@george33 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@canefan just an opinion.I've been hearing since the French test that Vaai would play 6. If he does start 6 what's happening to Parker will he even make the African tour .
I see 3 options.
I suspect it isn't the first as we still don't see someone clearly holding in to that 6 position.
@jimmyb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus only a year younger than Ben Smith in 2013. That worked out terribly
Smith debuted at 23.
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@jimmyb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus only a year younger than Ben Smith in 2013. That worked out terribly
If Moorby could have half as long a fine career as Ben Smith did I'd be very satisfied!
To have half as long a career he'd still be playing in our outside backs at 33, which would be pretty unusual...
@reprobate said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@jimmyb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus only a year younger than Ben Smith in 2013. That worked out terribly
If Moorby could have half as long a fine career as Ben Smith did I'd be very satisfied!
To have half as long a career he'd still be playing in our outside backs at 33, which would be pretty unusual...
Much like Ben Smith then.
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@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
I am absolutely in favour of Moorby starting this week - I also don’t really see him as anything other than a stop gap.
But if he is a stop gap who wins us a Boks Tour then he will go down in ABs folklore
why is he a stop gap? Looks pretty useful to me.
Because I think Moorby is just the hot hand right now - probably not in a dissimilar mode to George Bridge a few years ago.
Hard disagree.
Go back and watch his tries when he was near the try scoring record for Super and got selected. They were bog average- typically gettin gthe ball in space a few yards out from the line iwth no defenders. If you think I'm exaggerating, I think in 12-14 tries he beat maybe 3-4 defenders. Classic example of statistics being misleading.
For the ABs his ability to beat a man was unrivalled - but in the wrong direction. He just ran into ocntact over and over. It was pitiful.
You could be talking about Doug Howlett.
Rubbish. Howlett could beat and a man and scored trys against more teams than Japan.
Like Bridge's tries against Australia, South Africa and Ireland, you mean?
Howlett had great speed but go back and watch his try-scoring highlights - there are only half a dozen or so amongst them that someone like Bridge couldn't also finish.
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@reprobate said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@jimmyb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus only a year younger than Ben Smith in 2013. That worked out terribly
If Moorby could have half as long a fine career as Ben Smith did I'd be very satisfied!
To have half as long a career he'd still be playing in our outside backs at 33, which would be pretty unusual...
Much like Ben Smith then.
Yes, it would be. Care for a friendly wager?
15 - Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(47)
14 - Robert Baloucoune (Enniskillen/Ulster)(8)
13 - Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster)(75)
12 - Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(30)
11 - Jimmy O’Brien (Naas/Leinster)(13)
10 - Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)(16)
9 - Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(52)
1 - Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(23)
2 - Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(40)(captain)
3 - Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)(87)
4 - Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(25)
5 - James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(82)
6 - Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster)(72)
7 - Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(80)
8 - Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(61)
Replacements
16 - Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(50)
17 - Jeremy Loughman (Garryowen/Munster)(9)
18 - Thomas Clarkson (Blackrock College/Leinster)(15)
19 - Nick Timoney (Queen’s University/Ulster)(13)
20 - Sean Jansen (Connacht)(1)
21 - Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(29)
22 - Ciaran Frawley (UCD/Leinster)(14)
23 - Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(71)
@reprobate said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ShaquilleOatmeal said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@reprobate said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@jimmyb said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus only a year younger than Ben Smith in 2013. That worked out terribly
If Moorby could have half as long a fine career as Ben Smith did I'd be very satisfied!
To have half as long a career he'd still be playing in our outside backs at 33, which would be pretty unusual...
Much like Ben Smith then.
Yes, it would be. Care for a friendly wager?
No, thanks. I don't see Moorby making it past the World Cup next year either.
@pakman said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Irish team named.
And it’s still Wednesday over there.
Innovation.
@nzzp said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
I am absolutely in favour of Moorby starting this week - I also don’t really see him as anything other than a stop gap.
But if he is a stop gap who wins us a Boks Tour then he will go down in ABs folklore
why is he a stop gap? Looks pretty useful to me.
Because I think Moorby is just the hot hand right now - probably not in a dissimilar mode to George Bridge a few years ago.
Hard disagree.
Go back and watch his tries when he was near the try scoring record for Super and got selected. They were bog average- typically gettin gthe ball in space a few yards out from the line iwth no defenders. If you think I'm exaggerating, I think in 12-14 tries he beat maybe 3-4 defenders. Classic example of statistics being misleading.
For the ABs his ability to beat a man was unrivalled - but in the wrong direction. He just ran into ocntact over and over. It was pitiful.
Bridge possibly not the best example, but what I am really trying to say is Josh Moorby has been nothing more than a good Super Rugby player across his career, and then at 27, as a winger, he all of a sudden becomes this good?
It isn't meant as a critique, but the chances of this being anything other than a massive purple patch feel really low to me - and there isn't anything wrong with that. I'd far rather them play the hot hand and win now, then opt for someone like Clarke, who at the moment seems to have very little threat with ball in hand, or a project player (say a Hutchinson).
@reprobate said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Apart from JGP, I think our backline is much better.
Stuart McCloskey is class though.
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nzzp said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@nostrildamus said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
I am absolutely in favour of Moorby starting this week - I also don’t really see him as anything other than a stop gap.
But if he is a stop gap who wins us a Boks Tour then he will go down in ABs folklore
why is he a stop gap? Looks pretty useful to me.
Because I think Moorby is just the hot hand right now - probably not in a dissimilar mode to George Bridge a few years ago.
Hard disagree.
Go back and watch his tries when he was near the try scoring record for Super and got selected. They were bog average- typically gettin gthe ball in space a few yards out from the line iwth no defenders. If you think I'm exaggerating, I think in 12-14 tries he beat maybe 3-4 defenders. Classic example of statistics being misleading.
For the ABs his ability to beat a man was unrivalled - but in the wrong direction. He just ran into ocntact over and over. It was pitiful.
Bridge possibly not the best example, but what I am really trying to say is Josh Moorby has been nothing more than a good Super Rugby player across his career, and then at 27, as a winger, he all of a sudden becomes this good?
It isn't meant as a critique, but the chances of this being anything other than a massive purple patch feel really low to me - and there isn't anything wrong with that. I'd far rather them play the hot hand and win now, then opt for someone like Clarke, who at the moment seems to have very little threat with ball in hand, or a project player (say a Hutchinson).
Some guys develop late. Who knows if his french adventure helped in any tangible way or not. He strikes me as having the potential for a Cory Jane style career, as opposed to a NMS career or even someone who depends on outright gas. If we look back after 2028 and he's given us a couple of excellent years of service I would be very pleased for us and for him
@ACT-Crusader crazy to see a guy that couldn’t even get into the Otago NPC team and was middling around for Green Ireland now start for Ireland against the ABs. Good on him
@The-Irishman said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Easy win for the AB's.
We will play an aging rake, don’t have any world class locks, can’t even decide who our best 6, 7 or 8 are, have a rookie 10, a revolving door at centre and left wing. Add to that a new game plan that barely got us over the line against a France D side. Plus the daunting unbeaten record since forever at Eden Park. Take all that into account and add that Ireland have NZs greatest ever non-AB halfback.
Ireland by 10
@ACT-Crusader said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@The-Irishman said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Easy win for the AB's.
We will play an aging rake, don’t have any world class locks, can’t even decide who our best 6, 7 or 8 are, have a rookie 10, a revolving door at centre and left wing. Add to that a new game plan that barely got us over the line against a France D side. Plus the daunting unbeaten record since forever at Eden Park. Take all that into account and add that Ireland have NZs greatest ever non-AB halfback.
Ireland by 10
Add that we can't defend up the middle or our wide, have a captain selected mostly for "the feels", and have a geriatric on the bench
Ireland by 18
