All Blacks 2022
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Good to see the back of TJP Bridge and Frizzel
Good to see the inclusion of RTS
Loose mix is stupid. 2 opensides, 3 #8s and one blindside.
Havili is a wasted selection as the entire pattern relies on RI staying fit. There is no like for like replacement.
I have a funny feeling LF has been promoted above his ceiling.Pretty ordinary set of props, but that's what we got. Need to Craig Bellamy that shit and give them very specific tasks.
Predictable locks but if they play like last year we're fucked.
Squad was entirely predictable really, the real fun will be when the first test team is selected.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
Loose mix is stupid. 2 opensides, 3 #8s and one blindside.
PGS would be a 6
At times the in 2021 the Chiefs used a similar loose forward pattern to the Blues & ABs. PGW started 5 times at 6 last year
It's like if MMT made the side he would've been a 6 not an 8
It seems we have clear roles between the positions now. Personally I would've gone for MMT but it seems we have two of each role:
Cane & Papali'i
Savea & Sotutu
Ioane & PGS -
Good to see the back of TJP Bridge and Frizzel
Good to see the inclusion of RTS
Loose mix is stupid. 2 opensides, 3 #8s and one blindside.
Havili is a wasted selection as the entire pattern relies on RI staying fit. There is no like for like replacement.
I have a funny feeling LF has been promoted above his ceiling.Pretty ordinary set of props, but that's what we got. Need to Craig Bellamy that shit and give them very specific tasks.
Predictable locks but if they play like last year we're fucked.
Squad was entirely predictable really, the real fun will be when the first test team is selected.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2022:
I have a funny feeling LF has been promoted above his ceiling.
I think there’s room for improvement - footwork and timing being two areas - but he runs hard and straight, knows how to offload in traffic and given he’s only 22, time is well and truly on his side.
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Sullivan is one of my favourite players, but personally I feel he can go missing for large parts of a game. He's dangerous in space, but I don't think he'll see too much against Ireland (particularly in our backline). I'd prefer to see Nankivell or TUJ, at this point.
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The weakest front row and loose forward selections I have seen in an All Blacks squad for a long time.
@Stag said in All Blacks 2022:
The weakest front row and loose forward selections I have seen in an All Blacks squad for a long time.
Have you watched any Blues games this season? Paps, Sotutu and Ioane have almost the perfect mix and synergy and I would be over the moon to have them in the AB's.
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Some omissions (people mentioned in despatches):
Hodgman, de Groot, Aumua, Lomax, Newell, Patty T., Jacobson, Robinson, MMT, Grace, TJP, Weber, Ennor, Sullivan, Bridge, Telea.
@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:
Some omissions (people mentioned in despatches):
Hodgman, de Groot, Aumua, Lomax, Newell, Patty T., Jacobson, Robinson, MMT, Grace, TJP, Weber, Ennor, Sullivan, Bridge, Telea.
We in pretty good spot when those omissions are made and not really too much argument I think
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks 2022:
Happy for Folau! nothing else to really add
You do realise he needs to get a haircut? That stupid shit is OK at ITM and Super for comedy value but he has to wear the black jersey now
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:
@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks 2022:
Happy for Folau! nothing else to really add
You do realise he needs to get a haircut? That stupid shit is OK at ITM and Super for comedy value but he has to wear the black jersey now
He's hardly the only one with a mullet. The blond noodles have long gone.
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@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:
@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks 2022:
Happy for Folau! nothing else to really add
You do realise he needs to get a haircut? That stupid shit is OK at ITM and Super for comedy value but he has to wear the black jersey now
He's hardly the only one with a mullet. The blond noodles have long gone.
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:
@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks 2022:
Happy for Folau! nothing else to really add
You do realise he needs to get a haircut? That stupid shit is OK at ITM and Super for comedy value but he has to wear the black jersey now
He's hardly the only one with a mullet. The blond noodles have long gone.
I know which of these looks better
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@Tim have to assume they expect him back in time, otherwise they'd have gone for TJ or Webber for thier, erm, experience...
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When does Tu’inukuafe's NZR contract finish? He might only be around for the Irish series before having to go to Montpellier.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
@Kirwan never tire of seeing AB reaction videos.
So good. Love seeing how happy everyone is for them both.
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adding cloud over the halfback group is the fitness of test centurion Aaron Smith, who is battling a groin injury ahead of the first Irish test at Eden Park on July 2.
“We hope so,” Foster said of Smith’s first test availability before revealing that star fullback Jordie Barrett is also in doubt due to a knee injury.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/ian-foster-explains-the-thinking-behind-the-all-blacks-halfback-and-front-row-selections/
