All Blacks vs Fiji

I'm picking Foster will say something like "people were complaining about our game last week being too easy and today we came up against a very good Fiji side..."

ACT Crusader

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

The team selected for next week is going to be very interesting.

Better have Dalton and Akira to sort out our physicality.

Much prefer Patty T coming off the bench for a short stint impact.

kev

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

The team selected for next week is going to be very interesting.

Better have Dalton and Akira to sort out our physicality.

Dalton yes, Akira still has a long way to go on his work rate. The reason he was dropped from the Blues for the second half of the season.

antipodean

Yes Goldie, this is where All Black rugby is now; learning by being challenged by Fiji.

Machpants

@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

The team selected for next week is going to be very interesting.

Better have Dalton and Akira to sort out our physicality.

Much prefer Patty T coming off the bench for a short stint impact.

He makes a heap of impact with his tits for hands

Old Samurai Jack

@act-crusader Don't think his game converts to test rugby.

African Monkey

@kev Still by far and away the best 6 in the country.

He wins collisions and is a proper enforcer with a high workrate (don't know where this low workrate rubbish has come from).

Victor Meldrew

@tim said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

An idiot:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300354196/sir-steve-hansen-says-its-stupid-that-ian-foster-hasnt-been-resigned-as-all-blacks-coach-until-2023

Make a bloody great caption competition, that pic.

Yeetyaah

People on social media really out here saying that the ref fucked Fiji out of the win. Did they watch the fucking game? Williams was fucking terrible both ways.

No Quarter

I dislike the way Smithy is going on about how Fiji should be "proud". No professional athlete should be proud of being thrashed. Comes across as condescending.

antipodean

@yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

People on social media ~~really out here saying that the ref fucked Fiji out of the win. Did they watch the fucking game? Williams was fucking terrible both ways.~~

are as a rule fucking stupid.

ACT Crusader

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

That was a lot more fun than last week.

Rugby was the real winner on the night 😀

I agree. Far more intensity.

African Monkey

@tim Shag had been losing the plot since about 2016. Some of his selections in his last few years were an embarrassment.

nostrildamus

Really liked Fijian energy with and with out ball.
For ABs, many things worry me but most worrying is: surely we wouldn't put out a far better team against Tonga? Or is that a clever Foster tactic?

Props, cupboard is bare and replacements aren't hungry enough (liked De Groot's mobility though)
Locks: Whitelock 1st on the team list for me.
Blackadder I suspect better at 6 than 7
Dalton best 7 over 2 games and probably would make one of the better 6s (SF looks the part doesn't play the part)
Jacobson>Sotutu and don't play HS with SF
10: BB's kicking and some optiontaking still worries me. Don't think Richie will be too worried but again he still needs to prove he can insert himself in tough matches.
12/13 DH and ALB for me. Ioane still needs to pass and defend consistently.
We don't know who our wings are, best creator was the replacement hooker.
FB: not such a worry, plenty of contenders.
Coaching: highly consistent. Consistently mediocre.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Fiji