AB all time pro-era XXIII
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@cgrant said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@Bones said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@cgrant said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
Alternative team :
Dowd
Coles
Meeuws
Thorne
Jack
Collins
Holah
Read
Marshall
Mehrtens
Rokocoko / Savea
Little
Bunce
Howlett
OsborneI'm intrigued as to what this is the alternative to...
Woodcock
Fitzpatrick
Brown / Hayman
Retallick
Whitelock
Kaino
McCaw
Brooke
Smith
Carter
Lomu
Nonu
Smith / Umaga
Smith / Wilson
CullenI could have written Kronfeld instead of Holah and Robin Brooke instead of Thorn in my "alternative" team.
I liked Holah, but Kronfeld and Cane are easy automatic selections over him. Hell, I think maybe even Ardie would get in ahead of him.
Speaking of Savea's, I can't believe people are pushing Fatty Savea's case. Joe Roks was better for longer and Lomu was just better. Is there some rose tinting going on with Fatty? Dude was awesome for a brief period then his form fell off a cliff and now he gets selected in Super teams because his last name is Savea.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
And won a Lions series.....oh wait!
Ah well, he wasn't perfect, two RWC and a drawn Lions series is probably a better return than the traffic conductor Mauger's no RWC and one Lions series.
Weirdly Ma'a has a Lions series win under his belt .... from 7 minutes of play in the DC match.
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Speaking of Savea's, I can't believe people are pushing Fatty Savea's case. Joe Roks was better for longer and Lomu was just better. Is there some rose tinting going on with Fatty? Dude was awesome for a brief period then his form fell off a cliff and now he gets selected in Super teams because his last name is Savea.
Weird he still scored 46 test tries when he was “awesome for a brief period” he scored those tries in 54 tests yet Rokockoko only got that in 63 and Lomu got even less in 72 games...
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@mikey07 said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
Speaking of Savea's, I can't believe people are pushing Fatty Savea's case. Joe Roks was better for longer and Lomu was just better. Is there some rose tinting going on with Fatty? Dude was awesome for a brief period then his form fell off a cliff and now he gets selected in Super teams because his last name is Savea.
Weird he still scored 46 test tries when he was “awesome for a brief period” he scored those tries in 54 tests yet Rokockoko only got that in 63 and Lomu got even less in 72 games...
Julian was always great at scoring tries on the end of a backline, that's not in dispute. 2015 and 2016 he was still running in tries, but I doubt anyone thought his all round form was great. That's one thing that he has over Joe Roks though, when Roks form dropped he stopped scoring tries (Roks had a whole year of tests when he probably shouldn't have been selected).
Also, try scoring rates doesn't seem to be all and end all as you've plumped for Goldie over Howlett on the other wing.
I think you got your test stats muddled a bit for Lomu and Roks. Lomu played 63 tests not Roks - he played 68.
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@Nepia said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@cgrant said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@Bones said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@cgrant said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
Alternative team :
Dowd
Coles
Meeuws
Thorne
Jack
Collins
Holah
Read
Marshall
Mehrtens
Rokocoko / Savea
Little
Bunce
Howlett
OsborneI'm intrigued as to what this is the alternative to...
Woodcock
Fitzpatrick
Brown / Hayman
Retallick
Whitelock
Kaino
McCaw
Brooke
Smith
Carter
Lomu
Nonu
Smith / Umaga
Smith / Wilson
CullenI could have written Kronfeld instead of Holah and Robin Brooke instead of Thorn in my "alternative" team.
I liked Holah, but Kronfeld and Cane are easy automatic selections over him. Hell, I think maybe even Ardie would get in ahead of him.
Speaking of Savea's, I can't believe people are pushing Fatty Savea's case. Joe Roks was better for longer and Lomu was just better. Is there some rose tinting going on with Fatty? Dude was awesome for a brief period then his form fell off a cliff and now he gets selected in Super teams because his last name is Savea.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
And won a Lions series.....oh wait!
Ah well, he wasn't perfect, two RWC and a drawn Lions series is probably a better return than the traffic conductor Mauger's no RWC and one Lions series.
Weirdly Ma'a has a Lions series win under his belt .... from 7 minutes of play in the DC match.
Which was probably the amount of time SBW spent on the field in the 2011 final and semifinal (before he was carded).
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@Godder said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
I'd be selecting Lomu on X-factor, not just his own record. In a classic example of reckons over me looking anything up, I vaguely remember Kronfeld did well out of supporting him.
Indeed. In a classic case of sporting Alzheimers I have vivid memories of what they did in 95 but can't for the life of me remember what Ioane/Bridge/Clark did with Cane/Savea this year.
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@MN5 said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
@Godder said in AB all time pro-era XXIII:
I'd be selecting Lomu on X-factor, not just his own record. In a classic example of reckons over me looking anything up, I vaguely remember Kronfeld did well out of supporting him.
Indeed. In a classic case of sporting Alzheimers I have vivid memories of what they did in 95 but can't for the life of me remember what Ioane/Bridge/Clark did with Cane/Savea this year.
Who?
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sorry to resurrect an old thread but for 6/loosies I'd put Jerry Collins on the bench. It would be about the only time the opposition would be hoping/praying Kaino doesn't go off early injured!
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Woodcock
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Coles
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Hayman
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Thorn
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Whitelock
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Collins
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McCaw
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Read
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A Smith
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Dan Carter
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Savea
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Nonu
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C Smith
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Howlett
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C Cullen
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Somerville
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Mealamu
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Faumuina
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Retalick
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Kaino
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Marshal
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Spencer
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Rokocoko
Notes:
•Fitzy was before pro era
• no olo brown becuase I've never watched him
•don't reckon wilson would be that good if he was playing now -
