Comments on: Autumn Internationals 2014: New Zealand team to play Wales

By: Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:41:36 +0000

I want this everytime and will always go for wales to win but I have a sneaking suspicion i have more than blind faith this time round; last game out wales played poor; they only have 2 tests before going into the 6nations so they need to resolve handling errors. When wales play a superior team they have 2 modes; terrible or staunch – we saw terrible last week against a weaker team so Im expecting them to be tough for NZ. Maybe we lose but if we do it’ll be close; but I’m reckoning wales by a small 5 to win.

We’ll know the outcome after the first penalty; if wales play for the posts from range then it’ll go down to the last minute; if they kick for line-out from just inside of halfpenny’s range then they’ll push them for full 80! They need to play for tries this time; not crawl to a 3 pt win

By: Don P

Don P — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:14:07 +0000

Almost a full fwd pack (injured Woodcock aside) & back line apart from Piatau @ wing, Money BIll @ centre & Barrett @ 1st 5. Piatau looks strong, aggressive & elusive, but will see if his ‘D’ stands up in enemy territory. Barrett is a positive guy who seems to play without fear, is quicker than some wings (the Saffa, Le Roux, may well think so) & is also elusive. We’ll also see if his ‘D’ holds up as he’s not exactly ‘Gigantor’. Lots of Kiwis love SBW, but I never really trusted him when the chips are down, i.e., when he’s under PRESSURE. Lacks brains, nous about option taking for me… but then, he did look good against the Yanks. So, again, we’ll see. If the AB pack puts Wales under pressure SB will look good, but if they themselves are put under the pump… I’ll have to get me gear on I reckon. ABs by 10? Who knows. Maybe a Welsh backlash?