Bledisloe 2 at Eden Park 18/10/20
- Thread starter waiopehu oldboy
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aeneas
Tom Lawton (22)
All of which is fair enough, though he was better than either of them this season......
Penguin
John Solomon (38)
He's been practicing at the back of the scrum all season with distinction. Least of our worries.
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
He wasn’t the only wallaby making tackles, taking hit ups and hitting the breakdown, yet he was the one on the ground slow to get up.
I have never placed emphasis in how someone looks to assess their fitness. Some players look a million dollars, doesn’t mean they have good cardio.
It will be interesting to see if we can pinpoint when/how it started.
It's very hard to believe that he was simply so gassed he couldn't get up properly and he wasn't actually winded/injured/had a head knock.
Joe Blow
Peter Sullivan (51)
Looks? No mate, just judging by their play of late.
FF (Folau Fainga'a) doesn’t look like hes anywhere fit enough at the moment if last weeks game is anything to go by. BPA has looked pretty good in SRAU and he now gets his chance.
Either Rennie fancies Uelese as a finisher or he may not be fit enough either in his eyes.
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
I don’t have any issues with FF (Folau Fainga'a) fitness, just his line out throwing last week.
Brumby Runner
David Wilson (68)
Nah. Not many would, disagree that Rennie put out a strong, fairly balanced team in Bledisloe 1 and got a result. Few would have made as many changes as he has for this game and it's a risky approach. Win and he will start to be regarded a genius. Draw or lose in a close one and he'll be a visionary bringing more players up to standard. Lose large and it will look like more of the same from recent years. Let the results speak for themselves.
I sincerely hope that we're the winner at the end of game.
Purce
Jim Clark (26)
This has me worried. While he managed big super rugby minutes this year well he was completely off his feet in the last 5 he was on the field. Understandable as he has an engine which just pushes him. Speed and physicality must have got to him by the end there. I think Rennie will have a plan for him coming off if he is toast. Last thing you want is a young rook making a miss or spilling the ball towards the end of a game. Dents their confidence and then sharks start circling. Could always see LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) shifted to 8, Ned to Lock and Wright to 6. Or just Ned to 8
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
Blast from the past that one.
Highkicks
Herbert Moran (7)
It's only 2 changes to the starting team, to address a fairly poor showing in the lineout. Doesn't strike me as unreasonable at all, regardless of the result. The selections are an obvious solution to one of the weakest aspects from last weeks game with minimal downside, pending BPA's throwing.
Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
Top reason for the Wallabies to win is to make Alan Jones less relevant
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
I don't get all the shock and distress over the changes. The team and Rennie made it pretty clear from straight after the whistle they should have won that game. They were disappointed in the draw and I believe have said it was only 60% towards where they want to be.
Any team performing at 60% of their capacity (of what their standards are) will cop changes.
Any team performing at 60% of their capacity (of what their standards are) will cop changes.
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Wright has been training at 8 as well
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Positional niceties do not apply as strictly in the final stages.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Just looking at the AB bench I'm really struggling to see what DMac's role can possibly be other than backup 5/8 should Mo'unga break down and/ or be shagged from clocking up multiple running kilometres alternating between 10 & 15 at a point in the game where Beaugan is similarly shagged from clocking up multiple runnng kilometres alternating between 15 & 10. If only there were a backup actual 10 available.......