All Blacks Squad for France

kiwiinmelb

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

Crucial

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Kirwan

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Crucial

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Burn.

kiwiinmelb

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Every position in the backline , in a heartbeat

cgrant

With Perry injured, Hames still feeling symptoms of his concussion and Crockett retired, who is going to be the reserve LHP ? Let's have a look at the different teams.
Blues : Manu. I think he is not fit enough for international rugby.
Canes : Smith. He is Australian. Eves. Cannot scrum.
Crusaders : Allan. Too green. King. Too old.
Landers : DLB. Not up to the task in terms of scrummaging.
Chiefs : Tu'inukuafe. Maybe the best scrummager in the country. Questions about his workrate though.

Your opinion ?

nzzp

@cgrant said in All Blacks Squad for France:

With Perry injured, Hames still feeling symptoms of his concussion and Crockett retired, who is going to be the reserve LHP ? Let's have a look at the different teams.
Blues : Manu. I think he is not fit enough for international rugby.

Still has a world cup winner's medal, but not an AB cap. Unique.

Bovidae

If Laulala is good to go I wonder if they will use Ofa as a reserve LH? It's not his best position but might be the best option available.

Stargazer

@cgrant I hope the selectors will convince Crockett to postpone his retirement. If not, they might move Ofa to LH.

Stargazer

@bovidae said in All Blacks Squad for France:

If Laulala is good to go I wonder if they will use Ofa as a reserve LH? It's not his best position but might be the best option available.

Ahhh. I should have hit the "refresh" button.

MajorRage

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Toeava could either play nothing or play the entire backline by himself, depending on which side of Toeava fence you sat.

Crucial

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Every position in the backline , in a heartbeat

That's an exaggeration. He was no Charlie Ngatai

Bones

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Every position in the backline , in a heartbeat

That's an exaggeration. He was no ~~Charlie Ngatai~~ Jonah Lowe.

MN5

It's probably about time I ask the same question I do every year.

What the hell does Luke Romano do to keep getting in the team?

MajorRage

@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:

It's probably about time I ask the same question I do every year.

What the hell does Luke Romano do to keep getting in the team?

Plays for the Crusaders. A path many have trod.

Stargazer

@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kirwan said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

DMac is the new Toeava

Toeava could play ten.

Every position in the backline , in a heartbeat

That's an exaggeration. He was no ~~Charlie Ngatai~~ J~~onah Lowe~~. Rob Thomas

Crucial

@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:

It's probably about time I ask the same question I do every year.

What the hell does Luke Romano do to keep getting in the team?

Luke Romano is the new Todd Blackadder?

Chester Draws

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:

It's probably about time I ask the same question I do every year.

What the hell does Luke Romano do to keep getting in the team?

Luke Romano is the new Todd Blackadder?

Was Todd ever a suitcase? I don't recall that -- IMO like Jon Mitchell he was a pick for a particular need at a particular time.

I'm also in the not yet that persuaded by BB at 10 (I much prefer him as a fullback). An outrageously gifted player who sadly is not good for the team when he plays 10.

Looking at all the cool things he does individually distracts from looking at how his AB backlines have been lacklustre. Thinking sides like the Rennie Chiefs and the BIL shut him down easily enough. He's won one Super series.

Our back play is far worse than under Cruden, who didn't have the athletic gifts but gave other players space and time. Carter added goal kicking, which Beauden still is erratic with.

cgrant

@chester-draws
A bit harsh, isn't it ? One of the best backline display by the ABs was the 57 - 15 win against the Springboks in South Africa in 2016. Do you remember who was playing 1st 5/8 that day ?

Rancid Schnitzel

@chester-draws said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@crucial said in All Blacks Squad for France:

@mn5 said in All Blacks Squad for France:

It's probably about time I ask the same question I do every year.

What the hell does Luke Romano do to keep getting in the team?

Luke Romano is the new Todd Blackadder?

Was Todd ever a suitcase? I don't recall that -- IMO like Jon Mitchell he was a pick for a particular need at a particular time.

I'm also in the not yet that persuaded by BB at 10 (I much prefer him as a fullback). An outrageously gifted player who sadly is not good for the team when he plays 10.

Looking at all the cool things he does individually distracts from looking at how his AB backlines have been lacklustre. Thinking sides like the Rennie Chiefs and the BIL shut him down easily enough. He's won one Super series.

Our back play is far worse than under Cruden, who didn't have the athletic gifts but gave other players space and time. Carter added goal kicking, which Beauden still is erratic with.

Yeah those Chiefs really shut him down.

What a nonsense post.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks Squad for France