AB Positions up for grabs

[JayCee]

Another spot up for grabs with Crockett's retirement:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/open-letter-wyatt-crockett

[Gunner]

@jaycee said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Another spot up for grabs with Crockett's retirement:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/open-letter-wyatt-crockett

The couple of reports I’ve read don’t mention if the international retirement is with immediate effect, or after this season.

Anyone got any more info?

[nzzp]

@jaycee he was very good for a long time. Some apparent scrumming issues, but generally a real stalwart of nz rugby. Cheers for the contribution, croczilla.

[booboo]

@jaycee liked coz it was a cool letter.

Onya Wyatt

[Smudge]

@gunner said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@jaycee said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Another spot up for grabs with Crockett's retirement:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/open-letter-wyatt-crockett

The couple of reports I’ve read don’t mention if the international retirement is with immediate effect, or after this season.

Anyone got any more info?

This quote suggests to me that the international retirement is immediate, but it's not 100% clear:

Early in the New Year I made a call to All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and informed him of my decision to make myself unavailable for national selection.

[Billy Tell]

@smudge said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@gunner said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@jaycee said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Another spot up for grabs with Crockett's retirement:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/open-letter-wyatt-crockett

The couple of reports I’ve read don’t mention if the international retirement is with immediate effect, or after this season.

Anyone got any more info?

This quote suggests to me that the international retirement is immediate, but it's not 100% clear:

Early in the New Year I made a call to All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and informed him of my decision to make myself unavailable for national selection.

Good move by Wyatt. Leaving on his terms. He showed great courage to come back from "Rome-gate", thanks Stuart Dickinson. I think he might have been pushed if he hadn't jumped, but he has given great service to province and country.

[Milk]

@booboo said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@jaycee liked coz it was a cool letter.

Onya Wyatt

Agree cool letter.

First observation: he debuted in 2009!? That guy has really hung in there.

Second observation, his sons are named Sonny Crockett and Emmett Crockett. That family knows how to do bad-ass names.

[Milk]

Jeez, before he fought his way back to being an All Black regular, that's not exactly an illustrious group of All Blacks on the bottom left...

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/968208917451874304

[Stockcar86]

@smudge said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@gunner said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@jaycee said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Another spot up for grabs with Crockett's retirement:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/open-letter-wyatt-crockett

The couple of reports I’ve read don’t mention if the international retirement is with immediate effect, or after this season.

Anyone got any more info?

This quote suggests to me that the international retirement is immediate, but it's not 100% clear:

Early in the New Year I made a call to All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and informed him of my decision to make myself unavailable for national selection.

Pretty sure it will be immediate, otherwise why bother to state you are going to play for Mako's due to the clash between the NPC and international schedules

[taniwharugby]

It is with immediate effect, will finish season with Crusaders and then done there too, but returning to Mako$ to see out his career.

[Tim]

@milk Well they'll be big enough not to worry about bullying.

[Chris B.]

Very cool letter and a classy way to go.

Wyatt's always been a master of timing - 71 test caps and only three losses (two last year)!

Will look forward to seeing him at the Mako - should be a very handy acquisition and replacement for Hames!

[Nepia]

@chris-b said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Very cool letter and a classy way to go.

Wyatt's always been a master of timing - 71 test caps and only three losses (two last year)!

Will look forward to seeing him at the Mako - should be a very handy acquisition and replacement for Hames!

Good letter and good to see him return home to play - I had no idea he was from Ta$man originally.

[KiwiMurph]

He comes across as one of the real nice guys. Carved out a really impressive career. Probably turned down some serious coin overseas to stay in NZ. Respect.

[Chris B.]

@nepia His parents owned the camp ground at Tukurua.

You haven't closely followed my posts on the Ta$man production line of props...

[Nepia]

@chris-b said in AB Positions up for grabs:

@nepia His parents owned the camp ground at Tukurua.

You haven't closely followed my posts on the Ta$man production line of props...

Your posts are like white noise until my Hammetteur fluffer meter goes off.

[Duluth]

@chris-b said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Will look forward to seeing him at the Mako

Crockett, Hames, Perry, Halanukonuka, Salmon & Lomax?

Or have some of those guys left?

[Chris B.]

@duluth Halanukonuka has gone. Pretty doubtful we'll see anything of Hames.

There was talk that Ross Geldenhuys might also be back this year.

[mikedogz]

https://www.facebook.com/crusadersrugby/videos/10156271954627147/?sk=h_chr

[antipodean]

@billy-tell said in AB Positions up for grabs:

Good move by Wyatt. Leaving on his terms. He showed great courage to come back from "Rome-gate", thanks Stuart Dickinson.

Agreed. That could have ended the career of a lesser person. Thankfully it didn't. I was always critical of what seemed to be Wyatt's propensity to give away a needless penalty, but he's been a dependable rock in the pack for a long time now.

Nice of him to step aside with enough time for the coaches to further develop the younger guys coming through.