Is:
1. Tony Woodcock
2. Andrew Hore
3. Greg Somerville
4. Brad Thorn
5. Ali Willliams
6. Adam Thomson
7. Rodney So�oialo (c)
8. Jerome Kaino
9. Andy Ellis
10. Dan Carter
11. Rudi Wulf
12. Ma�a Nonu
13. Conrad Smith
14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
15. Mils Muliaina
Reserves:
16. Keven Mealamu
17. Neemia Tialata
18. Anthony Boric
19. Sione Lauaki
20. To be named
21. Stephen Donald
22. Leon MacDonald
No reserve halfback named as yet - pending little Jimbo's chat with the bosses... and no Masoe in the reserves either...
SurgeQld2008-07-01 13:36:59
1. Tony Woodcock
2. Andrew Hore
3. Greg Somerville
4. Brad Thorn
5. Ali Willliams
6. Adam Thomson
7. Rodney So�oialo (c)
8. Jerome Kaino
9. Andy Ellis
10. Dan Carter
11. Rudi Wulf
12. Ma�a Nonu
13. Conrad Smith
14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
15. Mils Muliaina
Reserves:
16. Keven Mealamu
17. Neemia Tialata
18. Anthony Boric
19. Sione Lauaki
20. To be named
21. Stephen Donald
22. Leon MacDonald
No reserve halfback named as yet - pending little Jimbo's chat with the bosses... and no Masoe in the reserves either...
SurgeQld2008-07-01 13:36:59
E + R + O
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Jimbo has to be given the axe, bring back Piri, he's been playing pretty well for the Maori, good to see they've gone back to the #1 centre pairing!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Cowan is in the team but with a stern warning
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if Cowan can get arrested 3 times while on the p!ss,what is it that Piri Weepu did off the field that stops him getting back into the A.B's, i mean Piri hasn't been that bad from what little rugby i've seen this season.
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Yeah who knows what was going on with Piri last year..... Think the night out was a convenient excuse
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if Cowan can get arrested 3 times while on the p!ss,what is it that Piri Weepu did off the field that stops him getting back into the A.B's, i mean Piri hasn't been that bad from what little rugby i've seen this season.
Probably more to do with what he's doing on the field.
What are the odds on SA to win. I reckon this could be their big chance with no Ritchie and SA on the back of beating Wales twice.
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SA will come close - they always do, but I think our scrum and abck play will win the game for us.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Weepu apparently had discipline or attitude problems last year whicjh caused his ommission from the RWC squad. Since then his fitness has gone somewhat downhill. He'll be working on that though to get a better deal when he leaves for the NRL.
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cant wait for piri to play league, think he will be amazing. in some good form at the moment, incidentally does anyone have a ticket going they would want to see to a fellow feverite?
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Rain Radar not loking good for 7.30
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I really hope that Welligtonians don't chicken out like against Ireland. This is the first time in a quite a wahile that we've had two tests in a year. It probably won't stay that way if we can't even sell out 38,000 for the biggest test of the year. I'll be there whatever the weather.
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bopman...apparently theyve been giving them away to ids this morning at rugby games...quite interesting that ticket sales were slow again for this game as well as the last.
Allegedly
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You can see it to the South...it looks VERY ugly.
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Yea, not looking good, but I'll still be going
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After all my weather reports of rain and snow the weather holds up, All Blacks too good 19-8
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It wasn't even that bad after all, the rain stopped after 1/2 an hour but the wind was quite cold. Thought the AB's gutsed it out pretty well to keep the Boks scoreless in the second spell
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thought that was a magical performance, boys really stood up and blunted a pretty fired up south african team. as much as it pains me nonu is looking good at second five, carter had a cracker and kaino showed he belongs at this level. good performance all round really!
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Weepu apparently had discipline or attitude problems last year whicjh caused his ommission from the RWC squad. Since then his fitness has gone somewhat downhill. He'll be working on that though to get a better deal when he leaves for the NRL.
I don't think he will go to league, and I have it on good authority that someone through him under the bus after last years "incident".
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Glad to see the best rugby team in the world win last night...
...with a 40-10 victory over France. Also, well done to the All Blacks
I hope you're right. Would be a shame to see him leave Wellington, especially with Gopperth on the outs.
...with a 40-10 victory over France. Also, well done to the All Blacks
I don't think he will go to league, and I have it on good
authority that someone through him under the bus after last years
"incident".
I hope you're right. Would be a shame to see him leave Wellington, especially with Gopperth on the outs.
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gopperth going is the best thing that could happen. kirkpatrick i havent seen play but apparently is a big talent and the kid hobbes is all class, watched him play for obu a couple of times and he was a real pleasure to watch
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Kirkpatrick is much better than Gopperth, from what I saw at the Junior World Cup. Kirkpatrick was outstanding. We still have Tamati Ellison and/or Piri Weepu as back-up first-fives so we are all good there.
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Now the Springboks are accusing us of cheating
If this is cheating then Butch James was probably cheating as well. We were taking the Boks scrum out of the game, they were taking Dan Carter out of the game (or trying to)
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All Blacks coach Graham Henry and his assistant coaches Wayne Smith and Steve Hansen have announced the team to play South Africa in Dunedin on Saturday July 12 at Carisbrook:
1. Tony Woodcock
2. Andrew Hore
3. John Afoa
4. Anthony Boric
5. Ali Willliams
6. Adam Thomson
7. Rodney So�oialo (c)
8. Jerome Kaino
9. Andy Ellis
10. Dan Carter
11. Rudi Wulf
12. Ma�a Nonu
13. Conrad Smith
14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
15. Mils Muliaina
Reserves:
16. Keven Mealamu
17. Neemia Tialata
18. Kevin O�Neill
19. Sione Lauaki
20. Jimmy Cowan
21. Stephen Donald
22. Leon MacDonald
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Nice to see some continuity from Henry in terms of his selections, was there an injury to Somerville or is Afoa our best tighthead prop. Looks a pretty strong team especially in the backline.
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We'll destroy them this time, I think you'll find carter gets a bit more protection this time. He'll play a little deeper as well giving him more room to help him avoid the charging no armed tackles!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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the guy in the middle wearing a different coloured shirt who pretends to understand the laws of the rugby.
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Comedy Bronze.
I merely asked as with the Dickinson random decision maker it's anyone's guess what might happen.
Hard News2008-07-08 14:48:12
I merely asked as with the Dickinson random decision maker it's anyone's guess what might happen.
Hard News2008-07-08 14:48:12
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meh i try to take any chance i can to mock rugby laws.
Matt Goddard btw
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Wayne Barnes will police the touchline during the All Blacks' Tri Nations clash with South Africa in Cape Town
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Meh... if we're to think to win it, he wan't going to change it.
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