Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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@booboo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@gollum said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I don't see any lineout issues for us on our own ball, Romano at 2 is safe, Tui or Read can easiliy will ball at 4 or 6 with Franks & Kaino lifting. Add to that all our backup loosies are lineout options - Luatua, Dixon, Squire.
And Ardie. How tall is he?
Good old @Canes4life he created a joke that will never get old.
Is Tommy Bowe injured or given that he's about 200 years old in international wingers years has he been dropped/retired ?
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@kiwiinmelb said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
it looks like you can subscribe here and watch online if you can be fucked.
I did it once when they were Setanta and was not impressed with the quality , that was the last time we got beat by England, it was a bad experience all round€25 a month subscription with a minimum of 2 months commitment. Fuck that. I'll find a stream or a pub/hotel somewhere.
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@MN5 said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@booboo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@gollum said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I don't see any lineout issues for us on our own ball, Romano at 2 is safe, Tui or Read can easiliy will ball at 4 or 6 with Franks & Kaino lifting. Add to that all our backup loosies are lineout options - Luatua, Dixon, Squire.
And Ardie. How tall is he?
Good old @Canes4life he created a joke that will never get old.
Is Tommy Bowe injured or given that he's about 200 years old in international wingers years has he been dropped/retired ?
Tommy Bowe has recovered from injury but he's on the outer at this stage I think (32). Pity - always liked seeing him play. Trimble will get one last hurrah for this series. The future is Zebo, Healy, Adeolokun, Kelleher and Byrne.
@MN5 said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@booboo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@gollum said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I don't see any lineout issues for us on our own ball, Romano at 2 is safe, Tui or Read can easiliy will ball at 4 or 6 with Franks & Kaino lifting. Add to that all our backup loosies are lineout options - Luatua, Dixon, Squire.
And Ardie. How tall is he?
Good old @Canes4life he created a joke that will never get old.
Is Tommy Bowe injured or given that he's about 200 years old in international wingers years has he been dropped/retired ?
Bowe has recovered from injury but at 32 he's on the outer. Trimble, at same age, is getting a last hurrah in the November series. The future is Zebo, Earls, D Kearney, Gilroy, Healy, Adeolokun, Sweetnam, Healy and Kelleher. Hopefully those are the names in the mix by this time next year.
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Pretty sure our 23 will be close to full noise where possible for this game. With our two superstar locks out the changes in the starting forward pack will be minimal to compensate for our relative weakness here.
The talk will be around who replaces SW and BBBR (seems almost certain to be Romero and Padraig Tuohy-Polotu) and most likely the effect it has on the two bench spots for non front rowers. It seems logical to have a specialist lock on the bench but both bench options (Barrett and Fifita) are very green in the event of an early injury. I still like the two loose forward bench here, with Luatua a chance to get a run given his locking ability.
I'd say Cane will get a run from the bench with a view to captaining the Italy game (unless Cruden skippers in this game) and playing the big two games later in the tour. Given Ireland's size and ruggedness in the forwards, I wonder whether Todd starts again and Ardie Savea sits this one out.
Aaron Smith to come back as a starter.
Other than we're simply looking at the standard tinkering around the fringes i.e. J. Savea vs Naholo, and Fekitoa vs Moala on the bench.
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@Frye said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@pakman said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Anyone know which hotel ABs are staying in?
Trump Tower I believe.
With the Irish?
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@Hooroo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Frye said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@pakman said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Anyone know which hotel ABs are staying in?
Trump Tower I believe.
With the Irish?
Yeah, top and tail.
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@Hooroo said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
There was media pressure on the Irish team to change from Trump towers. I never realised AB's were also going to be there
Yeah I saw that. They were told they should "keep sport and politics separate" by NOT selecting the best hotel that best meets their needs.
These people must actually be retarded.
Not a Trump supporter by any means FYI.
I got told the ABs are starting at Trump too, I'll confirm during the week.
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@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
No, Setanta is now BeIN Sports and part of your Foxtel package if you have the sports pack, BeIN has three of the Wallabies games I see but no one seems to be showing this weekends Ireland v All Blacks game, can't see the Italy Test next week on either of these either...unbelievable, actually it is believable.
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https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/sport.html
"The new beIN SPORTS channels will also feature expanded rugby coverage from the Northern Hemisphere. Fans will get selected LIVE matches from the Wallabies and All Blacks Spring Tours, every game of the 2017 RBS 6 Nations LIVE and some of the best European club rugby."
The operative word is "selected"
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@Unite said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@KiwiMurph said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
So there's no legal option for those in Australia to watch?
Doesn't appear to be anything on Foxtel. Is that Setander or whatever it's called still around?
No, Setanta is now BeIN Sports and part of your Foxtel package if you have the sports pack, BeIN has three of the Wallabies games I see but no one seems to be showing this weekends Ireland v All Blacks game, can't see the Italy Test next week on either of these either...unbelievable, actually it is believable.
Yeah I saw that BeIN only had Wallabies. Farking bullshit if there is absolutely no way of legally watching the game in Australia.
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These fucking fluffybunnies. For the last few years the best AB games have been on Setanta and i have missed them. This year we get Setanta/beIN, it shows a fuck load of rugby, but the big AB games are missing. You fucking piston wristed gibbons. Put the fucking rugby on you bastards.
One possible ray of hope is that the broadcasting of the tour always seems to be finalised very late.
