Name Your AB Team
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@chchfanatic said in Name Your AB Team:
Hookers:
Taylor
Aumua
Bell if no Taukieho@Canes4life said in Name Your AB Team:
Asafo Aumua will be pissed. He showed better form than Bell has over the last couple years and wasn’t considered for that very reason. Now Bell gets in despite being pretty inconsistent all year. Some of these selections are baffling.
Man, the nerves of a first AB squad naming for 2024 is really getting to some.
But I’ll too have my pitchfork ready if Moody, Franks, Bell, Strange, Christie, Grace, Lio-Willie, Havili (oops he’ll make it), Ennor, Jordan don’t make it.
@ACT-Crusader said in Name Your AB Team:
@chchfanatic said in Name Your AB Team:
Hookers:
Taylor
Aumua
Bell if no Taukieho@Canes4life said in Name Your AB Team:
Asafo Aumua will be pissed. He showed better form than Bell has over the last couple years and wasn’t considered for that very reason. Now Bell gets in despite being pretty inconsistent all year. Some of these selections are baffling.
Man, the nerves of a first AB squad naming for 2024 is really getting to some.
But I’ll too have my pitchfork ready if Moody, Franks, Bell, Strange, Christie, Grace, Lio-Willie, Havili (oops he’ll make it), Ennor, Jordan don’t make it.
Will Jordan's still injured. I'm fairly certain he'd be in everyone's squad if fit.
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Did I imagine it, or is Sotutu eligible (after stand-down period) for some other countries? Definitely Fiji, maybe Australia?
@Tim His mother is English. Eddie Jones was in conversation with him before he was firstly picked for the ABs.
Steve Borthwick and the RFU would be insane not to throw a lot of money at Hoskins Sotutu if he is unwanted by the ABs. He would be an utterly transformational player for English Rugby.
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@Tim His mother is English. Eddie Jones was in conversation with him before he was firstly picked for the ABs.
Steve Borthwick and the RFU would be insane not to throw a lot of money at Hoskins Sotutu if he is unwanted by the ABs. He would be an utterly transformational player for English Rugby.
@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@Tim His mother is English. Eddie Jones was in conversation with him before he was firstly picked for the ABs.
Steve Borthwick and the RFU would be insane not to throw a lot of money at Hoskins Sotutu if he is unwanted by the ABs. He would be an utterly transformation player for English Rugby.
Settle down
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@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@Tim His mother is English. Eddie Jones was in conversation with him before he was firstly picked for the ABs.
Steve Borthwick and the RFU would be insane not to throw a lot of money at Hoskins Sotutu if he is unwanted by the ABs. He would be an utterly transformation player for English Rugby.
Settle down
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Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
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Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Razor should just name the entire Blues squad, throw in a couple of Barretts and be done with it.
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Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
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@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
Not when Cullen Grace is around
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@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
Got a list of the players of the year? That might make it easier to think of one.
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@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
Got a list of the players of the year? That might make it easier to think of one.
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
Got a list of the players of the year? That might make it easier to think of one.
Is there such a list ?
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@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Razor should just name the entire Blues squad, throw in a couple of Barretts and be done with it.
@MN5 said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Razor should just name the entire Blues squad, throw in a couple of Barretts and be done with it.
By the looks of things you could throw in a couple of canes fans in the delighted category.
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@Chris Going to be explosions not seen on the Fern since the days of the Mehrts/Spencer debate.
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@MN5 said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Razor should just name the entire Blues squad, throw in a couple of Barretts and be done with it.
By the looks of things you could throw in a couple of canes fans in the delighted category.
@Bones said in Name Your AB Team:
@MN5 said in Name Your AB Team:
@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Razor should just name the entire Blues squad, throw in a couple of Barretts and be done with it.
By the looks of things you could throw in a couple of canes fans in the delighted category.
It’s hard to pinpoint which fans are the most rabid at the moment.
I’m supposed to be on cooking tomorrow but I don’t want to miss the shitfight on here at 5.31pm so I might ask the girl if we can switch.
Make sure you set the alarm and you’re up early so as not to miss the fun
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@taniwharugby said in Name Your AB Team:
Wow, anyone would think a form player has never missed selection before...
Hard to think of a time before when the NZ Super Rugby player of the season has been totally overlooked by the selectors. Not picking Hoskins Sotutu for the AB squad would be a genuine jaw-dropper.
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@KiwiMurph said in Name Your AB Team:
I will be very interested in Razor's comments about the squad - hopefully he hints at players on the radar that will get a look in later in the year.
The one that I would have the most issues with is Havili. If you pick him as a 10 there are better options if you pick him as a 12 there are better options if you pick him as a 15 there are better options if you pick him as a utility there are better options.
Havili can play all three.
Perhaps they want him on the bench to free up space for other places.
I don't like it either.
Hopefully he is just an experienced placeholder for the 1st two tests and they cast their net wider once the Rugby Championship gets started.@Frank said in Name Your AB Team:
@KiwiMurph said in Name Your AB Team:
I will be very interested in Razor's comments about the squad - hopefully he hints at players on the radar that will get a look in later in the year.
The one that I would have the most issues with is Havili. If you pick him as a 10 there are better options if you pick him as a 12 there are better options if you pick him as a 15 there are better options if you pick him as a utility there are better options.
Havili can play all three.
Perhaps they want him on the bench to free up space for other places.
I don't like it either.
Hopefully he is just an experienced placeholder for the 1st two tests and they cast their net wider once the Rugby Championship gets started.Maybe Havili will be the token Crusader backline selection?
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@sparky said in Name Your AB Team:
@Chris Going to be explosions not seen on the Fern since the days of the Mehrts/Spencer debate.
Those were the days even though I wasn’t on the fern then,I remember the debates all over the
