All Blacks vs Wales Test #2
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<p>Dead right Chris, it was well proven by <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/index.php/topic/41831-hatiest-teams/?hl=hatiest'>this thread</a>. It seems most posters here enjoy a good Crusaders win almost as much as they enjoy being proven wrong by Crusaders supporters, which are of course both pretty common events.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Chris B." data-cid="589711" data-time="1466313187">
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<p>I'm not sure where you could have got that idea from C79. But, you will see - if by some chance Toddy finally manages to win a Super title - the plethora of joy on our behalves that will reign across the site.</p>
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<p>The weeks leading up will be full of the usual, "If [my team] doesn't win, I hope the Crusaders do. They're my second favourite team."</p>
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<p>I think it's the most-used phrase ever on the site - at least on the topic of second favourites! :)</p>
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<p>Universally beloved!</p>
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<p><strong>A little known fact, GRR Martin got his idea for a three-eyed crow at a Canterbury match! </strong></p>
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<p>That made me chortle, brilliant.</p>
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<p>I'm going to start a "rubbish crusaders who somehow became ABs 15" to get everyone talking......how's this for a team ? </p>
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<p>15 Blair</p>
<p>14 Hamilton</p>
<p>13 Laulala</p>
<p>12 Crotty</p>
<p>11 Ralph</p>
<p>10 can't think of anyone..... </p>
<p> 9 Ellis</p>
<p> 8 Broomhall</p>
<p> 7 Whitelock G</p>
<p> 6 Whitelock L</p>
<p> 5 Thorne</p>
<p> 4 Blackadder</p>
<p> 3 Jonhstone</p>
<p> 2 Flynn</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MN5" data-cid="589713" data-time="1466314059"><p>That made me chortle, brilliant.<br>
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I'm going to start a "rubbish crusaders who somehow became ABs 15" to get everyone talking......how's this for a team ? <br>
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15 Blair<br>
14 Hamilton<br>
13 Laulala<br>
12 Crotty<br>
11 Ralph<br>
10 can't think of anyone..... <br>
9 Ellis<br>
8 Broomhall<br>
7 Whitelock G<br>
6 Whitelock L<br>
5 Thorne<br>
4 Blackadder<br>
3 Jonhstone<br>
2 Flynn<br>
1 Feek</p></blockquote>Did Blair play any 10? You could put him there and put Philpott at 15 -
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<p>Did Blair play any 10? You could put him there and put Philpott at 15</p>
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<p>Trying to go a bit more recent ie Super Rugby and careful, Philpott is/was a ferner.....</p> -
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<p>Dead right Chris, it was well proven by <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/index.php/topic/41831-hatiest-teams/?hl=hatiest'>this thread</a>. It seems most posters here enjoy a good Crusaders win almost as much as they enjoy being proven wrong by Crusaders supporters, which are of course both pretty common events.</p>
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<p>I find it quite sad you've been festering away on that thread for the past three months because a couple of people mocked your beloved team. Outside of a comment here or there on the fern I rarely give to fucks either way about your rugby team and will in the future continue to point out the only thing with a more disturbing lack of genetic diversity than the maui dolphin population is a capacity Deans stand.</p> -
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<p>Trying to go a bit more recent ie Super Rugby and careful, Philpott is/was a ferner.....</p>
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<p>He seemed a good sort too, funny thing is for all the mocking he gets on the net I've never come across anyone who can point out a Ben Blair type game he had or specific howler he made. </p> -
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<p>He seemed a good sort too, funny thing is for all the mocking he gets on the net I've never come across anyone who can point out a Ben Blair type game he had or specific howler he made. </p>
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<p>Well I think the team I picked typifies him and many Crusaders. Steady.....but with about as much spark as a firecracker in a torrential downpour.</p> -
<p>Cantabs can be very defensive at times. They need to realise that no-one really cares about them.</p>
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<p>Cantabs can be very defensive at times. They need to realise that no-one really cares about them.</p>
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<p>Then why are you still going on about them?</p> -
<p>this is an AB v Wales thread right? </p>
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<p>Then why are you still going on about them?</p>
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<p>Because you clowns clog up threads like this on how everyone hates you and how jealous everyone is of your success from the last decade when no-one cares.</p> -
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<p>Because you clowns clog up threads like this on how everyone hates you and how jealous everyone is of your success from the last decade when no-one cares.</p>
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<p>Ooooh, touchy about it a wee bit are we?</p> -
<p>Someone mentioned Moala-isn't he more a 12 than 13? (I believe he has played both at the Blues but 12s who go to 13 seem to be found out more-Lucky Luke, SBW not Crotty)..</p>
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Kudos to TJP for actually managing to check his supporting run, in the Savea try.
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Kinda lost interest in the "bias" discussion so this may have been said already, but on the centres I think Nonu and Conrad laid the blueprint with a 12 that can straighten the attack with a strong running game and a 13 that is very adept at linking with the outsides, making good decisions on when to pass etc. As it was by the end of their careers Nonu developed an outstanding linking game and Conrad greatly improved his ability to straighten the attack, making them the best 12-13 combo of all time, but I think the above blueprint is still the most effective. Which is why I far prefer Crotty at 13 with a more powerful ball runner inside him. He's a very good decision maker on both attack and defense, but he doesn't have such a dominant running game. I'd really like to see Fekitoa moved to 12 where we can use him for crash ball while he fine tunes the rest of his game. Defensively he will have more support with Cruds and Crotty either side of him telling him where to be as well.<br><br>
On that basis I see Crotty and Ngatai as our best bets at 13, and Fekitoa, Seta and later on SBW as our best bets at 12.<br><br>
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<p>I knew that Dagg was younger , </p>
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<p>But surprised they are on the same number of tests , it feels like Dagg has been around for ages and Smith has only recently replaced him </p> -
<p>I don't understand the complaining. I may have been watching through a fog of failed sobriety, but it looked like everyone played better than the week before, the Welsh included.</p>
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<p>Anyone else find it slightly surprising to find Dagg and Ben Smith playing their 50th tests together - and that Israel is two years younger than Ben?</p>
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<p>Smith was only a peripheral AB in 2009-11 but has been a regular since 2012. Dagg was in the starting XV almost from his debut in 2010 until last year. In many ways their careers have been the inverse of eachother. </p>
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<p>Cruden and Barrett are on track to play their 50th tests at a similar time next year.</p>
