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[2014 TRC] Australia v New Zealand in Sydney (16/08/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Guilty" data-source="post: 662218" data-attributes="member: 71378"><p>As much as I would love to see the Wallabies win - if I were to be forced into to puting $50K on the match - I would take the All Blacks by less than 5 points. Again, I think set piece will be the difference and our inexperienced tight 5 will be where the All Blacks are able to take advantage. </p><p></p><p>My heart says Wallabies by 3. I really do think Australia will beat the All Blacks once this RC so hopefully my gut is right as well be next weekend!</p><p></p><p>I'm liking the look of both squads so far and am now convinced the All Blacks are more dangerous without Carter. I'd start Messam over Kaino and Smith over Dagg. The rest of the team picks itself.</p><p></p><p>As for the Wallabies, obviously certain players are unavailable (Moore, TPN, Speight and O'Conner) but I would absolutely start Beale and AAC. There is another thread going into detail with the Brumbies v Waratahs center combinations and ultimately both options are good but I do feel AAC is wasted on the wing. My only real controversial selection would be to start Ben McCalman over Fardy. I really don't know why Fardy is an automatic starter and see him as one of the most overrated players in rugby today. He's good but certainly not great. His workrate is vastly overrated - his stats for the French series; 21 run meters, 7 tackles and a turnover over 3 games! Big Ben would add a tonne of size to the team another very effective ball runner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guilty, post: 662218, member: 71378"] As much as I would love to see the Wallabies win - if I were to be forced into to puting $50K on the match - I would take the All Blacks by less than 5 points. Again, I think set piece will be the difference and our inexperienced tight 5 will be where the All Blacks are able to take advantage. My heart says Wallabies by 3. I really do think Australia will beat the All Blacks once this RC so hopefully my gut is right as well be next weekend! I'm liking the look of both squads so far and am now convinced the All Blacks are more dangerous without Carter. I'd start Messam over Kaino and Smith over Dagg. The rest of the team picks itself. As for the Wallabies, obviously certain players are unavailable (Moore, TPN, Speight and O'Conner) but I would absolutely start Beale and AAC. There is another thread going into detail with the Brumbies v Waratahs center combinations and ultimately both options are good but I do feel AAC is wasted on the wing. My only real controversial selection would be to start Ben McCalman over Fardy. I really don't know why Fardy is an automatic starter and see him as one of the most overrated players in rugby today. He's good but certainly not great. His workrate is vastly overrated - his stats for the French series; 21 run meters, 7 tackles and a turnover over 3 games! Big Ben would add a tonne of size to the team another very effective ball runner. [/QUOTE]
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