All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Roigard, Love, Clarke, Jordie, Proctor, Narawa, Jordan

Ratima, DMac, Ioane

I don't really get the Love love - at 10.

If we're going for not Beaudy or Dmac, I'd rather try Ratima.

But, I'd rather try DMac.

[jimmyb]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@antipodean well I saw a few posts on SM asking for loose combo of this
6: Savea
7: Kirifi
8: Jacobson

That'd work?

I’d rather put a gun to my head

[Grooter]

@Chris-B Ratima at 10 would be a Disaster Chris he's no Piri Weepu, he's simply a solid 9

[Chris B.]

@Grooter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris-B Ratima at 10 would be a Disaster Chris he's no Piri Weepu, he's simply a solid 9

Sorry - I meant to type Rivez Reihana.

[booboo]

@jimmyb said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@antipodean well I saw a few posts on SM asking for loose combo of this
6: Savea
7: Kirifi
8: Jacobson

That'd work?

I’d rather put a gun to my head

I'll take that as kind of a little deranged...

But yeah, that's a rather undersized looseforward trio (but could work against Aus).

But I would pick only in extreme injury crisis.

[Bones]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Grooter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris-B Ratima at 10 would be a Disaster Chris he's no Piri Weepu, he's simply a solid 9

Sorry - I meant to type Rivez Reihana.

It was going to be quite the exercise in shark jumping.

[voodoo]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Grooter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris-B Ratima at 10 would be a Disaster Chris he's no Piri Weepu, he's simply a solid 9

Sorry - I meant to type Rivez Reihana.

Phew

[Chris B.]

Luckily I'm not in charge of a global superpower, eh!

[reprobate]

I think you could pick a Reihana or Plummer in a well-established team with playmakers at 9 and 12 and give them a limited role to play and have it work. The current rabble not so much.

[jimmyb]

Gone are the days where you could throw tom Taylor into 10 and win by 20

[NTA]

Loving the GOM action here lads, but given the players you've got returning, and the ones we've got out, this is going to be a massive challenge for the Wallabies.

Underdog status is mine, you Eden-Park-loving Polish slags!

[Grooter]

@NTA https://www.facebook.com/100057604502959/posts/1266262785303860/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Your backline has more inform attacking threats. also your captain Wilson is leading your lot with proper confidence, underdog status I don't think so it's simply now or never

[NTA]

@Grooter is kind of funny seeing Bell there as he's only played half a game each week... If that!

[nostrildamus]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Grooter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris-B Ratima at 10 would be a Disaster Chris he's no Piri Weepu, he's simply a solid 9

Sorry - I meant to type Rivez Reihana.

somehow I guessed that is what you meant..

[nostrildamus]

@NTA said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Underdog status is mine, you Eden-Park-loving Polish slags!

That's a bit unfair. This Polish slag loves any venue the ABs win at!

[nostrildamus]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@NTA said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Underdog status is mine, you Eden-Park-loving Polish slags!

That's a bit unfair. This Polish slag loves any venue the ABs win at!

Edit: ah, so not many lately then...

[pourfasse]

Where is Mark Telea ? Injury ?

[pakman]

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/wallabies-star-will-skelton-set-to-face-the-all-blacks-with-added-bonus-for-joe-schmidt

[nostrildamus]

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/wallabies-star-will-skelton-set-to-face-the-all-blacks-with-added-bonus-for-joe-schmidt

Giant? He's not even as big as his younger brother...

[pakman]

Combining what I'd pick with what is conceivable for TWM I get:

EDG/CT/TL/SB/TV/RD/SP/WS/CamR/DMac/JB/BP/CC/WJ/BB

TW/ST/FN/PT/LJ
Cortez R (if not 100 FC)/ALB/RI

I'd like to see us end with pack back 5 of LJ/RD/SP/PT/TV

Bring on ALB at 55. Lots of options: BB10/ALB12/JB15 at one extreme and ALB on for BP at other.

Likewise, RI can come on at 11, 13 or 14, depending on how things are playing out.

If I was selecting I'd try Lakai at 7 and RD at 8, bringing on LJ at 50/55. And would be very tempted by FH and TV starting with PT off bench (not going to happen).