@taniwharugby said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
@voodoo id except trying to be better than your brother/s is something that the other brother/s have been trying to since forever.
Kane and Abel...true story.
I don't have any brothers so no 1st hand knowledge. But if have though sibling rivalry would be left at the fucking door along with the provincial version when you make it to the big dance.
Did Steve say it was rivalry? I don't have a rivalry with my brother but I do probably try harder whenever I play alongside him, especially if it's his mates and not mine.
@nzzp said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
there's only 4 days between Canada and Namibia - so I supsect all the available players will roll out next week. Cane, Retallick if fit, etc
I'd say it's either Cane or BFA as captain in the Namibia game. Read and Whitelock to be rested.
The Canuck No.6 - Rumball - has a great name. Beats Wales' Sampson Lee for sheer rugby coolness
@Crucial said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
that is one of the most ridiculous things i have ever seen. he's not serious about playing in those is he? I'm being merked here right?
Fuck no! He is getting a special cape as well.
I thought it was a cloak, and Cane has it now no?
@nakosi said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
any news on the weather for tommorow?
I think someone said it will not be raining inside the Oita stadium. Apparently it's an enclosed stadium.
(Didn't know that until yesterday... )
Any match at where a typhoon would usually stop the match should automatically be moved to a closed stadium.
Fuck logistics and fuck it they have to play at midnight.
@voodoo said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
It's one thing to still be getting a bit overawed by being on the biggest stage (haven't seen To'eava mentioned round here for a while...), but if he's still trying to impress his brothers then I'm a bit concerned!!!
A bit of Trevor Chappell you reckon?
I don't know if it is about impressing his brothers, but it is never really surprising that if an athlete has an irrational confidence in themselves that they either an only child, youngest child or Australian.
@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
Not sure Whitelock can rest against Namibia if both Rettalick and Read do not play. I suppose they could get creative with the second row and back row bench.
Agree, two stints off the bench in four days for Whitelock. Locking combo Frizzell/Patty T for Namibia.
As Luke Whitelock showed they are going to pick the team with no consideration of the skipper and then pick the best available from the starting XV. Cane skippered McCaw off the bench last RWC so won't be an issue this time either.
@SammyC said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
Don’t know why Ardie doesn’t just get contact lenses like all the others
He's prepping for a poss. Ireland game. Hoping It will make him even more intimidating in the haka apparently
Maybe Coltman to see sometime on the flank could also help with the numbers. I still don’t really understand why Whitelock wouldn’t have started against Canada and got a rest against Namibia. That said it is amazing how small the squads are relative to the games, once you have 3 hookers , 3 halfbacks , 5 props, and an injured player rotation does become pretty difficult.
@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
That said it is amazing how small the squads are relative to the games,
Yeah, I mentioned that before we announced our squad and everybody was trying to shoehorn in enough players. The 4 day turn arounds make 31 ridiculously small too.
@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
Not sure Whitelock can rest against Namibia if both Rettalick and Read do not play. I suppose they could get creative with the second row and back row bench.
Why isn’t Retallick playing against Namibia? I thought that was the game they were targeting for his return.
Frizell could back up against Namibia given he won’t be in the side against Italy is my guess.
@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
Not sure Whitelock can rest against Namibia if both Rettalick and Read do not play. I suppose they could get creative with the second row and back row bench.
As @ACT-Crusader says, I am basing that on the assumption BBBR is available in this game, even if on the bench. Frizell can also provide lock cover.
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B):
Why isn’t Retallick playing against Namibia? I thought that was the game they were targeting for his return.
Has there been an update since the squad announcement on Rettalick? Wasn't the prognosis QF hopefully, but still some doubt.
Maybe off the bench against Italy like Read in 2011?
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