AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

[mofitzy_]

Boshier and Umaga-Jensen should be the next cabs off the rank.

[Canes4life]

@mofitzy_ agreed, both of them probably deserved to be in the initital squad.

[taniwharugby]

[KiwiMurph]

Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape, Crusaders captain Scott Barrett and Otago hooker Liam Coltman have joined the All Blacks in Hamilton.

Coltman has been called in to cover Asafo Aumua who is recovering from a head knock sustained while playing for Wellington. 

[Stargazer]

@KiwiMurph Source?

Edit: found it

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12368872

[Bovidae]

From the article on Stuff:

Meanwhile, Foster said that he would delay naming his extra players for the Rugby Championship until everything was finalised with the schedule. Early next week was the original plan.

Tournament rules will allow squads of 46, so Foster will select 11 extras, while injured midfielder Braydon Ennor will also be replaced prior, to take the original squad back up to 35 ahead of the two Bledisloe Cup games in New Zealand next month.

So 12 extra players to be named eventually.

[Tim]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-11-candidates-the-all-blacks-should-call-upon-to-bolster-their-rugby-championship-squad/

Think Nock has better skills than Christie.

[Bovidae]

I think they will select TTT again, as the AB coaches have talked about him being the closest to Smith in skillset.

[Kiwiwomble]

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

Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape, Crusaders captain Scott Barrett and Otago hooker Liam Coltman have joined the All Blacks in Hamilton.

Coltman has been called in to cover Asafo Aumua who is recovering from a head knock sustained while playing for Wellington. 

kind of annoying, he's hit a rich vein of form for otago, think we were running with 100% lineouts for the first couple of weeks at least

[Tim]

Papalii has a fractured nose and split eye.

[frazzerbazzer]

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[ARHS]

@Bovidae I think Roe is a better option than the rest. Happy with Christie or Drummond though if no room for an 'apprentice'

[Yeetyaah]

@ARHS I like Roe but isn't it a bit too early considering he's only played a handful of NPC games?

[Bovidae]

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

@ARHS I like Roe but isn't it a bit too early considering he's only played a handful of NPC games?

Roe's aim would be getting a SR contract in the near future. One step at a time.

[Chris B.]

Not sure they will call up two extra locks, plus Robinson.

If Foster sticks to his guns about playing people in specialized positions, it seems more likely to me that they'll call up a loosehead prop.

[shark]

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

[Machpants]

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

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Are you going to cover the millions we lose in broadcast revenue?

[taniwharugby]

@Tim was odd how Christie leapt past him after a few average performances when it appeared NOck had finally started to string together some decent performances...that said, I'd be concerned if Nock was called into the ABs

[MN5]

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

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Good god. Are you going for an early nomination for the broken record award ?

So boring.....

[shark]

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

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

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Are you going to cover the millions we lose in broadcast revenue?

I'm expecting the whole thing will be undermined by a random case of Covid and called off anyway, but not before butt-fucking the NPC. So call it now.

Or as a compromise, let the ABs play NPC up to test week. These camps do my fucking head in.