Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth)

ACT Crusader

24 - M. Hooper

Yeah I’m a fan too. I don’t think he’s a natural captain, but I do like the way he goes about it. Plus he seems like a decent fella.

Bones

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

Chris

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

Or all of the above.

Crucial

@chris-b said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Only real surprise for me is Weber starting over TJ. The other changes are much of a muchness given the schedule that lies ahead.

Seems like - with his time away in Japan and flirtation with league - that TJ is in the dog box a bit.

They made him wait to come back into the AB squad and now they're giving Weber the starter's spot ahead of him. I know someone will say that he needed to play an NPC game to qualify himself - but, to me - that was just a technicality. If they'd really wanted him they could easily have circumvented that rule with a "he's signed with us" and only a few pedants would have blinked.

TBH I was a bit surprised at the talk of him coming straight in over Weber. Not because I rate Weber as in Smith class but because TJ has hardly shown any chops for ages.
He also looks like a cadaver since turning vegan and I really don't believe that he can be pushing out the performance numbers he once did.
Happy to be proven wrong but Weber has earned the right to be the 2IC.

Bones

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

Or all of the above.

but what about ice cream

Chris

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

Or all of the above.

but what about ice cream

for sure he looks like a 10 litre ice cream man.

junior

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

That instantly made me think of potato & gravy

pakman

@bovidae said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

So some new faces off the bench.

Patrick Tuipulotu has a tight groin

Some ‘treatment’ in Kalgoorlie will ease that.

Rancid Schnitzel

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@marty said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Foster still having lunch, so We have to wait an extra few hours for him to finish FFFS before we see the team.

Lol, because he's fat

Ha hah! It was probably a buffet!!

Oh no wait maybe it was KFC!

My sides

Or all of the above.

but what about ice cream

Just be happy he tore himself away from his 12th meal of the day to announce the team. Can't be easy when you have to eat every 5 minutes.

In all seriousness, like that team. Ardie as captain as well. That's pretty huge.

Bovidae

@machpants said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris-b when's the last time Perenara played a test or even a game of Super Rugby intensity?

Not chucking him straight into a Bledisloe to start doesn't mean he's in the dogbox

About 3 weeks ago

And TJP was average, throwing out those shit passes again.

Machpants

@bovidae said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@machpants said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris-b when's the last time Perenara played a test or even a game of Super Rugby intensity?

Not chucking him straight into a Bledisloe to start doesn't mean he's in the dogbox

About 3 weeks ago

And TJP was average, throwing out those shit passes again.

For sure, but the question was 'when's the last time Perenara played a test ...'

Someone is really not paying attention!

reddog

@act-crusader or TJ has been used as the closer for the majority of his test career. So when he comes back in that is the job he gets.

Bovidae

@machpants I would have thought the second sentence in @KiwiMurph's post was self-explanatory.

Bovidae

Anyway, about selection:

KiwiMurph

@machpants said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@chris-b when's the last time Perenara played a test or even a game of Super Rugby intensity?

Not chucking him straight into a Bledisloe to start doesn't mean he's in the dogbox

About 3 weeks ago

woops.

Having looked - he came on after 67 minutes when the game was long gone.

Since then they've been on break, in lockdown in NZ and then soft quarantine in Aus. Not sure that's enough footy to be thrown straight into starting.

kev

To go against the grain, there is nothing wrong with George Bridge - relative strengths are decision making, accuracy and work rate. Certainly doesn’t have Reiko’s speed or Caleb’s tackle breaking capability but very useful. A team is always about a mix of skills and combinations, and his performances at test level have been good. Comparing the Crusaders and Blues backlines over the years, generally they have not had the explosive talent but have always got the results. Having a useful forward pack helps.

KiwiMurph

@kev said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Comparing the Crusaders and Blues backlines over the years, generally they have not had the explosive talent but have always got the results.

At Super Rugby level - absolutely.

At test level - the Crusaders are hardly a factory of gun AB wingers......

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@landp said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

I'll take the ribbing here instead

It's their way of welcoming new people, you've had it easy compared to some. My first post here was in "TX SPK" and I got absolutely abused for it....

18 yrz l8a n da h8erz still gna h8

nostrildamus

@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

https://mobile.twitter.com/paulcullystuff/status/1432499798565740544

Don't let Quade near the monitors..

voodoo

@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
WALLABIES SIDE TO FACE ALL BLACKS IN BLEDISLOE III

1. James Slipper (105 Tests)
2. Folau Fainga’a (16 Tests)
3. Allan Alaalatoa (48 Tests)
4. Darcy Swain (5 Tests)
5. Matt Philip (14 Tests)
6. Lachlan Swinton (3 Tests)
7. Michael Hooper (c) (110 Tests)
8. Rob Valetini (9 Tests)
9. Tate McDermott (7 Tests)
10. Noah Lolesio (7 Tests)
11. Marika Koroibete (38 Tests)
12. Samu Kerevi (33 Tests)
13. Len Ikitau (4 Tests)
14. Andrew Kellaway (4 Tests)
15. Tom Banks (16 Tests)

Replacements
16. Lachlan Lonergan (2 Tests)
17. Angus Bell (7 Tests)
18. Taniela Tupou (30 Tests)
19. Izack Rodda (25 Tests)
20. Pete Samu (10 Tests)
21. Nic White (37 Tests)
22. Reece Hodge (48 Tests)
23. Jordan Petaia (9 Tests)
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/wallabies-team-to-face-all-blacks-bledisloe-3-kerevi-202193
I wouldn’t pick one Aussie in a combined….

That midfield could be a handful with decent ball.
Banks is a liability. The young kid at 1st 5 needs to be persisted with. Their loose forwards have been inconsistent at best. Swain is an up and coming talent but is green and they don’t have an experienced lock that can take him under their wing. The other options are still trying to nail down spots.

Is that because you rate him, or because you think there is nobody else?

Because I think he's actually a bit crap. I haven't seem anything from him that makes me think he can dominate a game at test level.

He'll probably go on to be Australia's best 1st 5 ever now

The Silver Fern

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