All Blacks vs Fiji

African Monkey

Good effort DMac?

WillieTheWaiter

Went for the ball.. dude dropped the ball. Win.

Bones

Hotham comes on and immediately the ABs almost concede. No coincidence right

bayimports

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

How lucky is Finlay Christie? Nailed on the get the next start. Fuuuck

Not often a ginger gets kissed on the dick so often

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Hotham comes on and immediately the ABs almost concede. No coincidence right

I think it was Reikos fault 😉

KiwiMurph

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

How lucky is Finlay Christie? Nailed on the get the next start. Fuuuck

Not necessarily. 21 days til ABs play next

Frank

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

How lucky is Finlay Christie? Nailed on the get the next start. Fuuuck

Ratima might be okay for next week.

Bones

What an awful effort by DMac for stopping a try. Weak.

KiwiMurph

T Williams is a hell of a player

antipodean

Still feel they should've picked Plummer. Not impressed by DMac so far.

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

What an awful effort by DMac for stopping a try. Weak.

Even if he didn't touch the player he still would've dropped it. DMac just lucky to get away with high tackle

Damo

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Still feel they should've picked Plummer. Not impressed by DMac so far.

Really? DMac has been excellent.

Bones

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

What an awful effort by DMac for stopping a try. Weak.

Even if he didn't touch the player he still would've dropped it. DMac just lucky to get away with high tackle

Yeah bring back Mounga. He would've smoked him.

African Monkey

@Bones Imagine the wankfest if Mo'unga made that tackle McKenzie made lol.

@Damo said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Still feel they should've picked Plummer. Not impressed by DMac so far.

Really? DMac has been excellent.

Rocks and diamonds, some shit kicking, stupid decisions to run it when didn't need to, and seems to be not paying enough attention at times. But great putting people into space, good place kicking, fast hands

Canes4life

Ratima, Proctor, Aumua and ALB probably the best for us in the first half. Williams also been good.

frugby

DMac is forever going to be one of those players people have a very entrenched view on. It is the way he plays is slight out the box, so naturally some won't like it.

KiwiMurph

DMac has been good

Clarke has carried on his same play from Super which is good

Midfield and front row going well

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Ratima, Proctor, Aumua and ALB probably the best for us in the first half.

Yup and the props in the scrum

Our lose forwards have been anon and shit. All the forwards not enough to forward in the tight. Beaudy had had some good injections from the beck

kiwiinmelb

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

DMac is forever going to be one of those players people have a very entrenched view on. It is the way he plays is slight out the box, so naturally some won't like it.

Yeah I get the rocks and diamonds calls but I think his distribution is the best going around so depends on priorities I guess .

antipodean

@Damo said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Still feel they should've picked Plummer. Not impressed by DMac so far.

Really? DMac has been excellent.

Against some terrible defence. If Fiji tackled like England he'd be placing his own team under pressure.

Chris

Williams has been good carried well scrummed well and made some decent tackles.

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Ratima, Proctor, Aumua and ALB probably the best for us in the first half.

Yup and the props in the scrum

Our lose forwards have been anon and shit. All the forwards not enough to forward in the tight. Beaudy had had some good injections from the beck

Jacobson has been very good, and taken line outs too

frugby

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

DMac is forever going to be one of those players people have a very entrenched view on. It is the way he plays is slight out the box, so naturally some won't like it.

Yeah I get the rocks and diamonds calls but I think his distribution is the best going around so depends on priorities I guess .

DMac hasn't been bad imo, and is probably the best option we have, but he isn't of the same standard of Carter or Barrett at his peak... I think people probably set unrealistic expectations.

MN5

Has JK lost his glasses !?!?!

Chris

MF had a much easier time in this test no rush defence to contend with.

kiwiinmelb

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

DMac is forever going to be one of those players people have a very entrenched view on. It is the way he plays is slight out the box, so naturally some won't like it.

Yeah I get the rocks and diamonds calls but I think his distribution is the best going around so depends on priorities I guess .

DMac hasn't been bad imo, and is probably the best option we have, but he isn't of the same standard of Carter or Barrett at his peak... I think people probably set unrealistic expectations.

No one compares to carter so those comparisons will always come up short beaudy included

WillieTheWaiter

@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Ratima, Proctor, Aumua and ALB probably the best for us in the first half.

Yup and the props in the scrum

Our lose forwards have been anon and shit. All the forwards not enough to forward in the tight. Beaudy had had some good injections from the beck

Jacobson has been very good, and taken line outs too

All done with his pants down too.. love seeing the waikato speeds out there

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@frugby said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

DMac is forever going to be one of those players people have a very entrenched view on. It is the way he plays is slight out the box, so naturally some won't like it.

Yeah I get the rocks and diamonds calls but I think his distribution is the best going around so depends on priorities I guess .

DMac hasn't been bad imo, and is probably the best option we have, but he isn't of the same standard of Carter or Barrett at his peak... I think people probably set unrealistic expectations.

No one compares to carter so those comparisons will always come up short beaudy included

I don't expect DC, but I do expect some form of decent tactical kicking and control

KiwiMurph

Kirwan on cue

"Who would have known Hotham's name at the beginning of the season"

Chris

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Kirwan on cue

"Who would have known Hotham's name at the beginning of the season"

What a dick JK up to his normal standards.