Thanks, Wasn’t sure if/how rain in Nelson would affect the weather in WellingtonRain radar looking ominous:
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Moving west quite rapidly now, could easily hit Wellywood by kickoff. Or not, Wellington's weather is funny that way.
I fail to see any correlation between a lifelong shambles of a mungo team in a sporting landscape best resembling a desert and the best Rugby team Australia can put on the field on any given year. It's not even comparing apples with oranges. More like comparing durians with pineapples
The big thing will be to shore up that defence.
Paisami has a daunting assignment defending Reiko's channel at 13, on test debut..
His selection by Rennie in the starting midfield surprised me given he was caught out positionally on defense in the Super Rugby final.
Talk about a ruthless initiation to test rugby.
I'm somewhat reminded of Deans's decision to take the notoriously permanently injured Pocock to the world cup as our only openside flanker. I am completely in favour of picking Petaia first, but leaving Kuridrani out altogether smacks of poor risk mitigation.
He wouldn't get a run (except for injury), IMO.
Ioane went out there didn't he?
Gardner was looking at his own feetIoane went out there didn't he?
Poor kick by Banks, you need to find touch in those kicks
Gardner was looking at his own feet