All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch

[ACT Crusader]

The matchday 23 is

1. Joe Moody (16)

2. Dane Coles (42)

3. Owen Franks (83)

4. Brodie Retallick (53)

5. Samuel Whitelock (78)

6. Jerome Kaino (72)

7. Ardie Savea (5)

8. Kieran Read - captain (90)

9. Aaron Smith (53)

10. Beauden Barrett (42)

11. Julian Savea (46)

12. Ryan Crotty (20)

13. Malakai Fekitoa (18)

14. Israel Dagg (54)

15. Ben Smith (54)

16. James Parsons (6)

17. Wyatt Crockett (51)

18. Charlie Faumuina (39)

19. Luke Romano (25)

20. Matt Todd (3)

21. TJ Perenara (22)

22. Lima Sopoaga (2)

23. Anton Liener-Brown (2)

[pakman]

Parsons doesn't have 6 caps!

[ACT Crusader]

@pakman said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

Parsons doesn't have 6 caps!

That list is from http://www.allblacks.com/News/29782/all-blacks-team-named-for-test-against-south-africa

[Gunner]

Stuff has Taylor on the bench too.

Also from the part I read on that AB.com article, no mention of Parsons when they're talking about all the other changes...

[Billy Tell]

This is all very easily answered by common sense.

Why would Parsons be on the bench if Taylor is available?

Ergo Taylor is on the bench.

[Stargazer]

The mistake is obviously on the All Blacks website. This All Blacks instagram post - a GIF - also has Taylor, not Parsons.

[Stargazer]

SOUTH AFRICA:

1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Adriaan Strauss
3. Vincent Koch
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
6. Francois Louw
7. Oupa Mohoje
8. Warren Whiteley
9. Faf de Klerk
10. Elton Jantjies
11. Francois Hougaard
12. Juan de Jongh
13. Jesse Kriel
14. Bryan Habana
15. Johan Goosen

Reserves:
16. Malcolm Marx
17. Steven Kitshoff
18. Lourens Adriaanse
19. Franco Mostert
20. Willem Alberts
21. Jaco Kriel
22. Morné Steyn
23. Damian de Allende

http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3703464

[pakman]

AB.com now corrected.

[No Quarter]

Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!

Yeah, once again boring as fuck team. Comon Hansen mix it up a bit.

[Nepia]

Good to see ALB in their again, he's really seized his chance this year - Ngatai must be sitting at home gutted.

I would like Patrick T to get a run in this one - or any of the remaining ones!

But, yet again an AB team with nothing really to debate.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

SOUTH AFRICA:

1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Adriaan Strauss
3. Vincent Koch
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
6. Francois Louw
7. Oupa Mohoje
8. Warren Whiteley
9. Faf de Klerk
10. Elton Jantjies
11. Francois Hougaard
12. Juan de Jongh
13. Jesse Kriel
14. Bryan Habana
15. Johan Goosen

Reserves:
16. Malcolm Marx
17. Steven Kitshoff
18. Lourens Adriaanse
19. Franco Mostert
20. Willem Alberts
21. Jaco Kriel
22. Morné Steyn
23. Damian de Allende

http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3703464

Morne Steyn on the bench?? Why?

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

@Stargazer said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

SOUTH AFRICA:

1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Adriaan Strauss
3. Vincent Koch
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
6. Francois Louw
7. Oupa Mohoje
8. Warren Whiteley
9. Faf de Klerk
10. Elton Jantjies
11. Francois Hougaard
12. Juan de Jongh
13. Jesse Kriel
14. Bryan Habana
15. Johan Goosen

Reserves:
16. Malcolm Marx
17. Steven Kitshoff
18. Lourens Adriaanse
19. Franco Mostert
20. Willem Alberts
21. Jaco Kriel
22. Morné Steyn
23. Damian de Allende

http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/springboks&id=3703464

Morne Steyn on the bench?? Why?

Impact

......beats me.......

[Nepia]

@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!

Yeah, once again boring as fuck team. Comon Hansen mix it up a bit.

Hahaha - I didn't even notice that!

[No Quarter]

FAB for sure...

[ACT Crusader]

@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!

And unfortunately it's not even for a controversial reason like he was "dropped". Cruden has a groin strain....

It's a very strong line up. The calls to Switch Moody and Crockett, it seems they like Crockett's Impact off the bench better in the final 30.

Good to see Taylor get another run off the bench as he was effective last week.

Let's hope we see that Romero fella again as he wasn't half bad when he came on last weekend.

Well done to Ardie on his first start. Looking forward to see how he goes when the game is at its most physical. It will be interesting to see how long he plays given the earlier comments about him.

I wonder if TKB will feature? Sort of seems to be in the Patty T category.

The Barrett starting at 10 experiment seems to be going okay so let's keep it going

Glad to see the same midfield selected. Improved performance as a combination last week I thought, but plenty to work on. Like ALB on the bench, but I suspect they will be looking at Moala once he's fully fit and ready.

Dagg a winger??? Nah never work....

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader that Romero fella looks a bit bigger than Romano too!

[MN5]

@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:

FAB for sure...

Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....

[taniwharugby]

yeah I saw that clip doing the rounds on FB...to their credit, most of the kids at least tried to tackle him, however half-heartedly or with poor technique...but jeez, he looked far too big for that grade.

Was bad enough in TR Jnr's U11 grade this year seeing the odd kid nearly as tall as me running about, luckily those bigger kids were usually powder puffs so wasn't an issue.

[ACT Crusader]

@taniwharugby bigger and a little more dynamic. Let's hope it can continue.

[MN5]

Well two of the All Blacks best attacking backs are skinny white guys ( Savea the obvious exception ) so that's very encouraging for our children. Read is big but he's hardly a monster compared to some and get's through the tackles and knocks people on their asses.

Island kids do grow up much faster though, that's a fact. I remember a future Manu Samoan international in my year get measured up in third form for PE, 6 foot and 96kgs ! fucken hell, I had to lean as far to the right on the scales as I could and it still didn't hit 50kg.