All Blacks vs Ireland
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@ARHS said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Great interview with McKenzie. Classy bloke and I fear him cutting us open tomorrow. Hopefully the he will be put under lots of pressure to force errors.
Thanks for posting that. Great interview. I really like the intelligent way he quickly responds, and the way he sees the game and it's challenges is the way I like to see it.
Would like to see a photo of the interviewer because, based on his voice alone, I am convinced he is a leprechaun.
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@nostrildamus the leprechaun asked some great questions it must be said, not the usual tripe you'd normally hear at these pressers.
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@kiwiinmelb yeah, that's exactly what I meant. His quick passing creating lines and space, totally different input to the game compared to Beauden.
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@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@nostrildamus the leprechaun asked some great questions it must be said, not the usual tripe you'd normally hear at these pressers.
He was very good indeed, better than most sports interviewers in this part of the world at any rate! And I was a bit too cheeky, loved his accent. (Well, accent for me, anyway).
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@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@nostrildamus the leprechaun asked some great questions it must be said, not the usual tripe you'd normally hear at these pressers.
is this him? https://www.oldwesley.ie/the-occasional-lunch/
Ok doesn't look like a leprechaun. Does look like he enjoys a drink and an anecdote though so all is perhaps not lost. -
@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
A year on from the RWC Final.
Only 11 of this 23 played in that game.
Williams and DMac promoted from that bench to starting. Tele'a has switched wings and Jordan moved to fullback.
Elliott Smith: 'Ireland are in the first stage of grief - denial'
‘Irish are stuck in a cycle of disbelief.’
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@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@nostrildamus the leprechaun asked some great questions it must be said, not the usual tripe you'd normally hear at these pressers.
Worth noting that it's not a press conference, it's a one-on-one interview, so much easier for him that for a journo fighting it out with a throng of others to get a line of questioning in.
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@Machpants I think 18 from Ireland who played in that QF, but only 10 from NZ (Tele'a was left out for protocol breach).
Actually, 17 and 9 because neither Crowley nor DMac got off the bench.
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without retirements and injuries what do you reckon those numbers are?
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@nostrildamus yes that's him. He does look a bit leprechaunish in fairness!
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Never go into an AB game with no belief bit I suspect its going to require our best performance under the Razor era thus far
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Never go into an AB game with no belief bit I suspect its going to require our best performance under the Razor era thus far
Ireland or France.
France hands All Blacks historic Rugby World Cup defeat
New Zealand records its first loss in a men's Rugby World Cup pool match, going down 27-13 to host nation France in the tournament opener.
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Watching highlights of that quarter final again and New Zealand players scored some great tries. Lester, Bundee, Ardie, Jameson, Will.
We know what Ireland will bring but on paper their bench seems lacking impact imo. Healy was world class back in the day. He’s now 37 and there because no one else has really stepped up.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Watching highlights of that quarter final again and New Zealand players scored some great tries. Lester, Bundee, Ardie, Jameson, Will.
We know what Ireland will bring but on paper their bench seems lacking impact imo. Healy was world class back in the day. He’s now 37 and there because no one else has really stepped up.
In what could be a complete turnaround for this AB side, if we are close on the scoreboard at 60 minutes, the bench could win this one for us!
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Never go into an AB game with no belief bit I suspect its going to require our best performance under the Razor era thus far
Ireland or France.
France hands All Blacks historic Rugby World Cup defeat
New Zealand records its first loss in a men's Rugby World Cup pool match, going down 27-13 to host nation France in the tournament opener.
Both will require our best but only thinking about Ireland atm
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@DaGrubster There's definitely potential to develop a good bench for "impact". Tu'ungafasi, Tosi, and Tuipulotu are all good options, and next year bench hooker should be between Taukei’aho and Aumua. Add in a ball carrying loose forward, a running halfback, and a kicking game from a 10 or 15, and that's pretty solid.
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@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Chatting with Irish at work they were happy to see Williams still playing after the England game.
Hopefully he can bounce back to make them eat their words.
The ABs seem to think he had some tough calls against him - but we shall see. And I hope he watches his elbow!
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Tbh it’s been a very very long time (probably since the Wallabies of 2010-2011) where I’ve had such an overwhelming desire to see the ABs take the opposition players heads off
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