All Blacks v Tonga
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks 2021:
Hopefully mullets are out numbering moustaches.
And pink boots
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@mn5 said in All Blacks 2021:
@bones said in All Blacks 2021:
So anyone heard anything about UK coverage yet?
Just log onto the fern and read a match thread. It’ll be like being at the game.
the drunk guys behind you shouting inappropriate abuse at the players and refs.
easier beers, though
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2021:
@mn5 said in All Blacks 2021:
@bones said in All Blacks 2021:
So anyone heard anything about UK coverage yet?
Just log onto the fern and read a match thread. It’ll be like being at the game.
the drunk guys behind you shouting inappropriate abuse at the players and refs.
easier beers, though
You also never actually learn the score
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@stargazer must admit my interest level is very low given the state of the Ikale Tahi team that will be running out against the All Blacks on Saturday..It has the potential to be a cricket score
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@steven-harris said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@stargazer must admit my interest level is very low given the state of the Ikale Tahi team that will be running out against the All Blacks on Saturday..It has the potential to be a cricket score
Same. I can't remember being less excited about the start of the International season. I suspect Foster may have something to do with that, and the team overall not being of the same quality of the last 15 years. We have been remarkably spoiled with outstanding players and coaches until recently.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@steven-harris said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@stargazer must admit my interest level is very low given the state of the Ikale Tahi team that will be running out against the All Blacks on Saturday..It has the potential to be a cricket score
Same. I can't remember being less excited about the start of the International season. I suspect Foster may have something to do with that, and the team overall not being of the same quality of the last 15 years. We have been remarkably spoiled with outstanding players and coaches until recently.
We rode that wave to two RWC trophies and countless TRC and Bledisloe cups. But the Golden Age has passed, and for the forseeable future tests will be far less predictable. Which would probably be a good thing but will take some getting used to again
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@steven-harris said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@stargazer must admit my interest level is very low given the state of the Ikale Tahi team that will be running out against the All Blacks on Saturday..It has the potential to be a cricket score
Same. I can't remember being less excited about the start of the International season. I suspect Foster may have something to do with that, and the team overall not being of the same quality of the last 15 years. We have been remarkably spoiled with outstanding players and coaches until recently.
Yeah, Foster plus a really weak opposition doesn't inspire a lot of excitement. I'm firmly of the opinion that firstly Foster should never have been appointed, and secondly that he should have stood down after the embarrassing first ever loss to Argentina. The standards at the ABs appear to have gone through the floor, that performance was so far below what is expected it's not even funny. Still really grates me, we got our game plan and selections so badly wrong last year it became comical.
It's great that Tonga and Fiji get a run against the ABs, and long may that continue, but putting cricket scores on them is meaningless though I'm sure Foster will be lauded by our idiotic sports media regardless.
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@no-quarter Tend to agree with the sentiment. That loss to the Argies and the one against a very depleted Aussie side were really poor performances. I think people have either forgotten or written them off as a COVID-influenced thing.
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To me the lack of excitement comes purely down to the opposition.
I'm no Foster fan but i'm interested to see what changes happen this year compared to the ABs last year. I'm excited to see how Havili goes at 12, the loose forward battle, the battle for the 10 shirt etc. There were some positive signs in the ABs final performance of the year last year - can they build on that or not.
The problem is the game against Tonga will teach us nothing about the above questions. I commend Samoa for not playing ABs but instead play Maori ABs.
Hopefully the match helps Tonga's preparation for their qualifier vs Samoa but I get the sense it will do more harm than good (injuries etc).
Hopefully Fiji are stronger - on paper it seems that way.
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@steven-harris said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@stargazer must admit my interest level is very low given the state of the Ikale Tahi team that will be running out against the All Blacks on Saturday..It has the potential to be a cricket score
And I can't see anything meaningful to come out of it. The opposition won't be good enough to maintain structure that the ABs may be working on and we're not going to learn anything about the players selected unless they have a mare.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@crucial said in All Blacks 2021:
Isn't anyone wondering when the team will be named?
Geez on most things you have the detail, but have missed a whole day in lockdown? Isnt it still Wednesday lol ?
either way must be time to find some sauce
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@bayimports Dude, it's about the team naming. That's on Thursday. Always is, unless the ABs are playing on another day than Saturday.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@bayimports Dude, it's about the team naming. That's on Thursday. Always is, unless the ABs are playing on another day than Saturday.
lol, i took your reply out of context, i didnt realise you were replying to Crucial, until I took another look
all good, for the record I dont abide by Thursday rules...there are other channels ..let me see if i can get some sauce
