Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?
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I don't think McMillan will trust Love to control the game from the start. He's best to come on as a sub. With the squad selected we are going to have a midfielder or fullback on the wing.
@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
I don't think McMillan will trust Love to control the game from the start. He's best to come on as a sub. With the squad selected we are going to have a midfielder or fullback on the wing.
6 Super Rugby Fullbacks in the squad
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In that article:
McMillan and his co-coaches Roger Randle and Chris Gibbes will announce their captain in due course.
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No way Love starts ahead of Ioane.
The forward pack I think we'll see is:
1 Norris/Williams
2 Eklund
3 Lomax
4 Walker-Leaware
5 Dickson
6 Howden
7 Harmon
8 Prinsep
@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
8 Prinsep
He is certainly someone special, managing to get selected in multiple teams even when there is doubt of his acutual existence.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/c/partner-records/results/?gsfn=reed&gsln=prinsep
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@broughie said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@Bovidae So how good are the coaches?
Well for a start they wouldn't know a winger if they fell over one.
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Last years 23 vs Manu Samoa
Kaleb Trask, Shaun Stevenson, Billy Proctor, Alex Nankivell, Sean Wainui, Otere Black, Bryn Hall, Whetukamokamo Douglas, Billy Harmon, Reed Prinsep, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Josh Hohneck, Ash Dixon (c), Pouri Rakete-Stones.
Reserves: Kurt Eklund, Tamaiti Williams, Marcel Renata, Josh Dickson, Jacob Norris, Sam Nock, Josh Ioane, Jonah Lowe
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@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
I don't think McMillan will trust Love to control the game from the start. He's best to come on as a sub. With the squad selected we are going to have a midfielder or fullback on the wing.
6 Super Rugby Fullbacks in the squad
@Crucial said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
I don't think McMillan will trust Love to control the game from the start. He's best to come on as a sub. With the squad selected we are going to have a midfielder or fullback on the wing.
6 Super Rugby Fullbacks in the squad
No Wainui and Lowe to select this year
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@broughie said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@Bovidae So how good are the coaches?
Well for a start they wouldn't know a winger if they fell over one.
@Crucial said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@broughie said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@Bovidae So how good are the coaches?
Well for a start they wouldn't know a winger if they fell over one.
Strange comment. There aren't that many Māori wingers in SR. Our best Māori winger plays at centre for the All Blacks.
Going through the SR outside back lists: Stevenson (more fullback than wing) is in the squad, Lowe is injured, CG-B is in the squad, Moorby and Love are in the squad (both are also more fullbacks than wings). Looking at midfielders who can possibly play on the wing: Tupaea is in the ABs; B Sullivan, Nankivell and Poihipi are in the squad.
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@broughie said in Māori All Blacks to play Ireland?:
@Bovidae So how good are the coaches?
Well for a start they wouldn't know a winger if they fell over one.
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@Crucial No pure wingers available or selecting players that can play multiple positions like Havilli?
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@broughie Shame they can't find a brother of IWL playing in the back blocks of the East Coast somewhere. That would fulfill the Maori ancestry requirement as well as the getting the Fijian genes needed to be a decent winger.
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@Higgins Unfortunately, the only brother of IWL that I know of, is a prop. Not sure whether he's fast and can be transformed into a wing.
@Stargazer Put him up against George Bridge and we will see.
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@broughie Shame they can't find a brother of IWL playing in the back blocks of the East Coast somewhere. That would fulfill the Maori ancestry requirement as well as the getting the Fijian genes needed to be a decent winger.
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if this was NZ A imagine the players getting exposure...
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@Higgins The East Coast is not the only place to find Maoris. Most of NZ rugby players have some maori DNA in them. How about Ennor? Surely his relatives tasted of the forbidden fruit. :-).
