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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 1: Australia v New Zealand (19/08/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 869925" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>Can't help thinking it would be pretty foolish for Read not to be rested at all and seeing as I can't see the ABs facing any real competition this RC I'd have thought the coaches would rather blood Ioane in his first choice position rather than just play Kaino or Squire at 8. That said I'd have thought that without injuries there's no chance of Ioane going to the World Cup (It'll probably be the current 6 back rowers with 3 locks, Fifita covering lock won't it?) so the coaches may be completely disinterested in getting Akira game time. </p><p></p><p>Has Squire ever started a game for the ABs at 8? Or even come off the bench there or moved there late in a game? If not then actually your 8 stocks of players who actually have international experience there are looking quite thin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 869925, member: 72520"] Can't help thinking it would be pretty foolish for Read not to be rested at all and seeing as I can't see the ABs facing any real competition this RC I'd have thought the coaches would rather blood Ioane in his first choice position rather than just play Kaino or Squire at 8. That said I'd have thought that without injuries there's no chance of Ioane going to the World Cup (It'll probably be the current 6 back rowers with 3 locks, Fifita covering lock won't it?) so the coaches may be completely disinterested in getting Akira game time. Has Squire ever started a game for the ABs at 8? Or even come off the bench there or moved there late in a game? If not then actually your 8 stocks of players who actually have international experience there are looking quite thin. [/QUOTE]
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