RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina

[Victor Meldrew]

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Come on Foz you got this

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Ta.

[junior]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Going to this

This will be my first neutral test match live (as in I have no dog in the fight)

Was really hoping we'd be there but alas no

I will be cheering for Argentina though as mentioned earlier - support the team which put you out

What happens if the team the put you out then gets put out? Do you support the team that puts out the team that put you out? Or are you working from a blank slate in that scenario?

[junior]

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Dan54 said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Come on Foz you got this

Yep Bernie, much more come on the players you got this I think. Foz isn't playing. But understand your point.

It's time to move on.
If we win this it will be our greatest achievement

As an isolated achievement in and of itself, yes. But I would rank the period from 2010 to 2015 as one great achievement that will never be surpassed. You cannot look at the two RWCs won during that outside of the context of complete and utter domination throughout that period. That's why this team's achievements, and those of the current Boks team if they go back-to-back, just won't compare.

[TeWaio]

I think undefeated in calendar year 2013 was probably our best achievement, esp given the way it ended with that last gasp try against Ireland

[Jailbreak7]

Gotta go with the top team again surely? Understand if Telea swaps in for LF and Whitelock for BBBR. Would love to see Roigard on the bench, and hope DMac gets decent minutes this week.

[stodders]

[stodders]

Whitelock swap with Retallick.

Tele'a in. Fainga'anuku out of the 23.

Taukei'aho in. Coles out of the 23.

[BerniesCorner]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Come on Foz you got this

Mods: Can we have a Most Repeated and Upvoted Post category in next year's Fernies? @Berniescorner deserves recognition.

Ta.

Hey I was nervous last week

[stodders]

@BerniesCorner you'd best continue to be nervous this week

[stodders]

[Victor Meldrew]

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Come on Foz you got this

Mods: Can we have a Most Repeated and Upvoted Post category in next year's Fernies? @Berniescorner deserves recognition.

Ta.

Hey I was nervous last week

Worked then. Should work again.

[sparky]

I’d have preferred to have had Coles and Roigard on the bench. Foster has always had a bit of a thing against Hurricanes players.

No arguments with the rest of the 23.

Anyway, Go Black!

[LagerLout]

Sensible selection minus Roigard.

[MiketheSnow]

@junior said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@MiketheSnow said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Going to this

This will be my first neutral test match live (as in I have no dog in the fight)

Was really hoping we'd be there but alas no

I will be cheering for Argentina though as mentioned earlier - support the team which put you out

What happens if the team the put you out then gets put out? Do you support the team that puts out the team that put you out? Or are you working from a blank slate in that scenario?

Then it’s NZ with my support

[Bones]

Spot on.

Don't mind the change at hooker, if Taukeiaho isn't wanted for the final if we make it, we can trust Coles to be back up to speed without needing to play this week, but not vice versa.

Can't complain about the selection at all given what's gone before.

[Bones]

Plus, the old man gets a rest. Wouldn't be great if him or Taylor went down and we had to dust down Sami for next week when he hasn't played in forever.

[Machpants]

@Bones said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Plus, the old man gets a rest. Wouldn't be great if him or Taylor went down and we had to dust down Sami for next week when he hasn't played in forever.

Does that apply to other dirty dirties? Vai'i, Jacobsen, etc?

[stodders]

@Machpants worry about that once the semi final is done and won. First you need to earn the right to play in the final.

Savea aside, most of the squad have not been overloaded due to recovering from injury or rotation.

[Bones]

@Machpants said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Bones said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Plus, the old man gets a rest. Wouldn't be great if him or Taylor went down and we had to dust down Sami for next week when he hasn't played in forever.

Does that apply to other dirty dirties? Vai'i, Jacobsen, etc?

When they get as good as Taukeiaho and are covering for Koro, maybe.

[Machpants]

@Bones said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Machpants said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Bones said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Plus, the old man gets a rest. Wouldn't be great if him or Taylor went down and we had to dust down Sami for next week when he hasn't played in forever.

Does that apply to other dirty dirties? Vai'i, Jacobsen, etc?

When they get as good as Taukeiaho and are covering for Koro, maybe.

Samisoni has been decided average this year, I'm just wondering why only him, no other not 'availability enforced' change