All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham
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@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
Been off the pace for a while now. I thought his test career was finished after vs Japan 2022. Just couldn't keep up in that game.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack maybe Cane is playing the granite shoulder role normally played by the 6? He may wear 7, but he’s not doing the fetching/support role. That is being done by Savea.
Apart from at scrum time, the numbers on the backs of the back row don’t make a lot of sense.
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Unusual to not have a ready replacement for 7 and 10 like in the past.
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@canefan said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
The fact that he's still the coach's pick to start despite him leaving NZ shortly just smacks of a lack of imagination and wasted opportunity to find the best replacement
100%. I think Cane's been a great AB, an absolute warrior, but just can't understand how he's being used right now.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@canefan said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
The fact that he's still the coach's pick to start despite him leaving NZ shortly just smacks of a lack of imagination and wasted opportunity to find the best replacement
100%. I think Cane's been a great AB, an absolute warrior, but just can't understand how he's being used right now.
Lakai this year could easily have had 2-3 games of 30 minutes under his belt. We still don't know if he's ready.
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@Jet said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Wish Proctor would teach Rieko how to run a line and pass.
Bryn Hall was effusive in his praise for Proctor on the Aotearoa pod this week.
Best player on the park he reckoned.
Bryn never cricise anyone Hall. I'm shocked.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Unusual to not have a ready replacement for 7 and 10 like in the past.
You don’t think Papali’i was the heir apparent? He was given plenty of opportunity whilst Cane was not in the squad. Made a decent go of it too and still very much in the frame but for injury.
So whilst we had both Cane and Papali’i I’m not sure what minutes Lakai was going to get.
In saying all that Papali’i does play a similar role to Cane so there is an argument of whether he’s a 6.5 type.
I don’t think it’s that unusual that Cane is getting game time. He needs to play better than what we’ve seen in the last couple of tests, but I thought he he bought a bit of starch against the Boks especially with Savea being off the boil.
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I think Paps got short changed a bit after playing well the last couple of years.
Call me old fashioned but I like a fast 7.
6.5s are 6s in my book.
Lakai could easily have got a bit more of a look.
Overall I'm more concerned with 10-12-13 cos it ain't right. -
I live not far from Twickenham weathers gonna be cloudy with minimal wind.
The country is feeling sore at the moment.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Jet said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Wish Proctor would teach Rieko how to run a line and pass.
Bryn Hall was effusive in his praise for Proctor on the Aotearoa pod this week.
Best player on the park he reckoned.
Bryn never cricise anyone Hall. I'm shocked.
Which is completely further from the truth off camera haha.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@canefan said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
The fact that he's still the coach's pick to start despite him leaving NZ shortly just smacks of a lack of imagination and wasted opportunity to find the best replacement
100%. I think Cane's been a great AB, an absolute warrior, but just can't understand how he's being used right now.
Lakai this year could easily have had 2-3 games of 30 minutes under his belt. We still don't know if he's ready.
Wasted opportunity. Imagine Lakai sitting down after a match and getting Sam's feedback. Hopefully that will happen against Italy.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@canefan said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
The fact that he's still the coach's pick to start despite him leaving NZ shortly just smacks of a lack of imagination and wasted opportunity to find the best replacement
100%. I think Cane's been a great AB, an absolute warrior, but just can't understand how he's being used right now.
Lakai this year could easily have had 2-3 games of 30 minutes under his belt. We still don't know if he's ready.
Wasted opportunity. Imagine Lakai sitting down after a match and getting Sam's feedback. Hopefully that will happen against Italy.
Hopefully Blackadder is also in Finau's ear about what it's like not playing several games each season.
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@Bones said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@canefan said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
@Toddy said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:
Hopefully the game is slow enough for Cane. Looked like someone had filled his boots with concrete against Aus.
The fact that he's still the coach's pick to start despite him leaving NZ shortly just smacks of a lack of imagination and wasted opportunity to find the best replacement
100%. I think Cane's been a great AB, an absolute warrior, but just can't understand how he's being used right now.
Lakai this year could easily have had 2-3 games of 30 minutes under his belt. We still don't know if he's ready.
Wasted opportunity. Imagine Lakai sitting down after a match and getting Sam's feedback. Hopefully that will happen against Italy.
Hopefully Blackadder is also in Finau's ear about what it's like not playing several games each season.
10/10
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Hellfire please tell me there must be better first fives
going round the traps in NZ currently than BB. Have to be. Surely. He will stifle rather than release the backline. -
Gardner good ref.
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@Jailbreak7 2x WPOTY
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Come on Razor you got this.
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Looking like near ideal weather conditions for the game at Twickenham tomorrow:
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Really looking forward to this one. Hope they can play the full 80.
