All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years
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@Bones said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@brodean aren't Finau and Sotutu basically the same size?
Certainly when compared to Cortez Ratima
Maybe Sotutu has put a bit of extra beef on since Cotter came along. To me Papali'i, Sotutu, Blackadder and Jacobson have all looked a similar size with Finau being a bit bigger - few extra centimetres and maybe another 5 kg.
I mean they're all bigger than Kirifi and Lio Willie. Kirifi is listed as 181cm and Laulala is listed as 184cm.
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@brodean I was just surprised to see Sotutu as medium and did a brief Google, which showed him as the same height and a couple of kilos lighter. Even Flanders was the same height, but significantly lighter (although I'd be very surprised if he's still only 108kg).
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Howden is interesting indeed but kinda young right? 23? Ok old enough then.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
Great having you on the fern Sean Fitzpatrick.
I suspect even Sean Fitzpatrick would pick Valetini.
No.
He didn’t pick loads of good Aussie players in 2003. I see no reason why he would select differently now
I'll put it another way, if you could choose prime 2003 or 2025 ABs, say in the loosies, who would you pick?
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@Bones said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@brodean I was just surprised to see Sotutu as medium and did a brief Google, which showed him as the same height and a couple of kilos lighter. Even Flanders was the same height, but significantly lighter (although I'd be very surprised if he's still only 108kg).
Its more down to height.
Kieran Read and Liam Messam were about the same playing weight but 1.93cm and 1.88cm respectively which bizarrely put them as "big" and "medium" respectively
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
Great having you on the fern Sean Fitzpatrick.
I suspect even Sean Fitzpatrick would pick Valetini.
No.
He didn’t pick loads of good Aussie players in 2003. I see no reason why he would select differently now
I'll put it another way, if you could choose prime 2003 or 2025 ABs, say in the loosies, who would you pick?
Pretty easy. I'd go 2003 Meatloaf.
6 Collins
7 McCaw
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@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@Bones said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@brodean I was just surprised to see Sotutu as medium and did a brief Google, which showed him as the same height and a couple of kilos lighter. Even Flanders was the same height, but significantly lighter (although I'd be very surprised if he's still only 108kg).
Its more down to height.
Kieran Read and Liam Messam were about the same playing weight but 1.93cm and 1.88cm respectively which bizarrely put them as "big" and "medium" respectively
They're the same height, David.
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@Bones said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@MN5 said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@Bones said in All Blacks - loosie selections in recent years:
@brodean I was just surprised to see Sotutu as medium and did a brief Google, which showed him as the same height and a couple of kilos lighter. Even Flanders was the same height, but significantly lighter (although I'd be very surprised if he's still only 108kg).
Its more down to height.
Kieran Read and Liam Messam were about the same playing weight but 1.93cm and 1.88cm respectively which bizarrely put them as "big" and "medium" respectively
They're the same height, David.
Don't say sorry to me. Say sorry to Messam.
