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Barrett to counter England's strong ball carrying and to pinch lineout, I reckon. Then Cane to up the tempo in the second half.
Tuilagi to get more change out of the midfield at 13 than he does at 12 is a good move. But both of the NZ centres are hard as nails, so it's all relative!
Eddie's gameplan to go big in the first 40 and then hold on. Expect funny lineouts from England to try to nullify their multitude of world-class jumpers.
I predict NZ by a converted score, but I hope not.
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Yes I think Barett is here to bring density but moving him to the back row is kind of a bold move, England pack is pretty strong but they have some very quick players too. An Cane isn't know for being skinny too, but I think due to Savea intense activity it is not necessary to have Cane also on the field and I believe if Hansen did it he must be confident in the organization of the AB defensive system (I would be too tbh haha). I agree moving Tuilagi to 13 is a good move though!
Kolbe is out for sunday, that's too bad even if he did not get many ball to express last sunday
paulbiche
Strong choices on both sides: Cane goes on the bench, Hansen places Barett on backrow (would be interesting to know why) ; Jones install back Ford-Farell-Tuilagi and slade goes back to the bench.
Apparently Slade did not entirely convince jones! They have pretty similar bench combination on both sides. Looking forward to the game