Depth at 10
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god you just have to look at the names on the Super Rugby squads at 10 to see just what the issue is.
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@booboo said in Depth at 10:
Bergus Furke (for the life of me I can't say it the right way around) was backup 10 for Saders last year.
Is there any potential there? Did he play NPC (I saw f-all)?
Bit of talk around McClutchie. Anyone who isn't @Stargazer got an opinion on his future?
Also previous age group hype around Rivez Reihana. What's the story with him?
Like the idea of Sullivan what little I've seen.
While I think he's been undeservedly left out of NZ Super teams for a few years now I don't think he's close to AB ceiling. If you want someone from the Bay as AB 10 then Sullivan is the guy.
On McClutchie, the Crusaders were apparently keen on him but he'd already signed with MP, it would have been interesting to see him surrounded by those top calibre players, instead he's going to have to shoulder a lot of weight in a thrown together new team.
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@mariner4life said in Depth at 10:
god you just have to look at the names on the Super Rugby squads at 10 to see just what the issue is.
It's pretty sparse. The more talented U20 players often get shoved around to fullback, 12 etc. for half their career. I fully expect this to happen with Zarn Sullivan - it will be decided he isn't enough of an attacking threat to play fullback for the ABs, but he's not experienced enough at 10. And there will be no consistent plan to actually develop him there
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@cgrant said in Depth at 10:
Richie Mo'unga would be OK if the AB forwards put him on the front foot. This was not the case against France, with the notable exception of a 20 min period.
McClutchie was the standout 10 in the NPC. But his size could be a problem at the highest level.I don't think we can take that as a given. Opposition with forward based games see to that and their backs have learned skills to keep the ball away from our forwards without kicking it back to us.
We need a 10 that can manipulate the opposition into providing opportunities even if or forwards aren't dominant because a lot of the time even good forwards will only get parity.
Picking a 10 based on the work of 9 other players being good is crazy. -
If only Grant Fox was involved.
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@antipodean get Beaver in there!!
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If we look at the U20s 1st 5s in recent years we have had:
2021 - Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love, Harry Godfrey
2020 - Zarn Sullivan, Stu Cruden, Rivez Reihana, Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love (training squad only)
2019 - Fergus Burke, Rivez Reihana, (Kaleb Trask)The majority of these players aren't yet regular starters at SR level or playing at 1st 5 if they are.
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@bovidae said in Depth at 10:
If we look at the U20s 1st 5s in recent years we have had:
2021 - Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love, Harry Godfrey
2020 - Zarn Sullivan, Stu Cruden, Rivez Reihana, Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love (training squad only)
2019 - Fergus Burke, Rivez Reihana, (Kaleb Trask)The majority of these players aren't yet regular starters at SR level or playing at 1st 5 if they are.
Got the info on the years before that?
2018 - Plummer & Trask?
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@bovidae said in Depth at 10:
If we look at the U20s 1st 5s in recent years we have had:
2021 - Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love, Harry Godfrey
2020 - Zarn Sullivan, Stu Cruden, Rivez Reihana, Aidan Morgan, Ruben Love (training squad only)
2019 - Fergus Burke, Rivez Reihana, (Kaleb Trask)The majority of these players aren't yet regular starters at SR level or playing at 1st 5 if they are.
i guess the next question is how many are starting at 10 in NPC
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@frank said in Depth at 10:
Zarn Sullivan is the obvious guy to try.
Problems
-he won't get game time there because of BB playing for Auckland
-he is being used at fullback
-Fozzie is way too conservative to think outside the box and pick himI think this is getting a bit silly. Sullivan hasn't even had a single start as a ten at NPC level
He's unlikely to get a run at ten because he's been very good for the Blues at fullback. MacDoanld (a decent fullback himself), has raved about Sullivans natural lines from fullback. Maybe his best position is actually fullback?
Maybe he becomes a ten, maybe he doesn't. But the rating he is getting in thread based on almost no adult rugby in the position is over the top
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@duluth said in Depth at 10:
@frank said in Depth at 10:
Zarn Sullivan is the obvious guy to try.
Problems
-he won't get game time there because of BB playing for Auckland
-he is being used at fullback
-Fozzie is way too conservative to think outside the box and pick himI think this is getting a bit silly. Sullivan hasn't even had a single start as a ten at NPC level
He's unlikely to get a run at ten because he's been very good for the Blues at fullback. MacDoanld (a decent fullback himself), has raved about Sullivans natural lines from fullback. Maybe his best position is actually fullback?
Maybe he becomes a ten, maybe he doesn't. But the rating he is getting in thread based on almost no adult rugby in the position is over the top
I agree, it's much too early to talk about him in terms of the AB 10 jersey. But you can understand why someone ends up there. Mo'unga and Barrett have been found wanting in tough games - (admittedly in a team which has been tactically outcoached - I'd be interested to see if other top coaches could make something out of them), and no new 10s have been selected for Super Rugby save Aidan Morgan. We're looking for a saviour that won't come.
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@duluth said in Depth at 10:
@frank said in Depth at 10:
Zarn Sullivan is the obvious guy to try.
Problems
-he won't get game time there because of BB playing for Auckland
-he is being used at fullback
-Fozzie is way too conservative to think outside the box and pick himI think this is getting a bit silly. Sullivan hasn't even had a single start as a ten at NPC level
He's unlikely to get a run at ten because he's been very good for the Blues at fullback. MacDoanld (a decent fullback himself), has raved about Sullivans natural lines from fullback. Maybe his best position is actually fullback?
Maybe he becomes a ten, maybe he doesn't. But the rating he is getting in thread based on almost no adult rugby in the position is over the top
definately
What i do hope however is some of the young guys look at this tour and think "i can do better than that" and set out to prove and and earn a shot at the AB's
I dont think many from the current squad deserve reputation/potential protection like we've seen for AB's of the past
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"Depth at 10"
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@nostrildamus Mitchell Hunt had a more than descent Super Rugby Aoetearoa season and was a finalist as well as playing a key role in dismantling the Crusaders this year in the Highlandee's clinical win. Surprised he was not in the All Blacks setup this year.
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@sbw1 said in Depth at 10:
@nostrildamus Mitchell Hunt had a more than descent Super Rugby Aoetearoa season and was a finalist as well as playing a key role in dismantling the Crusaders this year in the Highlandee's clinical win. Surprised he was not in the All Blacks setup this year.
He is adequate at best. I see nothing that he brings to the table where he can say he is better than the incumbents. Like the other options, he is not a better passer, not a better kicker, not a better runner, not a better defender (well, may be a better defender than RM but my dead grandmother would give RM a run for his money there).
It is plainly obvious the ABs picked the two best 10s (three best is you count McKenzie).
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@crazy-horse said in Depth at 10:
@sbw1 said in Depth at 10:
@nostrildamus Mitchell Hunt had a more than descent Super Rugby Aoetearoa season and was a finalist as well as playing a key role in dismantling the Crusaders this year in the Highlandee's clinical win. Surprised he was not in the All Blacks setup this year.
He is adequate at best. I see nothing that he brings to the table where he can say he is better than the incumbents. Like the other options, he is not a better passer, not a better kicker, not a better runner, not a better defender (well, may be a better defender than RM but my dead grandmother would give RM a run for his money there).
It is plainly obvious the ABs picked the two best 10s (three best is you count McKenzie).
Maybe a better coach can get more out of them. A more simple direct gameplan for the forwards, that gets the backs on the front foot will be a good start
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@canefan said in Depth at 10:
@crazy-horse said in Depth at 10:
@sbw1 said in Depth at 10:
@nostrildamus Mitchell Hunt had a more than descent Super Rugby Aoetearoa season and was a finalist as well as playing a key role in dismantling the Crusaders this year in the Highlandee's clinical win. Surprised he was not in the All Blacks setup this year.
He is adequate at best. I see nothing that he brings to the table where he can say he is better than the incumbents. Like the other options, he is not a better passer, not a better kicker, not a better runner, not a better defender (well, may be a better defender than RM but my dead grandmother would give RM a run for his money there).
It is plainly obvious the ABs picked the two best 10s (three best is you count McKenzie).
Maybe a better coach can get more out of them. A more simple direct gameplan for the forwards, that gets the backs on the front foot will be a good start
I have said since day 1 that RM seems unsure of his role when playing for the ABs. I initially put that down to the back line not being his to run owing to BB being at fullback. Now, who knows? Simply not good enough or confused in his role by other factors?
BB has regressed too. My first thought was that he has lost a yard or two of pace and I always thought he would struggle when that happens. Is he confused too?
RM and BB remind me of a few players from both codes that struggle when laden with the role of being the steady playmaker. I am thinking Botica, Spencer, Cooper, Benji Marshall, Shaun Johnson to name just a few. Magnificent football players but they need a steadying player along side them to be free to play the way that makes them so good. They all seem to regress when expected to guide teams around the park.
