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Elliott Smith: Newstalk ZB's Voice of Rugby previews the Nations Championship clash against Ireland · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So we've got the AB's in the Irish at Eden
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  Speaker 1: Park this weekend. Rehny's made a few changes ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the sold out game or is it sold out? Josh Morby,
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  Speaker 1: who had a fine debut last weekend, is then to
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  Speaker 1: start on the left wing.
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  Speaker 2: Josh is very good defensively. I had a really good
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  Speaker 2: understanding of how we want to defend. For him to
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  Speaker 2: come on quite early and play with that sort of confidence,
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  Speaker 2: it was awesome. So it gives us a lot of
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  Speaker 2: confidence to throw them out here.
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  Speaker 1: Ali Smith News talks he'd be Voice of Rugby with
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  Speaker 1: us this morning. Ol Good morning morning, Ryan. So the
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  Speaker 1: unbeaten record is going to hold.
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  Speaker 3: I think it probably will hold in the end, Ryan. Look,
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  Speaker 3: it's been under three, most famously from South Africa last
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  Speaker 3: year and they came down and the All Blacks managed
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  Speaker 3: to hold on there. This Irish team, I think always
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  Speaker 3: will put the frighteners up in New zealand give them
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  Speaker 3: what they did the last time they toured here in
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty two. But it's probably worth remembering that the
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  Speaker 3: All Blacks haven't lost to Ireland since the end of
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  Speaker 3: that tour, beat them in twenty three at the World Cup.
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  Speaker 3: Beat them in twenty four in Dublin, beat them in
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  Speaker 3: twenty five in Chicago. So the All Blacks have managed
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  Speaker 3: to get on top of this Irish team over the
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  Speaker 3: last couple of years, and that's with a coach that
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  Speaker 3: was discarded for not being on the right trajectory. So
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  Speaker 3: I think this All Blacks team should be too good
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  Speaker 3: for at Irish team, which is probably on the come
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  Speaker 3: down from where they were in twenty twenty two to
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty three when they were considered one of, if
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  Speaker 3: not the best team in the world. So look, I
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  Speaker 3: think the All Blacks should be too good tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 3: But I think it'll be close. Good lineup, yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: think so, look at it. The All Blacks have made
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  Speaker 3: a couple of changes. I'm unconvinced by two bo Y
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  Speaker 3: moving to blind sode flankert. Dave Rennie wants a bit
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  Speaker 3: more size there. It's never quite worked in the opportunities
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  Speaker 3: that he's been given there previously. You're moving a lock
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  Speaker 3: to fly on the blind side and it doesn't come
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  Speaker 3: exactly naturally. But I can see why they want to
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  Speaker 3: do it. They want to combat and try and pick
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  Speaker 3: off the Irish line out and give them a bit
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  Speaker 3: more size and options there on either the Bull or
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  Speaker 3: the Irish Bull. And Josh Warby as we heard from there.
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  Speaker 3: With Dave Renny very very good last week. He's good
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  Speaker 3: under the high ball, doesn't mean Caleb Clarke on his
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  Speaker 3: home turf means he have come off for the Ben
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  Speaker 3: had a bit of impact later. But Josh Willey was
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  Speaker 3: undeniable last week I thought against against the Italian, so
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  Speaker 3: worthy of an opportunity. Otherwise, a pretty much a full
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  Speaker 3: strength team by and large from Dave Rennie for this
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  Speaker 3: game against Island who I'm missing a couple of players themselves,
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  Speaker 3: but look, I think by and large the All Blacks
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  Speaker 3: have picked a pretty strong side for this one.
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  Speaker 1: Hey Raising used to have a bit of a problem
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  Speaker 1: with the end bit of the game, Rennie seems to
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  Speaker 1: be the first bit of the game. Are we going
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  Speaker 1: to sort that out?
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  Speaker 3: I think you would be good, wouldn't it? First two
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  Speaker 3: weeks of Dave Rennie's senior considered an early try in
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  Speaker 3: the first two or three minutes. I thought that out
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  Speaker 3: along with the tmos you mentioned earlier in the week, Ryan,
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  Speaker 3: and we might be flying from the All Black. So
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  Speaker 3: there's been positive signs in the first couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Last week was maybe a tiny we step backwards from
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  Speaker 3: France and christ Church. But I think Bill Blacks will click.
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  Speaker 3: They really love playing at Eden Park and try to
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  Speaker 3: make it, you know, not the fear of losing the record,
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  Speaker 3: but embracing what it means to play there. They get
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  Speaker 3: everything right, it clicks. Hopefully the All Blacks win and
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  Speaker 3: win well.
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  Speaker 1: Tomorrow night, good stuff, Elliott Elliot Smith News Talk Zimby's
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  Speaker 1: Voice of Rugby that's on ZIDB Saturday.
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