All Blacks v Springboks I
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A big test for that fairly inexperienced loose forward mix. One of Parker or Sititi is going to have to play a full 80 minutes unless Vaa’i moves from lock to blindside. Finishing with Savea, Kirifi and a fatigued Vaa’i is far from ideal.
Minimal changes to the backline after their last performance is expected but disappointing. The back three especially will be under scrutiny. Narawa should have been ahead of Reece in the pecking order anyway.
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
A big test for that loose forward mix. One of Parker or Sititi is going to have to play a full 80 minutes unless Vaa’i moves from lock to blindside. Finishing with Savea, Kirifi and a fatigued Vaa’i is far from ideal.
Minima changes to the backline after their last performance is expected but disappointing. The back three especially will be under scrutiny. Narawa should have been ahead of Reece in the pecking order anyway.
Yeah I would suspect when kirifi and holland come on , wallace and Parker will be the two that get replaced being slightly underdone.
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I thought Holland was beginning to look gassed in BA.
Big shift from the young man, especially with Barrett and Tuipulotu injuries that might have otherwise seen him get bench minutes in a couple of games -
So it looks close to the team Marc Hinton had in his Stuff article.
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I wouldn’t be against Holland having a week to watch from the sidelines. Obviously I’d rather he’s in the 23 but he’s started every game he’s played for the ABs this year and I think played 80mins in all(if not then very close to it). Did the same for the landers all season long too. Bit of player management with a young guy in the tight 5 might not be a bad thing if they think Darry is up to it.
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So it looks close to the team Marc Hinton had in his Stuff article.
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hilarious that the attack is absolute dogshit so precisely one winger gets axed.
Vaai at 6 has been THE success story of the year and they blink at the first set back?
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The pack are going to have to front up physically big time. I'm hoping they surprise me.
And the backs are going to have to show a level of competency that we haven't seen all year
@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The pack are going to have to front up physically big time. I'm hoping they surprise me.
They probably will
And the backs are going to have to show a level of competency that we haven't seen all year
They probably won't.
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All the Facebook experts had me believing that Leicester Fainganuku was walking right back into the starting line up…..
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
All the Facebook experts had me believing that Leicester Fainganuku was walking right back into the starting line up…..
Far out, you get dumber after reading expert opinions on Facebook.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
9-10-11, too many Blues…..
Never too early to get the excuses in
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@pakman Must be geo-blocked as it isn't behind a paywall.
If accurate, I'm off to get odds on that last name coming on and losing the match due to ill-discipline.
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That all makes a fair degree of sense.
They've pretty much been fielding variations on what they think is their best team, so it was pretty unlikely they were going to throw babies out with bathwater - thankfully!!!!
A big part of their attack is going to be constructed around Jordan, so I'm sure there's massive reluctance to shift him to the wing - but, if they did for this match it would have been DMac rather than Love that makes most sense to play 15.
Wing is a bit of a mess, so I had no prediction on what they might do. Actually, I thought Clarke might play, but that got ruled out earlier. Narawa gets his chance over Reece. Rieko needs to show some weaponry!
They've hitched the wagon so far to Beauden, Jordie, Billy so no surprise that's who we've got. for the big game
If Ratima is even close to fit, I think he'll play (and start). Ten minutes from him at the start will be more use than 10 minutes at the end from Preston.
Thought Sititi was certainty to play 8 (meaning Ardie plays 7). I'm happier seeing Parker at 6, which is his best position - a slight dice roll on SBarrett, Vaa'i, Parker vs SBarrett, Holland, Vaaí. Don't mind it.
We've got our match fit props starting - EDG and Newell vs our (probably still) No. 1s Williams and Lomax, coming off the bench. I did wonder whether Tosi might still get the bench spot ahead of Tyrell.
Kirifi and ALB on the bench. I hope to see impact from Kirifi and no dumb shit from ALB.
Having outlined this logic, they'll probably name something completely different at the big naming...
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@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
If that’s the starting XV, bench ex locks will be Wessels, Van de Merwe, TDT, Quagga, Reinach, SFM.
The issue is TH lock where the usual suspects are out. LH would be choice of Nortje or Lood de Jager.
My hunch is that Nortje might start, with RGS providing impact off bench. Alternative being PSDT switching to TH lock and someone like Mostert coming off bench.
