All Blacks Squad for France
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I’d much prefer a back three of
11 Ioane
14 Naholo
15 B. SmithB. Barrett drops back quite a bit anyway, so we always have 3 or sometimes 4 players behind the ball for the counter. That’s two kicking options. We don’t need a third on the wing. Even if we do, both Ioane and Naholo have shown they know how to clear it.
J. Barrett is a good bench option for fullback/wing/midfield cover.
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@act-crusader Your back three is the most likely variation to what I've picked (IMO). I thought abnout that for a while.
I think having DMac and Jordie on the bench has a lot of redundancy and I'm far from convinced that Jordie is first rate cover in the midfield or wing. Also he'll be earning just his third test cap, so I think they'll be cautious about what they task him with.
So, I'm somewhat of the opinion that if Jordie doesn't start he doesn't play. And I think they'll want him to play. And I think they'll want to give DMac plenty of time to bed in as a Supersub.
So to get them both in the 23, I've got Jordie starting - but, I won't be surprised to be wrong.
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@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
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@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
So many names for him now
5AMac
McBarrett
Big Mac Barret. -
@hooroo said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
So many names for him now
5AMac
McBarrett
Big Mac Barret.Pimply Giraffe
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@bones 5aMac - nice, I had to think about that briefly.
Yeah - specialist midfield cover on the bench - especially given that I've picked Crotty to start.
Much as I like Crots, he's starting to feel a bit like having Guppy opening in test matches. It's more hope than expectation that he'll still be out there an hour after the start.
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@hooroo said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
So many names for him now
5AMac
McBarrett
Big Mac Barret.You can't blame him. Maccas is pretty meh most of the time but downright delicious when you're on the hammer in the wee small hours.
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@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@hooroo said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
So many names for him now
5AMac
McBarrett
Big Mac Barret.You can't blame him. Maccas is pretty meh most of the time but downright delicious when you're on the hammer in the wee small hours.
I don't think anyone is concerned with his food choices...
I made a dire mistake two weeks ago after a massive night, on the way to work I stopped at maccas and took advantage of the Morning Big Macs! That couple of minutes of Big Mac satisfaction was knocked severly on the head as it made me feel ropey as hell for about 6 hours! Repeating Big Macs is not cool
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@hooroo said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@hooroo said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b yeah just to make fern history I'm going to disagree with @ACT-Crusader.
I don't see the value in DMac and 5aMac on the bench either and can't abide the latter as midfield cover. Although can't say I'd be all that comfortable with Ioane covering it either.
So many names for him now
5AMac
McBarrett
Big Mac Barret.You can't blame him. Maccas is pretty meh most of the time but downright delicious when you're on the hammer in the wee small hours.
I don't think anyone is concerned with his food choices...
I made a dire mistake two weeks ago after a massive night, on the way to work I stopped at maccas and took advantage of the Morning Big Macs! That couple of minutes of Big Mac satisfaction was knocked severly on the head as it made me feel ropey as hell for about 6 hours! Repeating Big Macs is not cool
At least there was no public holiday surcharge though
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@siam said in All Blacks Squad for France:
When's the team named?
Woo hoo I'm first this year!!🤣
Ban. This. C*nt.
Right now
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@bones On that note, you can't buy Vegemite (or NZ Marmite) easily here in Japan anymore so tried UK Marmite. What friggen crap! It is runny, light brown and lacks taste! How do they stuff that up? OK, sorry...back to the topic
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@samurai-jack hah! I'm a Vegemite man but actually don't mind that runny marmite eh, always a jar sitting in the cupboard for when the veges runs out.
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I guess this goes in here (maybe someone change the thread title to NZ v France?)
I liked this article mostly for the references to the Y2K bug. Ah, those were the days.
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@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
You fuckers shouldn't bad mouth my pal maccas like that. It's farkin shit in the UK, you don't know how good you've got it.
Just thought I'd add, the best Maccas in the world is in Singapore.
Seems to be less greasy, you can get curry sauce AND you can have a milo as your drink in a combo.Even tastes good sober!
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@rembrandt said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
You fuckers shouldn't bad mouth my pal maccas like that. It's farkin shit in the UK, you don't know how good you've got it.
Just thought I'd add, the best Maccas in the world is in Singapore.
Seems to be less greasy, you can get curry sauce AND you can have a milo as your drink in a combo.Even tastes good sober!
....and you get locked up if you litter.
What a society.
