All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I

[nostrildamus]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Has he though ? stats do not tell you that .
It could be the opposition are using the channel Havilli defends in.

why would they do that I wonder? < Thinks>.

[MN5]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

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

I'm feeling at least as confident as I dd for the last game!

Also we aren't facing RG Snyman. That dude gives me nightmares.

Always a pleasure to have an AB on the fern. Welcome.

[NTA]

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

I see the TAB has us at $1.16 and Aus at $5. That's some seriously good money on Aus, they are every chance to beat us this weekend and on form should do so. They are banking on the Eden Park record and an Aus mental block to get the ABs home.

That's good money and with good reason. It's a bloody hard place to win for foreign teams. ABs are going to be steaming after the record loss.

The odds might be better for Australia if we had Skelton, Valetini, Wright, and a backup 10 with a decent level of experience.

Sensible odds I think.

[nostrildamus]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Also we aren't facing RG Snyman.

You mean staring helplessly upwards while in a quivering foetal position...

[jimmyb]

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

This team is stronger than the AB side v SA.
Holland is a ball supply unit, Roigard's defensive kicking ability, PT in good form and Clarke's aerial skills.
Good to see Carter retained on the wing.

The Holland hype train has got to stop. He’s let in two tries in a row with lazy ruck defence

The last one was more being overly eager.

Tomato tomato

[ACT Crusader]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@No-Quarter Valetini is a big loss for them.

Indeed. And two of their best back 3 players are also out.

No excuses aye Razor….

[jimmyb]

I’d much rather see a very clinical 24-3 win than a blow out 40 odd to high 20s and leaking tries. See a game plan that is executed with minimal error.

[Chris]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Has he though ? stats do not tell you that .
It could be the opposition are using the channel Havilli defends in.

why would they do that I wonder? < Thinks>.

Because they were worried about Ennor.:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

[NTA]

To add to my post above: McDermott has question marks over his ability to start a test. He's been good as a super sub against tired bodies or on the wing - need to see him translate that to Starting Test Scrum Half

[BerniesCorner]

So we are watching :
A functioning lineout: Return of Holland and Taylor's throwing accuracy.
Improving fitness for Lomax, Roigard and Sititi.
Roigard's kicking
Proctor's attacking involvement.
Potential changing of the guard with Lakai.
More from Carter, promising so far.
and Smiling %

[nostrildamus]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Has he though ? stats do not tell you that .
It could be the opposition are using the channel Havilli defends in.

why would they do that I wonder? < Thinks>.

Because they were worried about Ennor.:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

That they might accidentally break him. ... Again ..

[reprobate]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

For me Quinn Tupaea is also lucky. He showed a lot of promise during Super Rugby but he was disappointing in this RC especially in the last game.

He was one of the players walking in the last 15 minutes.

One of the others has been made captain. Hopefully he tries a bit harder now.

[jimmyb]

@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

For me Quinn Tupaea is also lucky. He showed a lot of promise during Super Rugby but he was disappointing in this RC especially in the last game.

He was one of the players walking in the last 15 minutes.

One of the others has been made captain. Hopefully he tries a bit harder now.

Don’t worry, this is his house (the one with a rather empty trophy cabinet)

[reprobate]

@jimmyb well to be fair I laze around my house too.

[SammyC]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

stats are great, until they arent.

"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that"

Jeez if you're gonna quote Homer then at least get the words correct

[nostrildamus]

@SammyC said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

Jeez if you're gonna quote Homer then at least get the words correct

Why? Homer doesn't!

[taniwharugby]

@SammyC 70% of the time I get it right every time.

[game_film]

@mohikamo Not that far back surely. The one in SA when it was do or die time for Fozzie was the most compelling since then. Or any of the games vs Ireland. Most interesting Bledisloe for a long, long time though.

[kiwiinmelb]

We win this week and lose in Perth I reckon,

Boks beat the pumas twice and secure the RC

[Jet]

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:

We win this week and lose in Perth I reckon,

Boks beat the pumas twice and secure the RC

If we go 1-1 or 0-2 with Aussie I think he should be fired.

You can’t be losing every second game.