All Blacks 2022
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Good news
I'm the careful type. I want to see this confirmed officially first, before including him in any squad predictions.
I hope WR / NZR or whoever won't keep us in suspense until the squad naming next month.
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@FakatavaFuture said in All Blacks 2022:
@Machpants 🙌 This is a great day for New Zealand
So who is the third 9 in your squad?
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@Stargazer 4 halfbacks in a squad of 36?
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@KiwiMurph Or it will be 36 + 1 (where Fakatava is the "1"). He may also be a non-playing apprentice for the July Series.
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@Stargazer another option is have Perenara in the Maori squad and then call him up if needed
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2022:
Do they look at Sowakula, Tu’u or (yuck) Frizell to backup Ioane?
I would hope for the former if only to build for the future. Frizell's advantage of experience has gotta be out-weighed by the potential of PGS & Tu'u
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@Victor-Meldrew hell, id say MMT has had more impact in the last few games than Frizell this season
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@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2022:
Rieko is now a world class centre and Jordie is finally getting game time at 12.
Well, I hope you are right and he's a shoe-in for the 13 jersey now ALB is out.
But I think we should reserve judgement until he has started a few more tests against top-level teams.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
PGS is 27, he probably looked 27 when he was 17 then.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
Yeah. And while not getting into a Foster as coach argument, he does seem to do well with talented but raw players at Test level - e.g. Akira
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
Those raw players for the future, isn't that where the All Blacks XV team comes in? The non-test squad that is likely to play a few matches this year, according to some?
No. They come from super rugby typically, like every other year. Mounga, Christie, Jordan, Jordie, Reece, Blackadder, Savea, Lord, Taukieaho, Coles, Tu'ungafasi, the list goes on....
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
He doesn't seem to be missing as many tackles as last year (roughly averaging 5, missing 1 looking at ESPN stats), which is a positive, although I'm not always convinced by his workrate on defence. Nevertheless, I'd have him close and defnitely starting for the AB 15.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks 2022:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2022:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2022:
@Victor-Meldrew Mikaele-Tu'u, if it's to build for the future. MMT is 24; PGS is 27 (and his form has dropped).
I think/hope we'll see MMT in the squad if not in the 23 so the coaches can have a good look at him. He might be one of those players who transitions to Test level easier than most.
Very raw player, probably similar to Akira 3 or so years ago, so yeah take a punt while we have 4-5 other solid loosies. Those players are few and far between in NZ.
He doesn't seem to be missing as many tackles as last year (roughly averaging 5, missing 1 looking at ESPN stats), which is a positive, although I'm not always convinced by his workrate on defence. Nevertheless, I'd have him close and defnitely starting for the AB 15.
It'd probably be at the expense of someone like Robinson though - although I see him more as in competition with Vaai for that lock/6 spot.
