All Blacks 2024
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Still not happy about the Silverlake deal
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Vaii is definitely in based on what Ryan said on SENZ. Highlighted him as someone who is playing really well. While he's been better this year in SR, I still have my doubts if he has the ability to match it with the big boys at the highest level. Hope he proves me wrong.
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Good to see you Cantabs can still circle the wagons with vigour this season.
Surely @sparky's post was mostly tongue and cheek.
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@dogmeat said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
tongue and cheek
....in cheek. Tongue in cheek.
It hurt reading it at first but then I remembered he's Australian.
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There is a difference between a player with high work rates than a work horse
Finau is a high work rate player.
Players who don’t drift in games are high work rate players.They certainly have an impact due to being in the game more than a player who drifts in and out.
Sotutu,Lakai have high work rates,Jacobsen ,Lilo-Willie ,DP are all high work rate players.I
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
There is a difference between a player with high work rates than a work horse
Finau is a high work rate player.
Players who don’t drift in games are high work rate players.They certainly have an impact due to being in the game more than a player who drifts in and out.
Sotutu,Lakai have high work rates,Jacobsen ,Lilo-Willie ,DP are all high work rate players.I
Another aspect is consistency between games. McCaw was great at best or still VG on a bad day. Likewise, Carter.
Others (like me when I played rugby) are all over the place. Canes have all over the place between weeks players. IWL being one. Looking AB quality some weeks and shit (vs Blues) other weeks. Some games he's fired up. Other weeks he looks disinterested.
My view is Shields is like this as well. And always has been. Iose might be as well. And Kirifi to an extent. Whereas Lakai isn't so far. Hes better some weeks than other but the difference is not great
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@Duluth I'll leave @ACT-Crusader to do the honours.
@pakman said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Duluth I'll leave @ACT-Crusader to do the honours.
My first squad naming will even surprise Razor….
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@pakman said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Duluth I'll leave @ACT-Crusader to do the honours.
My first squad naming will even surprise Razor….
@ACT-Crusader I look forward to it just as much as the actual squad naming.
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@ACT-Crusader I look forward to it just as much as the actual squad naming.
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ACT-Crusader I look forward to it just as much as the actual squad naming.
I’m hoping to name it with plenty of the time before the England series, but the eligibility and passport checks for Johnny McNichol are taking time…
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@dogmeat said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
tongue and cheek
....in cheek. Tongue in cheek.
I thought it was deliberate...
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I almost feel sorry for Scott Robertson. When he became All Blacks coach he was probably drooling over picking lots of Crusaders and turning the All Blacks into the Crusaderblacks. He was dreaming of the admiring looks he would get from Grizz Wylie and Robbie Deans.
Six months on. The Crusaders are utter shit. No more than a couple of their players will make the ABs. And Razors going to be giving his first pre-test team talk as AB coach almost exclusively to players from the Blues, the Canes and the Chiefs.
God damn one of the worst posts I've ever read.
@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
God damn one of the worst posts I've ever read.
I thought it was bloody funny.
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Serious post, honest.
How about this as a starting 23 for the game against England?
1 De Groot
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 S. Barrett
5. P. Tuipolutu
6. Finau
7. Papalii
8. A.Savea
9. TJP
10 D Mac
11 C. Clarke
12 J. Barrett
13 B. Proctor
14 M. Telea
15 R. Love16 Sami T
17 Numia
18 Newell
19 S. Darry
20 H. Sotutu
21 T.Funaki
22 B. Barrett
23 R. IoaneScott or Ardie to captain.
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No point starting Perenara. For all his strengths he's still a slow passer of the ball and that's not what you want at the start of a game. Same reason Christie shouldn't be starting.
One of Ratima or Funaki has to be wearing No 9. Otherwise poor Damian McKenzie is finally going to get given the No 10 jersey and have terrible delivery.
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No point starting Perenara. For all his strengths he's still a slow passer of the ball and that's not what you want at the start of a game. Same reason Christie shouldn't be starting.
One of Ratima or Funaki has to be wearing No 9. Otherwise poor Damian McKenzie is finally going to get given the No 10 jersey and have terrible delivery.
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No point starting Perenara. For all his strengths he's still a slow passer of the ball and that's not what you want at the start of a game. Same reason Christie shouldn't be starting.
One of Ratima or Funaki has to be wearing No 9. Otherwise poor Damian McKenzie is finally going to get given the No 10 jersey and have terrible delivery.
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
No point starting Perenara. For all his strengths he's still a slow passer of the ball and that's not what you want at the start of a game. Same reason Christie shouldn't be starting.
One of Ratima or Funaki has to be wearing No 9.
They'll have to balance speed v experience and on balance I think they'll go for the latter as it's the safest option. But if TJP gets injured, I don't want Christie anywhere near the starting XV.
