Sounds like Savea's rest will come at the start of the Bok tour

Parker will be 6 maybe Lakai bench
Jacobson poss injured? If so Segner 7
ALB prob starts 13- Quinn to bench but could also be other way round
Like to see Numia and Aumia start

@ACT-Crusader said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

first name on the team sheet….

T Lander

@kidcalder said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Parker will be 6 maybe Lakai bench
Jacobson poss injured? If so Segner 7
ALB prob starts 13- Quinn to bench but could also be other way round
Like to see Numia and Aumia start

You have a source?
Or your speculation?

@Frank Purely my speculation how I feel it will roll... Parker unused so far and likely will get a decent run

@kidcalder
He would have been used by now if they really wanted to embed him into their style of play.

While Ireland have to be put to the sword, this is the ideal game for Rennie to give a couple - and I do mean a couple - of chances to players who haven’t featured yet.

Need to find out if they’re up for the first test against the Boks (and therefore likely vs the Sharks the week before) or if they’re fronting up against the Stormers and Bulls with Captain Beauden.

Over to you, Simon Parker and Kyle Preston.

@game_film think it's time to test out ST starting with Aumua finishing too.

I imagine Dave is also keeping a fair bit of dry powder in his basement, which should be a consideration at this stage.

Just rewatched the Italy test. Is it just me or are our props suddenly carrying the ball a lot better? Guys like DeGroot and Lomax appear to be more explosive with their carries and their post contact metres are higher than what they normally bring. Noticed this with Darry too.

Barnes did say that he wanted our forwards to carry more effectively, and I think that's happening.

Bit on the line here for Dave in his third test , with the eden park record and all that .

Not one he would want to drop or the knives will be out very early in his tenure ..

@akan004 EdG has been doing it all year.

Lomax was like a tractor in traffic, just kept chugging along, - was weird as he looks a long way off his fitness levels of the past and he's not exactly explosive.

@kiwiinmelb be a good excuse to move to a new captain though...

@Bones said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

@kiwiinmelb be a good excuse to move to a new captain though...

Not sure that would help his popularity though , ardie has a bigger fan club

@akan004 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Just rewatched the Italy test. Is it just me or are our props suddenly carrying the ball a lot better? Guys like DeGroot and Lomax appear to be more explosive with their carries and their post contact metres are higher than what they normally bring. Noticed this with Darry too.

Barnes did say that he wanted our forwards to carry more effectively, and I think that's happening.

DeG also did it in test 1, Newell as well although he has been obc working in that a year or two.

@kiwiinmelb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Bit on the line here for Dave in his third test , with the eden park record and all that .

Not one he would want to drop or the knives will be out very early in his tenure ..

I think we lose this game.
I hope I'm wrong, but a one-off game with a new team looks like the perfect game to ambush the record.

We've looked good at times, but also there are a few holes, and they've been giving guys a go so we don't have much in combinations yet.

@gt12 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

@kiwiinmelb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Bit on the line here for Dave in his third test , with the eden park record and all that .

Not one he would want to drop or the knives will be out very early in his tenure ..

I think we lose this game.
I hope I'm wrong, but a one-off game with a new team looks like the perfect game to ambush the record.

We've looked good at times, but also there are a few holes, and they've been giving guys a go so we don't have much in combinations yet.

I think we are going to win by 15-20. I feel like it's just about to click.

@akan004 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

@gt12 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

@kiwiinmelb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Bit on the line here for Dave in his third test , with the eden park record and all that .

Not one he would want to drop or the knives will be out very early in his tenure ..

I think we lose this game.
I hope I'm wrong, but a one-off game with a new team looks like the perfect game to ambush the record.

We've looked good at times, but also there are a few holes, and they've been giving guys a go so we don't have much in combinations yet.

I think we are going to win by 15-20. I feel like it's just about to click.

It could be exactly that too - which I hope for, of course - but this team feels like a plane that is being built while flying.

Let me put it this way, if I were Ireland, I'd have had this test circled in the diary, so it should be an ideal test of the group before we set up for SA.

Parker an interesting one. They clearly feel they need the archetype, but don't feel he is ready to go just yet. I wouldn't be surprised if he is again unused this week - but to me it makes it highly likely they want to get Frizell back involved.

I'd like to see the ABs to really attack the Irish scrum. Their lineout has misfired at times too so let's contest the Irish set piece.

@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:

Parker an interesting one. They clearly feel they need the archetype, but don't feel he is ready to go just yet. I wouldn't be surprised if he is again unused this week - but to me it makes it highly likely they want to get Frizell back involved.

The loose forwards remain the area I'm least sure about and they also seem to be the area the coaches are least sure about. What's the best combination? Are all the jobs being covered? Who plays where? How will a smaller trio fare against South Africa? And if Jacobson is out, we'll see yet another combination this weekend. That could give Parker an opportunity, either as a starter or off the bench.