All Blacks v France I

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@Canes4life said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Injuries to both Sititi and Jacobson will have both affected the loose forward selection (and possibly Parker too) so I can forgive whatever happens there.

If Barrett is at 10 though, so help me God.

Lakai would have been in the frame as well according to Razor.

A genuine question is whether both Kirifi and Lakai make the squad if both were fit.

From an PR perspective it’s a lot easier for a coach to say someone is in the mix when they are injured!

upthelanders

So going by @george33 the team is most likely:

Ethan De Groot
Codie Taylor
Tyrell Lomax
Fabian Holland
Scott Barrett
Tupou Vaa’i
Ardie Savea
Christian Lio-Willie

Cam Roigard
Beauden Barrett
Reiko Ioane
Jordie Barrett
Billy Proctor
Sevu Reece
Dmac/Ruben Love

…?

reprobate

Fuck me we get an opportunity to play France B and use it for developing for the next WC and beyond, and we trot out Beauden fucking Barrett at 10. I will lose my shit.

Landers92

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Think I'll await nogusta or that highlanders bloke. That would be retarded

Sorry mate, hate to let the fern down but really struggling to get anything around team naming at the moment. Maybe later tonight

mariner4life

@upthelanders said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

So going by @george33 the team is most likely:

Ethan De Groot
Codie Taylor
Tyrell Lomax
Fabian Holland
Scott Barrett
Tupou Vaa’i
Ardie Savea
Christian Lio-Willie

Cam Roigard
Beauden Barrett
Reiko Ioane
Jordie Barrett
Billy Proctor
Sevu Reece
Dmac/Ruben Love

…?

by fuck are we lucky that the real French team isn't coming, that seems just a little ordinary. A huge gamble on players finding form that might be years old, or immediately stepping up.

upthelanders

@mariner4life lol exactly

Bones

While I think that loose trio could actually work well, by fuck it would be funny for most of us to be fairly happy after the squad naming that things appeared to be going in the right direction, only for Razor to jump the innovative shark.

reprobate

It would fucking idiotic to not start Finau. He's not established at international level and he's the only 6 selected. This is exactly when you play him ao he can fond his feet. I'll believe that selection when I see it - then i guess I'll express my disbelief again.

Bones

@reprobate bring back Ethan

JK

Heard this is the team, apologies if already posted

1.Ethan De Groot
2. Codie Taylor
3. Tyrel Lomax
4. Fabian Holland
5. Scott Barrett
6. Tupou Vaai
7. Ardie Savea
8. Christian Lio-Willie
9. Cam Roigard
10. Beauden Barrett
11. Rieko Ioane
12. Jordie Barrett
13. Billy Proctor
14. Sevu Reece
15. Will Jordan

16. Samisoni Taukeiaho
17. Ollie Norris
18. Fletcher Newell
19. Samipeni Finau
20. Du’Plessis Kirifi
21. Cortez Ratima
22. Damian McKenzie
23. Quinn Tupaea

Canes4life

Why the fuck would you move your best forward from 2024 out of his favoured position. It’s just baffling to me. Keep him at lock and develop a guy that actually plays that position. God damn. (Shakes fist)

george33

@mariner4life didn't mention the whole team, did Reece actually travel

Canes4life

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@reprobate bring back Ethan

He’s there, in the 1 jersey.

Kiwiwomble

@george33 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@mariner4life didn't mention the whole team, did Reece actually travel

with jordan potentially injured who else we got? Big Jim?

that could make for some wild rants

we have a lock playing 6, a 13 playing 11, a 12 playing 14, a 10 playing 15 (DMac), a 15 playing 10 and a 8 playing 7

mariner4life

interesting, given how the subs were run last year

Either Holland is going to play 80, or Vaai is expected to play 60-70 at blindside and then finish at lock (hope there aren't important late scrums).
We'll finish the test with Finau, Kirifi and Savea

The midfield will finish up with Jordie and Tupaea.
Jordan will get shunted to the wing for DMac

Kiwiwomble

@mariner4life George thinks Jordan is injured

george33

@Kiwiwomble he's definitely carrying injury.
Don't no if they will risk him.

george33

Think Big Jim will be in 23

pakman

@JK said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Heard this is the team, apologies if already posted

1.Ethan De Groot
2. Codie Taylor
3. Tyrel Lomax
4. Fabian Holland
5. Scott Barrett
6. Tupou Vaai
7. Ardie Savea
8. Christian Lio-Willie
9. Cam Roigard
10. Beauden Barrett
11. Rieko Ioane
12. Jordie Barrett
13. Billy Proctor
14. Sevu Reece
15. Will Jordan

16. Samisoni Taukeiaho
17. Ollie Norris
18. Fletcher Newell
19. Samipeni Finau
20. Du’Plessis Kirifi
21. Cortez Ratima
22. Damian McKenzie
23. Quinn Tupaea

The bench is chiefly good. Not sure about Newell and Kirifi.

No Quarter

Thanks heaps @george33 for posting what you're hearing, despite certain posters taking issue with it for some reason.

On 6, that's a problem of their own making which is frustrating, but I can actually see the logic of Vai'i there. He definitely has the tools to go well, but it's a massive fucking gamble seeing he took a while to find his feet at lock at test level, now basically has to go back to the drawing board.

Also, the trio would look a LOT stronger (both ability and physically) with Hoskins at 8...

The Silver Fern

All Blacks v France I