@brodean said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

Leicester is an even worse defender than Proctor.

Amen, anyone who saw him in games in top 14 should tell you thst.
Then read his stats, really backs it up. Couple of games I saw, he didn't even look interested in tackling anyone who didn't rub directly at him.

@brodean said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

Leicester is an even worse defender than Proctor.

Someone has to step up otherwise Razor won't hesitate to pull the trigger for Leicester

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@brodean said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Anton Lienert-Brown is probably the best distributing centre in NZ - just saying...

When he's not in the bin?

See, none of our contenders are perfect, ALB can't stay on the field, Rieko can't pass and Proctor can't walk on water defend.

And Leicester is laughing

Leicester is an even worse defender than Proctor.

Someone has to step up otherwise Razor won't hesitate to pull the trigger for Leicester

I think Razor is aware of this hence why he rarely selected him at center for the Crusaders. Rieko at 11 is most at risk.

@brodean said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

butterfly fingers

Upvote

Mo for centre, you heard it here first.

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Mo for centre, you heard it here first.

Curly at 2nd five

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Preston withdrawn from NPC.

I’d start him.

It will be the same team, I suspect, but with Christie starting and Preston on the bench.

@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

It will be the same team, I suspect, but with Christie starting and Preston on the bench.

That would be just what a high performing team would do.

@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

It will be the same team, I suspect, but with Christie starting and Preston on the bench.

So no change on the wings????

If we look at who HASN'T been released to NPC, and assume the rest (apart from Patty T) are in 23 we get:

Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Billy Proctor, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Beauden Barrett, Kyle Preston, Ardie Savea, Du Plessis Kirifi, Tupou Vaa'i, Fabian Holland, Scott Barrett (capt), Fletcher Newell, Codie Taylor, Ethan de Groot.

Reserves: Samisoni Taukei'aho, Tamaiti Williams, Pasilio Tosi, Simon Parker, Wallace Sititi, Finlay Christie, Quinn Tupaea, Damian McKenzie.

@Frank Sadly not.

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Preston withdrawn from NPC.

Christie was bloody good last week.

But can he repeat that performance next week or did he just stand out because the rest of the team were pretty shit?

He was his slow, ponderous, day-walking self

Yeah I don’t think he was great but didnt bed shit as much as the rest of the backline

As Karl Dickson is the ref, you know what speed the game will be played at.

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

As Karl Dickson is the ref, you know what speed the game will be played at.

Bloody Hell

Weather looks shit as well, as much as a 7 day forecast can be trusted

@reprobate said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

That's a worry. Not happy about needing a guy who has played what 3/4 of a super season, and looked to be struggling with the pressure off the bench in the final.

You're talking about Preston?

Started the Super season with a hiss and a roar, but I thought he got worse as the season progressed. Seem to recall saying that I'd have picked Drummie ahead of him when the play-offs came.

I'd say there's zero chance he starts if Christie is fit and I'm pretty happy with that. Massive dice roll to pick our fifth choice halfback to debut vs the Boks.

TBH - I'm surprised Xavier Roe isn't there ahead of him.

Ok fellas. a week out, had my say what I thought was wrong last week.
So if an idiot like me can see things, I sure the coaches can , and will fix it. So we got this !!!!