AB RWC squad
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@canefan said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Rembrandt said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
Hanson also said Ardie is bigger than he looks. That plus Frank's dropping I reckon confirms he's a ferner.
But who? Southernman maybe
Hansen is a Cantab.... 🤔
Well he isn't gonna be obvious about it.
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@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
Patty T. competing with Hemopo and Fifita for the 4th lock position - once he won, they thought Jacobsen brings more to the 6 position.
So that means they still see Scott Barrett as ahead of Patty T in the lock pecking order.
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@sparky said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Stargazer said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
Injury replacements for the 10 position that will be considered: Jordie Barrett, Tj Perenara, Ryan Crotty, even Ben Smith would be considered.
Edit: apparently, Crotty has played a fair bit at 10 when he was younger (school), including for NZ U19/20.
Ben Smith played Ten in England for a year as an amateur about 13 years ago.
Well that certainly settles a few nerves.
You know what.
Bender will probably be alright at it. -
Franks impact in general play has waned for a while and most noticeably at the ruck where he was excellent at clearing bodies and helping to provide clean ball. So it isn’t a surprise that he has been left out given we will be trying to play an uptempo game.
His scrummaging is still world class and I suspect a few looseheads around the world have a smile on their face knowing they won’t have to pack down against him come scrum time.
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@Rembrandt said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@canefan said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Rembrandt said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
Hanson also said Ardie is bigger than he looks. That plus Frank's dropping I reckon confirms he's a ferner.
But who? Southernman maybe
Hansen is a Cantab.... 🤔
Well he isn't gonna be obvious about it.
Maybe he'll do a Brian Colangelo and Southern Man is actually Mrs Shag
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If Steve got the AB job based on his pronunciation of “Maori” then serious questions need to be asked.
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@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.
TJ would be my pick in an emergency situation
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@kiwiinmelb he was bad for the Canes there. I like the idea of Crotty there actually.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.
TJ would be my pick in an emergency situation
I think Beaver is leading a tour to Japan. Might need to check out the price of white bait at Kiji market
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@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.
All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it!
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@No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.
All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it!
Super important squad player. Hope they play him against Tonga at ten then.
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@Kirwan said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@kiwiinmelb he was bad for the Canes there. I like the idea of Crotty there actually.
Ok , fair enough, I didn’t see it, was going off gut feel
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@No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it!
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@No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.
All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it!
I made the same comment too.
Happy with the squad. Common sense with the 5 props taken although I would have been just as happy if Big Karl was selected ahead of Moli. Hopefully no injuries in the Tongan test.
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@sparky said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
Basically if Beauden and Richie M collide and clash heads in the captain's run ahead of a test, we're f*****.
Could say the same with the hookers, halfbacks, props. Losing the top two players in any position will hurt us.
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I think at the last WC , we took 3 locks from memory, that was a gamble, sometimes you just got to roll the dice with what suits the talent available
