All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

[Grooter]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Tavatavanawai...is he eligible

Jordan, Reece, Fainga'anuku, Telea, Tavatavanawai - and that's just one province - we can't possibly have a problem!!!

Telea is back home now

[Duluth]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

and that's just one province

nope

[Machpants]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.

Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster

[Chris B.]

@Duluth We're in the export business.

[taniwharugby]

@Chris-B yeah I dont think Tavatavanawi is even eligible anyway, think he only came to NZ last year??

I think we will be fine, if we cant win with what we have, then we werent gonna win anyway.

[Chris]

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.

Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster

You catch it again and again.

[Machpants]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.

Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster

You catch it again and again.

Sure, but you don't have to test or isolate for 3 months, so unless they're sick with it, carry on

[bobily2]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris-B yeah I dont think Tavatavanawi is even eligible anyway, think he only came to NZ last year??

I think we will be fine, if we cant win with what we have, then we werent gonna win anyway.

He came to NZ in 2017 - so should be eligible pretty soon, if he isn't already.

Edit - looks like he is eligible later this year:

source

[Chris B.]

@bobily2 Yeah - he was playing club rugby in Marlborough before the Mako picked him up.

A bit like Fetuli Paea - I think they're guys who came to Ta$man to play club rugby, rather than being directly recruited by the Mako.

[chimoaus]

I stand corrected, seems we have an abundance of talented wings, the only issue is very few of them have the test caps and experience to go with it. Having used Bridge, Jordan, JB on the wings means we have not really blooded or given experience to others.

Lets hope Clarke and LF gets some good minutes this season.

[taniwharugby]

@bobily2 well my comment on him was only tongue in cheek anyway...shame Fiji didnt nab him, but I guess talented wings are not something Fiji are ever short of.

[Chris]

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.

Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster

You catch it again and again.

Sure, but you don't have to test or isolate for 3 months, so unless they're sick with it, carry on

Yeah true,but still a window of opportunity to take some more players out.

[Bovidae]

Jordan is out for tests 1 and 2. Bad timing to get covid.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[ACT Crusader]

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Jordan is out for tests 1 and 2. Bad timing to get covid.

It’s his speed that will be missed the most.

[bobily2]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@bobily2 well my comment on him was only tongue in cheek anyway...shame Fiji didnt nab him, but I guess talented wings are not something Fiji are ever short of.

I know - but I'm always down for poaching a player or two

[ACT Crusader]

@bobily2 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@bobily2 well my comment on him was only tongue in cheek anyway...shame Fiji didnt nab him, but I guess talented wings are not something Fiji are ever short of.

I know - but I'm always down for poaching a player or two

Only 159,999 to go…

[TheMojoman]

Things are going from bad to worse in terms of preparation. I know the team is putting on a brave face but disruption is never good especially when the AB's are most vulnerable in their first test of the June series.

I had picked AB's to clean sweep based on the strength of Super Rugby and an end of season 5-Test series for the Irish (Maori's may as well be test matches) but now I think that's narrowed.

[Billy Tell]

So Havili, Goodhue, the 2 coaches and Jordan of all people are rabid anti-vaxxers…

[TheMojoman]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

lol i love AB fans

We have Jordan, Reece, and Clarke, players very much to top tier international talent. And that's with the long established left wing now a centre. 3 players and an emergency for two positions

But yeah, we have a depth problem because there isn't another top level winger or two just ready to bring in.

I reckon the Blues boys wouldn't look out of place, and Rayasi could be lethal as well.

It's not just about plucking a good winger, it's also about balance of the back 3 as a unit. Jordan, J.Barrett & Reece/Clarke/Fainga'anuku has a great balance basically playing two fullbacks and a power winger.

With Jordan out (and no Bridge) to maintain that balance you'd prob have to put Beaudy at the back and shift Jordie to 14 which is not ideal. What's less ideal is playing two power wingers.