Bledisloe I
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As long as there's no loopy intercept passes from the likes of Sopoaga and DMac, we'll do pretty well.
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@bovidae probably about the same as DC when asked about Mounga...
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@taniwharugby His comments were made in the series of articles when former ABs were asked about the contenders for the AB squad before the announcement.
Mils doesn't have a history with any of the contenders so I read it as a former AB fullback saying who he thought should be starting in a position he knows well. Hansen will have other ideas I believe.
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@raznomore said in Bledisloe I:
Sorry if this has been covered...
I see Vaea Fafita has commited career suicide by basically calling team management liars for leaving him out.
nah, his "performances" did that for him
his mouth certainly hasn't helped the cause though
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe I:
Come on @barbarian and @NTA you blokes are deadset favourites.
Fuck off Shag, you unfunny fluffybunnny.
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Forwards and halves pick themselves. Infact 1 - 11 do.
Moody, Taylor, Franks
BBBR, Whitelock
Cane, Squire, ReadSmith, Barrett
IoaneAfter that I confuse myself. Multiple options, none of which are bad.
I suspect it will be ALB and Crotty in midfield But Goodhue gives me good vibes and Laumape may be the like for like for Dubs.
With BFA off his game slightly I'm inclined to go Giraffe at the back and BFA 14. Would not be devastated with BFA at 15, Naholo 14. Wouldn't like Jordie/Naholo.
Bench ... again 16-22 reasonably straightforward:
Harris (meh ... but can't see them picking Coltman)
Karl T
Ofa
Barrett
Savea
TJ
DMac
and 23.23 will depend on selections 12-15. Someone who offers something different.
I'll bracket Jordie/Goodhue/Laumape.
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@mariner4life the quote where he basically said he preferred to seagull and run out on the wing over doing his core duties and "running into a brick wall and getting your body tired. Then you can't do anything," was hilarious.
He was here for a good time not a long time, not with comments like that.
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@booboo said in Bledisloe I:
Forwards and halves pick themselves. Infact 1 - 11 do.
Moody, Taylor, Franks
BBBR, Whitelock
Cane, Squire, ReadSmith, Barrett
IoaneAfter that I confuse myself. Multiple options, none of which are bad.
I suspect it will be ALB and Crotty in midfield But Goodhue gives me good vibes and Laumape may be the like for like for Dubs.
With BFA off his game slightly I'm inclined to go Giraffe at the back and BFA 14. Would not be devastated with BFA at 15, Naholo 14. Wouldn't like Jordie/Naholo.
Bench ... again 16-22 reasonably straightforward:
Harris (meh ... but can't see them picking Coltman)
Karl T
Ofa
Barrett
Savea
TJ
DMac
and 23.23 will depend on selections 12-15. Someone who offers something different.
I'll bracket Jordie/Goodhue/Laumape.
looks shit
Wallabies by -10
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@reprobate said in Bledisloe I:
anyone know if sam cane is going to start being good again soon?
Saturday
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There's a game on this weekend?
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe I:
we don't have many right wingers running around,
Try the politics forum.
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@majorrage said in Bledisloe I:
Wonder if Akira will get a start. Be good to see him on the field, maybe he could play 6.
be nice if someone could, it's been a while
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@raznomore said in Bledisloe I:
@mariner4life the quote where he basically said he preferred to seagull and run out on the wing over doing his core duties and "running into a brick wall and getting your body tired. Then you can't do anything," was hilarious.
He was here for a good time not a long time, not with comments like that.
God bless him. His honesty is fucken refreshing I'll give him that.
I bet Rueben Thorne spat his cornflakes all over his morning paper while he read them though....
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@mn5 said in Bledisloe I:
@raznomore said in Bledisloe I:
@mariner4life the quote where he basically said he preferred to seagull and run out on the wing over doing his core duties and "running into a brick wall and getting your body tired. Then you can't do anything," was hilarious.
He was here for a good time not a long time, not with comments like that.
God bless him. His honesty is fucken refreshing I'll give him that.
I bet Rueben Thorne spat his cornflakes all over his morning paper while he read them though....
Hansen called him to clarify
fark, after saying something like that to the papers, your sphincter would be squeaky when you saw his number come up on the phone. Quality.
Also, the wise men don't seem too upset - clearly chill. Of course, we may never see him in black again, but it was a sound explanation I thought.
Edit:
The All Blacks see Fifita as a blindside flanker and want him to spend as many minutes there as possible. He'll get those with Wellington, in the national provincial competition, but was unlikely to as an All Black given Liam Squire and Shannon Frizell's presence in the squad.*Hemopo's not destined to play a huge amount of Rugby Championship football either, but he will be introduced to the All Blacks' culture and protocols just as Fifita has in the last 18 months.
If Fifita gets the football he's after, while playing for the Lions, then a place on New Zealand's end-of-year tour beckons, following a season in which he was again confined to the Hurricanes' second row.*
