Springboks vs All Blacks 2
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What's the story with Papali'i? Subbed off for Cane on 50 minutes with ABs leading 42-3 at Een Park and then everything just fell apart without his tremendously handsome presence on the field.
I think Razor is just jealous of the man's modeling tier looks (something Ray certainly didn't have in his playing days...) and thinks he's one of those ponsonby latte sipping high buttoned-up collar brogue-shoe wearing blues forwards who care more about their Instagram status than the hard graft?
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@darylmitchell while most of the content points back to @voodoo post about boredom between games. Has anything been communicated on paps by the coaches?
Be interesting to see how many minutes he's been on for positive scoreboard.
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@Bones said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@voodoo I think you're saying Blackadder resembles McCaw?
He's better.
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Sititi and Ratima will probably make a few mistakes.
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@Dan54 said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Call me surprised, Kolisi is starting and seems his jaw/cheek wasn't broken!!
Fracture to the nose I believe.
Opted to only have it reset after the AB game so as not to miss this one
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Every single player I listed was more talented than Blackadder.
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@KiwiMurph said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Telea needs a big game
Clarke was excellent last week.
Telea's form in recent times has been poor. He does seem to suit playing the Boks though.
Careful, when the Boks read this they may make a pact!
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@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Story of the season is surely Blackadder casting off his niggles moniker by being an 80 minute week in week out tyro.
WPOTY incoming. 😀
This post aged well.
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@Bones said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@junior said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Chester-Draws said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@KiwiMurph said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
This AB pack is starting to remind me of 99-01 AB era packs
Undersized try hards.
That were superior to the SA forwards for the majority of the first game.
ABs were also bigger.
We are not a small side, regardless of how strongly that myth is embedded.
We are not small, but we play small. The way our pack carts the ball - flat-footed, trying to put on a step, and then power through a weak shoulder - could not be more different than what the best - RSA, Ireland, France - are doing - running onto the ball at pace and using momentum and plan physics to get over the advantage line.
I was watching this last weekend trying to figure out why. All I can think is we're trying to play safe with the ball while also forcing the opposition to do all the work on defence. We make them come to us instead of going to them, I assume with the theory we get more secure ball and they tire out quicker.
But yeah it's not really working when our bench comes on and pretend they're in some unimportant exhibition match eh.
Same ,I was surprised how ordinary it looked ,
They were catching the ball flat footed and then having a look at the defence before starting to move
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Story of the season is surely Blackadder casting off his niggles moniker by being an 80 minute week in week out tyro.
WPOTY incoming. 😀
This post aged well.
He plays too hard, even for his own body. Remorseless dedication to the shirt.
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@taniwharugby said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
I know interweb stats suck and all, but Kwagga is listed at 1.8m and 98kg
Sititi is listed at 1.87m and 113kg....1.87 is probably a bit short for a genuine 6, but size wise, 113 is a good size for a ball carrier, that we need
That’s about the same as Papalii and Blackadder though isn’t it ? Jacobsen and Cane not much lighter…..
I think it’s more a case of explosiveness and body position rather than weight.
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@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
From a mate, which I posted back in early June
Blackadder debuted in 2018 and has played 7 seasons of Super. He's played 42 Super games. There are two seasons where he has played more than 5 matches.
The very definition of keeping your powder dry
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@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@nostrildamus said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Jet said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Story of the season is surely Blackadder casting off his niggles moniker by being an 80 minute week in week out tyro.
WPOTY incoming. 😀
This post aged well.
He plays too hard, even for his own body. Remorseless dedication to the shirt.
Yeah, that can't be denied. I'm far from his biggest fan and side with the critics of him, but yeah, he really does give it his all when he does make the field.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
From a mate, which I posted back in early June
Blackadder debuted in 2018 and has played 7 seasons of Super. He's played 42 Super games. There are two seasons where he has played more than 5 matches.
The very definition of keeping your powder dry
The powder may be dry, but the keg has taken a hell of a beating!
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@nostrildamus nah, pacts are serious bizness. Not for wings banished to the shadow realm by lock/blindside/8 hybrids not noted for their footwork
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