All Blacks v France II
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@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks v France 2:
How long did Tupaea get to play last weekend? Was it fifteen or so minutes? That doesn't seem significant enough to achieve much if players are going to be rotated.
Possibly more like they saw what they wanted to see and can now move onto seeing if their other options can also deliver.
Do you think they knew that fifteen minutes would be enough time to assess Tupaea when planning their use of the bench? Or would he need to play again this weekend if they weren't sure yet, leaving Tavatavanawai an unknown for another week? Will fifteen minutes be enough to assess Tavatavanawai too?
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I’m happy with those backs. I wanted injury-only changes, and we mostly got that, QT falling out aside.
I’m happy for Proctor to get another run, and I’m pleased to see Clarke back. There is a bit of a concern that neither of our wingers are particularly elusive now, they both tend to pick out a defender and run straight at him - but at least they are speedy and CC can provide some aerial ability.
Hopefully BB kicks a bit more accurately (this seems a slightly better chance than hoping that he actually kicks less), and hopefully we don’t need to bring DMac on until 50mins or so, so there are some tied legs to run at.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France 2:
Am a little bit concerned Ioane has mostly played 11 not 14, then I saw his first season at Blues was at 14! But that was nearly a decade ago..
well we are picking our 10 on what he did a decade ago, so there is a pattern
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@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks v France 2:
@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks v France 2:
How long did Tupaea get to play last weekend? Was it fifteen or so minutes? That doesn't seem significant enough to achieve much if players are going to be rotated.
Possibly more like they saw what they wanted to see and can now move onto seeing if their other options can also deliver.
Do you think they knew that fifteen minutes would be enough time to assess Tupaea when planning their use of the bench? Or would he need to play again this weekend if they weren't sure yet, leaving Tavatavanawai an unknown for another week? Will fifteen minutes be enough to assess Tavatavanawai too?
Comparing an almost incumbent to a debutant is apples and oranges. And who knows what they had planned for Tupaea before Reece messed it up with his prize winning melon.
Like I said, maybe they already had an inkling what they were going to get from Tupaea and last weekend confirmed it, so they can now move on to seeing if another guy is going to cut the mustard (a guy who they might like to see more of as they haven't seen him at test level before).
Prolly not what I would have done, but makes complete sense.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France 2:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France 2:
Am a little bit concerned Ioane has mostly played 11 not 14, then I saw his first season at Blues was at 14! But that was nearly a decade ago..
well we are picking our 10 on what he did a decade ago, so there is a pattern
To be fair, he kicked points far more effectively in the last game than I expected. But I too would not have selected him at 10.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
It's a shame that Ruben Love is not getting a chance. Hopefully he will in Hamilton.
Wouldn’t have minded Love at 15 this week and Jordan on the wing. I feel Love’s only chance of getting a run is if DMac or Beaudy get injured unfortunately. Hopefully he gets a start next week.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France 2:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks v France 2:
@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:
Love to start, DMac back to the bench to hopefully do his thing in the last 20/30.
Would've been interesting how much worse the kicking would have been with a back three that kick worse than half the loosies in the country.
I think Razors plan for DMAC is just that, because he will be expecting to bring Mounga back into the side next year, so DMAC can cover 10/15 from the bench
So we keep hearing. Don’t be so sure…
And what makes you not so sure?
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
It's a shame that Ruben Love is not getting a chance. Hopefully he will in Hamilton.
Wouldn’t have minded Love at 15 this week and Jordan on the wing. I feel Love’s only chance of getting a run is if DMac or Beaudy get injured unfortunately. Hopefully he gets a start next week.
I think one of them will get rotated out for the third test to open up the opportunity for Love to come into the 23.
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Don't read the latest Hamish Bidwell rugbypass article calling the All Blacks lazy and complacent and Joris Segonds a journeyman. Maybe he's actually quite a good player in a very well-coached team.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ACT-Crusader course they will, we all know Jordie is right wing cover.
Fuck no. He stank when Foster played him there. 12 or 15 FFS.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
I think this will be another tough test for the All Blacks, especially so if the ref starts dishing out cards.
Unless they tighten up their defence significantly, it really shouldn't be close. We made a heap of line breaks and just couldn't finish due to small errors and a lack of patience - if we fix either of those and nothing changes from them it should be comfortable.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
I think this will be another tough test for the All Blacks, especially so if the ref starts dishing out cards.
Unless they tighten up their defence significantly, it really shouldn't be close. We made a heap of line breaks and just couldn't finish due to small errors and a lack of patience - if we fix either of those and nothing changes from them it should be comfortable.
Agree.
It wasn't our points scoring, it was shipping 30 odd points to them that worried me.
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