Japan v All Blacks
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No. Name Club Team
1 Keita INAGAKI SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
2 Atsushi SAKATE SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
3 Jiwon GU KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
4 Warner DEARNS TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO
5 Jack CORNELSEN SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
6 Michael LEITCH TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO
7 Kazuki HIMENO TOYOTA VERBLITZ
8 Tevita TATAFU TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
9 Yutaka NAGARE TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
10 Takuya YAMASAWA SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
11 Siosaia FIFITA HANAZONO KINTETSU LINERS
12 Ryoto NAKAMURA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
13 Dylan RILEY SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
14 Kotaro MATSUSHIMA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
15 Ryohei YAMANAKA KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
16 Takeshi HINO SHIZUOKA BlueRevs
17 Craig MILLAR SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS
18 Shuhei TAKEUCHI URAYASU D-Rocks
19 Kanji SHIMOKAWA TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
20 Faulua MAKISI Kubota Spears Funabashi TOKYO-BAY
21 Naoto SAITO TOKYO SUNTORY SUNGOLIATH
22 Seungsin LEE KOBELCO KOBE STEELERS
23 Gerhard Van Den HEEVER Kubota Spears Funabashi TOKYO-BAY -
@KiwiMurph said in Japan v All Blacks:
Looks like a good mix between players who need game time and experience vets.
Yeah - I like it.
Not taking Japan too lightly. Probably half of the team is from the first choice 23 (with a decent chunk unavailable), with a bit of cavalry on the bench.
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Not sure exactly what I expected , but this is probably better than I expected.
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@ploughboy said in Japan v All Blacks:
be interesting to see who /if anyone plays all four matches
A few I reckon, the key players in this would have to feature later unless injured.
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"Foster said there could be a chance that Perofeta will move to first-five later in the game."
I wonder who will move where to fit this in
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"Foster said there could be a chance that Perofeta will move to first-five later in the game."
I wonder who will move where to fit this in
@bayimports said in Japan v All Blacks:
"Foster said there could be a chance that Perofeta will move to first-five later in the game."
I wonder who will move where to fit this in
Discussed above.
Options are
RM and SP swap - unlikely
RM off and DH to 15 - most likely
RM off Reece to 15 - possible but can’t see the benefitI still think that the better option would have been DMac in bench.
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30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
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@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
They reckon he has made huge progress during training over the year.
I’m a big critic as well but if they have managed to advance his abilities I would be happy. He’s a sizeable unit and could cover midfield/wing which is a good option to have (backup for Rieko).
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@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
For someone who’s not a centre he’s started there a lot at test level. 100% of the time if I’m not mistaken.
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Sensible team.
Good mix of experience and giving serious game time to the likes of Perofeta, Vaa'i, RTS & Ennor and the second stringers with a pretty solid and experienced lump of players available if things start to go tits-up. Only questionable area is 12/13 which looks seriously raw but I expect that will be changed about as we get into the game & ALB gets a good run.
Big opportunity for Sotutu to build a combination with Cane and Frizzell.
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@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
For someone who’s not a centre he’s started there a lot at test level. 100% of the time if I’m not mistaken.
@MN5 said in Japan v All Blacks:
@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
For someone who’s not a centre he’s started there a lot at test level. 100% of the time if I’m not mistaken.
Ennor was dreadful at Centre against Italy last year.
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The fact that Ennor gets selected in any AB team, regardless of injuries or lack of cattle, makes my balls shrink.
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Great to see Tupou Vaa'i get a start. I'm predicting him to become a world class Test forward in the next 12 months.
@sparky said in Japan v All Blacks:
Great to see Tupou Vaa'i get a start. I'm predicting him to become a world class Test forward in the next 12 months.
Because...?
I'm picking him to remain a small sized lock that plays like a bit of a journeyman.
