NZ v Tonga - match thread

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

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[Taylorman]

And Oz don't have a choice. They don't have another 6, 7, 9, 10, or 15 ANYWHERE near the incumbants. We saw what the closest were with the Samoa match so its hardly rocket science- If Deans picks others in those positions, they'll lose- simple.

He's lucky he's not had injuries. You're giving Deans the credit of selecting stability, when in fact its already been selected for him. He will still need luck with injuries. If Genia, Cooper, Beale and Pocock were to exit now. Oz would be gone. Lesser combinations of exits would diminish their chances with each one. They probably have more depth now since the Samoa match but certainly not extensively.

[rodders]

I thought NZ were pretty impressive actually. Obviously they took their foot of the gas and made a lot of errors in the 2nd half but some of the back play was fantastic and they could have had at least 4 more tries including the one that was disallowed.

SBW, Nonu and Kaino were awesome and I was pretty impressed by the back 3 as well. Carter had a quiet game and Cowan was pretty poor but I think overall it was a strong start from the ABs and on that evidence they will take some stopping.

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