All Blacks vs Scotland
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@booboo Sam came out of the sheds a little more vocal after a great period by Scotland. And Ardie was too. Also helps in the leadership stakes when your 90 test 1st 5 starts to play with a bit more purpose and not helter skelter
Was a little dangled fish hook but he got a bit pushy-shovey a few times. If it was Akira doing that the hate squad would have lost it.
Want to see more composure from him, not just as skipper but as the most experienced guy.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Lienert-Brown fans: he is absolute shit. Should never be anywhere near international rugby. He's slow, he's a bum. Rieko is 100x the player. Deal with it.
ALB was terrible at 13, but a decided improvement on DH at 12.
It was interesting seeing the very different formations with Ioane, ALB and Jordie.
Jordie at 2nd 5 with ALB outside him.
ALB closer in and Ioane outside.
Jordie into 1st receiver, Beaudie roaming out back and ALB and Ioane set up close together.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Frye said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Lienert-Brown fans: he is absolute shit. Should never be anywhere near international rugby. He's slow, he's a bum. Rieko is 100x the player. Deal with it.
He was fine. Better than DH. But certainly not threatening the top XV right now. Hopefully he does put pressure on Reiko next year but I'm very comfortable with the incumbent midfield as it is.
Fyi there are 2 interviews on YouTube with J Barrett and R Ioane on the All Blacks channel. Definitely worth a watch, they've got good banter, a sign they could develop into a pretty decent combination.
Is that you Stephen Donald?
No he wasn’t fine. He made poor reads, lost the ball in contact, fell off tackles.
He did get a little better in the last 15-20, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t good in the period before.
Yep.
What was even worse is he's normally a safe, controlled player with good defence. Bloody awful tonight.
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While you chaps argue about ALB (and who else is there that can cover 12/13 at a pinch, don't say Goodhue, even he thinks his body may not be up to it)..it is DH that I will focus my wrathful ire upon.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Yeah this chopping and changing is such a great idea. Fucking change my mind.
Ma'a Nonu played something like 70 tests at 12 and 62 of those were with Conrad Smith. Jordie B has had 2 and looks a million times better than that headless chook Havili. We're 10 tests away from a QF but yeah, keep changing the fucking team.
Since 2015 we've been looking for centers. Hansen fucked the team around all the way up to the SF in 2019. Foster has done the same. Finally find a potential candidate and he won't be played 2 tests in succession.
For all the doom and gloom in this test, the Jocks are gifted a PT (DP was blocked from making a tackle and the ball ingoal makes a huge dogleg to the left, not probable in my book but hey) and Mr Indecisive gift wraps and pass right into the hands of the Jocks.
And what happens if we put all our eggs in the Jordie basket, he gets injured and we don't have back-ups with reasonable experience.?
Experience or talent?
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@duke said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
That’s rough for Scotland. In the slow mo he didn’t appear to be even looking at the ball.
Amazing how well he batted the ball away without looking at it.
Yes from another angle it looked more ah cunning.
Was it you who mentioned the way he was leaning out of the tackle and only turned in to actually tackle once he had completely accidentally spiked the ball upfield?
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ALB can play 12
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Lienert-Brown fans: he is absolute shit. Should never be anywhere near international rugby. He's slow, he's a bum. Rieko is 100x the player. Deal with it.
ALB was terrible at 13, but a decided improvement on DH at 12.
It was interesting seeing the very different formations with Ioane, ALB and Jordie.
Jordie at 2nd 5 with ALB outside him.
ALB closer in and Ioane outside.
Jordie into 1st receiver, Beaudie roaming out back and ALB and Ioane set up close together.
So basically the ABs were better when BB was nowhere near the important decision-making?
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@broughie said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Yeah this chopping and changing is such a great idea. Fucking change my mind.
Ma'a Nonu played something like 70 tests at 12 and 62 of those were with Conrad Smith. Jordie B has had 2 and looks a million times better than that headless chook Havili. We're 10 tests away from a QF but yeah, keep changing the fucking team.
Since 2015 we've been looking for centers. Hansen fucked the team around all the way up to the SF in 2019. Foster has done the same. Finally find a potential candidate and he won't be played 2 tests in succession.
For all the doom and gloom in this test, the Jocks are gifted a PT (DP was blocked from making a tackle and the ball ingoal makes a huge dogleg to the left, not probable in my book but hey) and Mr Indecisive gift wraps and pass right into the hands of the Jocks.
And what happens if we put all our eggs in the Jordie basket, he gets injured and we don't have back-ups with reasonable experience.?
Experience or talent?
Not a zero sum game. Jordie looks to be a safe option at 12 and we should play him there, but we need a backup and on today's performance it isn't DH.
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1.De Groot
2.Samisoni
3.Lomax
4.Whitelock C
5.Retallick
6.Scott Barrett
7.Papalii
8.Savea
9.Smith
10.Mo’unga
11.
12.Jordie
13. Ioane
14.Telea
15. JordanI’d have Rieko at 11 if we could find a 13.
So probably Reece to 11 or someone else.
Clarke is shite.
Most all black 11’s of old are in double figures for tries at his amount of caps.I wouldn’t even have Beaudy in the 23 at the moment.
McKenzie is knocking on the door and I wouldn’t be surprised to see DMAC starting a knockout game at the World Cup at 10.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@duke said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
That’s rough for Scotland. In the slow mo he didn’t appear to be even looking at the ball.
Amazing how well he batted the ball away without looking at it.
Yes from another angle it looked more ah cunning.
Was it you who mentioned the way he was leaning out of the tackle and only turned in to actually tackle once he had completely accidentally spiked the ball upfield?
Yes, did you see the other angle? It was quite skilful.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@broughie said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Yeah this chopping and changing is such a great idea. Fucking change my mind.
Ma'a Nonu played something like 70 tests at 12 and 62 of those were with Conrad Smith. Jordie B has had 2 and looks a million times better than that headless chook Havili. We're 10 tests away from a QF but yeah, keep changing the fucking team.
Since 2015 we've been looking for centers. Hansen fucked the team around all the way up to the SF in 2019. Foster has done the same. Finally find a potential candidate and he won't be played 2 tests in succession.
For all the doom and gloom in this test, the Jocks are gifted a PT (DP was blocked from making a tackle and the ball ingoal makes a huge dogleg to the left, not probable in my book but hey) and Mr Indecisive gift wraps and pass right into the hands of the Jocks.
And what happens if we put all our eggs in the Jordie basket, he gets injured and we don't have back-ups with reasonable experience.?
Experience or talent?
Not a zero sum game. Jordie looks to be a safe option at 12 and we should play him there, but we need a backup and on today's performance it isn't DH.
Laumape would be handy . All we need is a bloke who doesn’t get dragged backwards with every carry.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Frye said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
Lienert-Brown fans: he is absolute shit. Should never be anywhere near international rugby. He's slow, he's a bum. Rieko is 100x the player. Deal with it.
He was fine. Better than DH. But certainly not threatening the top XV right now. Hopefully he does put pressure on Reiko next year but I'm very comfortable with the incumbent midfield as it is.
Fyi there are 2 interviews on YouTube with J Barrett and R Ioane on the All Blacks channel. Definitely worth a watch, they've got good banter, a sign they could develop into a pretty decent combination.
Is that you Stephen Donald?
No he wasn’t fine. He made poor reads, lost the ball in contact, fell off tackles.
He did get a little better in the last 15-20, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t good in the period before.
I didn't say he was perfect. He at least didn't throw an awful intercept pass when he had a man free outside ala DH.
Havili is an absolute handbrake at 12. Hopefully Goodhue is fit and firing next year.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
1.De Groot
2.Samisoni
3.Lomax
4.Whitelock C
5.Retallick
6.Scott Barrett
7.Papalii
8.Savea
9.Smith
10.Mo’unga
11.
12.Jordie
13. Ioane
14.Telea
15. JordanI’d have Rieko at 11 if we could find a 13.
So probably Reece to 11 or someone else.
Clarke is shite.
Most all black 11’s of old are in double figures for tries at his amount of caps.I wouldn’t even have Beaudy in the 23 at the moment.
McKenzie is knocking on the door and I wouldn’t be surprised to see DMAC starting a knockout game at the World Cup at 10.
DMac has looked lively against the BaaBaas today. Still has a lot of pluck.
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What is held against Alex Nankivell? I only saw him at XV level but he looks ok (and I just realized he has played 13). Might be a bit light? Not short.
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@nostrildamus International rugby is a step up. He is a good, not exceptional, super rugby player.
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@broughie said in All Blacks vs Scotland:
@nostrildamus International rugby is a step up. He is a good, not exceptional, super rugby player.
ok, it is just we are running out of midfield options.
