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naki

All of NZ (except maybe Enz) is praying that the 2025 Lions coach is Ian Foster. Holy shit. We really need to run a Stalinist revisionist campaign wiping all anti-Foz NZ media articles, forum posts, Facebook groups et al from history and start planting stories in the UK media about Foster's genius,...

naki

Fair enough. Well, I thoroughly disagree with that. These are pro teams who should be able to handle the change. And the quality should not drop away when new players come on, quite the opposite. Bringing too many players in at once can lead to issues, that is a different story, and what happened t...

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- Michael Hooper was the best forward on the park imo. He’s an amazing player. Better than ever. His spot isn’t up for discussion but I’ll just mention it here as I’m just typing random thoughts. He was. First time I've seen him in person for awhile and he is better than at any stage of his career....

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He certainly has the best results of any recent Lions coach. The fact that he is the only recent Lions coach might have something to with that, but anyway.

Would kiwis have an ulterior motive in wanting him to continue to focus on the Lions rather than, say, disrupting the Chiefs again? Perhaps

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camroc1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:17 pm NZer in accepting saffer unsportsmanlike behaviour shocker.

I believe that's a woman. It's this kind of gendered language that is holding British people like yourself back from being embraced by neutrals.

naki

Genetic superiority. This is just the beginning, the isolation from foreign hordes afforded by COVID is already leading to this rise of the kiwi ubermensch - or more commonly uber-womensch. The next generation will be significantly more inbred and also have significantly more of what used to be cal...

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camroc1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:11 pm Being on the field does.

Medical staff on the field when the ball is in play, not physically interfering with the game or impeding in any way? There was probably a Lions physio doing exactly the same thing all throughout the test.

naki

Genetic superiority. This is just the beginning, the isolation from foreign hordes afforded by COVID is already leading to this rise of the kiwi ubermensch - or more commonly uber-womensch. The next generation will be significantly more inbred and also have significantly more of what used to be call...

naki

Shouting "Go Bokke!", "Justice 4 Rassie!" or "Tackle that doos!" does not as yet constitute cheating.

naki

Haven't seen the game yet but bringing Steyn on late to win it in that exact fashion is so bonkers brilliant that Rassie deserves to get a disciplinary pass from WR

naki

Don't think the numbers on the backs of the loosies matter at all, save for how they pack in most scrums. Papalii was playing like a blindside, Savea like an openside and Akira like a no 8/blindside hybrid from what I could see.

Who drops out for Cane once he returns will be interesting.

naki

I'm not convinced, no clear gameplan and no new ideas as far as I can see. Bit of credit to wobs midfield though, stopped our backs from getting any rhythm early. The game plan in the first half was to play expansive rugby in awful conditions. They had an (admittedly swirling) tail wind in the firs...

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You’re mental. That was Brodie clearly rebuilding his cvnt meter back to full power and it was great to see. Could have been carded for all the pens though, was at least smart enough to infringe in so many different ways that the officials wouldn’t know what to send him off for. Hooper and co were o...

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I was there. The ABs weren’t for most of it. The only positives were things that should be expected every week anyway eg great work rate from the locks, great tempo from Snecky when driving the attack and a solid shift from Akira. The Wallabies were good value once they sorted their handling. Hooper...

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Lots of rattled kiwis posting recently That’s cute. Not a single kiwi poster gives a shit about the Wallabies and what they might or might not bring. I suspect that may be true for you youngsters in your forties and below that don’t have first hand memories of when the Wallabies used to win Bledisl...

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This is a sport with laws so open to interpretation that a professional rugby analyst (with the benefit of multiple camera angles and unlimited time) can highlight transgressions in any one game, have them extensively contradicted by another professional rugby analyst, and there's a distinct possib...

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Lots of rattled kiwis posting recently That’s cute. Not a single kiwi poster gives a shit about the Wallabies and what they might or might not bring. Most don’t even know who your players are. Any kiwi complaints right now are entirely a navel-gazing exercise about our shit coach and his dubious cr...

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This test was heading for an easy sell out when I checked a few weeks ago, looks like the cancelled tickets for now non-travelling Wallabies fans have come back on the market and unlikely to shift given there's now another test here next week. Eden Park and NZR would be almost hoping the ABs lose, t...

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This is a sport with laws so open to interpretation that a professional rugby analyst (with the benefit of multiple camera angles and unlimited time) can highlight transgressions in any one game, have them extensively contradicted by another professional rugby analyst, and there's a distinct possibi...

naki

Jesus, had no idea Carrington already nabbed 3 golds in these games. Officially and statistically our GOAT Olympian?

naki

Towno is right, Savea is the only genuinely internationally proven we have on deck at the moment. For all of their talents both Jacobson and Papalii are extremely green and Rennie will no doubt be looking to exploit that. Good post. Except the last bit - we won’t be trying to exploit shit. Oz chanc...

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Towno is right, Savea is the only genuinely internationally proven we have on deck at the moment. For all of their talents both Jacobson and Papalii are extremely green and Rennie will no doubt be looking to exploit that.

naki

There are two main causes at play. The first what Matt Williams calls an 'overly-officious' approach to refereeing the game; both in terms of volume of penalties as well as referrals to the TMO. The you have players, particularly from teams with gigantic packs, taking a knee at every opportunity. T...

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Not that it matters so much, our pack is still a long way off providing the kind of platform quality players like Mo, ALB, Jordan etc can exploit I believe this front 8 are not far off though. There is some grunt there. All we need is Richard Loe back. :lol: :lol: This front 8 is a mixture of large...

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Throw in Jordan & Reece'ss instinct for the gaps and we have an attacking force as good as any AB side in the last 20 odd years. I don't think any combination of players would get close to matching the attacking threat of, say, Young Snecky - mature DC - Prime Savea - NonuRad - peak NMS - Bender (w...

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On the consistency point are there any players in that list that won’t make it due to age (meaning they would be unlikely?). As discussed with Sam W & Dane time will tell / Sam C injuries will tell. Some will be overtaken (Weber?) and same may leave NZ (DMAC) but that’s a great core to build with. ...

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Pretty good side given the injuries. Very pleased to the see the Mounga-Havili-ALB combo on show and Reiko on the wing. Would have preferred Jacobsen starting at Papalii from the bench but that's a decent backrow, hope Akira has a stormer. Really hope Retallick has been eating cement burgers during ...

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The contrast is stark. A, relatively minor, breach of team protocols and Rennie stands down three players - one of whom is likely an important starter. Frizell, at least from the reports made public, assaults a woman at least two separate times and then harrases her afterwards. Foster - "Just boys w...

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The ABs haven't lost to anyone at Eden Park in 27 years (44 tests and counting. The ABs haven't lost to the Wobs at Eden Park for 35 years (20 tests and counting). However, Foster has a flair for the historical. He was there when the ABs first lost to Ireland. He was there when the ABs first lost t...

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Are the teams named tomorrow afternoon? I see the TAB is once again putting too much faith in the AB's IMHO NZ = $1.08 Australia = $6.70 Points start = +19.5 Really? I see that as reasonable. When was the last time NZ lost at Eden Park, let alone to Australia? We are really going to struggle. The A...

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So many asterisks assigned to those matches. Will be even more of them when Foster loses but it was because his boys weren't allowed to play Argentina at home et cetera et cetera

Will be pleasantly surprised if the Boks don't chicken out again this time

naki

I would add the rule from international cricket where the kiwi players seem nice and everyone has to like them.

naki

Really hard to barrack for either side in this series. Insane ref manipulation videos, burner accounts, diving plums, duplicity, neck kneeling, biting. Best result would be another referee "deal" and a draw. Oh yes please, but this time can the Lions be the ones to get the bad call? #Justice At hea...

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Really hard to barrack for either side in this series. Insane ref manipulation videos, burner accounts, diving plums, duplicity, neck kneeling, biting. Best result would be another referee "deal" and a draw. Oh yes please, but this time can the Lions be the ones to get the bad call? #Justice At hea...

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I think people are forgetting most kiwis thought it was a pretty nasty tackle Most kiwis didn't think it was a pretty nasty tackle, because most kiwis know that it wasn't a tackle. It was a reckless and illegal clear out that resulted in a clamp down on incidents when players are lifted above the h...

naki

Really hard to barrack for either side in this series. Insane ref manipulation videos, burner accounts, diving plums, duplicity, neck kneeling, biting.

Best result would be another referee "deal" and a draw.

naki

Rassie, and Nienaber, are on a completely different level as coaches to Foster. Their Boks sides play to an entirely coherent, consistently effective game plan that clearly understands the strengths of the players they have at their disposal. As a defensive unit their teams are incredibly well drill...

naki

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:50 pm Over-rated: Richie McCaw
under-rated: Gavin Henson

Under-rated: the ability to read

Over-rated: the Godfather. It insists upon itself.

naki

Nice, the Spiritual Guardians of real rugby vs the Spiritual Guardians of touch. In some ways would rather Fiji win this one, it's the way it should be.

What time is the final?

naki

Couch wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:56 pm This series could be a Lions sweep potentially.

South Africa with their usual post world cup downward spiral.

Usual? The Boks were Lions series and 3Ns winners (including a 3 nil sweep of the ABs) at the same stage of their last post-RWC "spiral".

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