RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Where’s Stargazer to explain how great Bridge is and how Richie wasn’t a defensive liability?
When Ioane has played a game like tonight, we’ve often heard the “forwards didn’t front, so no space for the wingers” line trotted out. Just sayin 😁
Perhaps it was just me, but there seemed to be a lack of support when we pushed the ball out wide.
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@MrDenmore said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Wind back 24 hours, start Cane instead of SB; Coles starting instead of Taylor; Bender on the bench instead of Jordie. Would it have made a difference?
Might have kept it closer.
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@Tim said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@ACT-Crusader He scored against Australia in Perth and was good. Hansen made him a scapegoat to bring in an NPC level player. You're not getting away with that Crusaders bullshit tonight.
Good? No he wasn’t. He scored when we had front foot ball and we were getting a roll on.
And so much for Paddy T providing impact. Wet lettuce more like it.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Machpants said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Pissed, got in CoD MW, took it out on the bad guys and top scored by miles. BBBR got nothing on my killing rage
That just went way over my head...
Best you watch some Poldark 😜
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@ACT-Crusader LOL, they brought him on with 10 to go. Maybe they should've played two Scott Barretts?
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@No-Quarter said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I was also surprised we didn't try and play Rieko into some form given how much of a game breaker he is.
Was he due to play in the cancelled Italy game?
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@Tim said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@ACT-Crusader He scored against Australia in Perth and was good. Hansen made him a scapegoat to bring in an NPC level player. You're not getting away with that Crusaders bullshit tonight.
Would have been a great game to have a player make something out of nothing, with the forwards getting owned. Like Savea and Ioane have done for us in the past.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@No-Quarter said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I was also surprised we didn't try and play Rieko into some form given how much of a game breaker he is.
Was he due to play in the cancelled Italy game?
Geniuses would have probably played him at centre, like for large parts of the previous game. They made their minds up before the WC.
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@Kirwan the key word being the past. The very distant past. He hasn’t done any Houdini play for a while. Certainly not this year.
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@MrDenmore Nope that is a magnificent forward pack. We cant even look forward to their imminent retirement. Most are still young. They even did brilliant pop passes
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan the key word being the past. The very distant past. He hasn’t done any Houdini play for a while. Certainly not this year.
And Bridge never has.
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@ACT-Crusader LOL, I guess you only watched the Crusaders this year.
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Looks like we spent most of our energy last week and were flat asf this week. That and a couple of baffling selections. This is why some of us were hoping for an easy QF so that we could peak for this game. Oh well, no excuses. England were just better but what hurts the most is that we offered nothing.
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@Machpants said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Best you watch some Poldark
God no.
Like bloody East Enders with wrong accents and worse plot lines
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@ACT-Crusader I like Bridge - does the right thing. Covers well. Good skills so he finishes well, It’s always a mix call as to whether you have a game breaker or a team player. Trouble is that our game breakers like Reiko have been average.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Machpants said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Best you watch some Poldark
God no.
Like bloody East Enders with wrong accents and worse plot lines
Haha entirely true. But I do get nostalgic about Cornwall, spent a few years at Culdrose, and family in Coverack and Helston
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@BerniesCorner said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MrDenmore Nope that is a magnificent forward pack. We cant even look forward to their imminent retirement. Most are still young. They even did brilliant pop passes
The ABs attacked the tackle different tonight. We’ve tended to run one low and one high to not allow the offloads, but tonight there was quite a few, one low, and the England fatties were able stand and offload.
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