All Blacks 2022
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@Machpants
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Good news
I'm the careful type. I want to see this confirmed officially first, before including him in any squad predictions.
I hope WR / NZR or whoever won't keep us in suspense until the squad naming next month.
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@FakatavaFuture said in All Blacks 2022:
@Machpants
This is a great day for New ZealandSo who is the third 9 in your squad?
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@Stargazer 4 halfbacks in a squad of 36?
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@KiwiMurph Or it will be 36 + 1 (where Fakatava is the "1"). He may also be a non-playing apprentice for the July Series.
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@Stargazer another option is have Perenara in the Maori squad and then call him up if needed
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2022:
Do they look at Sowakula, Tu’u or (yuck) Frizell to backup Ioane?
I would hope for the former if only to build for the future. Frizell's advantage of experience has gotta be out-weighed by the potential of PGS & Tu'u
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@Victor-Meldrew hell, id say MMT has had more impact in the last few games than Frizell this season
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@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2022:
Rieko is now a world class centre and Jordie is finally getting game time at 12.
Well, I hope you are right and he's a shoe-in for the 13 jersey now ALB is out.
But I think we should reserve judgement until he has started a few more tests against top-level teams.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
PGS is 27, he probably looked 27 when he was 17 then.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
Yeah. And while not getting into a Foster as coach argument, he does seem to do well with talented but raw players at Test level - e.g. Akira
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