deserves an 80 minute stint or two there to either vindicate or shut the likes of me and media talking heads up. Keep in mind the current head coach is on record as saying "he is a fullback who can play wing". Its not like im asking for Ardie to play 12.
We are going stagnant.
We have become very conservative at the selection table since 2017, especially by Alllblack standards.
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
Take his name outta your mouth
Will Smith? I think you'll find he supports the Men in Black.
You can have him
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@sparky said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@No-Quarter I wouldn't complain. South Africa has named their team twice already.
Exactly, the Bok fans get all the fun, while we sit here twiddling our thumbs until the end of the week waiting to find out which undeserving Crusader has been selected, leaving us limited time to get our bitching in before kickoff. Won't they think of the fans?
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@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
We dont know his weaknesses at fullback in tests, because he has had no meaningful minutes there.
He’ll be awake to rant soon
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@george33
Sam Cane at 6 for the first 50 minutes I agree with.
His strengths are the direct forward orientated game that we must employ in the first half.
If we try to spin 50:50 ball through the backline from the get go things could get ugly.If we see pick n goes, mauls and long DMac kick exits I'll be happy.
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@MN5 said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
We dont know his weaknesses at fullback in tests, because he has had no meaningful minutes there.
He’ll be awake to rant soon
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