AB EOYT 2018
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@taniwharugby Inside knowledge?
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@bovidae said in AB EOYT 2018:
@tim said in AB EOYT 2018:
@bovidae Whetton has outplayed them all.
But hasn't any Super rugby pedigree yet.
Would they pick players who have yet to perform at the next level?
the last I remember is R H McCaw
If you're good enough...
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@bovidae @Tim in a squad of 51 you'd think there will be a big number of locks, as there is a void behind BBBR & SW, why would they take Romano? Meaning PT, SB and I'd say 5 or 6 others...it will go deep.
I think they will be looking at players potential, and IMO Goodhue's trajectory (when not injured) has been as good as any in the M10 cup.
I'm expecting almost half of the extra 20 or so to not even play.
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There will be ten of the normal squad of 32 staying behind, joined by nineteen extras, so only six will not play. Our do you think they'll change the numbers staying behind?
Also this will be a Japanese squad without a lot of players (maybe, not sure how Japanese club rugby works), with no prep time so a real ABs C/D team should still be ok
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From that 51 men squad, you'll have to scratch every player who will be in the Māori All Blacks squad, as their game in Chicago is the day after the Japan game. So if - for example - Akira isn't in the main ABs squad, he'll be in the MABs squad. It won't apply to many players, but Rob Thompson and Matt Proctor are likely to be players who this applies to.
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@stargazer unless they name a larger Maori AB squad and have players join the Maori tour after the first game. For example, Akira gets named in the Maori AB squad, misses the USA Eagles game as he's in Japan, but plays the following two games v Brazil and Chile.
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Where’s Oprah when we need her - everyone gets a go!
I suspect Akira will be with the ABs not the Maori unless he is named Maori captain.
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@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
On another EOYT matter, just had a look at tickets for Rome and there are still plenty available.
If airfares and accom aren't too pricy this could be a weekender.Ooooh, very tempting. I went a couple of years ago and it was excellent. Porchetta sandwiches outside the stadium! Other half wasn't too impressed with them not serving wine though.
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Motivates me to restart my 'campaign' to get the non-official test matches of the past retrospectively given test status. E.g Argentina All Black tour of 1976 at same time as South Africa tour.
1974 v Fiji
1976 v Argentina x 2,Uruguay
1979 v Argentina x 2, v Italy
1980 v Fiji x 2, USA, Canada
1984 v FijiSome of those guys are classed as All Blacks, but non-capped all blacks, where as the 45th best (at least) available player in NZ this year is going to get capped.
All together now! Justice for the 31st best player of 1976! Stats nerds UNITE!
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@nepia said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rapido We need to find a way to award Bevan Holmes a cap - if he was playing in the modern era he'd have 10 to 20 test matches, instead he's got none but played 31 matches for the ABs.
Justice for Geoff Valli and Tu Wylie (and whoever the hell S.B. Conn is).
Mark Shaw robbed of a test hattrick:
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This, not a test according to NZRFU (but Fiji would have awarded caps):
It was a full All Black tour, but with a non-offical test, with 8 of the starting 15 being normal test match starters during the rest of 1984.
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