AB "What could have been" XV
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@gt12 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Off the top of my head:
Afoa
Afeaki
Paterson
Hopa
Holah
Blackie
Luatua
Fotualii
Evans
Nacewa
King
Vidiri
PiutauPretty much all of them stuck behind All Black greats, except Piutau, Luatua, and perhaps Afoa who I think all went too early.
Yeah Afoa is a good one. Maybe Tialata from that same era too.
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Mike Delaney
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Marty Holah got 36 caps. A really good player behind a better one. There's no "what could have been" with him.
Duane Monkley is a different story.
Why not Eric Rush, if he started his career on the wing? He might have been awesome as a youngster.
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@pukunui said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@gt12 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Off the top of my head:
Afoa
Afeaki
Paterson
Hopa
Holah
Blackie
Luatua
Fotualii
Evans
Nacewa
King
Vidiri
PiutauPretty much all of them stuck behind All Black greats, except Piutau, Luatua, and perhaps Afoa who I think all went too early.
Yeah Afoa is a good one. Maybe Tialata from that same era too.
I reckon we got the most out of what Tialata had to offer.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Anthony Boric. looked to the manor born for about 10 minutes
Robbie Robinson**. Overshadowed even Cruden at 09 U20 WC.** Looked a star in the making
I think that is a Fern myth and Robinson just had a few loud fluffers. Cruden was World Junior Player of the Year after the tournament in 2009.
Still, it did seem like Robinson was set for a bigger career - maybe the equivalent of his cousin DMacs?
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@mn5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@mikedogz said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Joeli Vidiri
Quite a few guys could step Jonah but I'm pretty certain JV was the only one who ran over the top of him when Counties played Wellington. Fuck he was awesome.
Scored a brilliant try for Blues against Brive in 'World Rugby Championship'.
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Jamie McIntosh. Was touted as as a super-talent and then disappeared without trace.
There was a midfielder in the early 2000's who was hugely rated but didn't quite make it - Mark Ranby?
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Anthony Tuitavake is a guy that had a heap of potential that never really cracked it ,
Tamati Ellison another one ,
Good players that may have made it but werent quite needed enough with our depth .
I guess NZ rugby is full of those stories ,
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@kiwiinmelb yeah Ellison another signed overseas just as he cracked it and never came back good enough.
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@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@derm-mccrum said in AB "What could have been" XV:
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Bent
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McCartney
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Ah You
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Hayden Triggs
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Ezra Taylor
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Nepia Fox-Matamua
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Sean Reidy
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George Naoupu
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Gibson-Park
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Joey Carbery
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James Lowe
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Bundee Aki
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Jared Payne
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Pita Ahki
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Isa Nacewa
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Rhys Marshall
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Peter Borlase
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Nathan White
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A. N. Other
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Jake Heenan
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Isaac Boss
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Tyler Bleyendaal
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Ben Te’o
Looks like an ITM cup ‘all-star’ team. Nothing more.
Fruean, Atiga, Whopper are three guys that were there abouts, could’ve been 20+ test players and never kicked on for a range of reasons.
Jeez - no wonder no one complained when they left. Even worse, 5 or 6 of them got an Ireland cap.
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@kiwimurph said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@rotated Anscombe wasnt already signed up for overseas when he got picked up for the Chiefs. He played 2 years for the Chiefs. They played him at fullback cos they had Cruden at 10. A big part of him playing 10 for the U20s was his old man was the coach.
BB was a fullback then as well I think.?
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John Leslie? He was brilliant for Scotland. Surely better than Mayerhofler, Iremia, Ralph et al.
