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  • TimT Away
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    Frizzell has a should injury, apparently.

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    Brett Cameron is a real head-scratcher.

    He's the 4th best 10 in the country? I fucking doubt it.

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    @taniwharugby said in AB EOYT 2018:

    @cyclops is Frizell Maori?

    I would assume not, then I'd have to start calling him the Tongan-Maori. Hmmm, I wonder if they've discovered he's not actually eligible for us yet?

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    @tim said in AB EOYT 2018:

    Brett Cameron is a real head-scratcher.

    He's the 4th best 10 in the country? I fucking doubt it.

    I'd rate him 4th out of the starting 10's in the NPC semis

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    I assume that these players will miss out on the semi or final games of the NPC?

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    The fixture against Japan shouldn't have Test status. None of the expected debutants should be able to call themselves All Blacks after that fixture.

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    Suprised like a lot of others that they didn't introduce another lock to the Japanese leg. Would have liked to have seen Strange/Walker-Leawere play against Japan but never mind.

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    Nigel Yalden is on Radio Sport now talking about the squad.

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    Has Nathan Harris been dropped?

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    I guess I've probably heard of Reuben O'Neill, but I can't recall it. However, I knew they needed another loosehead and was struggling to think who it would be. I'd gone for Hodgman, but I think he must be injured.

    Brett Cameron is the other one that surprises the hell out of me. I would have gone with Black, Hunt, Gatland and Perofeta ahead of him. And, I suspect he'll be sitting on the bench. (Actually, on second thoughts probably not - they need to have three first fives in Japan in case of a late injury).

    Looking at the balance of this side, I reckon the team to play japan will be pretty close to.

    Tu'inukuafe, Coles, Ta'avao, Romano, Tuipolotu, Hemopo, Papali'i, Whitelock, TTT, Mo'unga, Bridge, Laumape, Lienert-Brown, NMS, JBarrett

    Res. Perry, Coltman, Lomax, SBarrett, Evans, Hall, McKenzie, Proctor

    Back ups in case of last minute injury: Aumua, O'Neill, Hunt, Drummond, Cameron, Havili

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    @chris-b said in AB EOYT 2018:

    I'd gone for Hodgman, but I think he must be injured.

    Hasn't been selected by Canterbury for a couple of weeks, I think?

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    @chris-b Oh damn, I completely missed that Havili made the squad too.

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    Goodhue has glandular fever, and won't tour Japan.

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    @virgil said in AB EOYT 2018:

    Matt Todd!

    There's nothing in your post that I can dispute.

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    @tim assume that is still a hangover of the illness from SA? What was it he got sick with before they toured last year? Sheesh kid, take better care of yourself!

    GUess that means he wont be getting released to Northland this weekend either! haha

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    @paekakboyz got that from a good source,he was not the only one,Nani Laumape was the other player,he’s probably a bit more fortunate that we don’t have a ton of midfield cover..

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    @rocky-rockbottom said in AB EOYT 2018:

    FFS. Akira has CLEARLY somehow ran afoul of the No Dickheads test

    Let's review Shag's selection notes:

    Loose Forwards:

    Reado and Ardie: always going to pick these two:
    Dick Frizzle: injured (RSI bum splinters from Landers bench. could've happened to anyone)

    Luke Whitelock: a cantab so must be a good bloke. On tour it's all about having good blokes around that I can relate to. I can't relate to that huge terrifying hua from Auckland. He scares me. Holding up mauls by himself, all that frightening rugby stuff, gah, no thank you.
    Dalton Papalii: 21 and uncapped? fuckit still seems like a better bloke than that scary bully boy "Akira" (sp?) dickhead from Auckland.
    Matt Todd: gave the fuck up and went to Japan. That Akira fella didn't give up and go to Japan oops hang on, shot my own argument in the foot there, scribble that part out if you wouldn't mind thanks Fozzie
    Jackson Hemopo: all these Highlanders. So many I get mixed up!
    Gareth Evans: 27 year old journeyman. ANOTHER Highlander! Something must be really brewing down there!
    Dillon Hunt: did fuckall for the landers in soup rugby. Nice lad though. Not like that Akira fella. Can't stand that guy.
    Vaea Fifita: called me a "fucking liar" and confessed he "hates doing rugby work". fuckit I still like the guy better than I like Akira, who, incidentally, I fucking hate.
    Liam Squire: flat track bully who gets injured the minute he plays against big boys. At least he has a mullet. Akira? No mullet. Another black mark next to this "Akira" fellas name.

    or the less controversial and slightly boring - Akira got given his KPI's that he needs to improve on, and has completely failed to do so. And in doing so has proven to the coaches that he doesn't want to be there.. thus also putting him into the dickhead pile.

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    @rocky-rockbottom said in AB EOYT 2018:

    Reado and Ardie: always going to pick these two:
    Dick Frizzle: injured (RSI bum splinters from Landers bench. could've happened to anyone)

    Luke Whitelock: a cantab so must be a good bloke. On tour it's all about having good blokes around that I can relate to. I can't relate to that huge terrifying hua from Auckland. He scares me. Holding up mauls by himself, all that frightening rugby stuff, gah, no thank you.

    I can't stand LW either - but i did have to laugh the other day when i was at a presso taken by none other than my "fav" invisible man / rugby player Ruebs Thorne (Phooey - wherever you are i thought of you)... and the first slide they put up was why they'd always pick Whitelock ahead of Ioane.
    Anyway obviously Akiras 'attacking' stats were good.. but the rest were mud

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    @nepia Interestingly, I suspect Havili is mainly as midfield cover.

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    Anyway, it's good that Luke Whitelock isn't in the main squad, as he's so fucking far off test level. Worst selection of the year. Absolute plodder.

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