Best NZ players never ABs XV

[Gunner]

@Toddy said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Sam Tuitupou

Down vote!!!!

[Chris B.]

John Thomas Dumbell - setting the standard for Wellingtonians ever since.

[sparky]

Brendon Leonard.

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Matt Duffie.

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[Victor Meldrew]

Kit Fawcett, Jamie McIntosh

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@Chris-B said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@booboo Gary Hooper!

Now you're being silly ...

[booboo]

Any one say Jim Coe?

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@gt12 said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Pauliasu Manu at 1?

I believe he never played a game.

World Cup winner . Zero minutes.

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@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Colin Farrell

Sorry

Was an AB.

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@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@Gunner

Mark Ranby

Dude?

[KiwiMurph]

Augustine Pulu

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David Halligan.

Picked for the AB at 15 after the early trial - forget which year (80s) - injured. Never in the hunt again.

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@mariner4life said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@Tim said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Scott MacLeod.

Excellent call

Have I missed something?

Isn't this the never All Black XV?

Not the "I don't rate them XV"?

[KiwiMurph]

@booboo see a few posts above that one it was said:

Someone should start a ‘Should never have played for the All Blacks XV’...

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@Toddy said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

Sam Tuitupou
Dion Waller

Errrr ... both ABs ... ?

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@KiwiMurph said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:

@booboo see a few posts above that one it was said:

Someone should start a ‘Should never have played for the All Blacks XV’...

Missed that.

Dislike that thread as ALL those players are far far better than me.

[sparky]

@booboo Good call, it would be going through those old Probables Vs Possibles and North vs South line ups and looking for guys who were good players but never got selected from the All Blacks trials.

[rotated]

Kahn Fotuali'i 100% should have been picked before he played for Samoa. He was better than Ellis his entire stint at the Crusaders.

Jason Spice if Mitch/Deans had bothered to make sure he got his cap against Argentina after giving out test caps to half of Christchurch.

There are probably a bunch of other hookers/halfbacks through the Ted tenure that can consider themselves a bit unlucky not to have snuck a cap as the 3rd string hooker or halfback.

I remember being high on Seilala Mapusua and thought his selection was imminent when he replaced Tana in the '05 Probables team. Then Nonu-Smith absolutely carved him to pieces.

Oh and John Blaikie from the early Super Rugby days with the Highlanders.

[sparky]

3rd go.

1 Brendon Edmonds (Highlanders)
2 David Latta (Otago)
3 Nick Moore (Otago and Highlanders)
4 Craig Clarke (Chiefs)
5 Tom Franklin (Highlanders)
6 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders)
7 Duane Monkley (Waikato)
8 Deon Muir (Chiefs
9 Bryn Hall (Crusaders)
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)