All Blacks you've played against or with

[Siam]

Only genuine games played with or against.
No spectator shit, no "I was in the squad", or same club
Must be a proper game(s) with refs and rugby clobber on.
Must be verifiable ABs
80 minutes of rugby experiences

With:
Kronfeld

Against:
Kronfeld
Taine Rendell
Vanisi

Don't be shy, name drop (legitimately) to your hearts content.

[Canes4life]

I played against TJ Perenara when he suited up for Mana College. Also played Brad Shields when he was at Taita if we can add him in there as being international calibre.

[Siam]

@canes4life Brad fucking Shields!!??

You got a problem with rules?

First response fail

Brad fucking Shields indeed

[chchfanatic]

With Justin Marshall , Daryl Gibson , razor , Chris Jack , both maugers,
Against Leon Mcdonald, Dave hewett , con barrell , Ben Blair , Matt Todd , Tom Taylor , Scott Hamilton , Kevin O’Neill , Issac Ross , Campbell Johnstone
Played in Canterbury classics vs mid Canterbury classics. Likes of jock Ross , Albie Anderson , and prob a few more I didn’t know were old all blacks

[Hooroo]

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

With Justin Marshall , Daryl Gibson , razor , Chris Jack , both maugers,
Against Leon Mcdonald, Dave hewett , con barrell , Ben Blair , Matt Todd , Tom Taylor , Scott Hamilton , Kevin O’Neill , Issac Ross , Campbell Johnstone
Played in Canterbury classics vs mid Canterbury classics. Likes of jock Ross , Albie Anderson , and prob a few more I didn’t know were old all blacks

Did you go to school in Auckland.......

[jegga]

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

With Justin Marshall , Daryl Gibson , razor , Chris Jack , both maugers,
Against Leon Mcdonald, Dave hewett , con barrell , Ben Blair , Matt Todd , Tom Taylor , Scott Hamilton , Kevin O’Neill , Issac Ross , Campbell Johnstone
Played in Canterbury classics vs mid Canterbury classics. Likes of jock Ross , Albie Anderson , and prob a few more I didn’t know were old all blacks

Game. Set . And match right there

[chchfanatic]

@hooroo no club rugby in chch. Leon Mcdonald was by far the best I played against. Also got bilited(spelling) by Doug howlett as a 14 yr old

[Hooroo]

Did David Hill play for the AB's? He Kicked us off the park in the Marborough Premier Semi Final. We were actually quite competitive that game until he got the ball and he had it on a string and smoked us

[Chris B.]

Played with and against Andy Earl.

Played social cricket against Gilbert Enoka!

[Nepia]

@chchfanatic How could you play classics if you were billeted by Doug Howlett as a 14 year old? Does Canterbury have an extremely young classics age limit? Pretty impressive to play against both Jock and Isaac Ross.

Me, only Daniel Lee and Roger Randle played with and Taine Randell against that I can think of.

[dK]

Played against Mark Carter and Dallas Seymour (7’s count don’t they). Also played against Tony Iro, who used me as door mat on his way to his 3rd try.

Almost played against a young Jonah Lomu at a Bank tournament. We were all shitting ourselves as he was turning out for ASB, but he wasn’t allowed to play as he had just been selected for the NZ Baabaa’s. we still got smashed though

[chchfanatic]

@nepia sorry I can see how that doesn’t seem right. I was 20-21 and invited to play. They used to always have a couple of young players on both teams. Must’ve been either 2000 or 2001 in ashburton. Was a great bus ride back to chch.

[Rembrandt]

@jegga said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

With Justin Marshall , Daryl Gibson , razor , Chris Jack , both maugers,
Against Leon Mcdonald, Dave hewett , con barrell , Ben Blair , Matt Todd , Tom Taylor , Scott Hamilton , Kevin O’Neill , Issac Ross , Campbell Johnstone
Played in Canterbury classics vs mid Canterbury classics. Likes of jock Ross , Albie Anderson , and prob a few more I didn’t know were old all blacks

Game. Set . And match right there

Until a former AB takes the bait and outs himself.

[NTA]

I've played suburban rugby in Sydney.

Every fucking Kiwi I played with or against was an All Blacks trialist.

Just ask them.

[Siam]

@dk no dk, 7s does not count.
Now go and get your participation certificate from the fat mum with the green hair, but stay away from the room with the real rugby players

[dK]

@siam Cheers Siam, I was playing XV's against Dallas, I was refering to Dallas being a 7's player. By the way the fat mum as an ugly sister that asking for your number

[Rapido]

@dk said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

@siam Cheers Siam, I was playing XV's against Dallas, I was refering to Dallas being a 7's player. By the way the fat mum as an ugly sister that asking for your number

Dallas was also a proper AB. 1992 he toured South Africa, and maybe a replacement on the Aussie tour before that when we went through about 13 loose forwards.

[Siam]

@dk nice. I was just failing to be funny. Dallas is a great bloke though

[Bones]

Memory failing me a bit right now.
With: Thrush, Waldrom, Weepu.
Against: Waldrom, Tiatia, Collins, So'oialo, Nonu, Lauaki, Masoe, Jane.

There's probably more but everyone was so much better than me it was hard to tell the difference between AB and club player. I'm still scarred by Jane, made me look like an absolute invalid.

[taniwharugby]

@rembrandt and there are a few that lurk.

[Billy Tell]

One of the guys in my rugby team is from West Africa. Does that count?

[mooshld]

With: Victor Simpson.

Against : Bill Bush

[booboo]

With: ...
...cough cough... echos ...
Waits ...
..Nup

Against:

McDowell
Dowd

Gatland

Brown
Purvis

Whetton G
Gordon
Cooksley
Anderson
Willis ( I think)

Whetton A
Gibbes

Carter

Mitchell

Duggan (think he benched for ABs)
Spice (think he may have actually got off the bench)

10 ... nuh

McLeod

Bunce

Reihana

Tuigamala

Cooper

May actually be missing a couple... will have to think ...

[cgrant]

As I am French, I will be a bit off topic. I have played with the following French international players : Gerard Cholley (he was already old but came for a varsity game to lend us a hand), Jean-François Gourragnes and Dominque Erbani (the latter in an Oldies game).

[booboo]

@booboo said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

With: ...
...cough cough... echos ...
Waits ...
..Nup

Against:

McDowell
Dowd

Gatland

Brown
Purvis

Whetton G
Gordon
Cooksley
Anderson
Willis ( I think)

Whetton A
Gibbes

Carter

Mitchell

Duggan (think he benched for ABs)
Spice (think he may have actually got off the bench)

10 ... nuh

McLeod

Bunce

Reihana

Tuigamala

Cooper

May actually be missing a couple... will have to think ...

Oh yeah. John Spiers

[Catogrande]

@cgrant said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

As I am French, I will be a bit off topic. I have played with the following French international players : Gerard Cholley (he was already old but came for a varsity game to lend us a hand), Jean-François Gourragnes and Dominque Erbani (the latter in an Oldies game).

Bet you're glad he was on your side?

[Bones]

@booboo oh yeah I've played with Purvis too.

[cgrant]

@catogrande
Yes, of course. It was a friendly game so he did not use his punch.
See one of his most famous actions below.

[Catogrande]

@cgrant How he got away with the first one is anyone's guess.

[African Monkey]

With - Patrick Tuipulotu and Francis Saili.

[Virgil]

I’ve played with a stack of All Blacks ... on Jonah Lomu ‘95 on the PS 1

[kiwiinmelb]

Not me , but years ago a mate got to play the Allblacks, and marked John Kirwan

Allblacks v Victoria , the score was a hundred and something to very little , and kirwan made him look stupid .

He was so excited beforehand then it turned into a nightmare .

[MN5]

@bones said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

Memory failing me a bit right now.
With: Thrush, Waldrom, Weepu.
Against: Waldrom, Tiatia, Collins, So'oialo, Nonu, Lauaki, Masoe, Jane.

There's probably more but everyone was so much better than me it was hard to tell the difference between AB and club player. I'm still scarred by Jane, made me look like an absolute invalid.

Did he fend you?

[ACT Crusader]

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

Not me , but years ago a mate got to play the Allblacks, and marked John Kirwan

Allblacks v Victoria , the score was a hundred and something to very little , and kirwan made him look stupid .

He was so excited beforehand then it turned into a nightmare .

If that was the game at Olympic Park in 88, I was there. After the game the ABs hung around and met some of the fans. I got autographs from Wheaton and Botica.

[jegga]

@booboo said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

With: ...
...cough cough... echos ...
Waits ...
..Nup

Against:

McDowell
Dowd

Gatland

Brown
Purvis

Whetton G
Gordon
Cooksley
Anderson
Willis ( I think)

Whetton A
Gibbes

Carter

Mitchell

Duggan (think he benched for ABs)
Spice (think he may have actually got off the bench)

10 ... nuh

McLeod

Bunce

Reihana

Tuigamala

Cooper

May actually be missing a couple... will have to think ...

I think it’s the other way around Spice never made it off the bench and Duggan played in the 3/4 playoff in 1999. There’s a team photo of them before the game and all of them look completely and utterly dejected....except for Duggan who has an ear to ear grin on his face as if to say “ I don’t give a fuck if it’s a 3/4 playoff , I’m an all black”. Which is exactly how I would feel in his situation.

[MajorRage]

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

Not me , but years ago a mate got to play the Allblacks, and marked John Kirwan

Allblacks v Victoria , the score was a hundred and something to very little , and kirwan made him look stupid .

He was so excited beforehand then it turned into a nightmare

Massive diff between who you played and “a mate” played.

[Hooroo]

@majorrage said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks you've played against or with:

Not me , but years ago a mate got to play the Allblacks, and marked John Kirwan

Allblacks v Victoria , the score was a hundred and something to very little , and kirwan made him look stupid .

He was so excited beforehand then it turned into a nightmare

Massive diff between who you played and “a mate” played.

Still a good story but........

.... thread rules don't need to be hard and fast

[taniwharugby]

@hooroo there are rules?

[MajorRage]

One of my besties won a World Cup.

Still of same opinion?

[taniwharugby]

@majorrage depends if you bestie is Lawrence Dallaglio/Clive Woodward type or Richie McCaw/Graham Henry type!