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Kiwias
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I refuse to be sucked into this terrible negative thinking.

























Wallabies the clear favourites.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:33 pm I’ve changed my thinking.

Wallabies will break the Eden Park hoodoo this week. Anything different would go right against the grain of Fozzie’s groundbreaking record.
The shere catalogue of Fozzies achievements has been so spectacular.
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Ymx wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:13 am
Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:33 pm I’ve changed my thinking.

Wallabies will break the Eden Park hoodoo this week. Anything different would go right against the grain of Fozzie’s groundbreaking record.
The shere catalogue of Fozzies achievements has been so spectacular.
Why... it's like watching that scene from Indiana Jones where Indiana is pursued by a giant rolling rock.
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I don't really get all the NZ media indignation over Tuivasa-Sheck not starting. Sure, he's the last uninjured 'specialist' midfielder in the squad, but to me he doesn't look anywhere near ready to start an important test at 12. And yes, he was a brilliant league player, but never in the midfield. Hope he proves me wrong.
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Gumboot wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:28 am I don't really get all the NZ media indignation over Tuivasa-Sheck not starting. Sure, he's the last uninjured 'specialist' midfielder in the squad, but to me he doesn't look anywhere near ready to start an important test at 12. And yes, he was a brilliant league player, but never in the midfield. Hope he proves me wrong.
Guys at work are the same... there's a bland assumption that he'll slot straight in. The complexities of the midfield? pffft... he played Union as a junior bro.

It's just dumb.

We are vulnerable in the midfield this weekend. Very.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:30 am
Gumboot wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:28 am I don't really get all the NZ media indignation over Tuivasa-Sheck not starting. Sure, he's the last uninjured 'specialist' midfielder in the squad, but to me he doesn't look anywhere near ready to start an important test at 12. And yes, he was a brilliant league player, but never in the midfield. Hope he proves me wrong.
Guys at work are the same... there's a bland assumption that he'll slot straight in. The complexities of the midfield? pffft... he played Union as a junior bro.

It's just dumb.

We are vulnerable in the midfield this weekend. Very.
Especially on defense. The thought of JB and Rieko organising the defensive screen fills me with dreat.
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And the wings haven't exactly been defending well... this could be a bloodbath. :sad:
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:lol: Now I am really worried. All Blacks to smash the Wallabies by 50.
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Gumboot wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:59 am And the wings haven't exactly been defending well... this could be a bloodbath. :sad:
Yup…

should have left Beaudene on the bench, put Jordan at FB and brought Reece in. Then there’s the whole Caleb Clarke issue that needs resolving. Who gets his spot?
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Guy Smiley wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:28 am
Gumboot wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:59 am And the wings haven't exactly been defending well... this could be a bloodbath. :sad:
Yup…

should have left Beaudene on the bench, put Jordan at FB and brought Reece in. Then there’s the whole Caleb Clarke issue that needs resolving. Who gets his spot?
God knows, Leicester's not getting a lotta love these days...
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Righto, Bridge it is then
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Guy Smiley wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:52 am Righto, Bridge it is then
:lolno:
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Great droppie from Harford!
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Go, All Blacks!
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It's difficult for Saffers to support the Wallabies. :oops:
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:55 am It's difficult for Saffers to support the Wallabies. :oops:
It's difficult for Kiwis, too.
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Oh well , it's been a fantastic TRC this year. Let's hope for a grand finale.
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It's Heritage Day (Braai) in the Republic. My dress code is Paul Roos Bok jersey. Lots of rugby. Mooloos spoiled it.
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Andrew Brace is a good ref. Thought it would be the French ref.
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Was that the Boomerang or Flying Vee Haka response?
Good luck AB supporters! Hope you lose or win by a very small margin. If we weren't in the hunt for the trophy I'd be supporting the Blackness. Purely because the Wobs have displayed a bit of shithousery this year.
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Game over
“Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.”
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Yellow coming up
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Kiwi 7 butted the Aussie on the ground
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Insane_Homer wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:10 amGame over
He could have doid!
Lucky to get a yellow. Australia continue to be ill-disciplined.
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Tichtheid wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:11 am Kiwi 7 butted the Aussie on the ground
Papali'i made direct contact with Samu's head, clear red card [/Rennie]
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Too easy for BB
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Scrum still inching forward so WTF is the ref calling to ABs to use it?
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Aussie backrow all over us
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Wobs showing plenty of fight. But often the pattern of Bled games in NZ is that they are competitive in the first half and then get blown away in the second.
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Jordan proving yet again that there is no match for sheer pace.
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Dynamic by the ABs.
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Jordan has a bit of turn of pace on him right enough
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Rieko Ioane had to pass to Jordan there
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There were good hand skills in the lead up to the try too
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Jordan is such a freakish and terrifying talent.
Whenever he gets the ball in space I can’t help but hold my breath.
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Blake wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:39 am Jordan is such a freakish and terrifying talent.
Whenever he gets the ball in space I can’t help but hold my breath.
Now imagine him at 15 so he gets the ball in space far more than he can at 14.
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that must now too be yellow?
“Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.”
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A yellow warning for a halfback being too flappy

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Aaron Smith putting the shit into house at half-back
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That Aussie defence was quite something, ABs would have scored against most sides there
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