New Zealand Test squad:
Todd Astle, Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling (wk), Kane Williamson (c)

@Daffy-Jaffy

Long term I’d prefer Papali’i over TJ

Maybe next year?

@taniwharugby said in New Coach - Northland:

Have heard rumours about preferred candidates, but in that, there is a distinct lack of experience in those names at this level

Unfortunately I don't think it's an attractive job to anyone that does have experience

Which old players are involved in the club rugby? Do guys like Gus or Holwell do any coaching?

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2020:

The more I look at the balance of the back rowers picked I think you are right that they will use Papalii at 7. I don't think its his best position but it gets all the best players on the park together.

Yeah, there's a lot of 6 cover in the squad so that suggests Papali'i will be used at 7 often

I agree it's not his best position. For some reason his judgement is off and he pushes the refs too hard.. hopefully he fixes that quickly.
I've been saying for a year that I think he's the best blindside in NZ. I hope he still gets significant time in his best spot.

It's more about Gibson fading a little IMO. If it's a choice between Robinson or Gibson in the starting xv, Gibson misses out.

That has implications for the captaincy

Last year it was co-captains: Tuipulotu and Gibson. No captain has been announced yet but I assume it will Tuipulotu on his own

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

A lot of cricket played in Australia yesterday. Not a lot of wickets. Over compensation for the ashes? Flat decks where you can hit through the line the order of the day.

Well that trend ended when Aussie A had a bat

All out for 122 in reply to 428

Might as well have it's own thread

The sorting on tags is by thread create date, so the old 'Other Cricket' thread is getting hard to find