Important rugby records - All Blacks and others
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@reprobate said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia How many of them would make this week's team?
Probably all of the backline (Mauger the least likely?), and all of the forwards apart maybe from Mealamu (who would go onto the bench) Somerville and So'oialo. Oh, not sure about Tuiali'i.
But that bench looks bloody handy. Speed, hair colour, porn legend status, and vocab. Plus a big dollop of extra luggage.
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That team is just missing one very vital ingredient - Norm Maxwell.
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@nostrildamus said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@reprobate said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia How many of them would make this week's team?
Probably all of the backline (Mauger the least likely?), and all of the forwards apart maybe from Mealamu (who would go onto the bench) Somerville and So'oialo. Oh, not sure about Tuiali'i.
But that bench looks bloody handy. Speed, hair colour, porn legend status, and vocab. Plus a big dollop of extra luggage.
Laulala ahead of Billy Proctor ? don't let @Canes4life see this.
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@MN5 said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
Laulala ahead of Billy Proctor ? don't let @Canes4life see this.
I'm happy to let that one change, but I thought we could have got more out of Laulala in the ABs..
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@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@reprobate said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia How many of them would make this week's team?
No idea, maybe all the ones with Crusaders in brackets after their names?
What the hell?
There's twice as many of your bloody Chiefs in this week's team as there are Crusaders.
Since Cleveland is a sister city of Christchurch, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that the Indians are a sister franchise of the Crusaders.
Or to reach the inevitable, too many Chiefs - not enough Indians!
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@Chris-B said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@reprobate said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia How many of them would make this week's team?
No idea, maybe all the ones with Crusaders in brackets after their names?
What the hell?
There's twice as many of your bloody Chiefs in this week's team as there are Crusaders.
Since Cleveland is a sister city of Christchurch, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that the Indians are a sister franchise of the Crusaders.
Or to reach the inevitable, too many Chiefs - not enough Indians!
Gotta say it's kinda weird to pick Blackadder last season when he was basically injured and didn't play, then this season he outplays all the Chiefs loosies and the Crusaders win the comp - and all the Chiefs loosies get picked, including their bench loosie and one of their locks as a loosie, and their other lock joins the squad briefly - and no Blackadder (admittedly injured again as always now).
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@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@African-Monkey said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
This is the one that got away
Should have gone for a catch & drive when we were 22-26 down instead of going for the penalty
And Stephen Jones kicking it away at the end was criminal and moronic
I remember the test well, and yeah, was laughing with my dad at the time when Stephen Jones kicked the ball away at the end. It felt like Wales that day were happy to lose by 1 point, as opposed to go out and grab the win against a pretty inexperienced ABs side (something our current coaches would never have the balls to do).
Couldn't find a list of how many caps the NZ players had prior to this match, but personnel wise this is close to an all-time side
New Zealand:
M Muliaina (Blues); D Howlett (Blues), C Laulala (Crusaders), A Mauger (Crusaders), J Rokocoko (Blues); D Carter (Crusaders), P Weepu (Hurricanes)
T Woodcock (Blues), K Mealamu (Blues), G Somerville (Crusaders), C Jack (Crusaders), A Williams (Blues), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (capt, Crusaders), M Tuiali'i (Crusaders)Replacements:
A Oliver (Otago), C Hayman (Otago), R Thorne (Canterbury), M Holah (Waikato)
B Kelleher (Waikato), M Nonu (Wellington), R Gear (Auckland)Only three of those players would make an all time side (two if I was coach), and one was on the bench and nowhere near the player he became.
Who is the 3rd?
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@booboo said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@African-Monkey said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
This is the one that got away
Should have gone for a catch & drive when we were 22-26 down instead of going for the penalty
And Stephen Jones kicking it away at the end was criminal and moronic
I remember the test well, and yeah, was laughing with my dad at the time when Stephen Jones kicked the ball away at the end. It felt like Wales that day were happy to lose by 1 point, as opposed to go out and grab the win against a pretty inexperienced ABs side (something our current coaches would never have the balls to do).
Couldn't find a list of how many caps the NZ players had prior to this match, but personnel wise this is close to an all-time side
New Zealand:
M Muliaina (Blues); D Howlett (Blues), C Laulala (Crusaders), A Mauger (Crusaders), J Rokocoko (Blues); D Carter (Crusaders), P Weepu (Hurricanes)
T Woodcock (Blues), K Mealamu (Blues), G Somerville (Crusaders), C Jack (Crusaders), A Williams (Blues), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (capt, Crusaders), M Tuiali'i (Crusaders)Replacements:
A Oliver (Otago), C Hayman (Otago), R Thorne (Canterbury), M Holah (Waikato)
B Kelleher (Waikato), M Nonu (Wellington), R Gear (Auckland)Only three of those players would make an all time side (two if I was coach), and one was on the bench and nowhere near the player he became.
Who is the 3rd?
Oops, missed Ma'a on the pine.
Who the fuck are you dropping?
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@booboo said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@African-Monkey said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
This is the one that got away
Should have gone for a catch & drive when we were 22-26 down instead of going for the penalty
And Stephen Jones kicking it away at the end was criminal and moronic
I remember the test well, and yeah, was laughing with my dad at the time when Stephen Jones kicked the ball away at the end. It felt like Wales that day were happy to lose by 1 point, as opposed to go out and grab the win against a pretty inexperienced ABs side (something our current coaches would never have the balls to do).
Couldn't find a list of how many caps the NZ players had prior to this match, but personnel wise this is close to an all-time side
New Zealand:
M Muliaina (Blues); D Howlett (Blues), C Laulala (Crusaders), A Mauger (Crusaders), J Rokocoko (Blues); D Carter (Crusaders), P Weepu (Hurricanes)
T Woodcock (Blues), K Mealamu (Blues), G Somerville (Crusaders), C Jack (Crusaders), A Williams (Blues), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (capt, Crusaders), M Tuiali'i (Crusaders)Replacements:
A Oliver (Otago), C Hayman (Otago), R Thorne (Canterbury), M Holah (Waikato)
B Kelleher (Waikato), M Nonu (Wellington), R Gear (Auckland)Only three of those players would make an all time side (two if I was coach), and one was on the bench and nowhere near the player he became.
Who is the 3rd?
Ma'a
Edit: Just saw your edit. I've always been an MJ over McCaw on pure rugby ability .... -
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@booboo said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@African-Monkey said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
This is the one that got away
Should have gone for a catch & drive when we were 22-26 down instead of going for the penalty
And Stephen Jones kicking it away at the end was criminal and moronic
I remember the test well, and yeah, was laughing with my dad at the time when Stephen Jones kicked the ball away at the end. It felt like Wales that day were happy to lose by 1 point, as opposed to go out and grab the win against a pretty inexperienced ABs side (something our current coaches would never have the balls to do).
Couldn't find a list of how many caps the NZ players had prior to this match, but personnel wise this is close to an all-time side
New Zealand:
M Muliaina (Blues); D Howlett (Blues), C Laulala (Crusaders), A Mauger (Crusaders), J Rokocoko (Blues); D Carter (Crusaders), P Weepu (Hurricanes)
T Woodcock (Blues), K Mealamu (Blues), G Somerville (Crusaders), C Jack (Crusaders), A Williams (Blues), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (capt, Crusaders), M Tuiali'i (Crusaders)Replacements:
A Oliver (Otago), C Hayman (Otago), R Thorne (Canterbury), M Holah (Waikato)
B Kelleher (Waikato), M Nonu (Wellington), R Gear (Auckland)Only three of those players would make an all time side (two if I was coach), and one was on the bench and nowhere near the player he became.
Who is the 3rd?
Ma'a
Edit: Just saw your edit. I've always been an MJ over McCaw on pure rugby ability ....Yeah, ok, I respect your opinion, no matter how wrong you are ...
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@booboo said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@booboo said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@Nepia said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@African-Monkey said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
@MiketheSnow said in Important rugby records - All Blacks and others:
This is the one that got away
Should have gone for a catch & drive when we were 22-26 down instead of going for the penalty
And Stephen Jones kicking it away at the end was criminal and moronic
I remember the test well, and yeah, was laughing with my dad at the time when Stephen Jones kicked the ball away at the end. It felt like Wales that day were happy to lose by 1 point, as opposed to go out and grab the win against a pretty inexperienced ABs side (something our current coaches would never have the balls to do).
Couldn't find a list of how many caps the NZ players had prior to this match, but personnel wise this is close to an all-time side
New Zealand:
M Muliaina (Blues); D Howlett (Blues), C Laulala (Crusaders), A Mauger (Crusaders), J Rokocoko (Blues); D Carter (Crusaders), P Weepu (Hurricanes)
T Woodcock (Blues), K Mealamu (Blues), G Somerville (Crusaders), C Jack (Crusaders), A Williams (Blues), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (capt, Crusaders), M Tuiali'i (Crusaders)Replacements:
A Oliver (Otago), C Hayman (Otago), R Thorne (Canterbury), M Holah (Waikato)
B Kelleher (Waikato), M Nonu (Wellington), R Gear (Auckland)Only three of those players would make an all time side (two if I was coach), and one was on the bench and nowhere near the player he became.
Who is the 3rd?
Ma'a
Edit: Just saw your edit. I've always been an MJ over McCaw on pure rugby ability ....Yeah, ok, I respect your opinion, no matter how wrong you are ...
I respect that you respect my correct opinion even though you erroneously think it's wrong.
