2025 Bledisloe Cup Series

[waiopehu oldboy]

AB naming at 5:30pm NZDT.

Clarke is reportedly upbeat about his injury but I can see where Razor, having locked away the Bled & extremely unlikely to head of 'boks for TRC, might give him some extra recovery time. So for me it's either 11. Rieko 14. Carter or 11. Carter 14. Reece.

Only 2 x 5/8 options taken so 10. DMac 23. Love seems a given. Wouldn't be surprised to see 12. Jordie 13. AL-B 22. Tupaea.

9s pick themselves as, again, they've only taken two. Gotta hope noone does anything dumb or unlucky at captains run or during warmups.

ScoBar supposedly fit but as with Clarke why not give him the extra recovery time? In which case Holland & PatT start with Vaa’i on the bench covering 6 as well as lock.

Williams for DeGroot up front & apparently Norris has had some back pain so maybe Mafileo takes the bench spot?

Can't see a reason to change the loosies personnel-wise but it must be tempting to start Lakai at 7 in which case 6. Sititi 8. & (c) ASav.

 

[Tomthumb]

And the conversation has gone full circle for the third month in a row.
Riveting stuff.

Feel free to bring a new subject to the table

 

[zer0]

Clarke is reportedly upbeat about his injury but I can see where Razor, having locked away the Bled & extremely unlikely to head of 'boks for TRC, might give him some extra recovery time. So for me it's either 11. Rieko 14. Carter or 11. Carter 14. Reece.

Only 2 x 5/8 options taken so 10. DMac 23. Love seems a given. Wouldn't be surprised to see 12. Jordie 13. AL-B 22. Tupaea.

Literally the most disgusting, reprehensible, misbegotten, god-less act in human history since some maniac threw pineapple on a pizza.

I'd sooner name Rieko at 13.5 and just play with 14 guys on the field.

 

[LeCheese]

Simple!

 

[Dctarget]

Doesn't quite make sense. Only path to victory comes from Wallabies winning with 50+ but we know that's not the case. Just have to win with a BP and Boks get no points.

 

[rugbyAU]

 

[rugbyAU]

Lomax, De Groot, Barrett and Clarke all ruled out

Wallabies team announced at 3.30pm

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Wobs by 17

 

[Yoda]

You can keep repeating this falsehood in every match thread, but Donaldson has had plenty of opportunities, including test matches such as the two starts last year he was poor in, and several years playing in the same competition and being a regular test squad member to adjudicate and compare his abilities to his competition.

Righto Slim.. "such as the TWO starts last year he was poor in".... I think the point is that Noah has had 30 starts and was poor in plenty and average in the rest. 30!

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I wrote you but you still ain't callin

 

[Heavyd]

TAB has Wallabies at $2.60 for Perth win. At home with Valetini and Skelton back it looks like a good punt to me.

I got $8 Wallabies 8-14 winning margin.