All Blacks vs Wallabies I

[frugby]

@Nogusta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies I:

@pakman BB and Rieko are the only Blues players this week. There's a little bit of sauce.

1. EDG
2. Taylor
3. Lomax
4. Barrett
5. Vaa'i
6. Sititi
7. Cane
8. Savea
9. Ratima
10. McKenzie
11. Reece
12. J Barrett
13. Ioane
14. Jordan
15. B Barrett

So if there is no Clarke, Love, Perofeta or Tele'a, that means Rieko on the wing? Unless it is Reece which to me would be mental. Clarke will be injured you'd have to think. If McKenzie is injured, then Rieko is on the wing.

[george33]

Caleb starting

[Mr Fish]

De Groot
Taylor
Lomax
Barrett
Vaa'i
Sititi
Cane
Savea
Ratima
McKenzie
Clarke
J Barrett
Ioane
Jordan
B Barrett

Aumua
Williams
Tosi
Darry
Jacobson
Perenara
Lienert-Brown
Reece

Newell and Love the only injuries.

[Canes4life]

Let's hope we pump the Wallabies so we can try a few more players in that second test in Welly.

[reprobate]

If the 2nd half of that game against Argentina was anything to go by, this should be a very good opportunity for our bench guys like Aumua to get some big test minutes and gain some confidence.

[NTA]

Heading that Gordon and Donaldson are dropped.

White and Lolesio (!!!) to start
Taint and Lynagh on the bench.

[KiwiMurph]

@Nogusta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies I:

@pakman BB and Rieko are the only Blues players this week. There's a little bit of sauce.

Your sauces are usually reliable. Not this time

[pakman]

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[Bovidae]

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[Mr Fish]

@NTA said in All Blacks vs Wallabies I:

Heading that Gordon and Donaldson are dropped.

White and Lolesio (!!!) to start
Taint and Lynagh on the bench.

Didn't Lolesio just sit out the last match due to injury? Felt like he was always going to return to the starting role. Similar-ish story for Lynagh who's had a few niggles that's hindered his training.

On the All Blacks' side, interesting that Blackadder hasn't been included at all. Maybe he still has a niggle - but strange to not just list him as injured in that case.

[Donsteppa]

Great to see Telea left right out. Reece is extremely lucky to be in the mix.

[reprobate]

Bench: Tosi an improvement, but Darry, Jacobson, Perenara, and a specialist wing don't really scream impact to me.
Remain disappointed by the loosies, though I do like Wallace getting a run. I just don't see that trio being world class.
Rest is okay, though I do think it's time to move on from BB and one start is not really enough to assess Jordan.

[sparky]

I'm happy with the backline and the front five.

Back row looks off to me. Ardie should be at 7 or on the bench. Sititi is clearly an 8.

[sparky]

Disappointing not see Billy Proctor and Noah Hotham on the bench.

[pakman]

https://x.com/AllBlacks/status/1836512009221009584

[No Quarter]

They haven't listed Blackadder as injured so assume he's been dropped for Sititi now?

Edit - no they say he has a hamstring injury even though he's not listed as unavailable due to injury

[BerniesCorner]

Fast wingers good
Need to give Proctor game time

[Daffy Jaffy]

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies I:

They haven't listed Blackadder as injured

Razor just said that he has a Hammy injury -

[pakman]

@Daffy-Jaffy normal state of affairs for him.

[No Quarter]

The backline is great, the forward pack, well we've talked enough about the issues with the squad selection. That's probably the best loose trio we have from within the squad, would prefer Paps at 7 but Cane has been OK. Sititi having to learn 6 on the job is tough on him, it's likely he's going to dominate with ball in hand again against the Wallabies, but "both sides of the ball" etc etc