All Blacks 2021

[canefan]

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:

I know he's going to come in for some grief, but I'm prepared to cut Foster & Co. a little slack if the length of this tour means some of our best players elect to go home early.

He is certainly facing challenges no coach has dealt with before

[booboo]

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

[booboo]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

• Beauden Barrett

[gt12]

Coles / Taylor would sound like the best two for this, although Cane may be back playing soon?

[KiwiMurph]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

• Beauden Barrett

Ardie.

[Yeahtheboys]

Brad Weber?

[Stargazer]

@gt12 said in All Blacks 2021:

Coles / Taylor would sound like the best two for this, although Cane may be back playing soon?

Cane not expected back for the RC.

[booboo]

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

• Beauden Barrett

Ardie.

Not high on my list but a possibility

[ACT Crusader]

@yeahtheboys said in All Blacks 2021:

Brad Weber?

To make the squad?

[Yeahtheboys]

@act-crusader better captain than a few others named. Horses for courses ‍️

[Frye]

Losing these guys would be a good test. But plenty of good replacements luckily. Having Beauden as backup 10 is kind of ridiculous.

And with Retallick returning to form than that really strengthens the second row a lot. Along with Barret and Tuipulotu that's a good trio in the 23.

Weber is a step down from Smith but TJ I think off the bench offers a lot of experience at least.

[ACT Crusader]

@yeahtheboys said in All Blacks 2021:

@act-crusader better captain than a few others named. Horses for courses ‍️

Weber has started 1 test, I can’t see how he’s even in the discussion for AB captain.

All the other names have decent AB experience on top of their provincial/franchise captaincy.

Tuipoluto, Scott Barrett, Beauden Barrett, Taylor, Savea, Retallick, Coles, Perenara - all played 40+ tests.

I’d give it to Beauden Barrett. Guaranteed to start, highly likely to play 80, and has captained the ABs previously.

[Bovidae]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:

I’d give it to Beauden Barrett. Guaranteed to start, highly likely to play 80, and has captained the ABs previously.

Agreed, it's going to be either BB or Savea if the other three are unavailable. BBBR was reluctant to captain the Chiefs so I doubt they will ask him.

[rotated]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:

@yeahtheboys said in All Blacks 2021:

@act-crusader better captain than a few others named. Horses for courses ‍️

Weber has started 1 test, I can’t see how he’s even in the discussion for AB captain.

One more start than George Whitelock.

[gt12]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:

@yeahtheboys said in All Blacks 2021:

@act-crusader better captain than a few others named. Horses for courses ‍️

Weber has started 1 test, I can’t see how he’s even in the discussion for AB captain.

All the other names have decent AB experience on top of their provincial/franchise captaincy.

Tuipoluto, Scott Barrett, Beauden Barrett, Taylor, Savea, Retallick, Coles, Perenara - all played 40+ tests.

I’d give it to Beauden Barrett. Guaranteed to start, highly likely to play 80, and has captained the ABs previously.

Luke Whitelock captained the All Blacks in his second game.

[mariner4life]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

what a rogues gallery of decidedly average players (and Dane Coles)

[gt12]

Fucking hell, I checked my understanding of my last post, and now I’m so depressed.

Akira Ioane was in full beast mode in 2018, but who was preferred as the backup to Read?

Luke fucking Whitelock.

The coaches really jumped the shark in 2017/2018 and were just trying to hang on. I think they lost sight of leaving the team in a better place than it was when they got it.

[gt12]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

what a rogues gallery of decidedly average players (and Dane Coles)

When the people’s choice of coach doesn’t run him into the ground, Taylor is very fucking useful.

[mariner4life]

@gt12 said in All Blacks 2021:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo said in All Blacks 2021:

Possible skippers:

• Scott Barrett
• Paddy Tuipolutu
• TJP
• Coles
• Taylor

what a rogues gallery of decidedly average players (and Dane Coles)

When the people’s choice of coach doesn’t run him into the ground, Taylor is very fucking useful.

yeah, but we are in to a couple of years of "meh" in Black. So just maybe...

[ARHS]

B Barrett or Taylor for me, but I would not rule out Weber.