Best of all time?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Best of all time?:
@Bones said in Best of all time?:
@Victor-Meldrew DC.
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Pretty sure he was a very successful captain
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Right, Captains: In no particular order and excluding anyone before the late '70;s
Graham Mourie, Fitzy, Ritchie, David Kirk.
Ritchie & Mourie for me. Both took teams which were in a bad place and brought to the very top,
@Victor-Meldrew said in Best of all time?:
Right, Captains: In no particular order and excluding anyone before the late '70;s
Graham Mourie, Fitzy, Ritchie, David Kirk.
Ritchie & Mourie for me. Both took teams which were in a bad place and brought to the very top,
Buck?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Best of all time?:
Right, Captains: In no particular order and excluding anyone before the late '70;s
Graham Mourie, Fitzy, Ritchie, David Kirk.
Ritchie & Mourie for me. Both took teams which were in a bad place and brought to the very top,
Buck?
@booboo said in Best of all time?:
Buck?
Took over a winning team and did well. Just think Mourie & Ritche proved they could lead thru adversity as well as thru the good times.
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for full transparency
Cullen
Wilson
Bunce
Horan
Lomu
Carter
VdVH
Zinny
Richie
J Smith
Matfield
Johnson
Brown
Fitzy
Os dR@mariner4life Horan-Bunce that's a bit unfair against anyone
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GOAT NZ
Peak player not longevityPaekak Ex
JK
Lomu
Bunce
Smokin J
Carter
Smith
ZZB
Kaino
McCaw
Retallick
Whitelock
O Brown
Coles
McDowell@BerniesCorner said in Best of all time?:
GOAT NZ
Peak player not longevityPaekak Ex
JK
Lomu
Bunce
Smokin J
Carter
Smith
ZZB
Kaino
McCaw
Retallick
Whitelock
O Brown
Coles
McDowellJoe Stanley never started once at 12 in his 27 tests, but sure...
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Yep still makes my GOAT team
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If you want to
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If Paul Tito isn't captain that'll do me
@mariner4life said in Best of all time?:
If Paul Tito isn't captain that'll do me
First man picked - either international or NZ only.
Just gotta build the fire force around him
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@KiwiMurph said in Best of all time?:
A best ever bench players would be interesting.
Not just the next best players but players who delivered off of the bench.
Obviously this would be limited to the last 25 years or so.
From NZ the likes of Beauden, Faumuina, Weepu come to mind.
Kees Meeuws was one of the original bench impact players!
@No-Quarter said in Best of all time?:
@KiwiMurph said in Best of all time?:
A best ever bench players would be interesting.
Not just the next best players but players who delivered off of the bench.
Obviously this would be limited to the last 25 years or so.
From NZ the likes of Beauden, Faumuina, Weepu come to mind.
Kees Meeuws was one of the original bench impact players!
Kees definitely especially in the 1 prop replacement era. I’d put Coles in the bench impact team too.
From a non-NZ perspective, Matt Rogers for the Aussies. That blonde midget from the Boks that could play 10, wing, fullback.
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@No-Quarter said in Best of all time?:
@KiwiMurph said in Best of all time?:
A best ever bench players would be interesting.
Not just the next best players but players who delivered off of the bench.
Obviously this would be limited to the last 25 years or so.
From NZ the likes of Beauden, Faumuina, Weepu come to mind.
Kees Meeuws was one of the original bench impact players!
Kees definitely especially in the 1 prop replacement era. I’d put Coles in the bench impact team too.
From a non-NZ perspective, Matt Rogers for the Aussies. That blonde midget from the Boks that could play 10, wing, fullback.
@ACT-Crusader Brent Russell
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Some more ginga nominees;
Tom Robinson
Finlay Christie
James Ryan
Ihaia West
John Gallagher -
1 Steven Kitshoff (SA)
2 Adriaan Strauss (SA)
3 Dan Cole (England)
4 Paul Tito (NZ) - Captain
5 Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
6 Adam Thomson (NZ)
7 Tom Robinson (NZ)
8 Duane Vermeulen (SA)
9 Finlay Christie (NZ)
10 Ihaia West (NZ)
11 Declan O'Donnell
12 ??
13 ??
14 Peter Nelson (Ireland)
15 John Gallagher (NZ)Have moved Nelson to Wing. Not a heap of ginger pace out there. Jeff Wilson could get a wing spot, but not sure he'd appreciate that at all
Edit - forgot to mention that this time prefers to play night games but could do day games in the northern hemisphere
