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The Breakdown | Episode 33 | Looking ahead to Mitre 10 Cup

The Breakdown team looks back at all the highs and lows from the North v South game, dissect the All Blacks squad and look ahead to the domestic competition that is about to get underway.

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NB 5 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Always the same at the other place. Some of those perceptions of him at the Tahs - lazy, overweight and slow - were impossible to shift!

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NB 6 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Hang on to Miz Carlos!

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NB 6 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

They will prob want him for the Lions and maybe sacrifice the Novemeber tour window in order to do so. You could add that Skelton is prob more important to the WB cause than any of the French based to the Lions?

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NB 7 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

😁

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NB 7 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Brought up on the exploits of the Pooler front row, so cannot disagree!

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PR 16 minutes ago
As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Depends on gameplan and conditions. LBB and Penaud behind a retreating pack won’t be as effective. True, Lowe is not the fastest, but almost unstoppable close to the line, has a booming boot for exists and, like most Kiwi backs, reads the game extremely well. If my team was being dragged into the gutters on a rainy night, I would easily pick Lowe over LBB and Penaud. If my backline had constent front-foot ball then, sure, LBB and Penaud. If Kolbe and KLA wasn’t available of course.

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GS 23 minutes ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Will LAR be prepared to release him to the Wallabies outside the international window?


Interesting that Blair Kinghorn is the only player selected for the Lions playing in France, which gives some idea of the difficulty in introducing a player into the squad, whilst training and some games have/are been played.

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Ed the Duck 27 minutes ago
As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Hmmmm Kolbe I can go with but Lowe ahead of LBB or Penaud? Nah, you’ve lost me on that one. A coach like Joe Schmidt will have a plan to stitch up Lowe like a kipper, faster oil tankers out there these days!

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Ed the Duck 31 minutes ago
As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Yes, I struggle to have an opinion as you can see…🤣

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frandinand 1 hour ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

I'm constantly amazed at the negative comments both on here and more so at the other place re Skelton.

In my opinion it says more about the poster than Skelton.

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Brent Dolby 1 hour ago
Leinster cleanse palette with record URC scoreline against Zebre

HIRE RUDER CYBER TECH SLEUTH--- BITCOIN-USDT RECOVERY EXPERT TO RECLAIM LOST CRYPTO ASSET.

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Tom 1 hour ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Blasphemy! Burn the heretic!

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MP 2 hours ago
'Love him or hate him, Henry Pollock has got the rugby world talking.'

There's no English press.

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MP 2 hours ago
'Love him or hate him, Henry Pollock has got the rugby world talking.'

The English are arrogant According to the French? I’ve heard it all now.

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Ed the Duck 2 hours ago
Leo Cullen 'completely, 100 per cent' understands Leinster fan frustration

I’m sure red would be only too pleased to lend you a hand with that small problem and you’d both be delighted with a happy ending, provided ofc that suggestion wouldn’t be too difficult for red to swallow…

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Carlos 3 hours ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

It’s so nice to read a reasonable Irishman. My dislike of certain Irish was started by Ron in 2007. He has only gotten worse.

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Carlos 3 hours ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

That’s the way we learned to scrum.

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Wolf1 3 hours ago
'Whisper it, but the Wallabies could out-scrum the British and Irish Lions this summer'

Great article and thank you for focusing on the scrum.


In our house, the scrum is one of the most looked forward to things in a match.

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SC 3 hours ago
Crusaders provide update on Will Jordan’s concerning knee injury

Havili will stay at 12 with Fihaki at fullback and Springer and Reese at wing.

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johnz 3 hours ago
Former All Blacks weigh in on the No.9 position for AB's

It’s a good question, it’s pretty tight with two good players at Canterbury and forgotten Fakatava is a decent player as you say. Not that Ratima is bad either, just felt he struggled against the best packs. Perhaps it was a confidence thing. We might have a revolving door for Cam’s back-up for a while.

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