@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.
i bet no player knows this
Another fault of the coaches.
i hide my fuckups from the staff too...
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.
i bet no player knows this
Another fault of the coaches.
i hide my fuckups from the staff too...
They must have shut off the players' wifi and data access then.....
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.
i bet no player knows this
Another fault of the coaches.
i hide my fuckups from the staff too...
They must have shut off the players' wifi and data access then.....
Google subjected to data rate restriction so Insta can get the attention it deserves.
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...
I’d have to go and get changed with the All Blacks to answer that unequivocally
@antipodean well you can get a plan with Vodafone for unlimited social data use, but has limited data otherwise.
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...
I have wondered this for the last few years. The senior players would have all been under numerous coaches and would instantly know whether Fozzie is a goose or not.
There are a number of anonymous survey tools now, simply survey the playing group making sure it is anonymous to get accurate feedback. There is very heavy bias when speaking in public about someone's ability.
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...
if on honest, there are probably enough guys in this squad that should have been dropped on pure form at least briefly over the last few years, they probably know they have foozie to thank for keeping them around
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.
i bet no player knows this
Can't hear through their big headphones
gotta focus on Origin bro
i hear its pretty good...maybe we should watch that instead
Well the ABs and Ireland followed the origin script correctly - one team wins the first match, the other has a big win in the second, sets up the decider to be the greatest match in the history of the known multiverses.
lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!
Jobs for the boys doesn't work anymore
Any Wellingtonians still looking for tickets - 200 have been released on the tickets section of the All Blacks site this afternoon.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!
Has anyone seen the world rankings, there is about 1.3 points between France and NZ which is as big as gap between 1 & 2 often, so they a bit crazy, but if we want coaching appointment panel (that actually no longer exist as they on are a thing while ciaches are appointed) we in a crazy world.
Goodhue 12 Reiko 13, gonna be the world cup combo, Clarke 11 Jordan 14. ALB, Reece, TUJ to fight for 23 jersey.
Yes it is. They were introduced in 2003
@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
Goodhue 12 Reiko 13, gonna be the world cup combo, Clarke 11 Jordan 14. ALB, Reece, TUJ to fight for 23 jersey.
poor Rieko, the amount of times I've seen his name misspell through the years would be in the hundreds
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
If we lose , is it possible to move out of the top 4 rankings ?
Can you imagine that ? an allblack team not in the top 4 teams in the world .
Nah even if we lose we are 4, and we have never been 4 before. I fact for 85% of the time we have been 1. Basically fosters time is the only time we haven’t been top, outside of a few months here and there
We need to win this one.
Starters:
Front row -- Bower, Nepo if 100% (Ofa if not), Taylor (as much as anything for Chch cohesion)
Locks-- BBBR, Whitelock if fit (Vaai'i if not)
Loosies -- Sam, Scooter, Ardie
Nugget
Five eighths -- BB, Havili (because we need a kicking option)
Three quarters -- Three of Reece/Rioane/Goodhue/Jordan (case for Jack to settle defence down)
Jordie.
Bench:
Ofa (Nepo), Sami T, Karl T, Vaai'i/Aioane, Sotutu, Christie, Mo'unga, Goodhue/Reece
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:
@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.
i bet no player knows this
Can't hear through their big headphones
gotta focus on Origin bro
i hear its pretty good...maybe we should watch that instead
Well the ABs and Ireland followed the origin script correctly - one team wins the first match, the other has a big win in the second, sets up the decider to be the greatest match in the history of the known multiverses.
Qld, NSW, Qld
ABs, Ireland, ???
