AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

[mariner4life]

@nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@antipodean said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@BerniesCorner said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

N Laumape has to start at 12

Laumape doesn't pass, kinda important skill for second five-eighth.

Nonu needs to get in his ear and show him how he developed that skill. Could be awesome if he develops a passing game - you could see how he attracts defenders to him

yeah, i can't see it happening

[nzzp]

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@antipodean said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@BerniesCorner said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

N Laumape has to start at 12

Laumape doesn't pass, kinda important skill for second five-eighth.

Nonu needs to get in his ear and show him how he developed that skill. Could be awesome if he develops a passing game - you could see how he attracts defenders to him

yeah, i can't see it happening

Unlikely, but goddamn how good would he be...

[Nepia]

@BerniesCorner said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Cant remember better mid field backs ever. Ennor, Laumape, ALB, Goodhue. No worries.

This makes no sense, two decent test players, one dude everyone says can't pass, and then a guy who seems to go well at Super level and dunce at NPC - you think they're better than when we had Nonu, Smith, SBW and Crotty running around? (Or do you have an extremely short memory?)

[nzzp]

@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@BerniesCorner said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Cant remember better mid field backs ever. Ennor, Laumape, ALB, Goodhue. No worries.

This makes no sense, two decent test players, one dude everyone says can't pass, and then a guy who seems to go well at Super level and dunce at NPC - you think they're better than when we had Nonu, Smith, SBW and Crotty running around? (Or do you have an extremely short memory?)

or even 2011 - Kahui and good SBW:
Richard Kahui Waikato (12)
Ma’a Nonu Wellington (58)
Conrad Smith Wellington (48)
Sonny Bill Williams Canterbury (7)

[KiwiMurph]

@nzzp Isaia Toeava

[nzzp]

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@nzzp Isaia Toeava

I was a massive fan of Ice v2.0. What an amazing player, brutally mismanaged by Ted and Wayne-O

[mariner4life]

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@nzzp Isaia Toeava

had me looking at the 2005 squad for the Northern Tour

I think i can confidently say it's the best squad of 35 ever picked by any nation at one time. Ridiculous depth of talent.

the 2007 World Cup was such a disgusting choke job of epic proportions.

[KiwiMurph]

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

[mariner4life]

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

2005 was where the hammered Wales one week, turned up with a new team the next week and hammered Ireland. its was taking the piss.

Then we beat England at Twickers despite 3 yellow cards (including 2 at the same time)

oh, and of course we beat Scotland on the way home.

[MN5]

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

2005 was where the hammered Wales one week, turned up with a new team the next week and hammered Ireland. its was taking the piss.

Then we beat England at Twickers despite 3 yellow cards (including 2 at the same time)

oh, and of course we beat Scotland on the way home.

Most redundant post ever. Poor old Scotties

[mariner4life]

@MN5 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

2005 was where the hammered Wales one week, turned up with a new team the next week and hammered Ireland. its was taking the piss.

Then we beat England at Twickers despite 3 yellow cards (including 2 at the same time)

oh, and of course we beat Scotland on the way home.

Most redundant post ever. Poor old Scotties

to really ram this home, teh wiki page for the tour has a write-up and details of the first 3 games, and only the score and scorers of the Scotland game. Disrespect.

[MN5]

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@MN5 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

2005 was where the hammered Wales one week, turned up with a new team the next week and hammered Ireland. its was taking the piss.

Then we beat England at Twickers despite 3 yellow cards (including 2 at the same time)

oh, and of course we beat Scotland on the way home.

Most redundant post ever. Poor old Scotties

to really ram this home, teh wiki page for the tour has a write-up and details of the first 3 games, and only the score and scorers of the Scotland game. Disrespect.

Well to live up to the dour and tight stereotype they haven’t toured NZ In fucken donkeys years compared to Wales and Ireland. 2000 I think, from memory.

Also their fans are snowflakes so fuck them and all their AB hammerings.

[ACT Crusader]

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

2005 was where the hammered Wales one week, turned up with a new team the next week and hammered Ireland. its was taking the piss.

Then we beat England at Twickers despite 3 yellow cards (including 2 at the same time)

oh, and of course we beat Scotland on the way home.

The Fern was a funny place during that 05 EOYT. “Cheapening the jersey”...

Wales match
Tialata, Oliver, Hayman, Jack, Ryan, Collins, Masoe, So’oialo, Kelleher, Carter, Rokocoko, Umaga, Smith, Gear, Muliaina

Ireland match
Woodcock, Mealamu, Afoa, Eaton, Williams, Lauaki, McCaw, Tuiali’i, Weepu, Evans, Sivivatu, Mauger, Nonu, Howlett, L. MacDonald

Other players on tour
Taumoepeau, Hore, A. MacDonald, Cowan, Toeava

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader 02 we had similar calls re cheapening the jersey with a relatively experimental side being sent north, and went within a Ben Blair tackle of Ben Cohen of beating a good England team

[antipodean]

Nothing says experiment like All Black Ben Blair.

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@mariner4life was it the 06 End of Year Tour where they basically alternated between two separate starting XVs?

I think 06 also was when ABs played one squad in Argentina (captained by Collins?) the same weekend (or very close to) another test the ABs had with a totally different squad (think it was a test in NZ).

That was the mid year schedule. The ABs had their 2nd test against Ireland at Eden Park on 17 June. On 24 June they had a test against Argentina in BA.

Ireland match
Dermody, Mealamu, Hayman, Jack, Flavell, Kaino, McCaw, So’oialo, Kelleher, McAllister, Rokocoko, Mauger, Laulala, Howlett, Muliaina

Argentina match
Woodcock, Oliver, Somerville, Eaton, Williams, Collins, Masoe, Tuiali'i, Weepu, Carter, Hamilton, Tuitupou, Toeava, Gear, MacDonald

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Nothing says experiment like All Black Ben Blair.

I raise you

@ACT-Crusader said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Argentina match
Woodcock, Oliver, Somerville, Eaton, Williams, Collins, Masoe, Tuiali'i, Weepu, Carter, Hamilton, Tuitupou, Toeava, Gear, MacDonald

[Bones]

@taniwharugby what was the game where Blair was in the clear but then mowed down then?

[Nepia]

@Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@antipodean said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Nothing says experiment like All Black Ben Blair.

I raise you

@ACT-Crusader said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Argentina match
Woodcock, Oliver, Somerville, Eaton, Williams, Collins, Masoe, Tuiali'i, Weepu, Carter, Hamilton, Tuitupou, Toeava, Gear, MacDonald

I'd take Bubbles any day over Blair.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@taniwharugby what was the game where Blair was in the clear but then mowed down then?

Was that the Argentina test in 01? The one that Razor scored late in the match for the win.