All Blacks 2022

[MrDenmore]

For goodness sake, it’s a game or rugby. Get this god-bothering, pious, chest-thumping theatrical and patriarchal, anachronistic nonsense out of it. And get on with naming the team. What load of bullshit.

[ACT Crusader]

Christie and Fakatava in

[taniwharugby]

No Frizzell

[Machpants]

PGS!

[ACT Crusader]

PGS in

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants wow

[antipodean]

@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:

PGS!

FFS

[Kirwan]

RTS!!!

[ACT Crusader]

RTS in

[Machpants]

No Jules

[ACT Crusader]

No Papali’i????

[Machpants]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

No Papali’i????

He’s in

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader he was named wasnt he?

IS Jacobson in?

[akan004]

What's the point of Big Karl when he's leaving.

[ACT Crusader]

@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

No Papali’i????

He’s in

Phew!!! I thought I didn’t hear his name

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:

IS Jacobson in?

No.

[Tim]

Forwards

Hookers:

Dane Coles (Hurricanes, Wellington)

Codie Taylor (Crusaders, Canterbury)

Samisoni Taukei’aho (Chiefs, Waikato)

Props:

Aidan Ross* (Chiefs, Bay of Plenty)

George Bower (Crusaders, Otago)

Nepo Laulala (Blues, Counties Manukau)

Ofa Tuungafasi (Blues, Northland)

Karl Tu’inukuafe (Blues, North Harbour)

Angus Ta’avao (Chiefs, Auckland)

Locks:

Samuel Whitelock (Crusaders, Canterbury)

Brodie Retallick (Chiefs, Hawkes Bay)

Scott Barrett (Crusaders, Taranaki)

Josh Lord (Chiefs, Taranaki)

Tupou Vaa’i (Chiefs, Taranaki)

Loose Forwards:

Pita Gus Sowakula* (Chiefs, Taranaki)

Sam Cane – Captain (Chiefs, Bay of Plenty)

Dalton Papalii (Blues, Counties Manukau)

Ardie Savea (Hurricanes, Wellington)

Akira Ioane (Blues, Auckland)

Hoskins Sotutu (Blues, Counties Manukau)

Backs

Halfbacks:

Folau Fakatava* (Highlanders, Hawkes Bay)

Aaron Smith (Highlanders, Manawatu)

Finlay Christie (Blues, Ta$man)

First five-eighths:

Stephen Perofeta* (Blues, Taranaki)

Beauden Barrett (Blues, Taranaki)

Richie Mo’unga (Crusaders, Canterbury)

Midfielders:

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck* (Blues, Auckland)

Quinn Tupaea (Chiefs, Waikato)

Jack Goodhue (Crusaders, Northland)

Rieko Ioane (Blues, Auckland)

David Havili (Crusaders, Ta$man)

Outside backs:

Leicester Fainga’anuku* (Crusaders, Ta$man)

Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes, Taranaki)

Will Jordan (Crusaders, Ta$man)

Caleb Clarke (Blues, Auckland)

Sevu Reece (Crusaders, Ta$man)

Unavailable for selection due to injury - Joe Moody, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ethan Blackadder.

Unavailable for selection due to New Zealand Rugby return to play criteria - Patrick Tuipulotu, Damian McKenzie.

[antipodean]

WTF has Fainga'anuku and PGS done to deserve selection?

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae so PGS over him then you'd think.

[Stargazer]

So halfbacks: Smith, Fakatava and Christie. Both Weber and TJP out?