RWC bolters

sparky

Bolters - Bryn Hall, Bridge and Will Jordan. That would make a strong starting XV.

Moody
Taylor
Franks
Whitelock
Romano
S. Barrett
Todd
Read
Hall
Mo’unga
Bridge
Crotty
Goodhue
Havilli
Jordan

You forgot about Reece and Ennor.

sparky

Great to read this thread now. No one picked Aumua, Jacobson, Weber, Josh Ioane, Ennor or Reece as potential AB bolters in March.

sparky

@sparky said in RWC bolters:

Back on topic. Lots of work ons still for them. But Shannon Frizzell,Dalton Papali'i, George Bridge and Will Jordan have all started the season well. Possible bolters if they keep improving.

Will Jordan got injured but the other three made the Rugby Championship AB squad.

KiwiMurph

@sparky The other three were all test capped All Blacks last year.

mariner4life

giving yourself props for the hot take that capped All Blacks from the year before will make an extended squad the next year is a new level of derp even for this place.

And calling them bolters in the first place? derpa derpa

gt12

Reece is total bolter - I don’t know how many of us would have expected him to get a Saders starting Jersey, let alone an AB call up.

Jacobson is also flat out bolter, I didn’t know hardly anything about him, and he’s a Chief. Even then, he’s probably only there because Squire pulled out.

It’s similar for Ioane, who has gone from hardly rated to a pretty agreed upon selection, however would probably be 4th in line if DMac weren’t injured.

Yeetyaah

@gt12 Aye Ioane has come of age. I'm pretty sure most of us on here picked Black to be the next five eighth. I always thought Jacobson would be an all black but just didn't know when. Reece after his form was too hard to ignore.

mariner4life

@Yeetyaah said in RWC bolters:

most of us on here picked Black to be the next five eighth

ahem, not all of us...

gt12

@mariner4life

I’m guilty, I’ll admit it. I had him pencilled in as soon as Dmac got injured.

Nepia

I was impressed with Ioane on the Maori tour last year, whereas Black seems to get gradually worse as each season passes.

Bovidae

Aumua is the bolter, although not obviously a new AB. The other newbies benefitted from injuries/unavailabilities to incumbents (e.g., DMac, Squire) or had some form so were in the conversation. I doubt many expected Harris to miss out if 4 hookers were selected.

This squad only gets interesting once the team to play Argentina is announced, and then when the squad is cut to 34 players for the Bledisloe Cup games. Then we'll get a better idea of the selectors thoughts.

ACT Crusader

@sparky said in RWC bolters:

@sparky said in RWC bolters:

Back on topic. Lots of work ons still for them. But Shannon Frizzell,Dalton Papali'i, George Bridge and Will Jordan have all started the season well. Possible bolters if they keep improving.

Will Jordan got injured but the other three made the Rugby Championship AB squad.

I hope you didn’t type that with a big pat myself on the back smile on your face....

nzzp

@Bovidae said in RWC bolters:

Aumua is the bolter, although not obviously a new AB. The other newbies benefitted from injuries/unavailabilities to incumbents (e.g., DMac, Squire) or had some form so were in the conversation. I doubt many expected Harris to miss out if 4 hookers were selected.

This squad only gets interesting once the team to play Argentina is announced, and then when the squad is cut to 34 players for the Bledisloe Cup games. Then we'll get a better idea of the selectors thoughts.

And Reece. Has come from nowhere

mariner4life

@ACT-Crusader said in RWC bolters:

@sparky said in RWC bolters:

@sparky said in RWC bolters:

Back on topic. Lots of work ons still for them. But Shannon Frizzell,Dalton Papali'i, George Bridge and Will Jordan have all started the season well. Possible bolters if they keep improving.

Will Jordan got injured but the other three made the Rugby Championship AB squad.

I hope you didn’t type that with a big pat myself on the back smile on your face....

certainly typed with one hand

Bovidae

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

And Reece. Has come from nowhere

See under form players.

He is the top try scorer. That got Laumape more attention a few seasons ago.

nzzp

@Bovidae said in RWC bolters:

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

And Reece. Has come from nowhere

See under form players.

He is the top try scorer. That got Laumape more attention a few seasons ago.

Yep. Didn't work for BLAM though, or others. Just being a top try scorer puts you in the conversation, but doesn't necessarily make you a great player

mariner4life

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

@Bovidae said in RWC bolters:

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

And Reece. Has come from nowhere

See under form players.

He is the top try scorer. That got Laumape more attention a few seasons ago.

Yep. Didn't work for BLAM though, or others. Just being a top try scorer puts you in the conversation, but doesn't necessarily make you a great player

missing a key part of the descriptor. Top try scorer (who also plays for the Crusaders)

Stargazer

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

@Bovidae said in RWC bolters:

@nzzp said in RWC bolters:

And Reece. Has come from nowhere

See under form players.

He is the top try scorer. That got Laumape more attention a few seasons ago.

Yep. Didn't work for BLAM though, or others. Just being a top try scorer puts you in the conversation, but doesn't necessarily make you a great player

Lam only played well during the first part of the 2018 season, but faded pretty quickly in the second.

sparky

@mariner4life My secret is finally out....., :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:

sparky

Amazing transformation in Sevu Reece this season. Credit to Razor, ROG and the Sader staff.

The Silver Fern

RWC bolters