@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:

@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:

@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:

A bit insulting.

I'm sure Josh Lord's parents feel very differently.

The All Blacks are about pandering to peoples parents?

Who said that? Not I.

Touche.

Stand by my point. Have no idea about Josh Lord at all, not seen him play, so not mentioned him. You'll also note that 3 people have mentioned him in reply to my post, so it's hardly fair to suggest I'm the one with an issue with him ...

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs USA:

@bones yeah I'm no fan of Christie, but has looked better in Black than he has in Blue.

Like a gazillion times better. He was pretty bad for the Blues - so if he can bring his current level of play to SR next year, imagine how much more dangerous the Blues will be.

@majorrage seen Lord play a couple of times and therefore have no problem with his selection - has plenty of promise, from what I recall, I'd say an early version of PPP, just without the concrete feet. Tall for a Chiefs lock....

The coaches seem to like Angus Ta’avao, I'm not quite sure what he has done to stand out/retain his position in the squad? Or is it just for lack of depth?
Good time to test Lord, big promotion for him, one of the exciting elements for those of us who have not seen him play..
George Bridge, George Bridge. He'll probably do well this game, and not likely to be tested by swirling kicks...

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs USA:

The coaches seem to like Angus Ta’avao, I'm not quite sure what he has done to stand out/retain his position in the squad? Or is it just for lack of depth?

Apart from Scrums, an extremely reliable player IMO - workhorse and probably very similar to what we've seen said about Wainui - consistency and effort. Around the field is as good or better than most of our props.

I couldn't give a shit who they selected against USA B. My only prediction is Bridge will get about 4 - 5 unopposed runs to the try line, and may even score a couple of tries.

@no-quarter funny, I saw on FB today the lead up to (I think) the opening try v Ireland in the 2019 RWC...Bridge scorching down the sideline, looks set to score, cuts in, looks like he slipped slightly, taken down a metre short....

I havent joined the pile on of him, but I thought that was rather amusing.

@taniwharugby there are far too many examples of that to not make ya cringe whenever he gets the ball in space. @No-Quarter that was gold.

@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs USA:

I couldn't give a shit who they selected against USA B. My only prediction is Birdge will get about 4 - 5 unopposed runs to the try line, and may even score a couple of tries.

Thanks for that. Feeling a bit crap today and that post really made me laugh & cheered me up.:thumbs_up:

@bones ok thanks for that, I noticed his mobility but he didn't seem a highly effective or dominant tackler to me, but I'll try to keep an open mind. And the scrum seems to weaken when he/the bench enters the fray, but that might be for various reasons.

When I criticized Bridge he had a good game. Then I changed my mind, apologized, and he went rapidly downhill in the next game. So I'm not going to say anything and hopefully that balances things out. Hopefully USA still has some gun wingers so our backs have a bit of competition.

@nostrildamus I think he's got a pretty good shoulder and high workrate on defence. Better carrier than most of our other core props. Inconsistent as anything at scrum time though.

@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:

@nostrildamus I think he's got a pretty good shoulder and high workrate on defence. Better carrier than most of our other core props. Inconsistent as anything at scrum time though.

Yeah Ta’avao has a good work rate. Reminds me a bit of a young John Afoa.

Karl T, Laulala have seemed to really struggle this year.

Probably it's a good thing that the ABs are bring International Rugby so close the Imperial capital of the world's leading power but apart from. That this game is tough to get excited about.

Roll on the tests against Wales, Ireland and France.

@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:

@majorrage said in All Blacks vs USA:

That’s an abortion of a team.

Why?

Because one of them is a ranga.

Will post a pre-emptive whinge here about a first world problem I'm currently experiencing.

Long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water.

Used Aus v Jp as a test for the main game tomorrow a.m.

Unfortunately the Wi-Fi seems to be crap (this is alactually the case as proven by other internerding including Fernage). Or the Telstra network is crap. Either that or the casting between phone and tele stuffs up the stream. As all I was getting was buf... buff .. buffferi ... buffering regardless of combinations.

Tried to drop the resolution to see if that helped, but nup.

Quite annoying and will annoy one immensely in an AB game.

So maybe GOM during game tomoz.

Mind you, long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water.

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

Mind you, long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water

Quit yer bitchin'

@nta said in All Blacks vs USA:

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

Mind you, long weekend in 1770/Agnes Water

Quit yer bitchin'

It's quite breezy. Strong northerly. Few thunder storms too ...

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

1770

Fuck I had no idea internet was around that long ago.

Any idea what the best option is to watch the game in the UK?

@dman68 premier sports 2

@dman68 said in All Blacks vs USA:

Any idea what the best option is to watch the game in the UK?

Yeah what @family-man said. 15 quid for a month and you can link it to watch on your sky box.

@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

1770

Fuck I had no idea internet was around that long ago.

How come Abraham Lincoln was warning people about misinformation on the web then?

@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

1770

Fuck I had no idea internet was around that long ago.

Well the internet connection is obv old skool here.

Pretty place though. Reminds me of parts of Northland and the Coromandel, just without pohutukawas.

@booboo said in All Blacks vs USA:

Reminds me of parts of Northland and the Coromandel, just without pohutukawas

Just like Cornwall....and Rugby's the main sport here as well. Great broadband though - best in Europe.

Bridge to score 10 tries by walking and the coaches to keep selecting him.

@yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs USA:

Bridge to score 10 tries by walking and the coaches to keep selecting him.

I'm looking forward to the USA 9 & 10 peppering him with high kicks....

I don't think I've ever piled in on the bloke, but I'd be eternally grateful if Foster would tell us why he's in the team and what he hopes he'll bring to the party.

Eh I still think Ennor would better on the wing.

Good rendition of the anthem. Not a Six60 fan but the man can sing.

Fuck these arrogant Americans in the crowd yahooing during the moment of silence for Sean.

Classy touch by the Yanks with the Sean Wainui tribute.

@yeetyaah always a couple dicks in the crowd.

@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:

Classy touch by the Yanks with the Sean Wainui tribute.

What was with the Jerry Collins t shirt though…?

Looks like a lot of spare seats for anyone still in the area and not at the ground…

What a start. Haha that will shut those big mouth USA fans up.

The speed from Big George down that left wing!

Lmao

Looked like one of those tries you run in at practice with no opposition

Will Jordan 🤮

Very unhealthy obsession of Bridge already as per usual‍️