All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test

[Donsteppa]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

None of this is ideal

Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down

Do you mind not doing any more crystal ball gazing?

[antipodean]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

None of this is ideal

Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down

[Chris B.]

@FakatavaAllBlack Yeah - every time he gets an opportunity to have a run of starts for the Crusaders, he gets injured himself.

Quinten can play though - and he's got a hard edge to him. He won't jump over Dickson this week as cover, but "he won't be far away".

[Grooter]

@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away

[Chris B.]

@FakatavaAllBlack Mitch Hunt is practicing hard!

[Crucial]

@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away

It's because the NZR salary top up is minimised due to the lavish Mako contracts.

[Crucial]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

None of this is ideal

Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down

I have a sauce in camp. I'll let you know.

[Dan54]

@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away

Geez what they been doing letting Josh Dickson and Patrick Tuipulotu huh Faka?? They must of pretended they were with Ta$man!!

[Machpants]

Have BBBR and Barrett started together before?

[Bovidae]

@Machpants said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

Have BBBR and Barrett started together before?

Yes, as Whitelock was missing from those games in Aust last year.

[Steven Harris]

@taniwharugby Tuipulotu played a full 80 for Ponsonby , looked in amazing shape , had a good natter to him
https://fb.watch/e3vqP9zQjw/

[voodoo]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.

One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.

Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...

[mariner4life]

@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.

One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.

Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...

Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt

I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection

[Kiwiwomble]

@mariner4life isn't that the beauty of the fern? i would say even the worse AB was an order of magnitude better than any of us...but we call them shit and we'd all put on the Black jersey in a heartbeat if asked

[Nepia]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.

One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.

Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...

Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt

I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection

You'd get a big money offer from the Canes though.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia probably too tall

[Bones]

MSR should be next cab off the ranks if we're going purely off playing ability.

[ACT Crusader]

@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@FakatavaAllBlack Mitch Hunt is practicing hard!

The Henry days of having our 6th and 7th 1st 5 ready to go are over. Sorry Mitch.

[Chris B.]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@mariner4life isn't that the beauty of the fern? i would say even the worse AB was an order of magnitude better than any of us...but we call them shit and we'd all put on the Black jersey in a heartbeat if asked

Not me.

I was a toss of a coin away from AB selection.

No - sorry, the point I wanted to make is that I'd be crippled for life in the first tackle, so I am "unavailable for selection"!!!

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:

@FakatavaAllBlack Mitch Hunt is practicing hard!

The Henry days of having our 6th and 7th 1st 5 ready to go are over. Sorry Mitch.

Harsh, but fair.