@ACT-Crusader said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@voodoo i don’t know about all that but I can almost guarantee that it will be a game of two halves with lots of credit to the boys.
no mums in the kitchen putting on a feed afterwards?
All Blacks: 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Josh Lord, 5. Patrick Tuipulotu, 6. Tupou Vaa'i, 7. Luke Jacobson, 8. Ardie Savea (c), 9. Cam Roigard, 10. Ruben Love, 11. Josh Moorby, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Quinn Tupaea, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Damian McKenzie.
Bench: 16. Asafo Aumua, 17. Xavier Numia, 18. Fletcher Newell, 19. Anton Segner, 20. Peter Lakai, 21. Cortez Ratima, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Caleb Clarke.
Unavailable: Fehi Fineanganofo (shoulder), Leroy Carter (shoulder)
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@Frank said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Landers mate.
Where's the team?I had it locked and ready to go but the Jordie injury has thrown a spanner in the works.
I’ll post what it was going to be anyway, I’m sure it will spark some discussion.
- Roigard
- Love
- Moorby
- J. Barrett
- Tupaea
- Jordan
- Dmac
Bench
21. Ratima
22. ALB
23. ClarkeAll subject to change now due to the JB injury obviously.
On the money. JB still one to watch with a game time decision
A couple of surprises but a decent sized team to secure ruck ball and provide a platform for the backs.
Only thing I’m slightly nervous about is we could easily snooker ourselves with that bench.
I am assume the plan will be for Tuipulotu to go off for Lakai (Vaa’i to lock) and Segner for Jacobson.
If an injury comes at the wrong time, we could be left with Segner at lock…
@akan004 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
Would have preferred Tosi over Newell and what's this obsession with Taylor?
Ryan obviously has plenty of say in the front row selections. I hope we see changes by the end of the SA tour.
All this talk about playing up tempo rugby and then we pick a forward pack full of cart horses.
Then we go and select Newell as an impact prop over Tosi who is our best in that role.
You also have the under done Tuipolotu coming in for our form lock.
Just another year of head scratching selections in all honesty.
Would have liked to see someone else given a start at hooker. Taylor was not as good in Wellington as in Christchurch and he is not a spring chicken.
I get why they have selected him but that cap might have been better given to Samisoni with Aumua off the bench.
Vai'i picked at 6 to challenge the Irish lineout....?
Feel like I have heard that somewhere before...
@taniwharugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@akan004 guess they are managing Darry's workload? But he has been arguably our best player in both tests.
If that's the case they should have rested him against Italy. Not a fan of that decision.
@akan004 said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@taniwharugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@akan004 guess they are managing Darry's workload? But he has been arguably our best player in both tests.
If that's the case they should have rested him against Italy. Not a fan of that decision.
at first i agree but also like the idea of two games back to back rather than in and out
Other concern is Ratima and ALB - not sure a backline is scoring much with both on in the latter stages of a match.
I don't think leaving out Darry is as big an issue as being made out. All our locks are of a decent standard, which isn't to say Darry hasn't performed best so far, but I remember even during the team naming some posters not being on board with him.
I think lock is the one position in the current ABs I don't mind us mixing up so much.
Not a huge fan of Vai'i at 6 though but maybe Rennie can make it work.
@taniwharugby said in NC: All Blacks v Ireland:
@akan004 I guess maybe he exceeded expectations in T1 and backed it up in T2, but knew we likely had PT coming back for this one, so had already played him more than anticipated.
Yep, and he looked pretty tired in 2nd half last week, I think he probably earnt a break. Let's not burn out a young fella .
