@antipodean said in Athletics:
Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 for the mile with her pacers.
I watched it. So noticeable how much harder she was working than the pacers. Not often you see middle distance men and women running together. Good on her for having a crack, but it’s going to be a fair while before any feeble goes under 4mins
@Duluth Nice one. Yeah Kai's fight was a hard watch. Appeared to be nowhere near Pantoja's level. Made worse after that absolute banger fight preceding it.
Tuporia is phenomanol. Surely the boos have got to stop now. Yeah he has put out eveyones favourite fighter/s but you gotta appreciate just how good he is.
@reprobate said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
The coaches say a lot of shit, not much of which seems very consistent to me. Versatility is key, then pick Kirifi etc. If we want explosive carrying loosies, then why is Barrett covering 6? Are Jacobson and Dalton really fitting that bill if you look at your own stats?
Dalton is covering for Sititi; he's an emergency pick.
I suspect the locks are emergency cover only for the loosies. Cover, as you say (and it might be the younger and more athletic(?) Tupou Vaa'i who really covers 6).
Jacobson, ah, arguably, more explosive than Blackadder but still behind Sititi and (possibly) Lakai.
@hikastags said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Rieko Ioane posted a photo today from training with Ah Kuoi in the background.
I wonder what number Ioane was wearing..
Finally it looks like Lawson is driving with confidence in the car and his luck appears to have changed. Previously if something could go wrong for him, it did.
Tsunoda showing that being #2 to Max is a career killer.
They seem to be more explosive than Blackadder:
Dominant Carry %
43.8 Luke Jacobson
34.3 Dalton Papali'i
29.4 Tupou Vaa'i
27.8 Scott Barrett
13.8 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 201 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to have the same amount of dominant carries )
Gainline %
65.9 Tupou Vaa'i
65.8 Luke Jacobson
63.0 Dalton Papali'i
54.5 Scott Barrett
34.1 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 158 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to get over the gainline the same amount of times )
Tackle Evasion %
22.8 Dalton Papali'i
19.5 Luke Jacobson
11.6 Tupou Vaa'i
8.1 Scott Barrett
2.5 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 324 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to evade the same amount of tackles )
In that interview today Razor mentioned footwork as being important and it seems like Blackadder doesn't really have any footwork.
Topuria v Oliveira
Pantoja v KKF
Royval v Joshua Van
Dariush v Moicano
Talbott v Lima
I can pick fights when I don’t bet
KKF didn’t really get any offence going. Stayed calm in the grappling in round 1, managed to get back to his feet a couple of times in round 2. He really needed a standup fight to have a chance and Pandora knew that
