All is at stake; Bledisloe cup and tri nations, the scene is set; the winner will take all come Saturday in Auckland.
The wallabies are now full of confidence after taking out game one in Melbourne, but this task is bigger, The All Blacks in New Zealand, the Aussies will have to be at the top of their game.
The kiwis are yet to reach the pinnacle of their form and you feel they are still holding back, coach Graeme Henry named what he called his best side, is this the game the All Blacks hit their straps and we see glimpses of what they will do in France? Their midfield is the Area that let them down in the later stages of the first test, but the selectors have decided to keep faith in Luke McAlister and bring in youngster Isaiah Toeava to face up against Australians Stirling Mortlock and Matt Giteau. In the forwards, the kiwis have opted to start Anton Aliver over Kevin Mealamu because of his scrummaging.
The Wallabies have been talking themselves up midweek and think they are a real chance of causing an upset. With a defence that has dramatically improved and dangerous halves and centres in attack they will provide a great challenge for the All Blacks. They name an unchanged forward pack and just one change in the back line (Adam Ashley-cooper replacing Julian Huxley at fullback), which means they have already played together to work out combinations.
With both sides having very strong defence, it should be a low scoring tight encounter, at a wet, cold Eden Park. History favours the All Blacks, having not lost to the Wallabies for over twenty years at Eden Park. I think the game will be won on determination; I am tipping them to just get home 16-13 with an edge in the forwards.
The wallabies are now full of confidence after taking out game one in Melbourne, but this task is bigger, The All Blacks in New Zealand, the Aussies will have to be at the top of their game.
The kiwis are yet to reach the pinnacle of their form and you feel they are still holding back, coach Graeme Henry named what he called his best side, is this the game the All Blacks hit their straps and we see glimpses of what they will do in France? Their midfield is the Area that let them down in the later stages of the first test, but the selectors have decided to keep faith in Luke McAlister and bring in youngster Isaiah Toeava to face up against Australians Stirling Mortlock and Matt Giteau. In the forwards, the kiwis have opted to start Anton Aliver over Kevin Mealamu because of his scrummaging.
The Wallabies have been talking themselves up midweek and think they are a real chance of causing an upset. With a defence that has dramatically improved and dangerous halves and centres in attack they will provide a great challenge for the All Blacks. They name an unchanged forward pack and just one change in the back line (Adam Ashley-cooper replacing Julian Huxley at fullback), which means they have already played together to work out combinations.
With both sides having very strong defence, it should be a low scoring tight encounter, at a wet, cold Eden Park. History favours the All Blacks, having not lost to the Wallabies for over twenty years at Eden Park. I think the game will be won on determination; I am tipping them to just get home 16-13 with an edge in the forwards.
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i think it will be a very close encounter with a couple of interesting debarcles along the way between fatty himself (matt dunning) and his fitter counterpart (carl hayman). my highly protected pick of the round is to have wet weather making its much awaited return to the arena and will have large influence on the result. for the actual result im picking carl hayman to come out swinging and knock matt dunning to the ground in the second round and win by knock out. since matt dunning is so round, when he gets KOed i think he will roll the whole way back to the changing rooms. the commentary will be great, looking foward to hearing murray mexted's enlightening comments once more.
in the pre-fight entertainment i am picking the all blacks to get up and win by 21 points to 16 with the first try coming to rodney so'oialo. but i am most looking foward to scrumtime and seeing the blob get obliterated by the fatties up front.
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