All Blacks 2024

[MN5]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2024:

9- Hotham (“it’s ridiculous that he is there and [insert Blues and Highlander halfback names] aren’t”)

10- Beaudie (“hasn’t played a good game at 10 for 4 years”)

11- Telea (“he is so slow”)

12- Havili (“why is he even in the squad, more Crusader bias”)

13- Proctor (“why have they dropped Ioane? First Akira now his brother. He’ll be in Japan by the end of the year”)

14- Love (“isn’t he a fullback?”)

15- Jordan (“isn’t he a winger?”)

Ha, that’s only the backs too. Do the forwards now !!!!

[nostrildamus]

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2024:

9- Hotham (“it’s ridiculous that he is there and [insert Blues and Highlander halfback names] aren’t”)

10- Beaudie (“hasn’t played a good game at 10 for 4 years”)

11- Telea (“he is so slow”)

12- Havili (“why is he even in the squad, more Crusader bias”)

13- Proctor (“why have they dropped Ioane? First Akira now his brother. He’ll be in Japan by the end of the year”)

14- Love (“isn’t he a fullback?”)

15- Jordan (“isn’t he a winger?”)

Ha, that’s only the backs too. Do the forwards now !!!!

there was a sneaky dig at a Blues forward in there (or a dig at his fans).

[MN5]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024:

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2024:

9- Hotham (“it’s ridiculous that he is there and [insert Blues and Highlander halfback names] aren’t”)

10- Beaudie (“hasn’t played a good game at 10 for 4 years”)

11- Telea (“he is so slow”)

12- Havili (“why is he even in the squad, more Crusader bias”)

13- Proctor (“why have they dropped Ioane? First Akira now his brother. He’ll be in Japan by the end of the year”)

14- Love (“isn’t he a fullback?”)

15- Jordan (“isn’t he a winger?”)

Ha, that’s only the backs too. Do the forwards now !!!!

there was a sneaky dig at a Blues forward in there (or a dig at his fans).

Instant ban coming up

[pakman]

@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024:

I think for loose forwards:

6 : Papali'i
7 : Cane
8 : Blackadder

They can play paper, rock, scissors at each scrum.

[MN5]

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024:

I think for loose forwards:

6 : Papali'i
7 : Cane
8 : Blackadder

They can play paper, rock, scissors at each scrum.

As a unit I’d call them 6.66s. I think they veer slightly more to the 7 than the 6

[Bones]

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024:

I think for loose forwards:

6 : Papali'i
7 : Cane
8 : Blackadder

They can play paper, rock, scissors at each scrum.

Sounds pretty dangerous for Ethan

[pakman]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2024:

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

fetchers

Not sure that's been a thing since early MCaw

TBF it’s not uncommon for open sides not to be fetchers. The Boks rely heavily on Quagga and Marx for pilfering, because neither starting flanker is adept.

Who would be top pilferers in ABs? RD is excellent at showcase steals near our goal line, but less so elsewhere. LJ was quite effective for Chiefs, in particular when playing 7. Paps, Cane and Niggles seem infrequent proponents. Codie can be quite effective. Who am I missing?

[nzzp]

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

Who would be top pilferers in ABs?

Finlay Christie gets a fair few

[nzzp]

@pakman ...and you'd think stats like that would be readily available somewhere!

[Canes4life]

@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:

@Nepia said in All Blacks 2024:

You need Ioane at centre, the Canes faction will break the internet on their own with the omission of Proctor the Great.

Haha, trolling! Even Canes4life would say Ioane deserves to start. He's the incumbent and has done nothing massively wrong to deserve to be dropped. If Proctor does make the bench I would be surprised

You sure about that ?

Go and look at the AB thread.

[Bones]

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

Niggles

Maybe when he's matchfit he might get around to arriving at a ruck first. Don't be such a hater man.

[pakman]

@nzzp said in All Blacks 2024:

@pakman said in All Blacks 2024:

Who would be top pilferers in ABs?

Finlay Christie gets a fair few

‘used to get’

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp Sevu does pretty well

[pakman]

Short legs is a big plus.

[1kiwi]

A pleasing sight to see for All Blacks fans

[BerniesCorner]

Good news

[gt12]

The most important words out of Razor in the breakdown interview was that he doesn’t only want specialists - the ability to play two positions is important to him.

That’s a fascinating approach to international rugby but explains a lot about the selections we’ve seen.

[Bones]

@gt12 said in All Blacks 2024:

The most important words out of Razor in the breakdown interview was that he doesn’t only want specialists - the ability to play two positions is important to him.

That’s a fascinating approach to international rugby but explains a lot about the selections we’ve seen.

Ratima-Roigard nine and ten will be interesting.

[Darren]

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

@gt12 said in All Blacks 2024:

The most important words out of Razor in the breakdown interview was that he doesn’t only want specialists - the ability to play two positions is important to him.

That’s a fascinating approach to international rugby but explains a lot about the selections we’ve seen.

Ratima-Roigard nine and ten will be interesting.

I mean he would probably go better at 10 for the Canes than the other options.
You might be onto something here, Weepu 2.0

[Mr Fish]

@Darren said in All Blacks 2024:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

@gt12 said in All Blacks 2024:

The most important words out of Razor in the breakdown interview was that he doesn’t only want specialists - the ability to play two positions is important to him.

That’s a fascinating approach to international rugby but explains a lot about the selections we’ve seen.

Ratima-Roigard nine and ten will be interesting.

I mean he would probably go better at 10 for the Canes than the other options.
You might be onto something here, Weepu 2.0

Dupont has dabbled at 10 for Toulouse.