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Japan v Boks 2015.

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I've said loads of times on this forum that Sam Whitelock is my favourite player of all time. And I've had the luxury of supporting plenty of superstar players at SR and test level. What pips McCaw and Carter for me is his consistency at all levels.Carter in particular and McCaw to a lesser extent ...

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Was there an explanation as to why jordie took over the kicking after Mounga started goal kicking? Fozzie asked the waterboy to ask Cane to ask Richie to hand the tee to Jordie because he wants to create competition. Which obviously led to Richie getting so mad he took the line on during the next l...

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Just dropped in to say that first 40 would have to be one of the best halves of rugby I have ever seen, incredible stuff from both sides.

Congrats Boks, commiserations France.

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Surely you have to be in a position where victory is almost certain and then with the finish line in sight, nerves or silly mistakes make it all slip away to be a choke?

I don’t think Ireland were ever in that position, so no, not a choke for me.

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Congrats Foster and the coaching team.

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Fantastic! So happy…

Hard luck Ireland.

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That’s one of the ABs greatest ever wins

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Lol, Barnes reffing one side only, confirmed

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Lol, Barnes

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Barnes keeping the Irish in this…

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Halftime scoreline is an accurate reflection of the game so far.

Sam Cane playing very well for the ABs.

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This would be my starting 15 1. Williams 2. Taylor 3. Laulala 4. Retallick 5. Whitelock 6. Frizell 7. Papalii 8. Savea (c) 9. Smith 10. Mo'unga 11. Telea 12. J Barrett 13. Ioane 14. Jordan 15. DMac 16. Ofa T 17. Fletcher Newell 18. Dane Coles 19. Scott Barrett 20. Sam Cane 21. Cam Roigard 22. Leice...

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If Foster picks the right squad and we get our shit together, I think we'll be too good for them, simple as that. All the pressure is on them, the favoritism, the expectation, their undefeated run, the massive ground support, it's all on the line in this game. They probably unconsciously think they ...

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They were quite a way off for Australia and Wales. That's not what I mean by fair. If you had Australia and Wales play again this weekend, you wouldn't make them a 34 point favorite just because Wales won by 34 last time. Fair is the median outcome if you played the game many times in parallel univ...

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This is just appalling from Australia, farking hell.

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Jesus Wallabies.

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Probably best to take the points I reckon…

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RMo is our best defensive guy at the back. BB is nowhere to be seen most of the time.

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Would have been around 98/99, playing in the Final of the Taki Toa shield tournament in Sydney.

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I think the Irish are the slickest team going, extremely well coached and know their game as well as the Boks know theirs.
I’m picking brains over brawn for this one

Irish by 7ish

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Cane plays a tighter style of game that aligns well with test rugby. He makes crunching tackles, cleans and secures ball well. Papali'i is playing too loose for my linking at this point in time. Of course my opinion upsets you because you're a Blues fan, and adore all their players. So what you are...

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There's no one in the squad to execute that game plan while Frizell is injured. Scott Barrett could cover surely? He likes running the blindside? I can't believe it's all reliant on one player? His running game isn't as effective as Frizells. He's the next best guy but they are managing Retallicks ...

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I'm just gutted about that red card. But moving on, I believe two things became clear tonight. Roigard and LF have to be in our best 23. Roigard did so much right tonight, his feet, speed and strength holds defences up for that split second when he looks to dab or beat a player and then he creates ...

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Just looked at stuff ratings and read this: 22. Richie Mo’unga: Played the final quarter and showed nice vision to kick for Clarke try, but was otherwise unusually shaky, with a couple of messy fumbles. 4 Wtf - what are they on about? I didn’t see any of that… He wasn’t great, made a nice tackle an...

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To many unforced errors in that even given the conditions. Penalised practically every time Namibia had the ball. A bunch of messy tries but not very good. I think when you put 70 points on a team, something has gone right, complaining that it wasn’t good enough seems a bit churlish. It wasn’t perf...

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I think Jacobson earned his spot through a very good Soup season and deserves his spot but apart from being on the end of an outrageous Barrett backhand flick pass I am struggling to think of any impact at all from him. At least Akira has gone full beast mode on occasion and ripped teams a new one. ...

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2015 simply for Japan beating the Boks. Hahaha

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Bit of a strange Mish mash.. no Jordan at fullback :? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F56Tp4oWwAAhkLk?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1701960059654132003?t=its45jNfa8nWtdp7KNIeeg&s=19 Gone for plenty of power on the wings which is a bit of a surprise. Let's see if DMac can ad...

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Listening to the Aotearoa Rugby Pod and they're pointing out just how many players we had playing out of position. Worth reiterating: - Vai'i at 6 - Savea at 8 - Tele'a as a left winger (played the majority of his career and all his SR this season on the right) - Reiko at 13 - Jordan at 14 (played ...

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usermame wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:31 am
capt hurricane wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:38 pm Geez, he's not holding back, is he...
The trouble is it's all unarguable.

Well, apart from Foster winning every Championship and Bled he’s coached in.

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Sorry, TTT is absolute gash.

I’d add Ratima though…

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:26 am We don't have any powder - and we don't have a spark to light it anyway.

Yeah we do, his name is Cam Roigard.

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Dan54. wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:27 am Ethan Blackadder out of Tasman tomorrow, has been called into ABs, as predicted!

I’m not at all surprised by this.

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Just turned 59, joined here about 2003ish. Jesus.

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Yeah, really solid performance from France, deserved winners and by far the better team.

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Well, that was disappointing but not unexpected and surprisingly I’m not that upset.
That’s what the Foster era has done, you just expect the worst and he delivers.

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Congrats France, great win

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GO BLACK!!!

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