Best NZ players never ABs XV
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Based on post-1987
1 Ben May (Hurricanes)
2 David Latta (Otago)
3 Nick Moore (Otago and Highlanders)
4 Craig Clarke (Chiefs)
5 Josh Bekhuis (Highlanders)
6 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders)
7 Duane Monkley (Waikato)
8 Akira Ioane (Blues)
9 Simon Crabb (Waikato)
10 Glen Jackson (Chiefs)
11 Ben Lam (Hurricanes)
12 Tim Bateman (Crusaders)
13 Robbie Freuan (Crusaders)
14 Paul Cooke (Otago)
15 Andrew Strawbridge (Waikato) -
@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
Roger Randell played against Ireland in 2001.
Akira played in that game in France in 2017 didn't he? Deon Muir for Number 8?
Randle didn't play a test. He only played two tour matches. Yep, Akira has that one tour match.
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Hahahahahaha
Breath
Hahahahaha
Ben May
F* me dead
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I'm sure I posted this exact statement about 8 years ago about Hurricanes:
"Buckman > Bateman"
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Amended team.
1 Brendon Edmonds (Highlanders)
2 David Latta (Otago)
3 Nick Moore (Otago and Highlanders)
4 Craig Clarke (Chiefs)
5 Josh Bekhuis (Highlanders)
6 Jordan Taufua (Crusaders)
7 Duane Monkley (Waikato)
8 Deon Muir (Chiefs
9 Simon Crabb (Waikato and Chiefs)
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) -
@Stockcar86 said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
I'm sure I posted this exact statement about 8 years ago about Hurricanes:
"Buckman > Bateman"
Was just about to post the same thing!
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@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
Didn't Tom Franklin play against France last year?
I assume you mean the game of the ABs v France XV (the midweek game) in November 2017? The same game in which Akira played? The locks in that game were Tuipulotu and Bird (starting), with Scott Barrett on the bench. Franklin has been in ABs camp twice, but never played for them (he has played for the Maori ABs).
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Some of the ones that played for Ireland
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I would say Ben Tamifuna even though he played for Tonga was only because he can't wake up in the morning....or not eat KFC
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Nasi Manu, Stephen Brett?
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@sparky said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
Okay, Bryn Hall is in ahead of Simon Crabb.
I thought you said best? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:
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I'd still go with David Latta who was excellent in the early 1990s. He would have played Hooker for the All Blacks in almost any other era, but had Sean Fitzpatrick and Warren Gatland (than Norm Hewitt) ahead of him.
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David Holwell
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Karl Lowe.
A couple of games really took lots of players off the list over the years like that Samoa game where no Landers or Canes I think it was played in it because of the super final. Also the Japan game more recently.
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@Gunner said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
Someone should start a ‘Should never have played for the All Blacks XV’...
I would but that would require too much brain power for a Saturday evening
Shitfights galore
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@mariner4life so what are you waiting for? Let’s get the popcorn out 😂
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@Gunner said in Best NZ players never ABs XV:
@mariner4life so what are you waiting for? Let’s get the popcorn out 😂
Rampant cantab baiting
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@mariner4life Thorne, Blackadder, L Whitelock ...