Bledisloe # 3 - Saturday 31st October, ANZ Stadium
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Andrew Slack (58)
Without wanting to down play the seriousness and downside of COVID in any way, gee there has been a couple of real positives out of
It.
Super AU may not be sustainable in the longer run, but I really enjoyed it this year.
And being able to give a bunch of these young guys experience against an Argentina test squad, even if it is one lacking match practice, is a real plus for the likes of Bell, Hosea, Harrison, Swinton et al.
I was pretty impressed overall. Lots of positives.
It.
Super AU may not be sustainable in the longer run, but I really enjoyed it this year.
And being able to give a bunch of these young guys experience against an Argentina test squad, even if it is one lacking match practice, is a real plus for the likes of Bell, Hosea, Harrison, Swinton et al.
I was pretty impressed overall. Lots of positives.
Viking
Mark Ella (57)
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
formerflanker
Ken Catchpole (46)
Early morning thunderstorms around Sydney on game day.
Hopefully the weather will ease off.
Hopefully the weather will ease off.
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Andrew Slack (58)
Agree. For me, one of the big things is the emergence of talent in positions we are/have been weak in.
I thought all of Bell, Neville, Hosea, Swinton, Harrison, Ramm & Wright did enough yesterday to show they will be contenders for Wallaby jerseys - some of them right now, some of them in the next 12-24 months.
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
Anyone live close enough to ANZ and/ or have a good enough handle on local weather conditions to speculate what things might be like by kickoff?
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Jason Little (69)
I thought Hosea and Wright both showed they are ready for test level. Neville would be very handy as a bench option being a good lineout exponent and quite physical in general play unlike some. Bell, Ramm and Maddocks are close while Harrison was a little disappointing and Swinton had little impact. Moreroa was another to stand out imo.
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Andrew Slack (58)
Agree. I thought there were plenty of other good performances from guys like Maddocks & Fainga'a - but I guess my list above focused on guys who haven't debuted as yet. Mostly younger guys, but I also thought Neville showed if there is an injury or two it would be with giving him a shot.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Just learned from google I'm exactly 10km away as the crow flies. 4 hours ago the rain was torrential, really really heavy stuff but the skies have cleared now and the sun is out. Don't expect it to hold unfortunately, with the thunderstorms returning in the arvo. I think it should be drizzly and wet by KO but not storming.
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
^ so plenty of dew, then 
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Well, going by Kafe’s law of dew, the ball is easier to handle when it’s properly wet rather than just dewy so expect the rain to improve the handling.
But, more seriously, Dctarget’s amateur meteorology assessment is the same as mine. I’d add that the drainage at ANZ is exceptional, it was raining for most of the day before the NRL GF last week and they still scored 46 points between them and the impact on handling was minimal. There’s no reason we still won’t have an open contest even if it is damp.
But, more seriously, Dctarget’s amateur meteorology assessment is the same as mine. I’d add that the drainage at ANZ is exceptional, it was raining for most of the day before the NRL GF last week and they still scored 46 points between them and the impact on handling was minimal. There’s no reason we still won’t have an open contest even if it is damp.
Time has come for Kafer and Horan to publish their paper on the Handling of Balls with Differing Moisture Co-Efficients. This issue needs to be put to bed!
formerflanker
Ken Catchpole (46)
The big question today is "Will the Wallabies take Alan Jones' suggestion and challenge the haka?"
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
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