All Blacks in Hell

[Bones]

Alright, shouldn't be too hard, let's select this year's ABs you get to watch in hell from regular SR starters.

2 Slater
3 Laulala
4 Blackwell
6 Princep
7 Lentjes
9 Drummond
10 Hunt
12 Paea
13 Ennor
15 Bridge

Who else?

[Tim]

Ethan de Groot, Liam Coltman, Jermaine Ainsley, Bryn Evans, Sam Caird, Hugh Renton, James Lentjes, Gareth Evans, Folau Fakatava, Marty Banks, Mosese Dawai, Scott Gregory, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Freedom Vahakolo, Mitch Hunt

[mariner4life]

This is a sick thread and if allowed to.run it's course should be fun

[Bones]

@Tim said in All Blacks in Hell:

Ethan de Groot, Liam Coltman, Jermaine Ainsley, Bryn Evans, Sam Caird, Hugh Renton, James Lentjes, Gareth Evans, Folau Fakatava, Marty Banks, Mosese Dawai, Scott Gregory, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Freedom Vahakolo, Mitch Hunt

I'd already put a bet on at Ladbrokes you'd be first reply!

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in All Blacks in Hell:

Thomas Umaga-Jensen

Que?

[Bones]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks in Hell:

This is a sick thread and if allowed to.run it's course should be fun

[Tim]

@KiwiMurph I just cut & pasted the Highlanders team sheet from today's game to troll Bones.

[Bones]

@Tim said in All Blacks in Hell:

@KiwiMurph I just cut & pasted the Highlanders team sheet from today's game to troll Bones.

I thought the Roots' were automatic selections in any of your teams

[mariner4life]

The year is 2023

It's the RWC quaeter final

The following team runs out

Moody
Taylor
Laulala
Retallick
Barrett
Blackadder
Cane
Savea
Smith
Bridge
Mounga
Havili
Goodhue
J Barrett
B Barrett

[booboo]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks in Hell:

The year is 2023

It's the RWC quaeter final

The following team runs out

Moody
Taylor
Laulala
Retallick
Barrett
Blackadder
Cane
Savea
Smith
Bridge
Mounga
Havili
Goodhue
J Barrett
B Barrett

I really hate "worst All Blacks" threads ...

... but this is truly terrifying..

[African Monkey]

@mariner4life That'll probably be the side they'll go with, maybe with Blackadder and Frizzell fighting it out for the 6 jersey.

[canefan]

@booboo said in All Blacks in Hell:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks in Hell:

The year is 2023

It's the RWC quaeter final

The following team runs out

Moody
Taylor
Laulala
Retallick
Barrett
Blackadder
Cane
Savea
Smith
Bridge
Mounga
Havili
Goodhue
J Barrett
B Barrett

I really hate "worst All Blacks" threads ...

... but this is truly terrifying..

My expectations for the ABs could be lower coming into the 2023 RWC than any other RWC ever

[Bones]

@booboo said in All Blacks in Hell:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks in Hell:

The year is 2023

It's the RWC quaeter final

The following team runs out

Moody
Taylor
Laulala
Retallick
Barrett
Blackadder
Cane
Savea
Smith
Bridge
Mounga
Havili
Goodhue
J Barrett
B Barrett

I really hate "worst All Blacks" threads ...

... but this is truly terrifying..

That's why it's not 😉

[gt12]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks in Hell:

The year is 2023

It's the RWC quaeter final

The following team runs out

Moody
Taylor
Laulala
Retallick
Barrett
Blackadder
Cane
Savea
Smith
Bridge
Mounga
Havili
Goodhue
J Barrett
B Barrett

The bookmark function was made for this post.

I am terrified by the thought that when I check that team against this, 90% of these picks will be correct (Frizell is missing).

[Bones]

@gt12 so is ALB

[Yeahtheboys]

1. Karl Tu’inukuafe
2. Bradley Slater
3. Nepo Laulala
4. James Blackwell
5. Luke Romano
6. Mitch Brown
7. Reed Prinsep (c)
8. Cullen Grace
9. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
10. Fergus Burke
11. George Bridge (vc)
12. David Havili
13. Braydon Ennor
14. Shaun Stevenson
15. Sam Gilbert

[Bones]

@Yeahtheboys rough! Didn't think Brown, Burke, Havili and especially Gilbert had been bad this season. I'd take any of them over Hunt 😭

[Bones]

@Yeahtheboys and I wouldn't cringe as much seeing Romano as I would Caird!

[kiwi_expat]

Bower, Taylor, Laulala, B.Evans, Blackwell, Princep, Christie, Grace, Drummond, Burke, Ennor, Havili, Goodhue, Dawai, Bridge.

Reserves: Brewis, McAlister, T.Mafileo, D.Gardiner, Princep, TTT/Hall, McLeod, Hickey.

Razor must be a goddamn supercoach for maintaining a 'greater than the sum of their parts' Crusaders, look at all that Red & Black mediocrity.

[FakatavaAllBlack]

@kiwi_expat the other day there was an opinion piece on stuff about how the crusaders dynasty is starting to look shaky and I must confess I thought of you at the time of reading 😅

[ACT Crusader]

@Yeahtheboys said in All Blacks in Hell:

5. Luke Romano

That’s a bit rough. After the coach he’s been the Blues best.

[sparky]

Head Coach: Ian Foster.
NZU CEO: Mark Robinson.

The key components of the All Blacks in Hell.

[Bones]

@sparky said in All Blacks in Hell:

Head Coach: Ian Foster.
NZU CEO: Mark Robinson.

The key components of the All Blacks in Hell.

Bring back Deans

[kiwi_expat]

@Bones when was Deans ever All Blacks coach?

[nzzp]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Yeahtheboys said in All Blacks in Hell:

5. Luke Romano

That’s a bit rough. After the coach he’s been the Blues best.

Board Chair and Board
daylight
Coach
then an argument

[Bones]

@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Bones when was Deans ever All Blacks coach?

Really really really good question

[dogmeat]

@kiwi_expat 2002-3 was enough

[ARHS]

@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Bones when was Deans ever All Blacks coach?

When poor Daryl Gibson got kept on the bench to prevent him joining his 14 fellow Cantabrians in the starting All Black lineup against Ireland. About 2002?

[Frank]

Safe White Boy XV

15 Havili
14 Gregory
13 Ennor
12 Goodhue
11 Bridge
10 Gatland
9 Christie
8 Evans
7 Sam Cane Tom Christie
6 Blackadder
5 Sam Whitelock
4 Tom Robinson
3 Owen Franks (making a shock return)
2 Flynn
1 Moody

[Nepia]

@Frank I look forward to your Unsafe Brown Boys XV. I reckon Havili'i is a shot for both teams.

[FakatavaAllBlack]

@Frank Dom Bird misses the cut

[nzzp]

@Frank 9 7 5 too good for that team

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp several others too.

I'd be stoked to make the ABS in hell or safe white boy 23!

[cgrant]

Uncapped XV :

Norris
Eklund
Newell
Gallagher
Sangster
Robinson (capt)
Iose
Sowakula
Cortima
Gatland
LF
TUJ
Sullivan
Lam
Moorby

Sub : Thompson, Williams, Tosi, IWL, Howden, Fakatava, Rayasi, Sullivan

[Frye]

Hmm tough one, Frank Oliver at lock I suppose.

[Nepia]

@nzzp said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Frank 9 7 5 too good for that team

I think we need a definition of SWB too as Robinson and Evans don't fit the Sam Broomhall/Suitcase/Mark Carter mould.

[MN5]

@ARHS said in All Blacks in Hell:

@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Bones when was Deans ever All Blacks coach?

When poor Daryl Gibson got kept on the bench to prevent him joining his 14 fellow Cantabrians in the starting All Black lineup against Ireland. About 2002?

I was happy with Gibson on the bench as he wasn’t a specialist winger but they could have definitely picked Scott Hamilton instead of the overrated show pony Jonah Lomu.

Power, pace, dynamism and X factor are such a waste, especially on the wing. Give me someone slow and steady who is able to play to a predictable pattern any day of the week.

[Frank]

@Nepia said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Frank I look forward to your Unsafe Brown Boys XV. I reckon Havili'i is a shot for both teams.

Can't be bothered looking up how to spell all the long Islander names.

[Nepia]

@Frank said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Nepia said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Frank I look forward to your Unsafe Brown Boys XV. I reckon Havili'i is a shot for both teams.

Can't be bothered looking up how to spell all the long Islander names.

Pffft, correct spelling of names has never been a hinderance on the Fern.

[Crazy Horse]

@Nepia said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Frank said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Nepia said in All Blacks in Hell:

@Frank I look forward to your Unsafe Brown Boys XV. I reckon Havili'i is a shot for both teams.

Can't be bothered looking up how to spell all the long Islander names.

Pffft, correct spelling of names has never been a hinderance on the Fern.

Unless of course it is Messam. I think getting his name wrong earned the death sentence for a while there.