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    I'm happy the frog lost his legs. Looking at stats it appears Roff only managed 3 tries in Bledisloe Cup matches but did beat the AB's 7 times which is a decent amount by today's standards.

    Looks like Adam two dads should have got a guernsey holding the record for most tries by a Wallaby with 9. Problem is he also holds the record for most losses with 23. 🙂

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    @Tim said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    Mark Ella's Wallabies-All Blacks XV of the professional era: Christian Cullen; Joe Roff, Tana Umaga, Tim Horan, Jonah Lomu; Daniel Carter, George Gregan; Toutai Kefu, Richie McCaw, Jerome Kaino, John Eales (c), Brodie Retallick, Carl Hayman, Phil Kearns, Tony Woodcock.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/95785213/john-eales-edges-richie-mccaw-to-captain-all-blackswallabies-xv-of-pro-era

    Phil Kearns??? Piss off Ella. That fat smug cnut barely played during the professional era. Fitzy did more than that disgusting toad of a man in 96 and 97. Phil Kearns ffs.

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    It should be Kevin Mealamu anyway!

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    #139

    Read ahead of Kefu and Coles at hooker. I would have Whitelock over Eales as well, but am ok with that selection. The rest looks spot on.

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    @Tim said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    It should be Kevin Mealamu anyway!

    Kevin, Jeremy Paul, Moore, Coles, Hore, Cannon, Oliver and even farking Foley did more than blind spot during the pro era.

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    Ellas always come across as a bit of a tool, i have happy memories of Gavin Hastings trolling him throughout the ireland aussie game in the 2011 rwc. But including Kearns in the team is a fairly obvious troll and Joe Roff over Jeff Wilson?

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    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    @Tim said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    It should be Kevin Mealamu anyway!

    Kevin, Jeremy Paul, Moore, Coles, Hore, Cannon, Oliver and even farking Foley did more than blind spot during the pro era.

    Well definitely not ole Grenade Face. And replace Paul with Foley.

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    If a Wallaby winger had to be named, then I would have taken Tuqiri.

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    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/95824925/where-have-the-dominant-all-blacks-gone

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    Rumoured team from a guy on reddit who claims he knows someone in the AB camp...

    "Dagg injured, Mckenzie at full back, Ben Smith and Rieko on the wings. SBW and Crotty. Read, Cane and Squire in the loose. The rest of the squad the same as BIL series. Dan Coles out for the series 😞 "

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    @akan004 said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    "Dagg injured, Mckenzie at full back, Ben Smith and Rieko on the wings.

    I hope not.

    Surely you'd want 15. Ben 14. Nehe 11. Rieko ?

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    Well, if they want to try DMac then I guess having Smith to help him out would be good for the transition. I don't really think Nehe has shown any form yet?

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    @akan004 said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    Rumoured team from a guy on reddit who claims he knows someone in the AB camp...

    "Dagg injured, Mckenzie at full back, Ben Smith and Rieko on the wings. SBW and Crotty. Read, Cane and Squire in the loose. The rest of the squad the same as BIL series. Dan Coles out for the series 😞 "

    Trying to make a game of it?

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    @antipodean More worried about Coles than the team he's predicting... if he's proven to be correct.

    I'm ok with DMac at the back. Let's see if he can hack it at the highest level and having Smith at the back will definitely assist him.

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    @antipodean said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    @akan004 said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    "Dagg injured, Mckenzie at full back, Ben Smith and Rieko on the wings.

    I hope not.

    Surely you'd want 15. Ben 14. Nehe 11. Rieko ?

    Or 15 Ben 14 Naholo 11 Rieko. Not a trio that would work against every team but Wallabies id be more than comfortable.

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    @akan004 said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    Rumoured team from a guy on reddit who claims he knows someone in the AB camp...

    "Dagg injured, Mckenzie at full back, Ben Smith and Rieko on the wings. SBW and Crotty. Read, Cane and Squire in the loose. The rest of the squad the same as BIL series. Dan Coles out for the series 😞 "

    We definitely need to have a look at Squire with the first choice pack around him.. But I would be a little surprised as Kaino was the player on media duty yesterday

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    @Duluth Good point. Normally the starters are the ones who do the PCs.

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    Skudder has been released to Manawatu. I assume they want him getting more game time.

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    @Frye said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

    Skudder has been released to Manawatu. I assume they want him getting more game time.

    Then KiwiMurph's suggestion it is.

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    Nigel Yalden suggesting Ben Smith 15, Dagg 14 Rieko 11, Crotty 13 SBW 12 ALB 23. Pack as per Lions series.

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