All Blacks v France
-
Let's hope Razor has realised how important the bench is to finishing the game.
Lots of good 40 mins this season, be nice to put our foot on the accelerator for 80 mins.
-
-
- Tamaiti Williams, 2. Cody Taylor,, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Scott Barrett (captain), 5. Tupou Vaa’i, 6. Samipeni Finau, 7. Ardie Savea (vice captain), 8. Wallace Sititi, 9. Cam Roigard, , 10. Damian McKenzie, 11. Caleb Clarke, 12. Jordie Barrett (vice-captain), 13. Rieko Ioane, 14. Mark Tele’a, 15. Will Jordan.
Replacements: 16. Asafa Aumua, 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18. Pasilio Tosi, 19. Patrick Tuipulotu, 20. Sam Cane, 21. Cortez Ratima, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Stephen Perofeta.
-
BB will be on the bench instead of Perofeta, Roigard and Ratima will sawp, and Codie to start with Aumua on the bench. Otherwise unchanged I reckon.
Unless Razor subscribes to the 'can't play three good games in a row' theory (RWC aside there is so much build up time that's an anomoly) - then who knows!?
-
Is Cody Taylor actually available this week?
-
@family-man said in All Blacks v France:
Is Cody Taylor actually available this week?
We don't know, BB and Codie are on HIA stand down, but we don;t know if they are fit yet. Both might not be available.
-
If there’s no injuries I can see the same XV starting with Taylor and BB on the pine
Be like the old days
You have to work your way back into the starting XV when a team is winning
-
@Machpants said in All Blacks v France:
@family-man said in All Blacks v France:
Is Cody Taylor actually available this week?
We don't know, BB and Codie are on HIA stand down, but we don;t know if they are fit yet. Both might not be available.
Even if they pass, I'd put them on the bench. Why rush them back when both their replacements grew into the starting roles, and could do with another run?
-
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v France:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v France:
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v France:
I'm expecting the All Blacks to roll out the same team for a third week in a row, except with Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor returning to the 23 on the bench.
Roigard deserves a start but suspect Razor will be pretty happy with the one-two punch at the moment.
I feel like the one-two punch would be better the other way around though.
It's worth a try but Ratima has generally been quite good starting - he's not suddenly a bad starting halfback just because of a couple of indifferent games. There's something about bringing in Roigard's booming left boot later in the game that I think really helps.
It's a tough one because you really need to try and predict how the game is going to go from about 50 mins onward:
Is it going to open up and quicken in pace? In that case, maybe Ratima's slightly snappier delivery and combo with DMac is going to work better.
Or is it going to slow down a little, get tense and become a territorial chess match where you're trying to hold onto a lead or kick your way into point scoring positions? In that case, maybe Cam is the guy. -
I'd go with:
1 Williams 2 Aumua 3 Lomax 4 S. Barrett 5 Vaii 6 Sititi 7 Cane 8 Savea 9 Roigard 10 DMac 11 C Clarke 12 J. Barrett 13 R. Ioane 14 M. Telea 15. W. Jordan
16 C.Taylor 17 Ofa T 18 Tosi 19 Tuipulotu 20 Finau 21 TJP 22 B. Barrett 23 B. Proctor
-
@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
I'd go with:
1 Williams 2 Aumua 3 Lomax 4 S. Barrett 5 Vaii 6 Sititi 7 Cane 8 Savea 9 Roigard 10 DMac 11 C Clarke 12 J. Barrett 13 R. Ioane 14 M. Telea 15. W. Jordan
16 C.Taylor 17 Ofa T 18 Tosi 19 Tuipulotu 20 Finau 21 TJP 22 B. Barrett 23 B. Proctor
Billy Proctor has gone home.
-
@African-Monkey Is he gone for good or joining the squad in France?
-
@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
@African-Monkey Is he gone for good or joining the squad in France?
I thought he went for good.
-
Okay, it won't happen (ALB will be the 23), but I'd be tempted then to get Quinn Tupaea on the AB bench after his superb performance against Munster.
-
@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
Okay, it won't happen (ALB will be the 23), but I'd be tempted then to get Quinn Tupaea on the AB bench after his superb performance against Munster.
Why on earth do that when AJ Lam is already on the sideline?
-
@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
I'd go with:
1 Williams 2 Aumua 3 Lomax 4 S. Barrett 5 Vaii 6 Sititi 7 Cane 8 Savea 9 Roigard 10 DMac 11 C Clarke 12 J. Barrett 13 R. Ioane 14 M. Telea 15. W. Jordan
16 C.Taylor 17 Ofa T 18 Tosi 19 Tuipulotu 20 Finau 21 TJP 22 B. Barrett 23 B. Proctor
TJP? Oh how the worm has turned
-
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v France:
If there’s no injuries I can see the same XV starting with Taylor and BB on the pine
Be like the old days
You have to work your way back into the starting XV when a team is winning
Yeah start with Ratima and Roigard comes on early in 2nd half
-
@Machpants I've always thought TJP was reasonable at finishing out a game. Ratima seems a bit low on confidence. Hotham IMHO is our second best half back at the moment, but he is with the ABs XV.
