All Blacks 2021

[KiwiMurph]

RTS will back himself to crack a squad like this in 12 months time.

[Tim]

Final test XXIII?

1 Tui'nukuafe
2 Taylor
3 Laulala
4 Retallick
5 Whitelock
6 Ioane
7 Savea
8 Sotutu

9 Smith
10 Barrett
11 Ioane
12 Havili
13 ALB
14 Jordan
15 McKenzie

16 Coles
17 Bower
18 Ta'avao
19 Barrett/Tuipulotu
20 Papalii
21 Weber
22 Mo'unga
23 J Barrett

[Kirwan]

How bad are the available wings if Bridge and Reece get in? And Frizell only plays well at Super level, is crap at Test level.

Would have picked Robinson there for sure.

All the posters pointing at Finlay are forgetting how bad Weber is.

[Victor Meldrew]

@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:

The worst selection IMO is Christie. Great liability, but he's obviously only there because TJP and Fakatava aren't in the squad. He won't be in the Rugby Championship squad, when TJP returns.

I agree. For me, watching SA & Trans Ta$man from afar, Christie is the clear 3rd choice at 9. I'm OK with his selection, but def. not OK with the depth at 9 in NZ at the moment. The gap between AS and the rest is worrying.

[Chris B.]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

For the loose forwards, it must have been Blackadder vs Robinson. I would have chosen the latter as he offers something different but Plumtree seemed to like the fact Blackadder could also play 7.

Not sure about that.

I reckon Ardie will be the starting 7, with Papali'i his understudy.

Jacobson and Sotutu the No. 8s.

Akira and Frizell the blindsides.

I reckon Blackadder becomes the sort of Ardie/Masoe bench man who can cover all three.

Tom might have needed to push out Akira or Shannon?

[Bovidae]

@tim said in All Blacks 2021:

Final test XXIII?

6 Ioane
7 Savea
8 Sotutu

Savea and Sotutu are too similar for me. Apparently on the NZH Plumtree mentions a loose forward trio of Papalii/Jacobson/Savea.

[taniwharugby]

@kirwan highlights the gulf in class behind Smith!

[antipodean]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

@tim said in All Blacks 2021:

Final test XXIII?

6 Ioane
7 Savea
8 Sotutu

Savea and Sotutu are too similar for me. Apparently on the NZH Plumtree mentions a loose forward trio of Papalii/Jacobson/Savea.

Jesus wept.

[booboo]

@higgins said in All Blacks 2021:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2021:

I thought ALB was out?

Didn't they set the precedent when Charles Piatau was not selected when he announced that he was leaving to play overseas?

Sorry missing your point.

ALB is injured.

[ARHS]

@bovidae agree there. Much better combo

[Chris B.]

@gunner said in All Blacks 2021:

3 fullbacks and only 2 wingers selected, which means we’ll probably see the worlds slowest winger locked into 14 for the season again.

Will Jordan will have been picked mainly as a right wing.

[Kirwan]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2021:

@kirwan highlights the gulf in class behind Smith!

Even TJ is miles behind him. He’s the GOAT IMO.

[Gunner]

@arhs said in All Blacks 2021:

Surely it was either Christie or Drummond to cover TJ absence. No shock there for me. B

I’d take Hall ahead of either of those two.

[antipodean]

@chris-b said in All Blacks 2021:

Not sure about that.
I reckon Ardie will be the starting 7, with Papali'i his understudy.

That would make sense with these clowns. A bloke who says he is no longer an openside, no longer plays openside would be selected to address the failings of 2019...

[mariner4life]

Great to see a bunch of proven failures given another crack at it. Real high performance stuff

[booboo]

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

This squad is a fucking joke.

Who should be swapped for who?

[Kirwan]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

@tim said in All Blacks 2021:

Final test XXIII?

6 Ioane
7 Savea
8 Sotutu

Savea and Sotutu are too similar for me. Apparently on the NZH Plumtree mentions a loose forward trio of Papalii/Jacobson/Savea.

In which position? Dalton should be the seven, and Jacobson is not as good as Sotutu at 8, and Akira is the obvious blindside.

[booboo]

@canes4life said in All Blacks 2021:

Mediocre squad, mediocre coaches.

Get Razor in there ASAP.

See post above

[booboo]

@steven-harris said in All Blacks 2021:

@higgins should not even be in the team in my book ..personally he’s a last man standing selection …

Again. Who is the alternative?

[Bovidae]

@kirwan I assume Savea is their no.8 and Papalii would be at 7. Jacobson must be 6 but there are a few options there. He could also cover 3 positions off the bench.