Best NZ players never ABs XV

[Stargazer]

Please, replace Ben May with Brendon Edmonds (Highlanders). He played LH and TH, and probably would have been an AB if he hadn't suffered that horrible injury.

[mariner4life]

Hahahahahaha

Breath

Hahahahaha

Ben May

F* me dead

[Stockcar86]

I'm sure I posted this exact statement about 8 years ago about Hurricanes:

"Buckman > Bateman"

[sparky]

Amended team.

1 Brendon Edmonds (Highlanders)
2 David Latta (Otago)
3 Nick Moore (Otago and Highlanders)
4 Craig Clarke (Chiefs)
5 Josh Bekhuis (Highlanders)
6 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders)
7 Duane Monkley (Waikato)
8 Deon Muir (Chiefs
9 Simon Crabb (Waikato and Chiefs)
10 Glen Jackson (Chiefs)
11 Ben Lam (Hurricanes)
12 Tim Bateman (Crusaders)
13 Robbie Freuan (Crusaders)
14 Paul Cooke (Otago and Highlanders)
15 Andrew Strawbridge (Waikato)

[Stargazer]

@Stockcar86 said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

I'm sure I posted this exact statement about 8 years ago about Hurricanes:

"Buckman > Bateman"

Was just about to post the same thing!

[Stargazer]

Ash Dixon (Highlanders) instead of Latta.

[KiwiMurph]

Tom Franklin instead of Bekhuis.

[Stargazer]

@KiwiMurph Yes!

[sparky]

@KiwiMurph

Didn't Tom Franklin play against France last year?

[Stargazer]

@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@KiwiMurph

Didn't Tom Franklin play against France last year?

I assume you mean the game of the ABs v France XV (the midweek game) in November 2017? The same game in which Akira played? The locks in that game were Tuipulotu and Bird (starting), with Scott Barrett on the bench. Franklin has been in ABs camp twice, but never played for them (he has played for the Maori ABs).

[kiwiinmelb]

Some of the ones that played for Ireland

[Magpie_in_aus]

I would say Ben Tamifuna even though he played for Tonga was only because he can't wake up in the morning....or not eat KFC

[Magpie_in_aus]

Nasi Manu, Stephen Brett?

[Stargazer]

Bryn Hall at 9. He has been in camp, but hasn't played for the ABs.

[sparky]

Okay, Tom Franklin is in. I thought he played in the Third Test Vs France last year. I was wrong.

Not picking guys like John Leslie, Jared Payne, Peter Fatilofa or Brad Shields who played Test Rugby for other countries.

[sparky]

@Stargazer

Okay, Bryn Hall is in ahead of Simon Crabb.

[Nepia]

@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@Stargazer

Okay, Bryn Hall is in ahead of Simon Crabb.

I thought you said best? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

[sparky]

Ian Foster at 10 ahead of Glen Jackson?

[sparky]

@Stargazer

I'd still go with David Latta who was excellent in the early 1990s. He would have played Hooker for the All Blacks in almost any other era, but had Sean Fitzpatrick and Warren Gatland (than Norm Hewitt) ahead of him.

[Stargazer]

@sparky Ha, apart from some test and Hawke's Bay rugby, my memory doesn't go back that far.