2020 All Blacks Squad
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Backs will be fine. We have enough core young players that will carry through a cycle (Mounga, TTT, ALB, Goodhue, Reiko, DMac) and plenty of upcoming talent to add in and experiment before upping the experience levels.
Forwards looking OK in the front row and any other problems are no different to what we always face.
The big question for the next cycle is captaincy. SW probably won't be there. Cane has a cloud over him (and is better not being Cap IMO). Coles? Maybe his time off will have extended his career or shown him that he needs to look at the money before his career ends. BBBR is a dark horse option although I can see him looking for an earner at some point through the cycle which wouldn't be ideal for a captain.
I can't see that we want a stopgap captain. Ideally we want someone to own the role and build a reputation.
@crucial said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Backs will be fine. We have enough core young players that will carry through a cycle (Mounga, TTT, ALB, Goodhue, Reiko, DMac)
A good mix of pace and strength and loads of talent with minimal showboating. (DMac, for example, may make the odd wrong decision but a selfish player he isn't).
That backline could be very, very special.
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@crucial said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Backs will be fine. We have enough core young players that will carry through a cycle (Mounga, TTT, ALB, Goodhue, Reiko, DMac)
A good mix of pace and strength and loads of talent with minimal showboating. (DMac, for example, may make the odd wrong decision but a selfish player he isn't).
That backline could be very, very special.
@victor-meldrew said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@crucial said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Backs will be fine. We have enough core young players that will carry through a cycle (Mounga, TTT, ALB, Goodhue, Reiko, DMac)
A good mix of pace and strength and loads of talent with minimal showboating. (DMac, for example, may make the odd wrong decision but a selfish player he isn't).
That backline could be very, very special.
Have you never seen Reiko Ioane score a try?
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@victor-meldrew said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@crucial said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Backs will be fine. We have enough core young players that will carry through a cycle (Mounga, TTT, ALB, Goodhue, Reiko, DMac)
A good mix of pace and strength and loads of talent with minimal showboating. (DMac, for example, may make the odd wrong decision but a selfish player he isn't).
That backline could be very, very special.
Have you never seen Reiko Ioane score a try?
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@snowy said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 Any winger since Wilson you mean.
Stu or Jeff?
I figured the stoic, unsmiling jog back to halfway ended with Goldie’s excitement.
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@snowy said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 Any winger since Wilson you mean.
Stu or Jeff?
I figured the stoic, unsmiling jog back to halfway ended with Goldie’s excitement.
@kirwan I used to love the way Stu Wilson, John Kirwan and Jonah Lomu hardly celebrated, even after scoring spectacular tries. They'd jog back to the half way as if scoring Test tries was the most natural act in the world for them. As someone put it "Does the postie celebrate delivering a letter?"
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@kirwan I used to love the way Stu Wilson, John Kirwan and Jonah Lomu hardly celebrated, even after scoring spectacular tries. They'd jog back to the half way as if scoring Test tries was the most natural act in the world for them. As someone put it "Does the postie celebrate delivering a letter?"
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan I used to love the way Stu Wilson, John Kirwan and Jonah Lomu hardly celebrated, even after scoring spectacular tries. They'd jog back to the half way as if scoring Test tries was the most natural act in the world for them. As someone put it "Does the postie celebrate delivering a letter?"
No one poker faced better than Cullen even after stepping seven Scots in his second ever fucken test match !
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@snowy said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 Any winger since Wilson you mean.
Stu or Jeff?
I figured the stoic, unsmiling jog back to halfway ended with Goldie’s excitement.
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@snowy said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 Any winger since Wilson you mean.
Stu or Jeff?
I figured the stoic, unsmiling jog back to halfway ended with Goldie’s excitement.
He shelved most of the in black didn't he? I remember the raised fists in the '95 Bleidsloe in the same corner as the Greegan tackle and that shocked look at the MCG but not much else over the top. At the time Zinny was celebrating droppies and Fitzy was pretty cheeky with celebrating his tries around that point too.
Didn't even think the celebrations got over the top until that saluting stuff filtered in from the Canes.
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@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@snowy said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@kirwan said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 Any winger since Wilson you mean.
Stu or Jeff?
I figured the stoic, unsmiling jog back to halfway ended with Goldie’s excitement.
He shelved most of the in black didn't he? I remember the raised fists in the '95 Bleidsloe in the same corner as the Greegan tackle and that shocked look at the MCG but not much else over the top. At the time Zinny was celebrating droppies and Fitzy was pretty cheeky with celebrating his tries around that point too.
Didn't even think the celebrations got over the top until that saluting stuff filtered in from the Canes.
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
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Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
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@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
@mn5 said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
We can't all be style icons from Khandallah with creepy 80's leather jackets.
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@mn5 said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
We can't all be style icons from Khandallah with creepy 80's leather jackets.
@bones said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
We can't all be style icons from Khandallah with creepy 80's leather jackets.
I'm from Kelburn you rats tail wearing kebab munching moron. Get it right.
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@bones said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@sparky said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
Nah, I blame Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall. Both of who used to grin like drunk possums after scoring. Los and Meg brought a whole metrosexual vibe into the ABs camp that they're still struggling to recover from even 20 years later.
Not bad for a couple of munters from Levin and Mataura respectively.
We can't all be style icons from Khandallah with creepy 80's leather jackets.
I'm from Kelburn you rats tail wearing kebab munching moron. Get it right.
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@bones said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 phew, what a mistake to make, thanks for correcting me.
I realise it's probably all the same to cellar dwellers from Eastbourne but Khandallah is more old money than Kelburn is.....and they don't have cable car tracks to walk up home when pissed either.
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@bones said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
@mn5 phew, what a mistake to make, thanks for correcting me.
I realise it's probably all the same to cellar dwellers from Eastbourne but Khandallah is more old money than Kelburn is.....and they don't have cable car tracks to walk up home when pissed either.
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Reports that Wales will probably be the ABs 2020 first opponent:
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So in the last few weeks there have been reports of both Ireland and Wales touring NZ in 2020. Interesting. Sounds like NZR is quite busy negotiating while that dumb League of Nations tournament is still on the World Rugby table.
@Stargazer said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
So in the last few weeks there have been reports of both Ireland and Wales touring NZ in 2020. Interesting. Sounds like NZR is quite busy negotiating while that dumb League of Nations tournament is still on the World Rugby table.
Would it kill the fucken Scots to get off their arses and come here?
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@Stargazer said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
So in the last few weeks there have been reports of both Ireland and Wales touring NZ in 2020. Interesting. Sounds like NZR is quite busy negotiating while that dumb League of Nations tournament is still on the World Rugby table.
Would it kill the fucken Scots to get off their arses and come here?
@MN5 whaddya talking about, they were here as recent as 2000, we have only played them in Murrayfield 8 times since then!
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@Stargazer said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:
So in the last few weeks there have been reports of both Ireland and Wales touring NZ in 2020. Interesting. Sounds like NZR is quite busy negotiating while that dumb League of Nations tournament is still on the World Rugby table.
Would it kill the fucken Scots to get off their arses and come here?
