All Blacks 2022
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks 2022:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2022:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:
Is this the most average looking All Blacks team for a while? I feel like there are so many ??, not a good thing 1 year out from a World Cup.
Hang on. This is only a couple of selections away from what we all expected or would have selected. Jumping on the negative pretty quickly aren't you?
Fozzie's been bolder than me at halfback!!!
I like what he’s done at halfback. Christie has some work ons but I think there is more upside than Weber. They obviously like Fakatava’s speed to the ruck - biggest thing for him IMO is that he doesn’t have to make the big play or throw the no look pass all the time. Just play.
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looking at those props (aside form Ofa) we are gonna need to start ST for his ball running, one of SW & BR will need to play 80, while workign extra hard....
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2022:
No DeGroot is he injured?
I'm pretty surprised too...
Maybe work rate is the question but I think he'll appear before the end of the season. -
Could put together a decent NZ A 23.
1 Hodgman
2 Eklund
3 Newell
4 Tuipulotu
5 Goodhue
6 Robinson
7 Harmon
8 Jacobson9 Weber
10 McKenzie
11 Telea
12 TUJ
13 Sullivan
14 Lam
15 Sullivan16 Aumua
17 Norris
18 Lomax
19 Strange
20 Mikaele-Tu'u
21 Perenara
22 Gatland
23 Ennor -
@Mattasaurus his work rate is a heck of a lot higher than Karl T. Work rate has nothing to do with it. Foster is going to play a boring forwards game like last year. Props not getting involved at the breakdown and holding off. Bullshit gameplan. We will be get dominated once our locks get tired.
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We’ve been calling for the selectors to be a bit more bold and it could’ve been quite easy to go back to Perenara and Weber but they’ve gone for two younger players.
Could’ve selected Ennor but they’re taking a punt on an ex-leaguie who’s played in all reality not a lot of footy.
I applaud that.
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@Stargazer Lomax forgotten about.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
We’ve been calling for the selectors to be a bit more bold and it could’ve been quite easy to go back to Perenara and Weber but they’ve gone for two younger players.
Could’ve selected Ennor but they’re taking a punt on an ex-leaguie who’s played in all reality not a lot of footy.
I applaud that.
My main quibble is PGS instead of someone like MMT.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
We’ve been calling for the selectors to be a bit more bold and it could’ve been quite easy to go back to Perenara and Weber but they’ve gone for two younger players.
Could’ve selected Ennor but they’re taking a punt on an ex-leaguie who’s played in all reality not a lot of footy.
I applaud that.
There's not much to applaud there. Form was obvious in the selection of the halfbacks. And RTS has a higher upside than Ennor does, who hasn't made a case to be an outside back deserving of selection.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:
Good possibility that this will be the starting tight five:
1 Tu’inukuafe
2 Taylor
3 Laulala
4 Whitelock
5 RetallickNot great.
Big Karl's selection has blindsided me - so who knows. But, I was thinking:
Bower, Taylor, Laulala, Barrett and Retallick. Well, I'm hoping they pick Barrett to play 80 and use Retallick and Whitelock in tandem.
I'd quite like to see Ofa instead of Nepo - but, only if his scrumming vs de Groot was an aberration.
No need for the red card jokes.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
We’ve been calling for the selectors to be a bit more bold and it could’ve been quite easy to go back to Perenara and Weber but they’ve gone for two younger players.
Could’ve selected Ennor but they’re taking a punt on an ex-leaguie who’s played in all reality not a lot of footy.
I applaud that.
My main quibble is PGS instead of someone like MMT.
I still think MMT’s time will come. Big fan of his.
Put it down to more Chiefs bias
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@ACT-Crusader Plumtree's Taranaki bias.
