All Blacks vs Pumas I
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Interesting Brodie gets the arm band, I had Beaudy pencilled in (after I saw article saying Ardie and Taylor were out).
Am surprised Taukei'aho has more caps that Aumua.
Bridge does not whelm me. I suppose it's rotation but I don't see Bridge being that great an investment in the future. Think there will be better options emerging in the next couple of seasons so would have preferred Jordan somewhere in the squad.
Conversley I'd have liked to see Sotutu get a run but with no Ardie we'd have 7 cover, so happy with Blackadder on the bench.
Like the bench front row.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Conversley I'd have liked to see Sotutu get a run but with no Ardie we'd have 7 cover, so happy with Blackadder on the bench.
The coaches have said Akira will get a rest soon, so likely next week before the SA tests. I wouldn't be surprised to see a loose forward trio of (6) Blackadder, (7) Savea and (8) Sotutu for the Arg 2 game.
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@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Reiko was obviously far too dynamic last week so they’ve gone for a slow steady playmaker instead. Great coaching that.
You do realise that there has to be a fair bit of rotation for 5 tests in 5 weeks and a small squad? It is good coaching, you have to give everyone a chance, some people a rest, and we’ll see the best XV/23 vs the Boks in 3 weeks time
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Bridge does not whelm me. I suppose it's rotation but I don't see Bridge being that great an investment in the future. Think there will be better options emerging in the next couple of seasons so would have preferred Jordan somewhere in the squad.
You'd have to hope Bridge has been training the house down. Only explanation really when you have so much talent ready to go.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Reiko was obviously far too dynamic last week so they’ve gone for a slow steady playmaker instead. Great coaching that.
You do realise that there has to be a fair bit of rotation for 5 tests in 5 weeks and a small squad? It is good coaching, you have to give everyone a chance, some people a rest, and we’ll see the best XV/23 vs the Boks in 3 weeks time
I was being deadly serious. There’s no room for talented showponies like Reiko, or his brother for that matter, rampaging with ball in hand when there was rucks that clearly needed hitting.
I really hope the Canterbury system has the next Rueben Thorne ready to lock in the six jersey. The pack needs more undynamic hard workers
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Does Rieko really need a rest? He's building form and he's a farking winger, it's not like he gets bashed around every game like the forwards. Feels like rotation for the sake of it to give everyone gametime rather than him actually being burnt out at all. And by fuck the step down from Rieko to Bridge could not be bigger.
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That said injecting DMac and Rieko in the last 20 could be fun
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Happy to see Jacobsen. Reckon he's the long-term fix there. Sorry Ardie.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Happy to see Jacobsen. Reckon he's the long-term fix there. Sorry Ardie.
Yeah I like this trio with Ardie on the bench. I want us to look at specialist bench players again like we did first under Mitchell, it's such an important part of test footy, and Ardie will just fucking dominate coming on fresh against tired defenses in the final 20 minutes - he could be an absolute weapon for us and I don't think we're making the most of his talents starting him.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Happy to see Jacobsen. Reckon he's the long-term fix there. Sorry Ardie.
What the fuck ? I am THIS close to telling everyone how offended I am by this and then blocking you.
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@rancid-schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Happy to see Jacobsen. Reckon he's the long-term fix there. Sorry Ardie.
Yeah I like this trio with Ardie on the bench. I want us to look at specialist bench players again like we did first under Mitchell, it's such an important part of test footy, and Ardie will just fucking dominate coming on fresh against tired defenses in the final 20 minutes - he could be an absolute weapon for us and I don't think we're making the most of his talents starting him.
Yeah I don't see the point in starting him when what you need in those initial exchanges is someone who can match up physically. Jacobsen fits the bill perfectly IMHO. And as you say, Ardie and his fresh legs would carve up when coming on as a sub.
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I can see why Rieko has been dropped. There was one break that Reiko did, in the first half I think, where he found himself in space after beating multiple players through pace, swerving and stepping, but he failed to link up. Bridge would have linked up by throwing a wide pass to a supporting player and a try would have been scored. Very poor effort from Rieko.
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So it looks like the team I posted from allblacks.com was released prematurely as the official announcement time is 12:30 pm.
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@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
So it looks like the team I posted from allblacks.com was released prematurely as the official announcement time is 12:30 pm.
lol, i had the team and thought i had it late when i saw your post ha ha and blasted my mate
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Does Rieko really need a rest? He's building form and he's a farking winger, it's not like he gets bashed around every game like the forwards. Feels like rotation for the sake of it to give everyone gametime rather than him actually being burnt out at all. And by fuck the step down from Rieko to Bridge could not be bigger.
Perhaps Foster wants to give him time in the midfield once the game has settled down, or replace Bridge if the later goes AWOL?
