Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?
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Just posted this in the RWC forum.
The AB's will take a third #10.
Why?
because imagine the colletive shit-fit we would have if Beaudy or Richie got injured against a minnow.And also because we play two minnows is the very reason they will take a third #10, because these are the exact games that a third #10 should start in, because they're fucking minnows.
Should Beaudy or Richie go down, you'd want the third #10 having been in and around the AB environment and had some time in the saddle, and those two games v minnows and maybe the one v Tonga before we go is the best and most perfect opportunity.
Sounds ridiculous but I'd take Dan Carter if he looks like he might heal from that neck thing, he could do the job off the bench surely. Experience, and also been playing in Japan.
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@Stargazer said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@KiwiMurph Pefofeta being picked would worry me just as much as Cameron. Way too green in SR.
Don't dispute that. My point was it was shoddy journalism not to mention him.
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@westcoastie You could play a prop at 10 against those minnows.
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@antipodean said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@westcoastie You could play a prop at 10 against those minnows.
Fark that'd be funny.
This week, we've named Ofa at 10. We're keen to see how he goes
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@antipodean yes you could, (I'd give Dane Coles a go if we're talking about front-rowers) but you wouldn't in a quarter or semi, and if you needed to (touch wood we don't) you want to have a back-up 10, who has played as part of our systems.
Say the move Ben Smith to 10, then fine - yes its robbing Peter to pay Paul, but at least Jordie or Havili at 15, on the balance of things is better than any of our other options at 10 currently. I just want whomever is our third #10 to play their vs those minnows, so they've had time in the saddle.
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The could just pick two five eights for the WC (I see there is also a Herald article about this). Very risky, but in that case the coaches could use the pool minnow games to trial different combinations (as they have in the past) to test a scenario where both five-eights go down, so I could see Jordie, Ben Smith, or Crotty be used there at some point in those games, to cover for a last minute injury.
Nevertheless, for the RC, they have to bring in some one else.
Could we set up a poll? I’ll bet on Otere Black, which freaks the shit out of me; he has a very small body of work.
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I would have thought Otere Black was comfortably ahead of the rest. He's solid enough, definitely nowhere near as bad as some on here make him out to be.
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@gt12 said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
Could we set up a poll? I’ll bet on Otere Black, which freaks the shit out of me; he has a very small body of work.
Problem is after BB, Mo'unga, & Dmac they all have a very small body of work. I guess Hunt is the most experienced - he's not getting the game time tho?
I am of the opinion they won't take a third for the RWC, honestly any of the utility backs could do it vs the two minnows*.
For the RC they'll take Black, I guess, unless Perofuture comes back fit and firing.
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@Stargazer said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@KiwiMurph Pefofeta being picked would worry me just as much as Cameron. Way too green in SR.
Perofeta led the Blues to a victory over the B&I Lions. He'll be fine.
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@Kirwan said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
Personally, I blame Duluth for starting this thread. How did he know?
A bit arrogant of @Duluth worrying about our 4th when we don’t have a 3rd....
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@mimic said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@Stargazer said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@KiwiMurph Pefofeta being picked would worry me just as much as Cameron. Way too green in SR.
Perofeta led the Blues to a victory over the B&I Lions. He'll be fine.
Stephen Brett had some good wins too. That didn't make him "fine".
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@shark said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@sparky said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
Tom Taylor plays at 13 for Pau these days, Colin Slade is their fullback and Simon Mannix their coach.
So you're saying we need three 'drivers'?
Mannix just quit after a 70 point smashing, and I've no interest in either Slade or Taylor
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Only DC has been playing decently of our off shore tens, and he's in hospital
NZR isn't going to change the rules for that shit bunch. Neither will they for Parker, who unlike Todd is not NZ signed and unproven
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We've just got to live within our means, and hope for no more injuries
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The few games I've seen of Cruden for Montpellier he has been rubbish. Ditto Sopoaga for Wasps. Haven't seen Slade or Taylor play at all, so no idea for them. In the pool, I voted for Black. I reckon he could do a job, not sure about a RWC winning job though.
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no way they send out an SOS to anyone playing off-shore, that said I guess if Cruden, Spopaga, Slade or someone was seriously considering a move home, they should be getting in touch with the Chiefs management right now and I expect NZR would make it easy.
So yeah...BB, RM...dayllight...night time...sleep in...
As above, if I was forced to choose, I'd be inclined to give Crotty a run at 10, but with him in the same team as RM, it aint gonna happen.
Are a few outside backs that could probably convert to 10, but too late for many.
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@mimic said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@Stargazer said in Who is the AB's 4th choice at 10?:
@KiwiMurph Pefofeta being picked would worry me just as much as Cameron. Way too green in SR.
Perofeta led the Blues to a victory over the B&I Lions. He'll be fine.
Wasn't West the guy who made the difference in that game?
