Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae hopefully back on his home turf will lift him too!
The LAST home test of the year for all the players so they shouldn't be lacking any motivation.
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Alright so for the Wallabies:
Fainga'a dropped altogether for lineout which is fair enough I suppose.
Samu dropped because breakdown work wasn't accurate, so fair enough I suppose. Replacing him with Hanigan helps the lineout options so... jeez I dunno. We'd better seriously dominate the AB lineout with him there, because TBH hasn't shown enough physicality for this level of rugby.The modifications to the bench are mostly alright - Noah Lolesio wasn't ever going to get on in Wellington and will be saved for someone like Argentina. Petaia can come off the bench later and see if his prodigious talent can survive the first run/tackle.
Wright off the bench should be a revelation. The kid can play and will help enormously against Sam Cane in the last 20.
I'm sort of in shock at the unchanged backline tho. Been a while since the Wallabies did that, but it is deserved.
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Time for Paddy T to have a big game at home as the senior lock. I didn't think he imposed himself at all in game 1.
Is this the first time we've seen a Pasifika locking partnership starting for the All Blacks? Nice milestone if it is, hope they go well.
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Nepia said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Why are we persisting with Goodhue at 12 and Jordie at 14? Fucking idiots.
Especially when ALB at 12 and Goodhue at 13 works and they're both on the bloody field.
Hopefully they switch positions as required. Goodhue at 12 might be to keep the Crusaders combo.
“ Foster says Lienert-Brown, Jack Goodhue will swap roles during the game”
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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Best ten at 15, best fullback at 14, centres around the wrong way, second best 7 playing at eight where he's behind multiple players in that position, our depth being tested at lock, a player that may not be up to it at six and they drop Reiko who looks like he was in good form. At the very least play him on the wing.
So many problems.
Very true, especially re:8 Is Ikira injured or just not in the starting 23 frame? Or is he back with Auckland?
Seems daft having so many players out of position like he's trying to make it "his team" to remembered. It will be remembered if we lose a long standing dominance at Kaikoura Fish and Chip stadium this weekend. So many omens for this to go wrong!
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
“ Foster says Lienert-Brown, Jack Goodhue will swap roles during the game”
Defence and attack? Field position? What is the plan there?
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@Marty said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Time for Paddy T to have a big game at home as the senior lock. I didn't think he imposed himself at all in game 1.
Is this the first time we've seen a Pasifika locking partnership starting for the All Blacks? Nice milestone if it is, hope they go well.
I'm sure it is. The list of PI locks would be short (e.g., Mika, Filipo) and never overlapped, or started often.
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that is depressingly hilarious
so, injury aside, basically last week is all Reiko's fault? Everything else was apples? Fuck me dead
What the fuck is that midfield?????? If it is all about supporting Mo'unga on defense to the detriment of the play at 12 then that is damning
Is that the worst AB forward pack in recent memory? Savea still at 8??? fuuuuucking hell. Patty T has his training wheels on at test level, and the dude next to him has a handful of minutes under his belt. The guy off the bench is limited, and hasn't played in months. These guys need to go up like 5 gears.
What the fuck is DMac doing there?
BB at fullback and no Bridge makes the backline marginally better than last week, but with the muddled midfield it's close...
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Marty said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Time for Paddy T to have a big game at home as the senior lock. I didn't think he imposed himself at all in game 1.
Is this the first time we've seen a Pasifika locking partnership starting for the All Blacks? Nice milestone if it is, hope they go well.
I'm sure it is. The list of PI locks would be short (e.g., Mika, Filipo) and never overlapped, or started often.
Kaino and Tuipulotu started against Ireland in the ill-fated Chicago game.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Nepia said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Why are we persisting with Goodhue at 12 and Jordie at 14? Fucking idiots.
Especially when ALB at 12 and Goodhue at 13 works and they're both on the bloody field.
Hopefully they switch positions as required. Goodhue at 12 might be to keep the Crusaders combo.
“ Foster says Lienert-Brown, Jack Goodhue will swap roles during the game”
that's retarded
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA Don't get why he wouldn't just start with Wright. Hanigan is a joke selection, rivaling the many that Foster has made.
Not a lot of difference in their physical dimensions but Hanigan is probably picked to tighten up our lineout defense by putting pressure on the ABs. They've lost Whitelock so that could be a good move - while he's not much difference in height to Wright, he's got better reach and experience at lineout time.
I'm still a bit iffy over it, but lineout was a major failing of ours on the weekend.
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Ian Foster on the decision to demote Rieko Ioane to the bench: "We said at the time we've got three quality midfielders and we just felt this week that given Anton's greatest strength is decision making in that area it was the right call.
"We were actually pretty happy with Rieko's involvement last week."
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lots of chat about the AB forwards "getting a rocket" during the week, like it's just assumed they have extra gears they can go to, and they all collectively had an off night. It's equally likely that they just aren't very good.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Quality fullback options for the Blues were pretty light on from what I remember.
That's harsh - Leon could have been player/coach
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
lots of chat about the AB forwards "getting a rocket" during the week, like it's just assumed they have extra gears they can go to, and they all collectively had an off night. It's equally likely that they just aren't very good.
I like how you're lowering your expectations, but really you can't beat Wallabies fans in a race to the bottom on that or pretty much anything.
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Is there some conspiracy to have the All Blacks so bad RA doesn't want to join NZR's SR competition?
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@PecoTrain said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Quality fullback options for the Blues were pretty light on from what I remember.
That's harsh - Leon could have been player/coach
what did they expect when they let Collins go.....
