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What a contrast between the Jaguares and the Pumas. The Jags used smart tactics, played at pace...and had excellent discipline. Ledesma has the Pumas playing blockhead rugby. The sooner this dinosaur gets booted the better for Argentina.

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Enzedder wrote:
HKCJ wrote:Brought in from League around the late 90s I would say.

Nah, Going crosskick to BeeGee Williams was a regular sight. 1970/80s

Mac Herewini was dropping kicks onto Teroi Tataurangi's chest in the sixties.

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Steve Hansen on Jordie Barrett's partnership with more senior halfback Aaron Smith: "I had a word to both nines (Smith and Brad Weber) at training. I told them that he's (Barrett's) the boss. They need to listen to him, not the other way round. Number 10 is always your main computer. When 9 starts ...

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I hope Perenara gets plenty of time at 10...and Brad Weber throws passes at his ankles, over his head or at his face a nanosecond before he's gang tackled. He might then understand what it feels like to be on the receiving end.

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Gorgodze at No.8 the best of the Georgians. The team still lacks a cutting edge in the backs.

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Brilliant game from Lomani. (Perenara take note.)

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Auckman wrote:
FravBront wrote:any streams going? cant see any
Comets is your man!

That one seems to be down.

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BBB wrote:
Waka Nathan wrote:Atu Moil: 80 minutes in those conditions! His total AB game time up till this game had been 50 minutes.
Good effort.

Wonder how much weight he lost over the 80 minutes?

That's a worry. You'd hope the medics have this all under control.

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Atu Moil: 80 minutes in those conditions! His total AB game time up till this game had been 50 minutes.

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Kieran Read is looking very fit. Whoever devised his program deserves a pat on the back.

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Kiwias wrote:Weber in at 9

And suddenly the ball is flying out accurately from three successive rucks and the ABs score. Weber is so much better than Plodding Perenara.

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Isn't it about time the AB sectors saw Perenara for what he is: a dreadful halfback. His passing is atrocious.

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World Rugby High Performance 15s Match Officials' Manager: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Imagine blaming the ref for losing to minnow Japan. Even the South Africans didn't stoop that low.

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Kearns and Cheika live rent free in your head. Your media is obsessed by them. Your barely literate supporter base who trawl social media are obsessed with them. We're talking about a nation who hold grudges against referees for more than a decade. Who, when beaten, can't accept it on the chin like...

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Surely Samoa could have found a better halfback than Cowley somewhere in Auckland club rugby.

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Sad to say, but they're the worst Samoan and Scottish teams I've ever seen.

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https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/x/6/j/b/q/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.1x6ikf.png/1569799289365.jpg A screen grab shows Wales halfback Gareth Davies (circled, centre) was onside when Wallabies halfback Will Genia (circled, right) was set to pass the ball. Aus...

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Someone shoot Ben Skeen. The man is a fcking idiot.

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All the opposition has to do is stay on their side of the halfway line. The French got a token fine in 2011 for advancing past the line.

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comets wrote:try BAY setup by fakatava, why did samoa not pick him?

Probably because he's Tongan.

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naki wrote:Rodney So’oialo went from (stand-in) ABs captain to a non-entity on the field in the space of a few months. It was a bizarre drop off. He wasn’t even 30 at the time, and wasn’t injured

So’oialo had a chronic neck injury.

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If that game was the blueprint for our attacking structure this year then we are farked. A change of personnel will help The change in personnel should be in the coaching group. Ian Foster has taken the AB backline from being one of the best to one of the worst. I'm sure Robertson wouldn't tolerate...

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So,there’s talk that Guptills run out should have been a no-ball as NZ had one too many fielders outside the 30 yard circle. NZ didn't. As the graphic showing the field placings came on the screen, NZ were in the process of bringing the third man (CDG) up and putting the fine leg back. The commenta...

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So,there’s talk that Guptills run out should have been a no-ball as NZ had one too many fielders outside the 30 yard circle. NZ didn't. As the graphic showing the field placings came on the screen, NZ were in the process of bringing the third man (CDG) up and putting the fine leg back. The commenta...

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So,there’s talk that Guptills run out should have been a no-ball as NZ had one too many fielders outside the 30 yard circle. NZ didn't. As the graphic showing the field placings came on the screen, NZ were in the process of bringing the third man (CDG) up and putting the fine leg back. The commenta...

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I find it fascinating that despite NZRU having gone totally against the mold when retaining Hansen after we tumbled out in the quarter-finals in 2007, it seems to be a given that they lack the ability to do something totally unexpected. I would not be surprised at all to see them appoint Razor even...

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Akira can't make the wider squad because he is simply not making enough of an effort. Complete bullshit. After starting 32 straight games, Akira Ioane was to be given a spell off the bench off the bench prior to the Blues' Queensland road trip next week. Instead he'll take his place at the back of ...

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I'm not sure the comparisons with Zinzan are doing anything for this thread. When Zinzan was trying to break into the New Zealand team he was trying to displace an unbeaten All Black captain. That simply isn't true. Zinzan Brooke was first selected by Brian Lochore (+ Wylie & Hart) for the 1987 Wor...

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Rubbish, he didn't pick him because he is not a team man, and has failed to play a consistent No.8 game. :yawn: So the bloke voted in as Player of the Year by the Blues coaches and players...isn't a team man? Akira is this generation's Zinzan Brooke. He attracts the same nonsense from the same smal...

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Rubbish, he didn't pick him because he is not a team man, and has failed to play a consistent No.8 game. :yawn: So the bloke voted in as Player of the Year by the Blues coaches and players...isn't a team man? Akira is this generation's Zinzan Brooke. He attracts the same nonsense from the same smal...

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Akira didn't play that many more minutes compared to other players as people think. He didn't even play the most minutes at the Blues (that was Melani Nanai). Compared to someone like Ardie Savea for example, Akira only played an average of 4 minutes more per match. Both averaged well over 70 mins ...

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Bayern wrote:
Seneca of the Night wrote:Dumb question: is akiras eligibility still not nailed down? At 24 he's got time to get eligible for an nh test team.
The 3 year residency rule has been raised to 5 which would still give him time tbf.

Akira has played for NZ Sevens.

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None of the ABs had a normal pre season...on Hansen's orders. They needed to freshen up, said he. The likes of Big Karl came back the size of a house...and just as mobile. But the player who played more minutes in Super rugby than than everyone else had to hit round one at the peak of fitness and th...

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Hansen: "He [Akira]came into the season probably not as fit as he could have been Match Report of Crusaders v Blues Round One (NZ Herald): Loose forward Ioane, celebrating his 50th game for the Blues, was a standout and appeared to want to get his side home by himself such was his impact Hansen is f...

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I agree his biggest issue is his lack of work ethic. To simplify, that's laziness. Relative laziness. And whilst that seems like a simple thing to fix, clearly he's struggled to do so. I cannot think of any elite athletes who have been lazy and reached their potential. Akira Ioane is a classic exam...

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I agree his biggest issue is his lack of work ethic. To simplify, that's laziness. Relative laziness. And whilst that seems like a simple thing to fix, clearly he's struggled to do so. I cannot think of any elite athletes who have been lazy and reached their potential. Akira Ioane is a classic exam...

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I know its unfashionable, but I'd like to note something negative about Jack Goodhue.. The boy makes some critical fvcking errors on D. I thought he had quite a poor game all round. His lack of acceleration and agility means he gets caught out more than he should. He is not a center. He is more sui...

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Please tell me this is a wind up. If it isn't, the Blues will have the worst and second worst halfbacks in the country. Only the Blues could be that stupid. And still Michael Redman keeps his job.

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Cooper's time was up. He made a real mess of the early season, but did well to pull things together at the end. I hope NZR now offers him the NZ U20 role. He might be able to sort out some of the dickheads NZ colleges are churning out these days.

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Would Hemopo be in consideration as a 6? Squire did himself no favours today. Fifta is cooling his heels, and Frizzle is carrying a niggle. Hemopo is was one of the best forwards in the competition. Unfortunately, his career has been ruined by Hansen and Co's muddled thinking and the ineptitude of ...

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