@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
I know we have a bit of a laugh giving Bridge stick but seriously if he can’t make any ground in a game like this it is time that the selectors took note.
There is another 11 called Caleb Clarke, you would think that swap in the squad is inevitable at some point
@kiwiinmelb he's over there?
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
I know we have a bit of a laugh giving Bridge stick but seriously if he can’t make any ground in a game like this it is time that the selectors took note.
He's not even on the field?
Not that you’d notice anyway
What if you can't defend your wing against a team of this calibre and a winger who's a nobody?
You're a Scotland supporter?
In another dimension I might be understanding this.
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
I know we have a bit of a laugh giving Bridge stick but seriously if he can’t make any ground in a game like this it is time that the selectors took note.
He's not even on the field?
Not that you’d notice anyway
What if you can't defend your wing against a team of this calibre and a winger who's a nobody?
You're a Scotland supporter?
In another dimension I might be understanding this.
There’s no way Bridge would make the mighty Scottish team
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@kiwiinmelb he's over there?
I think he means in the next phase.
Ennor has shown more and Clarke will hopefully come back. Bridge has skills, he is just ineffective at this level.
The absence of Aaron Smith is going to cost the ABs on this tour, you’d have to think. In fact, I’d start Christie over Perenara, who really now is in his Vegas period.
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
I know we have a bit of a laugh giving Bridge stick but seriously if he can’t make any ground in a game like this it is time that the selectors took note.
He's not even on the field?
Not that you’d notice anyway
What if you can't defend your wing against a team of this calibre and a winger who's a nobody?
You're a Scotland supporter?
In another dimension I might be understanding this.
Oblique reference to the USA beating Scotland a few years back.
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@kiwiinmelb he's over there?
I think he means in the next phase.
Ennor has shown more and Clarke will hopefully come back. Bridge has skills, he is just ineffective at this level.
Big fan of Ennor the wing. it might be noticeable I'd take him over Jordan and/or Bridge any day. If Clarke can find his first year form then even better, if not he's just another Bridge...
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
@crucial said in All Blacks vs USA:
I know we have a bit of a laugh giving Bridge stick but seriously if he can’t make any ground in a game like this it is time that the selectors took note.
He's not even on the field?
Not that you’d notice anyway
What if you can't defend your wing against a team of this calibre and a winger who's a nobody?
You're a Scotland supporter?
In another dimension I might be understanding this.
Oblique reference to the USA beating Scotland a few years back.
And their winger being better than Bridge/Jordan?
Christie and Tupaea can be very happy with their games. Perenara not so much. All the players constantly trying no look passes to the back and so many of them going wrong was a bit annoying, but understandable, due to the crap opposition. Good to see Whitelock and Cane back, but Cane looked very underdone.
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
Perenara is awful.
He’s done aye, his passing is a shambles. Only reason he looks half good is his support play.
@canes4life said in All Blacks vs USA:
@bones said in All Blacks vs USA:
Perenara is awful.
He’s done aye, his passing is a shambles. Only reason he looks half good is his support play.
Always there eh, but that just means more opportunities to fuck it up.
Half Back is such an area for weakness for the ABs. Smith is superb and Weber is solid. But the rest are poor. Every top division English, Welsh and French club side seems to have a better half back than the two the ABs had today.
Even beating up on the special ed class at PE, DMac and TJP manage to look shit.
I hope we got a bunch of cash for this opportunity to grow the game. Americans love supporting losers.
Thoroughly enjoyed that and have not read the posts. Great advert for rugby. The emotion in the buildup and the colourful crowd really added something. Fantastic refereeing meant we got to see skillsets and how the game should be played. And the USA really lifted in second half and will benefit greatly from the outing. Only downer was the AB subs. Starting props and Christie were fantastic. McKenzie showed his amazing creative spark and must have endeared himself to the crowd. The workrate of Vaii and Tupaea was huge. And I kept seeing big defensive hits from Jacobson. Jordan was always a threat and Ennor showed promise. Wonderful to see so many skills displayed.
