All Blacks 2021

[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.

[antipodean]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

This squad is a fucking joke.

Who should be swapped for who?

Mafileo in for de Groot.
Robinson in for Jacobsen/ Blackadder/ Frizell.
Anyone for Christie.
Fainga'anuku for Bridge.
PUJ for Ennor.

[Kirwan]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

@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.

I’d have Blackadder on the bench covering multiple positions. Also Akira at a push covers all three too.

[booboo]

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

This squad is a fucking joke.

Who should be swapped for who?

Mafileo in for de Groot.
Robinson in for Jacobsen/ Blackadder/ Frizell.
Anyone for Christie.
Fainga'anuku for Bridge.
PUJ for Ennor.

Fair

[KiwiMurph]

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

This squad is a fucking joke.

Who should be swapped for who?

Mafileo in for de Groot.
Robinson in for Jacobsen/ Blackadder/ Frizell.
Anyone for Christie.
Fainga'anuku for Bridge.
PUJ for Ennor.

Mafileo is a tighthead isn't he?

Otherwise I agree. I like the Blackadder selection but Frizell just gets chance after chance without ever delivering.

[Bovidae]

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:

Mafileo is a tighthead isn't he?

Yes. Plumtree admitted that Lomax is still a project.

How many tackles was de Groot making per game in SRA? His workrate was mentioned by both Fox and Plumtree.

[Tim]

Will both Moody and Tu'ungafasi be back for the Bledisloe Cup and RC games? That would make our front row look a hell of a lot better.

[Tim]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

Yes. Plumtree admitted that Lomax is still a project.

How do guys like that get a free pass to stay in the test squad, while others get sent to NPC, or never get picked in the first place?

[Tim]

@bovidae said in All Blacks 2021:

How many tackles was de Groot making per game in SRA? His workrate was mentioned by both Fox and Plumtree.

"Workrate" picks, especially those that play for teams that defend a lot, have often been duds. I'd rather have players that dominate collisions, and don't have to play on the back foot most of the game.