AB EOYT 2018
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All Blacks omission Akira Ioane snapped up by NZ Maori
Blues and Auckland loose forward Akira Ioane has been named in the NZ M?ori squad following his omission from the All Blacks 51-man end-of-year touring squad.
The chance to pick Ioane came as a surprise to head coach Clayton McMillan, who jumped at the chance to use the ball-carrying eight. “We didn’t really anticipate Akira being involved with us and he’s going to be a significant boost for our team,” McMillan said at the announcement of the squad. “We’re all well aware of his strengths and we’ll welcome him into our fold with open arms. “He’s been a part of the All Blacks environment for the last 12-18 months. “We make a few assumptions fairly early on, on who might be available to us and we obviously got that one wrong.” -
Why wouldn't the Māori coach have an inside word about which players would be probably available to him?
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@antipodean Apparently they generally do:
“It had its challenges, but the All Blacks management and coaching staff have been extremely open around who might become available to us, post the Japan commitments,” he said.
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@tim said in AB EOYT 2018:
@antipodean Apparently they generally do:
“It had its challenges, but the All Blacks management and coaching staff have been extremely open around who might become available to us, post the Japan commitments,” he said.
So it's a non-story.
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@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@act-crusader ...the dropping of Cully. The whole Mitch era really.
Henry over Deans in 2008.
The Hammettuer thread - you did great service at keeping that one going and going.
I don't like to see wrong-headed thinking prevail!
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@antipodean The thing is that they normally do know who's available, but with Ioane they didn't, and were surprised that he was.
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@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@act-crusader ...the dropping of Cully. The whole Mitch era really.
Henry over Deans in 2008.
The Hammettuer thread - you did great service at keeping that one going and going.
I don't like to see wrong-headed thinking prevail!
I know, yet it did for four years before the Canes saw the light and appointed a new coach and won their first Super trophy.
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@tim said in AB EOYT 2018:
@antipodean The thing is that they normally do know who's available, but with Ioane they didn't, and were surprised that he was.
Maybe it was a last minute swap out with the white version of Akira - Evans and they didn't get round to notifying McMillan?
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@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@act-crusader ...the dropping of Cully. The whole Mitch era really.
Henry over Deans in 2008.
The Hammettuer thread - you did great service at keeping that one going and going.
I don't like to see wrong-headed thinking prevail!
I know, yet it did for four years before the Canes saw the light and appointed a new coach and won their first Super trophy.
Just a pity that the cleaning lady found Hammer's blackboard after that!
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@tim said in AB EOYT 2018:
@antipodean The thing is that they normally do know who's available, but with Ioane they didn't, and were surprised that he was.
It's a shit article because it has no timeline. They 'make a few assumptions fairly early on', 'didn’t really anticipate Akira being involved' and 'the All Blacks management and coaching staff have been extremely open'.
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@tim my favourite one from Sunday didn't result in a try because think Nanai kicked it dead. But he smashed some bloke, dislodged the ball, regathered the ball, and then moved it on instantly. Physicality and skill.
Definitely the 14th best loose forward in the country...
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@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:
@act-crusader ...the dropping of Cully. The whole Mitch era really.
Henry over Deans in 2008.
The Hammettuer thread - you did great service at keeping that one going and going.
I don't like to see wrong-headed thinking prevail!
I know, yet it did for four years before the Canes saw the light and appointed a new coach and won their first Super trophy.
Just a pity that the cleaning lady found Hammer's blackboard after that!
It must have been partially scrubbed ... because they made the finals.
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@mariner4life I'm just waiting for Luke Whitelock to grow a new body and become the physical test loose forward we know he can be.
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@canefan said in AB EOYT 2018:
@frank said in AB EOYT 2018:
This would be the biggest Fern meltdown over a selection in years - many years
Since Toeava I reckon
Wasn't that just one single poster ...whose name escapes me at the moment?
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@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@canefan said in AB EOYT 2018:
@frank said in AB EOYT 2018:
This would be the biggest Fern meltdown over a selection in years - many years
Since Toeava I reckon
Wasn't that just one single poster ...whose name escapes me at the moment?
The American guy. He did great work on the middle east thread too. Oh and winger with his Weepu rants were consistent
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