The Silver Fern

The Australian Team - especially in the forwards - looked stronger & better skilled. Their 16yr old loosehead monstered our tighthead at scrum time towards the end of the 1st half. Skill wise - & again I'm looking at the forwards - we were a long way behind Australia. It would be easy to point the finger at Paul Tito (Coach) but i think it's a wake up call for those involved in First XV Programs around the country. Give the NZ U18s Team a better coached player.
NZs Best - Saumaki Saumaki, Cohen Norrie, Siale Pahulu.
Australia - Kingsley Uys, Heinz Lemoto, Angus Grover, Eli Langi.

@stargazer ......"Suzy" at it again??

@nzzp went up against him in his first year at Ponies. Preferred TH but was loose that day. Couldn't buckle the 19yr old straight outta MAGs.

@Mauss Outstanding work.

@Donsteppa I'm more interested in finding out who's in charge of conditioning... This person needs their credentials checked.

@NateHill74 . You may wanna taiho there Nate.... never made it to Toulon, 0 appearances for Highlanders so far, I'd like to see him out there as well but another doughnut isn't beyond the realms of possibility in '21

@cgrant agreed. De Groot reminded me of Nepo Laulala flattening out all the time. Razor lost momentum throwing him back in. Should've started Williams IMO. And yes Lomax was gassed. Why are they running him past the Red Line...no faith in Tosi? or their back-up THs.

@nzzp had to be a TH with that pic

@Tim I couldn't think of any fb before pro rugby. Ridge didn't have enough games for mind. Forgot bout Lindsay..fullback during the mid 80s

Does anyone know if Counties or North Harbour have weekly team sheets for viewing..cheers

@Tim loved Stensness too. My mates fkn hated him...Senseless they'd call him. You maybe to young for Graeme Thorne but think Inga Tuigamala as a white man.

@Nepia That’s my first reaction as well f%*% that…then after a scone & cuppa….
Itoje – Let’s not kid ourselves here, that guy’s world class. Who in their right mind wouldn’t even consider having him in their ranks?
Farrell – A player who tends to take the right options & perhaps a perfect foil for Cruden & ALB. Not a bad player & that’s putting it mildly – guaranteed points.
-Adds legitimacy to the comp with the question, can these NH heavyweights compete?

@taniwharugby ah, thats long enough to lose the import tag - i noticed a few import accusations being tossed about in chat on the livestream.

Prop played both sides but preferred tight head. Auck Club mid 80s heydey.

@nzzp was 22/23 at the time. Olo had alot of press about him in his last year at college. So I was rapt to have a crack. Was written up as a monster so I was surprised he was same size as me-5'11 17 odd stone. An absolute rock at scrum time.

@Stargazer said in 2020 Māori All Blacks:

Ethan Roots

Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta. A solid loosie/lock - he'd be handy.