All Blacks 2022

@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2022:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:

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

Those two do stand out

And Havili

Covers too many positions to leave out. Hopefully he's not a starter.

antipodean

This is how the forwards line up:

Machpants

Karl WTF, PGS I hope they can pick him up, havili meh. But otherwise Jacobsen replaced by PGS, shocking. I guess if Blackadder was fit he’d have been in

Canes4life

Second five is the biggest issue IMO. I really wanted to see TUJ in there, he's the only one in NZ rugby that continuously gets over the gain line.

ACT Crusader

Karl T probably the biggest surprise for me.

LF was our most dangerous back in the first half of the season but has tapered off a bit.

PGS whilst raw and didn’t play great on the weekend, does have a running game that has been very effective this season.

Bovidae

Halfbacks and midfield were the hardest positions to select.

Crucial

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

Tu’inukuafe over Hodgman is a shocker.

PGS over Jacobson is a surprise.

Yeah, that's the standout head scratchers for me too

Kirwan

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:

Second five is the biggest issue IMO. I really wanted to see TUJ in there, he's the only one in NZ rugby that continuously gets over the gain line.

Not been watching any Blues games then.

Yeetyaah

NO FRIZZEL AND BRIDGE LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

MrDenmore

Only one specialist blindside in Akira Ioane? Think they’re going to miss Blackadder’s versatility.

Canes4life

Foster saying he still sees Jordie at fullback. Tupaea to start at 12?

Old Samurai Jack

From this armchair, they got the backs right. Forwards have some surprises.

Tim

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.

ACT Crusader

@MrDenmore said in All Blacks 2022:

Only one specialist blindside in Akira Ioane? Think they’re going to miss Blackadder’s versatility.

Nah, plenty of blindside options with Papali’i or Vaa’i or Barrett

The Silver Fern

All Blacks 2022