2025 All Blacks v France series
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With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
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@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
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Unsure if this has been posted(probably has) but what I can confirm is Dyer has been in camp.
@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Unsure if this has been posted(probably has) but what I can confirm is Dyer has been in camp.
Do we know if he (and Ah Kuoi, for that matter) is just there as an extra body as with Bell and (I think it was) Blackadder in Christchurch last week, or if they've been brought in as actual injury cover?
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
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@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
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@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
Proctor can play FB too, so:
DMac, Love, Proctor, Jordie, Jordan, BB
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
Proctor can play FB too, so:
DMac, Love, Proctor, Jordie, Jordan, BB
Makes it even more fun selecting the midfield the wrong way around.
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@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
Reece at halfback
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@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
Reece at halfback
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
Reece at halfback
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
With the talk about the midfield, thought an interesting combo to finish a game could be QT and Jim.
Which would mean one of them starts.
Which may not be out of the question given some of the noise.
I don't like it at all - I think we'd be silly to not have a real 13 out there, when we have two excellent options and the capability to select accordingly.
I like that with versatility we could either have a backline of pretty much all fullbacks or a backline of near on all midfield.
DMac, Love, Tupaea, Jordie, Jordan, BB would really put the shits up a few of us.
BB, Ioane, Tupaea, Proctor, Jim, Jordie even more fun.
Reece at halfback
Works for both lineups
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ploughboy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
alb in 13?
thats what i was going to ask
Also why I think it's the reserve team, ALB can't be ready to play...
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ploughboy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
alb in 13?
thats what i was going to ask
Also why I think it's the reserve team, ALB can't be ready to play...
@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Kiwiwomble said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@ploughboy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
alb in 13?
thats what i was going to ask
Also why I think it's the reserve team, ALB can't be ready to play...
but close enough to be running defence? so maybe not too far?
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From that, I reckon he’s not in the starting group - Barrett and Roigard in red, Ah Kuio in yellow…
Bench spot?
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Rieko in the 23 jersey is something that I was hoping they would try last year - we got nothing out of that 23 jersey last year between ALB and Havili.
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Rieko in the 23 jersey is something that I was hoping they would try last year - we got nothing out of that 23 jersey last year between ALB and Havili.
He'd have a hell of a lot more impact than either of them. Imagine him running hard against tiring backs who have played the whole game because all of the bench spots are taken by forwards
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@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Looks like Love in the background in yellow in that last picture, which would make sense
Looks like 4 backs in that formation - Ioane, ALB(???), DMac, Love
