Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out
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1 J Moody
2 C Taylor
3 T Lomax
4 B Retalick
5 S Whitelock (c)
6 E Blackadder
7 D Papali
8 A Savea
9 A Smith
10 R Mounga
11 R Ioane
12 J Barrett
13 J Goodhue
14 S Reece
15 W Jordan16 S Taukie’aho
17 E Degroot
18 F Newell
19 S Barrett
20 C Grace
21 B Webber
22 B Barrett
23 A Lienert Brown -
this is the worst @ACT-Crusader multi ever
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@Stag personally i dont hate it....but will never happen
edit: actually, reading again, Sami has to start doesnt he? i think the degroot/sami/lomax front row is going from strength to strength
RI will be 13, dont get me wrong, he's so fucking good when you get to see him at full pace, in space on the wing...but he's been working on and performing at 13 for too long now to switch back
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@Stag said in Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out:
I'd go with
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J MoodyDe Groot
2 C Taylor
3 T Lomax
4 B Retalick
5 S Whitelock (c)
6 E Blackadder
7 D Papali
8 A Savea
9 A Smith
10 R Mounga
11 R Ioane
12 J Barrett
13J GoodhueA Lienert Brown
14 S Reece
15 W Jordan16 S Taukie’aho
17E DegrootJoe Moody
18 F Newell
19 S Barrett
20 C Grace
21B Webberpicking Roigard as a bolter
22 B Barrett
23A Lienert Browncould be anyone -
look, i realise this damn near a wind up but
the chances of R Ioane not starting at 13 next year are about the same as me getting the 6 jersey, so just stop predicting teams where he is playing 11. it's not fucking happening
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Not the team I would pick, but the team fozzie will pick...
1 De Groot
2 C Taylor
3 T Lomax
4 B Retalick
5 S Whitelock (c)
6 S Frizzel
7 S Cane
8 A Savea
9 A Smith
10 R Mounga
11 C Clarke
12 ALB
13 R Ioane
14 W Jordan
15 J Barrett
16 S Taukie’aho
17 Joe Moody
18 F Newell
19 S Barrett
20 D Papali
21 B Webber
22 B Barrett
23 D Havilli -
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Since we are picking favourites instead of what is likely to be picked;
1 De Groot
2 Sami T
3 T Lomax
4 S Barrett
5 S Whitelock (c)
6 A Ioane
7 Dalton
8 A Savea
9 A Smith
10 DMac
11 C Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 R Ioane
14 M Telea
15 B Barrett
16 Taylor
17 Hodgeman
18 Ofa
19 Brodie
20 Sotutu
21 FInlay
22 ALB
23 Jordan -
@mariner4life he still can’t read a defence or set up his outsides
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@Stag said in Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out:
@mariner4life he still can’t read a defence or set up his outsides
Except for all the times he's the last pass for trys.
As for the D, I'd suggest the whole team is struggling under the luckiest defence coach in the world.
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@mariner4life said in Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out:
look, i realise this damn near a wind up but
the chances of R Ioane not starting at 13 next year are about the same as me getting the 6 jersey, so just stop predicting teams where he is playing 11. it's not fucking happening
if alb had dropped as many balls as R ioane against england this place wouldhave gone into meltdown
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@ploughboy if ALB had managed to string as many games together (more than a couple?) as RI has this year where he was one of only a handful to perform then that might be true...but i think RI has earnt a bit of forgiveness this season
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@Stag said in Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out:
@mariner4life he still can’t read a defence or set up his outsides
He needs more distribution. But the upside outweighs the downside right now
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S.Barrett was the outstanding 6 in 2022, but posters still have Ioane/Frizell there?
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@kiwi_expat said in Chrystal Ball - WC starting team 12 months out:
S.Barrett was the outstanding 6 in 2022, but posters still have Ioane/Frizell there?
He's the best lock we have, so people are picking him there (like me). Playing three locks is not the same as being good at 6. If we are going to play tight, then maybe, but it doesn't look like we are.
Don't disagree that both Akira and Frizzell haven't pulled a Dalton and said this jersey is mine, but that doesn't mean SB was the best 6. Kind of like Ardie, very good rugby player, probably not playing in his best position, but still playing well.
