All Blacks XV 2024
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Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks XV 2024:
These will be interesting, too
A small number of players from the All Blacks XV squad will travel early to Japan with the All Blacks to help with their preparation and gain additional experience in the All Blacks environment, before joining up with the All Blacks XV squad to play Munster and Georgia in November.
In particular if Hoss is one!
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Suafoa is an omission.
I think it could be a blessing in disguise
Watching him in npc he looks like he needs a proper offseason.
Given mentally and physically everything he has gone through over the last 12 months it makes sense.
I hope they had a chat with him. Amazing man.
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So,...by my count that's 13 of the Blues starting XV in this year's final that have made the ABs or the AB XV. According to my forecast, Riccitelli has missed out to his team mate Eklund, and Akira has signed in Japan.
Hoskins got picked!
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
While you ponder all this, some light reading...
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bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
I know you're not one of them but people that dismiss Stevenson for his defensive "frailties" then happily promote Jordan as a god amongst fullbacks need their head read.
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Starting XV pretty much picks itself outside of the locks and loose forwards. You’d assume Lord starts then the other three locks are all fairly close.
Loose forwards, you’d assume Hoskins starts at 8. Three specialist 7’s unless Lakai also plays 8? I’m not sure. Six is interesting but Haig seems a tad green to start when you’ve got a lot of playing time in other other positions.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
oh, did i miss the bit where Razor and Ryan are coaching this team as well?
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@mariner4life They are among the selectors.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
oh, did i miss the bit where Razor and Ryan are coaching this team as well?
Yeah last time I checked, this was the All Blacks XV team, coached by Clayton McMillan?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life They are among the selectors.
like Marissa Tomei, they probably read out the "wrong" name, and what followed was a stern phonecall about never including guys that use instagram or something
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@fruggerby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
All Blacks XV leaked an hour early
Josh Bartlett
Xavier Numia
Saula Mau
George Bower
Ben Lopas
Ricci Ricitelli
Kurt Eklund
Soane Vikena
Fabian Holland
Josh Lord
Shneil Singh
Peter Lakai
Brayden Iose
Nikora Broughton
Hoskins Sotutu
Tom Christie
Noah Hotham
Finlay Christie
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
Harry Plummer
Josh Jacomb
Dan Hawkins
Riley Higgins
AJ Lam
Kini Naholo
Emoni Narawa
Drew Wild
Chay Fihaki
Timoci TavatavanawaiWhen your mate says he knows the coaches.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
oh, did i miss the bit where Razor and Ryan are coaching this team as well?
Think Chris missed the bit where the best 8 in the country was named in the second xv behind bit part players or guys who never play.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
I mean, Fihaki over ENS(maybe injured so excusable), JRK and Z.Sullivan is an absolute joke within itself. Dallas McLeod should consider himself extremely lucky but hey, he wears the correct jersey during super season. Don’t even get me started on the Crusaders 3rd string hooker who has somehow managed to sneak his way into this squad… if you read above, there was no silence, I pointed it out. It’s a shame but it is what it is, Razor likes to pick for comfort.
I’m pleasantly surprised we didn’t see more in there so it could be a lot worse but we can deal with it due to how many others are actually being given a chance here. Some much more deserving than others.
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