AB Captain
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@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Props. None play 80.
And who is a guaranteed starter? Moody?
Not even SR captainsHooker. Again will be subbed.
England with Hartley is the only major team I can remember that subbed their captain. Not ideal.
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@Bovidae said in AB Captain:
@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Props. None play 80.
And who is a guaranteed starter? Moody?
Not even SR captainsHooker. Again will be subbed.
England with Hartley is the only major team I can remember that subbed their captain. Not ideal.
Didn't Australia do it for a while with Moore? Still not ideal.
Looks especially bad if you have to pull the captain when they are most needed in a tight game.
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@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Our criteria reading the thread seems to be:
- Must start
- Must play 80
Reading my comments above no player does that any more. I think we need to adjust expectations. How about "Must be guaranteed in top XXIII"? May start, may come off the bench and we will have multiple players capable of calling the shots that we'll call on as required.
I don't agree with 2. If you pick a good vice-captain (or two), there's no reason for the captain to play 80. So, to me, a prop, hooker (or halfback) can be captain. Captain must be in the 23 and I'd prefer him to start, but if he's not starting, the vice-captain must start. So the choice of vice-captain is almost as important as the choice of captain.
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@Stargazer wash your mouth out
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@Bovidae said in AB Captain:
@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Props. None play 80.
And who is a guaranteed starter? Moody?
Not even SR captainsHooker. Again will be subbed.
England with Hartley is the only major team I can remember that subbed their captain. Not ideal.
Moore for Aussie.
Oh, sorry. You said major...
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@Crucial said in AB Captain:
@Bovidae said in AB Captain:
@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Props. None play 80.
And who is a guaranteed starter? Moody?
Not even SR captainsHooker. Again will be subbed.
England with Hartley is the only major team I can remember that subbed their captain. Not ideal.
Didn't Australia do it for a while with Moore? Still not ideal.
Looks especially bad if you have to pull the captain when they are most needed in a tight game.
@Bovidae said in AB Captain:
@Crucial I said major team.
Booboo for the double booboo
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@Stargazer said in AB Captain:
@booboo said in AB Captain:
If not Cane then who?
Our criteria reading the thread seems to be:
- Must start
- Must play 80
Reading my comments above no player does that any more. I think we need to adjust expectations. How about "Must be guaranteed in top XXIII"? May start, may come off the bench and we will have multiple players capable of calling the shots that we'll call on as required.
I don't agree with 2. If you pick a good vice-captain (or two), there's no reason for the captain to play 80. So, to me, a prop, hooker (or halfback) can be captain. Captain must be in the 23 and I'd prefer him to start, but if he's not starting, the vice-captain must start. So the choice of vice-captain is almost as important as the choice of captain.
Essentially my point Master Gazer
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@Crucial said in AB Captain:
@antipodean said in AB Captain:
@shark said in AB Captain:
I've never been a fan of the Cane appointment. Completely uninspiring choice and Savea should be the starting openside flanker.
Is that bait or humour? I forget which thread i'm in.
One of the big contributing factors in last year's failures was a lack of dominant tackling. Made even more puzzling by Cane's omission in the semi.
2019
draw v SA - Cane didn't play
loss v Aus - Cane subbed after 50 minutes with Ardie remaining on
loss to England -Cane played the second half with Ardie at 7Yes we're always hearing about Cane's scary, scary tackling...umm...
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@shark said in AB Captain:
@Crucial said in AB Captain:
@antipodean said in AB Captain:
@shark said in AB Captain:
I've never been a fan of the Cane appointment. Completely uninspiring choice and Savea should be the starting openside flanker.
Is that bait or humour? I forget which thread i'm in.
One of the big contributing factors in last year's failures was a lack of dominant tackling. Made even more puzzling by Cane's omission in the semi.
2019
draw v SA - Cane didn't play
loss v Aus - Cane subbed after 50 minutes with Ardie remaining on
loss to England -Cane played the second half with Ardie at 7Yes we're always hearing about Cane's scary, scary tackling...umm...
Apparently his non selection is the only reason the ABs didn't win the WC in 2019
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@shark said in AB Captain:
@Crucial said in AB Captain:
@antipodean said in AB Captain:
@shark said in AB Captain:
I've never been a fan of the Cane appointment. Completely uninspiring choice and Savea should be the starting openside flanker.
Is that bait or humour? I forget which thread i'm in.
One of the big contributing factors in last year's failures was a lack of dominant tackling. Made even more puzzling by Cane's omission in the semi.
2019
draw v SA - Cane didn't play
loss v Aus - Cane subbed after 50 minutes with Ardie remaining on
loss to England -Cane played the second half with Ardie at 7Yes we're always hearing about Cane's scary, scary tackling...umm...
Actually we do hear about him being one of the hardest hitters out there from those he tackles.
Ardie is a top player. Great fighting on his feet and more athletic than Cane but certainly isn’t a hard tackler.
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@Crucial said in AB Captain:
@Toddy said in AB Captain:
@Crucial like Ioane, Sotutu, Robinson, Papalii, Frizzel etc.
None of which have proven to do that at top level (yet)
Disagree.
I think SRA is such a high level that if you dominate there, you are likely to do it in tests. The level of rugby pressure and physicality has been off the charts this year, and it exposes weaknesses really quickly.
So, in previous years I'd agree, but now I think that it's way more likely those folk will slide into Tests with no surprises
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So months after demonstrating a lack of physicality, the answer for some of you is to pick a better blindside so the failed RWC semifinal openside flanker can continue to start..?
Ardie's not the best 7, nor the best 6 and certainly not 8. He is however an excellent combination which is why he should be on the bench.
