All Blacks vs Wallabies 2
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Suspect we'll see something along the lines of:
1 De Groot
2 Aumua
3 Lomax
4 Barrett
5 Vaa'i
6 Sititi
7 Cane
8 Savea
9 Ratima
10 McKenzie
11 Clarke
12 Lienert-Brown
13 Ioane
14 Jordan
15 PerofetaBench: Taylor/Bell, Williams, Tosi, Darry, Blackadder, Hotham, Plummer, Proctor
Aumua needs a start under his belt to get a little bit of momentum. Cane will get his 100th. If Jordie Barrett is out then can't see them swapping out Ioane too, so it's an ALB /Ioane midfield with Proctor getting a shot off the bench. Can't see the point in using Tele'a or Reece on the right wing so Jordan shifts out there and Perofeta makes his return at fullback (though you have to wonder why he wasn't used on the bench ahead of Plummer, or starting at fullback already, and also didn't get a run for Taranaki - is he still injured and the coaches aren't being forthcoming?). Give Hotham and Plummer minutues off the bench too, and then maybe start them together against Japan.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
What happened to Beauden, is he right to go in Wellington?
Illness, and hopefully not
If JB is also out, could we see some time with Plummer at 10, and Proctor in MF?
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I thought Jacobson was a lot better than Cane yesterday.
Cane's defense wasn't even Super Rugby standard yesterday.
Not sure why people are calling for Cane to start again.
I don't recall a NZ 7 making so little tackles and missing so many in Super Rugby game this year.
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@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
I thought Jacobson was a lot better than Cane yesterday.
Cane's defense wasn't even Super Rugby standard yesterday.
7 tackles, no misses in 17 mins plus the ruck turnover. Cane only made 5 tackles with three misses before being replaced.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@Machpants And what did South Africa do against Australia in the second game? They're World Number 1 because they take risks. That side is capable of beating the Number 9 side in the world handsomely.
And some guys have played a lot of minutes already this year. We need to manage their remaining minutes ahead of huge challenges to come at Twickenham, in Dublin and at the Stade de France.
That world beating SA side just lost to Argentina, a team Australia managed to beat just a fortnight ago.
It's difficult to gauge where the other TRC teams are right now (apart from SA) as they're all transitioning with new coaching teams.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
With Jordie injured and ALB stinking out the joint 12 is looking REALLY bad all of a sudden.
Don't worry, DH is in the squad.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
With Jordie injured and ALB stinking out the joint 12 is looking REALLY bad all of a sudden.
Don't worry, DH is in the squad.
After all the criticism of Ardie at 8 I wouldn’t mind him getting a run there either. We’ll be fine
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@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
With Jordie injured and ALB stinking out the joint 12 is looking REALLY bad all of a sudden.
Don't worry, DH is in the squad.
After all the criticism of Ardie at 8 I wouldn’t mind him getting a run there either. We’ll be fine
Was it BGS who said years ago Ardie doesn't play a traditional position, he plays his own position called the Savea ( or something like that)? Yes,we could put the number 12 on his back and let him do his own thing. What could possibly go wrong?
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
With Jordie injured and ALB stinking out the joint 12 is looking REALLY bad all of a sudden.
Don't worry, DH is in the squad.
It's possible considering JB is probably injured and ALB didn't play well. Or a surprise selection of Plummer at 12, him and RI have played together a lot
I'd like to see ALB/RI play after having a full week training together though
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies 2:
With Jordie injured and ALB stinking out the joint 12 is looking REALLY bad all of a sudden.
Don't worry, DH is in the squad.
It's possible considering JB is probably injured and ALB didn't play well. Or a surprise selection of Plummer at 12, him and RI have played together a lot
I'd like to see ALB/RI play after having a full week training together though
I agree it's possible. While he didn't do anything flashy, DH showed a physicality to his game for Ta$man that would have pleased the selectors. Not saying I would pick him though.
