Springboks vs All Blacks I
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@mariner4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
These long breaks between tests are even messing up the "journos"
That's generous. They write this rubbish without the breaks too.
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I find it odd that the journos want mass changes before such a big test. We finally showed some form in that first half against the Argies at Eden Park, let's have some consistency in selection for once and let the same group back up in Jo-burg. If they fail miserably then look at making changes for the next test.
Ellis Park isn't the stage to throw the likes of Proctor and Sititi into the fray, who have had limited minutes so far. I hope the selectors are sensible and we see a similar 23 to what we saw at Eden Park almost two weeks ago.
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I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
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@Canes4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I find it odd that the journos want mass changes before such a big test. We finally showed some form in that first half against the Argies at Eden Park, let's have some consistency in selection for once and let the same group back up in Jo-burg. If they fail miserably then look at making changes for the next test.
Ellis Park isn't the stage to throw the likes of Proctor and Sititi into the fray, who have had limited minutes so far. I hope the selectors are sensible and we see a similar 23 to what we saw at Eden Park almost two weeks ago.
You know shit is real when you’re not even advocating for Proctor to start
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@MN5 he'll get his opportunity but throwing him in against South Africa at Ellis Park after only one test would be moronic. Same with Sititi and other young players in the squad. I think in this test we need as much experience on the park as we can get which is why I won't be surprised if Cane gets the nod at 7.
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@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
do modern sports journos in NZ much more than minimum wage? I thought it was terribly paid unfortunately. @Smudge any insights?
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Looks like we won't have to deal with these giants this week.
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@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
do modern sports journos in NZ much more than minimum wage? I thought it was terribly paid unfortunately. @Smudge any insights?
I know guys who have been around for a good 8-10 years (and in one case more than 20) are still on salaries starting with a 7.
No wonder so many disappear to comms where a starting salary for a comms advisor is potentially $80k or more.
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@Smudge said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
do modern sports journos in NZ much more than minimum wage? I thought it was terribly paid unfortunately. @Smudge any insights?
I know guys who have been around for a good 8-10 years (and in one case more than 20) are still on salaries starting with a 7.
No wonder so many disappear to comms where a starting salary for a comms advisor is potentially $80k or more.
Comms Advisors in the team I work in make around 86k a year, with Senior Advisors on 110k+
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@Canes4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Smudge said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
do modern sports journos in NZ much more than minimum wage? I thought it was terribly paid unfortunately. @Smudge any insights?
I know guys who have been around for a good 8-10 years (and in one case more than 20) are still on salaries starting with a 7.
No wonder so many disappear to comms where a starting salary for a comms advisor is potentially $80k or more.
Comms Advisors in the team I work in make around 86k a year, with Senior Advisors on 110k+
I left my last journalism job on about $64k. Three years later, in a senior comms advisor role, I was on $98k. Worlds apart.
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@Smudge said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Canes4life said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Smudge said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@nzzp said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
I'm not surprised "journos" write anything to stay employed.
do modern sports journos in NZ much more than minimum wage? I thought it was terribly paid unfortunately. @Smudge any insights?
I know guys who have been around for a good 8-10 years (and in one case more than 20) are still on salaries starting with a 7.
No wonder so many disappear to comms where a starting salary for a comms advisor is potentially $80k or more.
Comms Advisors in the team I work in make around 86k a year, with Senior Advisors on 110k+
I left my last journalism job on about $64k. Three years later, in a senior comms advisor role, I was on $98k. Worlds apart.
Da fuq, that's peanuts. Although TBF, considering the students I used to see when cutting through the journalism dept when I worked at Massey, that's probably a good wicket for them.
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@Frank said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
Jase Ryan talking up Tupou Vaa'i - absolutely loves him.
Expect to see him starting ahead of Darry.Yep. I don’t think that was ever in doubt with PT unavailable. Hinton putting Darry ahead of him is fantasy stuff.
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@pakman said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
If we were to go 6-2 on Saturday, would we go for two locks or two loosies?
4- lock
5- lock
6- Blackadder
7- Papali’i
8- Savea19- lock
20- Cane
21- Jacobson
22- halfback
23- utility backHave I left off any other players that play 7….
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@ACT-Crusader can someone do a welfare check on Billy Harmon? Guy must be in absolute pieces.
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@taniwharugby said in Springboks vs All Blacks I:
@Machpants is a tough one really, I mean i have no issues with the head coach wanting to pit together his coaching team and expect Leon was always top of Razors list, meaning he was likely not gonna go to the likes of Brown unless Leon knocked him back.
That said, I expect the whole point of the coach putting his team together is to avoid what happened with Fozzie and now Leon.
Here's some further fuel to the flames.
“If you’re not better now than you were last year, you’ve got a problem,” said Kriel of NZ.
The big thing for us is that we want to stay ahead of the curve and keep working on our individual skills to get better. I definitely believe we’re a better team than we were last year.
Kriel has given credit to the impact of Kiwi Tony Brown – the attack coach under Rassie Erasmus this year."
