Japan vs All Blacks

[MN5]

@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@sparky Procter?

He's no Mike Brewer

[Canes4life]

@nepia please no, seems like a nice bloke but I can imagine his pre match g-up would be boring as f#%k

[taniwharugby]

@nepia youd expect so having captained before.

[MN5]

@canes4life said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@nepia please no, seems like a nice bloke but I can imagine his pre match g-up would be boring as f#%k

If you based a rugby players ability on personality then Richie McCaws career would be more like Sam Hardings. I don't really see it being an issue.

[Nepia]

@canes4life said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@nepia please no, seems like a nice bloke but I can imagine his pre match g-up would be boring as f#%k

I'm not advocating for it - just thinking he's the most likely candidate.

[sparky]

Dalton Papali'i has captained a lot of Age Grade teams and his profile on the ABs website talks about "his obvious leadership potential", but it would be a massive risk to make him captain on debut and the youngest ABs captain of all time.

I'd give the captaincy for this test to Patrick Tuipulotu.

[Bones]

@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@sparky Procter?

He's no Mike Brewer

Very astute. You have a good eye for detail.

[MN5]

@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@sparky Procter?

He's no Mike Brewer

Very astute. You have a good eye for detail.

For some reason I thought Brewer captained the ABs on debut ? turns out he didn't and a pretty poor post from me has been rendered utterly shit. If we could just move on I'd appreciate it.

[Bovidae]

@nepia said in Japan vs All Blacks:

I'm not advocating for it - just thinking he's the most likely candidate.

Yep. Whitelock was the captain when the ABs played the French XV last year.

[Nepia]

@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:

For some reason I thought Brewer captained the ABs on debut ?

Didn't that Otago back up hooker captain the ABs in his first match?

[sparky]

@nepia

Tom Willis in 2002 against Scotland A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Willis_(rugby_union)

[Rapido]

@hooroo said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@samurai-jack said in Japan vs All Blacks:

You all sound like those two old judges off the Muppets. Looking forward to this. Love seeing some of the next generation come through.

Probably the most mickey mouse AB side ever?

No. That would be the 1949 home ABs v Australia while the first 30 toured South Africa. We lost 0-2 and 0-4, the worst year in AB history.

Also the 1976 tourists to Argentina again while the first 30 toured South Africa (although, unlike 1949, they weren't awarded test status by NZRU as Argentina weren't considered a test nation at the time)

This team is only missing 22.

[Rapido]

@nepia said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:

For some reason I thought Brewer captained the ABs on debut ?

Didn't that Otago back up hooker captain the ABs in his first match?

As did John Mitchell.

[Davesofthunder]

It appears there is still no tv rights holder for this match in the UK?

Any ferners over here know if there is a plan?

[cgrant]

@booboo said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@cgrant said in Japan vs All Blacks:

The All Blacks team should look like this, IMO :

J. Barrett
Naholo
Proctor
Laumape
Bridge
Mo'unga
TTT
L. Whitelock (capt)
Papali'i / Hunt
Fifita
Tuipolutu
Hemopo
Tu'ungafasi
Coles
Perry

Aumua
Reilly
Ta'avao
Retallick
Hunt / Papali'i
Drummond / Hall
Cameron
NMS

Reilly? 52nd player ...

(I think you mean O'Neill )

Yes, I know him so well that I forgot his name ...

[pakman]

@davesofthunder said in Japan vs All Blacks:

It appears there is still no tv rights holder for this match in the UK?

Any ferners over here know if there is a plan?

http://www.allblacks.com/News/23739/all-blacks-japan-test-to-be-streamed-online-internationally

[sparky]

@pakman That was from 2013........

[scribe]

@sparky still valid though from my investigation.

[Bovidae]

@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:

@nepia said in Japan vs All Blacks:

Didn't that Otago back up hooker captain the ABs in his first match?

As did John Mitchell.

I had thought that too but Mitchell played 3 games with Zinny as captain before leading the ABs for the remaining 3 midweek tour games.

[KiwiMurph]

@davesofthunder said in Japan vs All Blacks:

It appears there is still no tv rights holder for this match in the UK?

Any ferners over here know if there is a plan?

A free live stream for UK viewers is being shown here: https://allblackstv.com