All Blacks 2022

[antipodean]

At least there's no Bridge.

[Tim]

Good possibility that this will be the starting tight five:

1 Tu’inukuafe
2 Taylor
3 Laulala
4 Whitelock
5 Retallick

Not great.

[ACT Crusader]

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

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.

You’d have to say the first three would’ve made it - Moody over Karl T, ALB over LF, Blackadder over PGS.

But would PT and DMac have been certainties?

PT over Lord possibly. DMac over Perofeta?

[Crucial]

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:

Is this the most average looking All Blacks team for a while? I feel like there are so many ??, not a good thing 1 year out from a World Cup.

Hang on. This is only a couple of selections away from what we all expected or would have selected. Jumping on the negative pretty quickly aren't you?

[Bovidae]

The fun starts when we see the team for the 1st test. We need to see some changes from last year. Obviously they were worried about the scrum to include Karl T.

[Chris B.]

Big Karl and Peter Gus the biggest surprises for me.

Not keen on Big Karl, but Peter Gus is the closest thing we have to a big blockbusting No. 8, which is something I'm very keen on - so if he can lift his skills a bit, he could be pretty handy!

[KiwiMurph]

Those props look picked for set piece vs Ireland.

Backs look a hell of a lot better.

[Machpants]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

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.

You’d have to say the first three would’ve made it - Moody over Karl T, ALB over LF, Blackadder over PGS.

But would PT and DMac have been certainties?

PT over Lord possibly. DMac over Perofeta?

DMac woud have been picked for sure, if he had a good season, him and beaudy in tandem was the answer to rush defences apparently.

[Crucial]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

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.

You’d have to say the first three would’ve made it - Moody over Karl T, ALB over LF, Blackadder over PGS.

But would PT and DMac have been certainties?

PT over Lord possibly. DMac over Perofeta?

PT no. DMac would depend on if he played super and how he went. Would be a massive selection battle between DMac and Perofeta.

[antipodean]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

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.

You’d have to say the first three would’ve made it - Moody over Karl T, ALB over LF, Blackadder over PGS.

Agreed.

But would PT and DMac have been certainties?

PT over Lord possibly. DMac over Perofeta?

On form I'd take Lord and Perofeta.

[Tim]

Fox delusional:

"You could think that there's something massively wrong with our game, but there's not. We've got to tweak some things."

:-.

[Winger]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:

@Winger said in All Blacks 2022:

Highlander 2
Canes 3
Chiefs 9
Crusaders 10
Blues 11

Too many Canes

Its an issue the Canes have now.

[Chris B.]

@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:

Is this the most average looking All Blacks team for a while? I feel like there are so many ??, not a good thing 1 year out from a World Cup.

Hang on. This is only a couple of selections away from what we all expected or would have selected. Jumping on the negative pretty quickly aren't you?

Fozzie's been bolder than me at halfback!!!

[ACT Crusader]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:

@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:

Is this the most average looking All Blacks team for a while? I feel like there are so many ??, not a good thing 1 year out from a World Cup.

Hang on. This is only a couple of selections away from what we all expected or would have selected. Jumping on the negative pretty quickly aren't you?

Fozzie's been bolder than me at halfback!!!

I like what he’s done at halfback. Christie has some work ons but I think there is more upside than Weber. They obviously like Fakatava’s speed to the ruck - biggest thing for him IMO is that he doesn’t have to make the big play or throw the no look pass all the time. Just play.

[taniwharugby]

looking at those props (aside form Ofa) we are gonna need to start ST for his ball running, one of SW & BR will need to play 80, while workign extra hard....

[number9]

So Big Karl plays maybe 2 hours all season, is leaving for Europe and Fozz the fuckwit still selects him. Fucking idiot.

[Mattasaurus]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2022:

No DeGroot is he injured?

I'm pretty surprised too...
Maybe work rate is the question but I think he'll appear before the end of the season.

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/newstalkzbsport/status/1536143799058956288

[Tim]

Could put together a decent NZ A 23.

1 Hodgman
2 Eklund
3 Newell
4 Tuipulotu
5 Goodhue
6 Robinson
7 Harmon
8 Jacobson

9 Weber
10 McKenzie
11 Telea
12 TUJ
13 Sullivan
14 Lam
15 Sullivan

16 Aumua
17 Norris
18 Lomax
19 Strange
20 Mikaele-Tu'u
21 Perenara
22 Gatland
23 Ennor

[Kirwan]

Getting closer to this backline;

AS, BB, CC, RTS, RI, SR, WJ

Good luck defending that.