He's probably thinking to himself "If Bridge can make the ABs...."

Best posts made by KiwiMurph
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RE: Tuivasa-Sheck
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
There's two outstanding number 8s in the country that are both excellent lineout exponents. If you had either of them at 8 you wouldn't need to shoehorn in a lock at 6.
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Bones Those stats only say something about where a player starts. It doesn't give info about a player changing position during a game as a result of substitutions.
We're talking about starting aren't we?
To me starting at 6 is what's weird about his selection. It means either Retallick & Whitelock play the full game or one is replaced by a SB who's played 6 since kick-off.
I think that's the hardest part to swallow for me - after all the talk of the 6's, as well as Vaai playing 6 (presumably at Foster's suggestion) and excelling, we go back to a guy who should be starting at lock and hasn't exactly set the world on fire at 6.
What also annoys me is it takes away another chance to see a young player get some game time.
Vaai was a bolter in 2020 - went better than expected - and has barely been sighted in black since.
Grace picked in 2020 - one test off the bench for a handful of minutes I think (the Bledisloe loss in Brisbane) - never seen again.
Sotutu barely played last year - Hodgman picked and discarded - De Groot picked and discarded - Peter Umaga Jensen impressive cameo then never seen again.
Meanwhile nearly 3 years after the RWC 2019 semi we roll out a forward pack that is pretty damn close to our forward pack then.
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RE: All Blacks 2022
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2022:
Christ on a bike, how good would
12 Laumape
look right now.
Considering he did nothing at test level not very?
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RE: All Blacks vs Springboks I
The ref saw Bridge so that ruled out the try option.....
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RE: Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
What a moment.
What a team.
What an era.
Legends.
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RE: Bledisloe II
Sitting through the Black Ferns v Wallaroos XVs game was an absolute treat compared to sitting through the 2018 Blues season.
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RE: Stormers v Crusaders
Clearly the punishment should be that the Crusaders are forced to start Brett Cameron at 10 this week vs the Blues.....
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RE: Crusaders v Hurricanes
@cgrant No they'll just look short compared to the towering height of Ardie on the opposite side.....
Latest posts made by KiwiMurph
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RE: All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test
Jordan is out for Test 2 as well isn't he? At least that's what Cane suggested
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
@Bones Also with how good he was in Ireland's win over the ABs last year.
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RE: Wimbledon 2022
Tsitsipas let Kyrgios get inside his head.
To knock out Tsitsipas out in 4 sets is a good effort.
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
Just another thing on the commentators - they credited Cane with that huge hit in the first half that was actually by Ofa.
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Having a few little oompa-loompas in the team, who will attract high shots from giant locks might be a valuable commodity!
DMac the saviour
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RE: Australia v England - 1st Test
Smith was seriously underwhelming at 10 for England.
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RE: Australia v England - 1st Test
Just like against the French last year the Wallabies get it done with 14 men.
Some of those bench players need to start for England next week.
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RE: All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
Much better than it started out.
Scrum a big tick.
More physicality in defence and counter rucking was nice.
Nice to have 2 dangerous wingers and a bit of size out there.
Aaron Smith back to his best.
Midfield promising.
For a lock at 6 Scott Barrett went well.
Thought the ref went bloody well.