@DMACForLife said in All Blacks 2024:
dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
Booooo!!!!!
Can't beat live sport. Have to follow up with a rewatch naturally - but the experience of being there with 40-100k people is awesome.
@DMACForLife said in All Blacks 2024:
dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
Booooo!!!!!
Can't beat live sport. Have to follow up with a rewatch naturally - but the experience of being there with 40-100k people is awesome.
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024:
@Machpants Generally are US AB tickets very expensive.
The prices in UK for AB games are very expensive now. 4 tickets viagogo Ā£2500 AB v England category D tickets
The fuck?? !!!
Thatās outrageous
I bought 5 tickets to the Bled here in Sydney for A$400 the other day
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
One thing that is very apparent e.g. by watching the rotation of Hall and Drummond at the Crusaders - is how much easier it is (and how much better they look) for halfbacks to come off the bench.
Finlay is the glaring exception to this rule
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bovidae I miscounted the number of props already in the squad. Thought there was only 5. 6 is more than enough for this campaign.
An extra lock and loosie is needed.
Jordan is a given to come in. I know Robertson likes him as a fullback and made a few comments last year (from a Crusaders perspective only). But Iām not as confident yet about him playing test footy at 15.
All things being equal right at this point - against the Boks I would go with a back 3 of B. Barrett, Jordan and Clarke with Reece on the bench.
Havili, donāt know.
You feeling ok mate?
I really hope Ratima isnāt out for long, he really looks the goods
Hard to take too much from a game like this. Annoying to see all the handling errors, and some sloppy breakdown work too. But some good stuff amongst all that too.
Clarke clearly takes the 11 spot, Sevu holds 14 for now despite falling asleep to gift Fiji their first try
Keen to see Darry more at this level to see what he can grow into.
I see we no longer have a bench, we have "Impact"
Sounds pretty good
Ball running eh? Dry powder I say.
@Bones said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Weird how heaps of people can remember that Rieko didn't pass a bunch of times in both games, but nobody can describe a single instance in any detail.
It's really not weird. There's dozens of times players take the wrong option in innocuous situations, the only ones that get remembered are complete botch ups or try scoring situations (e.g. Perofeta not going inside or Beauds with the shithouse kick to nowhere for no reason.
I'd say when an "AB great calls on the coach to issue an ultimatum" then it's a touch weird to not cite a single example
This is the fcking interweb, the home of pictures and videos, and best of all shiny red arrows - someone give us a bloody example to work with!
I'm not interested in someone saying "I remember 3 times" then being unable to describe a single one. They may as well just say "it's just the vibe of the thing"
Weird how heaps of people can remember that Rieko didn't pass a bunch of times in both games, but nobody can describe a single instance in any detail.
Also odd that there is talk that he isn't good at "adapting" to rush defense - guess it's lucky that we have all those other 13's who ARE adapted, along with all those 13's we used to roll out that also suitably adapted.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
I think it's a bit shit that, in a 14-test year, with 6 "home" games, we decide to play one in the US. And not even against the US. 5 tests for the year? Talk about short changing your own fans.
I get $ and all, but it also feels a bit shit to me that we have only played Fiji 7 times in a 639 test career - and not in Fiji since 1984
Samoa and Tonga also 7 times each
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024:
@Landers92 Kaino was a tall 6 - listed at 1.96 metres and I reckon that's about right.
Remember they used him at lock against Ireland. And he played with Read who was a tall 8 and an excellent jumper.
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was that really necessary mate?
Just on Rieko and his ālimitedā distribution - Iāll need to go and rewatch a heap of games, but feel like I can count on one finger the number of times where heās received the ball in space and had the option to go himself or put someone into space. Just seems like itās crash ball every time, and I put that down to gameplay and Jordie more than Riekoās limitations
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England 2:
If Perofeta had passed inside or if Telea had more pace we'd be lauding DMac's counter attack to set up a brilliant try.
A step in the right direction for DMac last night
I was a well known hater for a long time, said he was the classic great Super player with no place in black. But Iāve completely come around. He no longer runs across field all game, he makes way less mistakes than RM / BB ever did and retains their ability to break a game open. Kicking game as good as anyone elseās (better probably), good in the air and a really brave / good defender
Keen to see more of him and Ratima together and clearly heād be dynamite behind a pack going forward
@kev said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Why does Scott Barrett do that half-arsed chargedown attempt at every single oppo ruck box-clearance? I don't feel like he's got one since 1993 and it just leaves him late to the next phase
Because he puts 100% into everything. He is the Richie McCaw of this team. Huge motor.
Sorry bro, but thatās a dumb response. Donāt disagree that he gives 100%, but that doesnāt mean this particular play is sensible and worthwhile. Heād be better off only challenging where he can realistically influence the play - atm he doesnāt put any pressure on the kicker and is just wasting energy. If he dropped this, heād be able to give something like 104% in other areasā¦š¤Ŗ
Why does Scott Barrett do that half-arsed chargedown attempt at every single oppo ruck box-clearance? I don't feel like he's got one since 1993 and it just leaves him late to the next phase
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Proctor with the hands. š„
I mean, I donāt want to be a hater, but that clip was hardly insta-worthy! Pretty confident I could do that 95/100 times. Possibly less when running forward at pace with a rushing defense in my face (probably slip to 92/100 or soā¦š¬)
@george33 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@voodoo thanks for the kind words.
Just teasing old mate, all sauce is appreciated here, especially in a test week šŖ
@george33 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Beauden Barrett to 15, Perofeta on the bench
Phew - coming from you, that means Perofeta is guaranteed to start at 15 again šŖ
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Duluth said in All Blacks vs England 2:
I'd prefer it if there wasn't a visible shot clock. The kickers have plenty of time
Nic Gill was partially to blame as he took far too long getting the tee to DMac.
Back in my day we were heeling the dirt and placing the ball right on the turf. No need for this technology
Rip the boot off and kick it with the socked foot šŖ
@Bones said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Genuinely surprised at the aversion to a visible shot clock. If we are worried about time wasting then just shorten the time on the clock. Why wouldnāt we want a single source of truth, visible to all parties? I used to kick, and having a ref in my ear telling me ā20 secondsā then ā10 secondsā sounds bloody annoying.
Yeah true, seems much easier to break your concentration to turn and look at a shot clock.
I don't see any great aversion to it, it just seems very unnecessary. But I can understand the desire for it when one AB kicker fell foul of timekeeping once, in one game.
Iād say if it was me, Iād want to take a look at the clock at [40]s to make sure I was starting my routine then wouldnāt look again. Guess everyone would be different.
One consequence of a visible shot clock would be unruly and uncouth crowds counting down on every attempt. The English wouldnāt know what to do with themselves!