Bledisloe II
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Maybe it comes down to the quality of the coaching, the reverse of what we see in RL where there is a dearth of good NZ coaches. Individually, Aust has some world class players but can't seem to get the best out of them, on a consistent basis.
I'm still picking them to beat SA in Brisbane.
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@steven-harris said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life but you know what,they actually don’t too badly at rugby world cups..
My question to you is,.how good will we be after all these several greats we have move on..?I hope we won't have to panic too much about immediate departures after RWC2019. Frankly, I don't see any need for the likes of Beauden, Brodie, Sam or Owen to be buggering off overseas at that point and will hold it against them if they do. They are still relatively young men and still have much to contribute to the ABs.
For forwards, I think age 32 is probably about the time to start thinking about a departure - for backs, probably when you start to be pushed out a la Dagg and Savea.
Guys who will have done their time and can leave with my blessing include Read, Todd, SBW, Crotty and BFA. And we've got pretty much ready made replacements for these guys other than Read - and hopefully Coventry is going to wave a magic wand and conjure up that guy!
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@chris-b who is the ready made replacement for Todd? Some good young guys on the fringes, oozing potebtial, but we have some games likely without Cane or Todd coming up.
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@taniwharugby Sam Cane - he's only 26.
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@chris-b he could sponge off his brothers, surely they couldnt all be stupid with money
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b he could sponge off his brothers, surely they couldnt all be stupid with money
Not after the way Mrs. Barrett has chucked those others out of their bedrooms so that Beauden has somewhere to put his shoes!
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b Hmmm, so three Crusaders, an ex Crusader, and a South Islander can go off and make their millions or retire in the sun with your blessing but you're forcing three North Islanders to remain in indentured servitude.
I thought you guys would still want to have a couple of All Blacks?
We can install ACT in Shand's job, if you're not fussed!
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@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b Hmmm, so three Crusaders, an ex Crusader, and a South Islander can go off and make their millions or retire in the sun with your blessing but you're forcing three North Islanders to remain in indentured servitude.
I thought you guys would still want to have a couple of All Blacks?
We can install ACT in Shand's job, if you're not fussed!
Shand's Hawkes Bay upbringing is the only thing stopping a facist Crusaders hegemony.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b Hmmm, so three Crusaders, an ex Crusader, and a South Islander can go off and make their millions or retire in the sun with your blessing but you're forcing three North Islanders to remain in indentured servitude.
I thought you guys would still want to have a couple of All Blacks?
We can install ACT in Shand's job, if you're not fussed!
Shand's Hawkes Bay upbringing is the only thing stopping a facist Crusaders hegemony.
Haha -sleep well with that in mind. Hitler was an Austrian!
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@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b Hmmm, so three Crusaders, an ex Crusader, and a South Islander can go off and make their millions or retire in the sun with your blessing but you're forcing three North Islanders to remain in indentured servitude.
I thought you guys would still want to have a couple of All Blacks?
We can install ACT in Shand's job, if you're not fussed!
Shand's Hawkes Bay upbringing is the only thing stopping a facist Crusaders hegemony.
Haha -sleep well with that in mind. Hitler was an Austrian!
Clearly Ta$man is Canterbury's Austria.
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@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia We are the Switzerland of the South.
The Cantabs like the Germans have looked east to find more extreme versions of their bogan-selves - in Hawkes Bay!
Hmmm, yes I can see it, Switzerland stored stolen Nazi gold and art and Ta$man stores stolen loose forwards.
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@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia We should have got quite wealthy out of the Marshall Plan as well - need to speak with James and Tom about that money...
Maybe the wrong Marshall, seems to be Justin who distributes the wealth of compliments to his former enemies and allies.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@chris-b said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia We are the Switzerland of the South.
The Cantabs like the Germans have looked east to find more extreme versions of their bogan-selves - in Hawkes Bay!
Hmmm, yes I can see it, Switzerland stored stolen Nazi gold and art and Ta$man stores stolen loose forwards.
Where does Hawkes Bay stand in all this ?
Heroic Russian tanks who advanced and ended the war?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
I liked Moody's try. Showed great strength. Very unheralded player, but does a shit load of work in tight and hits like a train.
That was a great try. Hope Owen Franks watches some replays, look what can happen when a big strong prop hits the ball at top speed.
In Owen's case that's 3 mph though?
Again, for a guy who is very possibly the strongest bloke in the team his lack of power as a ball carrier is baffling.
It’s not baffling if you understand basic physics....he’s almost certainly the slowest in the team.
Kinetic energy = 1/2 mass x velocity squared
Well yeah but he also loves his Olympic weightlifting and that builds explosiveness like nothing else.
I know the franks family reasonably well, they don't do much olympic lifting (if any at all) it's mainly squats and deadlifts.
Having run beside him at the gym a few times I can confirm he's so slow it's almost funny.
This did make me chuckle, however the internet says you're completely wrong.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
given Cane has had alsmot as many head knocks as Crotty, maybe we need to look at leaving him out for a period too?
So that slots Savea firmly in the drivers seat (looked a bit more physical than normal last night too, although against a beaten Wallaby pack) but who is the next 7 off the ranks?
I'm leaning towards Papali'i.Worth a go IMO, he's into everything.
