ABs v Scotland
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Can we start on this one too? The midweek game is, well, a midweek game. The next test is against a sweaties team that is gaining in confidence and ability.
Need to take this one seriously and put on a really good show for me.
(Did I mention I am going to the game?)So Taylor for Coles and maybe Squire for Fifita. Other than that I don't see other changes.
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Scots team looking solid. Probably their most dangerous back three....well....ever ( I do get that this is a relative term ) and a solid midfield and poor man's Beauden Barrett in Finn Russell at 10. Not many hard men or ball carriers in their pack but they're definitely a team on the up.
As per usual I'll predict a gutsy 20 point loss.
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@mn5 what is a gutsy loss?
The French lost by 20 points, how would you describe that loss? Lucky? Unlucky? Gutsy? Typically French?
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@taniwharugby said in ABs v Scotland:
@mn5 what is a gutsy loss?
The French lost by 20 points, how would you describe that loss? Lucky? Unlucky? Gutsy? Typically French?
Between the Black Caps and Scottish Rugby teams I get gutsy losses all year round.
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@mn5 said in ABs v Scotland:
@taniwharugby said in ABs v Scotland:
@mn5 what is a gutsy loss?
The French lost by 20 points, how would you describe that loss? Lucky? Unlucky? Gutsy? Typically French?
Between the Black Caps and Scottish Rugby teams I get gutsy losses all year round.
Indian ODI and T20 not excepted
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@mn5 is gutsy different to plucky, brave or courageous? Poor Celts
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@taniwharugby said in ABs v Scotland:
@mn5 is gutsy different to plucky, brave or courageous? Poor Celts
It's all of the above but don't forget tenacious and dogged too....
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Scotland 44 - Samoa 38
All Blacks 78 - Samoa 0.
'nuf said.Like to see
Hames
Taylor
Laulala
Whitelock
Romano
Cane
Todd
Read
Smith
BBarrett
Ioane
Crotty
SBW
Naholo
Havili
Bench:
Ofa
Aumua (but suspect it'll be Harris)
Crockett
SBarrett
Squire (won't start coz playing game v French XV)
TKB
DMac
ALBReally want Dmac to start playing the 10/15 role. If we're up by heaps with 25 to go, he can go into 10 for Beauden. Otherwise he comes on for Havili about then. And Beaudy stays at 10. All game. No more 15 for Beaudy.
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@westcoastie said in ABs v Scotland:
Really want Dmac to start playing the 10/15 role. If we're up by heaps with 25 to go, he can go into 10 for Beauden.
Ahh no. He can learn to play 10 at Super level first.
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@westcoastie not sure if deliberate but you have SBW/Crotty round the wrong way.
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@taniwharugby said in ABs v Scotland:
@westcoastie not sure if deliberate but you have SBW/Crotty round the wrong way.
yup thats deliberate, I'd rather see Crotty at 12, SBW 13.
@antipodean said in ABs v Scotland:
@westcoastie said in ABs v Scotland:
Really want Dmac to start playing the 10/15 role. If we're up by heaps with 25 to go, he can go into 10 for Beauden.
Ahh no. He can learn to play 10 at Super level first.
Then its Sopoaga on the bench. But I expect him to not pay this week.
The selectors can afford to be a little looser with the first choice squad seeing as its just Scotland. They'll want to target the Welsh game with a statement performance.
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@westcoastie if you're gonna move Crotty in, I'd be inclined to run Goodhue at 13 (or ALB obviously) dont think SBW has performed as well at 13 as he does at 12.
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@dogmeat @taniwharugby
If I was selector, I'd move SBW to bench. Maybe drop him for being an egg. Happy to give Goodhue a go. (although he too is playing vs French XV)
yes combo did work better v French than at any other time recently.
It'll end up being SBW 12, Crotty 13. But yeh, I'd like the other way around -
@dogmeat said in ABs v Scotland:
I thought SBW/Crotty worked better than it has all season - until the obvious.
Shag obviously considers the combination our best option. In which case I'm all in favour of them having as much time together as possible
Agree, the SBW/Crotty combo was the highlight of the first half for me, and given the second half probably the highlight of the game bar Whitelock and Cane getting shit done on behalf of the rest of the team in the final 30 minutes.
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Crotty and Sonny Bill interchanged a bit in attack during the first half. It looked a bit different to what we've seen from the two.
Last year we saw when Crotty and ALB combined, they interchanged a bit and it looked the goods. They combined well with Barrett as well.
