All Blacks 2024

[KiwiMurph]

A good night for AB locking stocks. Josh Lord had a fine game i thought and Tuipulotu was the best player on the field (McWhannell wasn't either just quietly)

[DaGrubster]

@mariner4life

Yup, 15 tests this year. That’s nearly 4 months of test weeks alone

[DaGrubster]

@KiwiMurph

Barratt and Lord are my preferred starting locks but with 15 tests it’s going to be brutal.

God help us if we lose Scooter for any length of time!!

[Dan54]

@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@KiwiMurph

Barratt and Lord are my preferred starting locks but with 15 tests it’s going to be brutal.

God help us if we lose Scooter for any length of time!!

Yep, but we will have 4-5 locks in squad, at moment I would go along with Scooter and Lord, but will I think also have Vaai, Tuipoloto, and wonder if they will fill in other spot with a youngster. One I suspect willl be holding a spot until next year when Holland becomes available.

[DaGrubster]

@Dan54

Yeah, I would go along with that although it wouldn’t surprise me if Vai’i is dumped completely.

Just don’t see what he brings as a player.

If Darry get some game time maybe he is worth investing in. He has the right size that’s for sure.

[Frank]

@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

If Darry get some game time maybe he is worth investing in. He has the right size that’s for sure.

Too light (110kg) at the moment.

[Duluth]

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

If Darry get some game time maybe he is worth investing in. He has the right size that’s for sure.

Too light (110kg) at the moment.

That number looks a few years out of date

[george33]

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

[Frank]

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

Okey Dokey then, he's a definite prospect.

[MN5]

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

Okey Dokey then, he's a definite prospect.

Depends. Vai’i might grow taller, more aggressive, more skilled and just a lot better in general.

[Bones]

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

Okey Dokey then, he's a definite prospect.

Depends. Vai’i might grow taller, more aggressive, more skilled and just a lot better in general.

The Lakai arc.

[MN5]

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

Okey Dokey then, he's a definite prospect.

Depends. Vai’i might grow taller, more aggressive, more skilled and just a lot better in general.

The Lakai arc.

Sounds like an unmissable thriller on Netflix

[Bones]

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Frank 117kg he definitely put on some size since he arrived at blues 4 years ago

Okey Dokey then, he's a definite prospect.

Depends. Vai’i might grow taller, more aggressive, more skilled and just a lot better in general.

The Lakai arc.

Sounds like an unmissable thriller on Netflix

The Larcai

[Tim]

Jeff Wilson is obviously stupid, but he's still talking about Quentin Strange starting for the ABs. How dumb can he get?

[SBW1]

[ruggabee]

@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Jeff Wilson is obviously stupid, but he's still talking about Quentin Strange starting for the ABs. How dumb can he get?

He also declared in one of the first shows that he couldn't see anyone but the Crusaders winning the title.

[Duluth]

@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Jeff Wilson is obviously stupid, but he's still talking about Quentin Strange starting for the ABs. How dumb can he get?

I think that's a decent possibility

Not because he's good enough, but because the tight five will be selected by Ryan & Robertson

[Dan54]

@ruggabee said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Jeff Wilson is obviously stupid, but he's still talking about Quentin Strange starting for the ABs. How dumb can he get?

He also declared in one of the first shows that he couldn't see anyone but the Crusaders winning the title.

Actually that's not correct, he said they would be there or thereabouts at finals time and could see them doing it. And I think he was saying what most thought anyway.

[Dan54]

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Jeff Wilson is obviously stupid, but he's still talking about Quentin Strange starting for the ABs. How dumb can he get?

I think that's a decent possibility

Not because he's good enough, but because the tight five will be selected by Ryan & Robertson

I genuinely can see Vaai starting at lock for ABs this year too, regardless of what I see on forums.

[Tim]

@Duluth Yes, sadly that's a risk. Ryan's selections for the AB XV team were the most biased since the Mains era. Some absolute chumps in those squads.