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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

@duluth said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

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I think Nanai has been far better than him at SR level

If you go back to 2016 plenty of non Blues fans were suggesting him as an outside chance of making the AB's. I think that was the year be played for the Baabaas at Twickers and went well (Greenwood was a coach and thought he was next AB winger)

He's goten himself offside with the franchise coach since then.

I would not be surprised if he had success immediately at another franchise

he seems to have to have the tools. I wonder what his mental application and work ethic is like? His basic skill set ticks a lot of boxes, but he is a long way from the required standard at the moment. As you say, a new franchise (or a new coach) looks essential if he is to do anything with his career in NZ

We'll gladly take Nanai off your hands at the Chiefs...and any more discards you want to throw our way

Whowever was talking about a lack of big ball-running forwards for ABs in the EOYT thread - think we got just the ticket in Auckland .....

TTT better than Webber already

Sorry but that just sucks I can't be happy seeing an opposition team score against us like that

@bones Right I think the Squire/Fifita experiment is over, Harris, Whitelock L are not AB quality.
Others have been put on notice - Crotty, TJ,P Ardie and even Scott Barrett all need to wkae themselves up. Fifita. Crotty and Squire seem to spend most of their time down injured anyway. And BFA just looks... well, OLD.
We have Read, BBBR, SBW still to return and maybe an injection of new blood from the saviour Frizell (I jest) and Aumua (Taylor was in his infancy at RWC 2015) will help,
Seriously though, we need more GRAFTERS, workhorses and unsung heroes prepared to roll their sleeves up and do the dirty work, We seem to have too many faffing around *Ardies I'm looking at you) ready to grab glory rather than getting in amongst it.

@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:

given Cane has had alsmot as many head knocks as Crotty, maybe we need to look at leaving him out for a period too?

So that slots Savea firmly in the drivers seat (looked a bit more physical than normal last night too, although against a beaten Wallaby pack) but who is the next 7 off the ranks?

I'm leaning towards Papali'i.Worth a go IMO, he's into everything.

Patty T really needs to hold onto those FFS

Right. Everybody awake and out of bed. It begins.

Reckon this has got to bea cue for Shag to re-visit our midfield - ALB gotta be there plus may be time to look at Laumape as well.
Fuck Akira and Laumape would have ripped it up today

Sammy W is ramping up his captiancy for ABs, looks a good fit

Now there's a loose forward that would be valuable to have back in black - Vctor Vito. I would say he left too soon. If he'd hung around, irony is that right now Shag would probably draft him in as first choice - no questions asked

I couldn't make out much of the Chiefs tactics in that 2nd half. The first half they had adopted a pretty much un-Chiefs like approach, that of direct, gutsy endless pick-and-gos not without profit having led to the first try; (good homework on the Blues deficiencies on D) but then in the 2nd half they went away from that completely, onto some fairly indirect headless chicken stuff, with plenty of spilled ball.
Yet AGAIN pulled out of the fire by BBBR (that guy is just godamn awesomeness on a plate) and I am loving the new-look dynamic young fulla Messam, with Cane as well = such committment to the cause every bloody week. Can I also just mention the efforts of Ta'avao who has really dug in for the Chiefs this season.

The odds on Gats becoming AB coach have dramatically increased I think

Phew....Cane is ok (thank fuck)

Sooooooooo Fall is free to play this weekend bu Beaudy isn't.......yeah right

Shut the fuck up Marshall

A Smith really needs to stop flapping his arms

Karl T James please don't shave off that mo, bro

I would be happy to see Cane and Todd with Akira at 8