@higgins said in Northland MOTM v Wellington:

You got pummelled by fifty, did you have any?

I had to think for 3 days. First time I have ever considered not voting. Hard to look good when when we you are surrounded by incompetence.

Scrafton was very good.

@bones said in All Blacks MOTM vs Aus I:

Whitelock, Paps, Smith.

May rewatch but they seemed to be the only ones without a glaring mistake.

Penalty in front of the ref, didn't see a mistake, unnecessary forward pass.. ah oops answered. Anyway, apart from mistakes, good selection although I thought Sam came more into the fore later on. Nugget was mostly excellent, again but I worry about our replacements..

Hoopah carries that team.
Would be interesting to see if they fell apart without him.

Havili, Reece and Ioane.

Plenty of candidates out there tbh.

@bovidae said in All Blacks MOTM v Fiji:

@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks MOTM v Fiji:

Coles, Whitelock, and Havili.

I would have voted for Havili as well but a YC is always a strike against a player in my book. So BBBR as the third choice by default.

I didnt choose him here but I thought JB was solid and BB good (apart from conversions).

@no-quarter said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:

Guys, for fuck sake, it's Rieko, not Reiko

Sorry, but I'm a bit dyslexic, KO?

(I'll get my coat)

Gave it to Plummer (for his goalkicking at the end), Gibson (for his try), and Eklund (for covering that Nareki chip).

Not a true reflection of how things went but fuck it, they'll last forever in my memory!

Current standings

15 Dalton Papali’i
12 Tom Robinson
9 Akira Ioane
6 Hoskins Sotutu
5 Finlay Christie
5 Otere Black
3 Patrick Tuipulotu
3 Bryce Heem
3 Kurt Eklund
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
2 Zarn Sullivan
2 Nepo Laulala
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Stephen Perofeta
1 Josh Goodhue

Current standings

14 Dalton Papali’i
12 Tom Robinson
8 Akira Ioane
6 Hoskins Sotutu
5 Finlay Christie
5 Otere Black
3 Bryce Heem
3 Kurt Eklund
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Zarn Sullivan
2 Nepo Laulala
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
1 Stephen Perofeta
1 Josh Goodhue

Current standings

12 Dalton Papali’i
12 Tom Robinson
8 Akira Ioane
6 Hoskins Sotutu
5 Otere Black
3 Bryce Heem
3 Kurt Eklund
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Zarn Sullivan
2 Finlay Christie
2 Nepo Laulala
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Stephen Perofeta
1 Josh Goodhue

Current standings

12 Dalton Papali’i
11 Tom Robinson
8 Akira Ioane
6 Hoskins Sotutu
5 Otere Black
3 Kurt Eklund
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Finlay Christie
2 Nepo Laulala
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Stephen Perofeta
1 Josh Goodhue

Current standings

12 Dalton Papali’i
10 Tom Robinson
8 Akira Ioane
5 Otere Black
3 Kurt Eklund
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Finlay Christie
2 Nepo Laulala
3 Hoskins Sotutu
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Stephen Perofeta

Current standings

12 Dalton Papali’i
8 Akira Ioane
7 Tom Robinson
5 Otere Black
3 Jonathan Ruru
3 Caleb Clarke
2 Finlay Christie
2 Nepo Laulala
2 Kurt Eklund
1 Rieko Ioane
1 Stephen Perofeta
1 Hoskins Sotutu

I didn't vote but would like to point out that Blake Gibson was favoured to start by the coaches over Akira Ioane, who nearly had top metres despite coming off the bench. TSF don't seem to rate Gibson well for the match either, does he have a concealed secret weapon or is a vital but well-hidden cog in Rangi's master plan?

I wanted to vote for no one.

Where’s the James Blackwell option? I can’t find him to vote for him?

Current standings

6 Akira Ioane
4 Otere Black
3 Tom Robinson
2 Finlay Christie
2 Nepo Laulala
2 Kurt Eklund
1 Dalton Papali’i
1 Jonathan Ruru
1 Stephen Perofeta

Current standings

6 Akira Ioane
4 Otere Black
1 Dalton Papali’i
1 Jonathan Ruru
1 Stephen Perofeta

@dan54

I like how Black and Plummer are splitting some of the responsibilities. For instance most of the cross field kicks came from Plummer.

I want to see genuine 2nd 5/8ths return to the game. Plummer at the Blues and Havili at the Crusaders might signal a change in tactics of NZ teams

The second playmaker at fullback is useful but I think it's easy to get caught out on defence when there's a quick turnover