All Blacks XV 2024

Canes4life

I’d go with the following:

Props
Xavier Numia
George Bower
George Dyer
Marcel Renata
Tevita Mafileo

Hookers
Ricky Riccitelli
Kurt Eklund
Brodie McCalister

Locks
Caleb Delany
Isaia Walker-Leawere
Fabian Holland
Zach Gallagher

Loose Forwards
Hoskins Sotutu
Peter Lakai (might be in the ABs)
Du’Plessis Kirifi
Brayden Iose
Oliver Haig
Cameron Suafoa

Halfbacks
Folau Fakatava
Finlay Christie

First-five
Stephen Perofeta
Josh Jacomb

Midfielders
Rameka Poihipi
Riley Higgins
AJ Lam
Bailyn Sullivan

Outside Backs
Kini Naholo
Zarn Sullivan
Etene Nanai-Seturo
Jona Nareki
Kade Banks

Bovidae

Tevita Mafileo doesn't even start ahead of his brother now. Delany has been average in the Wellington games I've seen. I expect some surprises and puzzling selections.

AFAIK they haven't even named the coach yet.

Canes4life

@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV 2024:

Tevita Mafileo doesn't even start ahead of his brother now. Delany has been average in the Wellington games I've seen. I expect some surprises and puzzling selections.

AFAIK they haven't even named the coach yet.

Delany hasn’t been playing that well lately because he’s fronted most of the load because of injuries including being forced to play three games in one week. He’s had a great year but probably needs a week or two to refresh which is unlikely.

Over the course of most of the year he’s been awesome.

It would be interesting to see who the coach is. Hopefully Vern Cotter and Clark Laidlaw are in the mix. Laidlaw was at AB training the other day.

booboo

I'm going to throw a couple of random names out for consideration ...
Jordi Viljoen
Xavier Roe
Rivez Reihana
JRK

family man

I would like to say anton segnar must be in with a shout.
Playing consistently well
Also Leroy carter naybe

Landers92

I think they will take three 10’s in this team this season due to the share fact the quality depth isn’t jumping out right now. The more the can get a closer look at, the better.

Ones to consider in my opinion.

Josh Jacomb(should be no debate here)
Plummer(Should be in AB’s, if not he’s the 10).
Cam Millar(To get a closer look and better idea of him)
Rives Reihana(There’s a player in there, might just take another couple years. Plus he wears red and black).
Zarn Sullivan(Is his future at 10 or 15?)
Kaleb Trask(Good player when fit, still only 25).

Plenty of there or there abouts talent. Be interesting to see which way they go.

Canes4life

@Landers92 said in All Blacks XV 2024:

I think they will take three 10’s in this team this season due to the share fact the quality depth isn’t jumping out right now. The more the can get a closer look at, the better.

Ones to consider in my opinion.

Josh Jacomb(should be no debate here)

Plummer(Should be in AB’s, if not he’s the 10).

Cam Millar(To get a closer look and better idea of him)

Rives Reihana(There’s a player in there, might just take another couple years. Plus he wears red and black).

Zarn Sullivan(Is his future at 10 or 15?)

Kaleb Trask(Good player when fit, still only 25).

Plenty of there or there abouts talent. Be interesting to see which way they go.

Zarn pretty much sealed his fate at 15 when he re-signed for the Blues. If he wants to be a 10 at the highest level he should have gone somewhere else as the Blues have Plummer, Barrett and Perofeta who would all likely play 10 before he got a shot.

If I was him I would have gone to the Canes. Your almost guaranteed the starting 10 spot and if you can form a good combo with Roigard that would put you right in the hunt to be in the AB mix.

Pretty bad career move staying at the Blues tbh if he wanted to play 10.

KiwiMurph

Zarn did not look comfortable at 10 for Auckland last year. Just didn't seem to suit him.

brodean

@KiwiMurph

I thought he looked pretty good near the end of the season.

brodean

@Canes4life

Pretty good.

I don't see Sotutu or Sullivan getting selected though.

Canes4life

@brodean said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life

Pretty good.

I don't see Sotutu or Sullivan getting selected though.

If Sotutu doesn’t make the AB XV, Razor really is an idiot.

African Monkey

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@brodean said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life

Pretty good.

I don't see Sotutu or Sullivan getting selected though.

If Sotutu doesn’t make the AB XV, Razor really is an idiot.

He may as well head north, there's no future for him in NZ if he does.

Duluth

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@brodean said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life

Pretty good.

I don't see Sotutu or Sullivan getting selected though.

If Sotutu doesn’t make the AB XV, Razor really is an idiot.

He may as well head north, there's no future for him in NZ if he does.

If that happens he should try to get an early release. Perhaps England would want him in November

African Monkey

@Duluth said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@brodean said in All Blacks XV 2024:

@Canes4life

Pretty good.

I don't see Sotutu or Sullivan getting selected though.

If Sotutu doesn’t make the AB XV, Razor really is an idiot.

He may as well head north, there's no future for him in NZ if he does.

If that happens he should try to get an early release. Perhaps England would want him in November

He still has to wait until the end of next year before becoming elligible for England/Fiji.

Duluth

@African-Monkey

True. I thought it had been 3 years already

I believe his NZ contract ends at the same time

Mr Fish

Razor said his toughest decision was leaving Sotutu out of the All Blacks in July so would be hard to see him missing out on the XV unless he's not been answering phone calls again...

Razor's also confirmed 36 and 29 for the two EOYT squads and that some players will be shared (whether that means 65 total or some of the players count in both is unclear, but assuming the former...)

sparky

I know that All Blacks XV are playing Munster. Do they have any other fixtures?

nostrildamus

Sotutu is a quality 8, NZ rugby should work hard to keep him.

Mr Fish

@sparky said in All Blacks XV 2024:

I know that All Blacks XV are playing Munster. Do they have any other fixtures?

Georgia the same week the ABs play Ireland.

cgrant

A bolter for the AB XV could be Waikato's Xavier Saifoloi (195cm, 114 kg), a bruising blindside.
My selection :

Props : Kaivelata, Numia, Dyer, Renata, Lauaki
Hookers : McAllister, Riccitelli,
Locks : IWL, Holland, McWhannel,
LF : Haig, Saifoloi, Segner, Kirifi, Stodart, Suafoa (I hope Lakai will be with the ABs)
Scrum halves : Fakatava, Christie
1st Fives : Jacomb, Millar
Midfielders : Lam, Telea, Higgins, B. Sullivan
Back three : Tavatavanawai, Naholo, Banks, Z. Sullivan, ENS

The Silver Fern

All Blacks XV 2024