North vs South

[Stargazer]

South have a huge advantage in the backs: except for Jordie, the likely starters all play for the same SR franchise and their combinations should work better. It's an important reason why I'd put Weber on the bench and start Drummond.

[ARHS]

Pretty good selections for an interesting match. Not sure how TTT gets in ahead of Booth and Hall, and Tomkinson ahead of Collins, but those only minor things. Will be interesting to see how the less experienced locks shape up!

[Machpants]

@Canes4life Ioane listed as a midfielder, so you'll need to rijig the North line up

[Crucial]

Can only assume that TTT was always a Foster project and he wants to see him back playing at a higher level.
I thought he played well in his few short showings but must be offside with the Chiefs coaches for some reason

[WillieTheWaiter]

@Crucial said in North vs South:

Can only assume that TTT was always a Foster project and he wants to see him back playing at a higher level.
I thought he played well in his few short showings but must be offside with the Chiefs coaches for some reason

fark are you serious he was bloody awful in his few mins - which is harsh as someone is always going to struggle in 10 mins trying to make an impact.. didnt someone put up some stats last time he was on he missed like 3 tackles and threw an intercept in a very short period of time? Struggling to recall - trying to remove all memory of this season....

[gt12]

@WillieTheWaiter

He was bad against the Landers, after being good against the Canes, but I think he only got on the field twice.

Canes: Not selected
Saders: Not selected
Blues: Not selected
Landers (14 minutes): 4 passes, 1 tackle made, missed 2
Canes (15 mins) : 23 passes, 3 runs, 2 clean breaks, 44 metres, 1 offload, 1 tackle made (no misses)
Saders: Not selected
Blues: Not selected
Landers: Selected but didn't get on

[Tim]

Some updates on injuries:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300085161/unlucky-all-black-luke-jacobson-shock-omission-for-north-v-south-clash

[Tim]

"Sam Cane hasn't really started going through the return to play protocols from a training perspective because his team has disassembled so he's been taking some time," Foster said on Tuesday as the respective North and South squads were named. "He's looking really good, getting better each day, so we're hopeful that won't take too long but it's more of a precautionary thing now."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12357597

[raznomore]

Is this game a bonus of COVID and means little other than filling the vacuum of no test rugby? It's not an All Black trial is it? I mean they know who's in the team for the AB's already don't they?

[Gunner]

@gt12 said in North vs South:

@WillieTheWaiter

He was bad against the Landers, after being good against the Canes, but I think he only got on the field twice.

Canes: Not selected
Saders: Not selected
Blues: Not selected
Landers (14 minutes): 4 passes, 1 tackle made, missed 2
Canes (15 mins) : 23 passes, 3 runs, 2 clean breaks, 44 metres, 1 offload, 1 tackle made (no misses)
Saders: Not selected
Blues: Not selected
Landers: Selected but didn't get on

That's shocking when you look at it like that, how can a guy who has played a total of 29 minutes get selected?
Real slap in the face to Nock and Hall.

[mariner4life]

@Gunner i want to know how shit a team has to be going for a halfback to play 14 minutes and only pass the ball 4 times

[Bovidae]

@mariner4life It was THAT game. When the Chiefs had the ball for some fuckin' reason they kicked it away, allowing the Highlanders to counter-attack and score.

[mariner4life]

@Bovidae said in North vs South:

@mariner4life It was THAT game. When the Chiefs had the ball for some fuckin' reason they kicked it away, allowing the Highlanders to counter-attack and score.

yeah, i know. i still have flashbacks...

god we were just awful to support this year. awful

[Bovidae]

@mariner4life At least you were 1000s km away. I was less than 100 m from the carnage.

[Tim]

@mariner4life Christ I'm glad this isn't me this year.

I remember when we lost to the Rebels at home a couple of years ago. I went to a pub to watch it and have dinner. Afterwards I went to my local, and they asked me if everything was OK, because I looked so pale and shocked.

[Snowy]

@Duluth said in North vs South:

As biased as the selectors

Haha. Here we go again.
Fox - New Plymouth / AKl
Plumtree - Hawera / Welly
Foster - Putararu / Waikato

Who exactly are they biased for or against? Against the south I suppose? If they don't pick your favourites (from your biased point of view) are they the biased ones?

On the other hand they might be looking to find the best players so that their team wins? (ABs not North / South). Who would have thought that!
They might also want to see some guys play again and know what they get from others?

I really don't understand why any selector would deliberately undermine their own team.

[mariner4life]

my main takeaway from the squad naming is

our depth isn't great. There are a lot of guys in those two groups who won't ever realistically be pushing for Test level.

[Duluth]

@Snowy

I have no idea what you are talking about. That was not what my post was saying

[Snowy]

@Duluth said in North vs South:

@Snowy

I have no idea what you are talking about. That was not what my post was saying

Bias from selectors.

[Duluth]

@Snowy

You aren't making any sense