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    Tim
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    @williethewaiter said in AB EOYT 2018:

    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.

    Or he should stick to high school rugby.

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    @chris-b was the All Blacks training camp directly after super was completed,..as for Auckland trainings and games..who knows..?.
    I still reckon though even as player I just wish he would just look to go forwards as opposed to show everyone how strong you are by waiting for the tacklers to come to you..
    What the hell is that all about...?

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    If Frizzell is the future 6 for the next year until the world cup, then its a bit of a disaster* that he is missing this tour through injury.

    That boy needs experience.

    . * It fucking is!

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    @kiwimurph said in AB EOYT 2018:

    Didn't some bloke on here do a play-by-play of a stag weekend for the 3rd AB-France test in Dunedin this year and mention Akira at the pub buying up a heap of drinks?

    That was the last time Akira was around the AB squad....

    @magpie_in_aus

    Here it is

    @magpie_in_aus said in All Blacks v France Test 3:

    Just reporting back as have now come out of hungover state.

    Rugby was great. Didn't view the whole game and can over only a few MVP votes.

    First off....the stag on the stag doo. He didn't know anything about the trip, got picked up thursday from auck flown to chch had a night out. Friday we had a pub crawl road trip to Dunedin (he thought it was to Q-town as he thought he got inside word from someone). When we got to Dunedin he was that gone he thought we were in Qtown.
    MVP's of the Friday: 3 Points: Random Maori guy at the pub in Ashburton doing 'magic tricks' for everyone including smoking a dobbie with his nostril.
    2 points: Akira Ioane: Loved shouting pretty much the whole bar (was out with Laumape....both proving great team culture before a game).
    1: The girl we got kicked out for being too thirsty and walking up to everyone in our group and trying to get them to go home with her (literally her first words).

    Saturday: 10am beers followed by Hens party dancing lesson at stilitos for the stag and lappy after. Back to studentville for some backyard and drinking on the street then Octy and then rugby.
    Stag did well with his '4 more years banner' Wallabies jersey and face painted jumping up anytime anyone scored.
    MVP points: 3: The only hot stripper I think Dunedin has ever had
    2: Goodhue and the other guys on debut still wearing their All Blacks Caps out in town (mention to him for looking like it was getting him a couple of birds)
    1: Akira, again at the bar on Saturday buying big rounds. Recognised me off my face and chucked a drink my way.

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    On the bright side. For the inevitable 10 minutes we spend every test playing with 14 men, it's a consolation that when we take off our 6 he is currently our weakest link, as opposed to the peak Kaino years..

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    @tim said in AB EOYT 2018:

    Frizzell has a should injury, apparently.

    Shannon has worn the Ta$man No. 8 jersey this season, so he was always going to be fucked!

    Only Ethan Blackadder can touch that jersey with impunity!

    Worrying thing is that Squire might need to play for Ta$man before the tour, so he may as well be booked in for surgery now.

    So Blackadder might yet get on a Japan-bound plane? πŸ™‚

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    replied to Chris B. on last edited by number9
    #262

    @chris-b No Hodgman is not injured, he played 70 minutes in the Canterbury Taranaki game, and was rested in the Counties game. I was expecting him to get the nod.

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    Congratulations to Dalton Papali'i. Great to see his hard work rewarded. A wonderful opportunity for him to now become a mainstay of the All Blacks backrow for the next decade or so

    I'm delighted to see Matt Todd there and that something could be worked out to get him in the All Blacks squad.

    Surprised about the non-inclusion of Shannon Frizell. Is he injured? I guess they see Vaea Fifita as a like for like replacement.

    In the backs,. SBW stays. I hope he repays the selectors remarkable faith in him and his circus. Apart from that the main squad looks pretty much spot on.

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    From the Marty Banks facebook page:
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    @number9 Alex Hodgman? Yeah - if he's not injured then he must have gone close, I'd think.

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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:
    Gareth Evans: 27 year old journeyman. ANOTHER Highlander!
    Something must be really brewing down there!

    Ummm.....

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    Samurai Jack
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    On the less controversial side, that is a very strong propping squad.

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    Brett Cameron being picked as reserve 10 must be the biggest bolter for a couple of decades, even if he is just there as extreme injury cover.

    Is Mitchell Hunt injured or out of contract? I presume Bryn Gatland has not been selected because Fozzy didn't like the sound of Gatland for the All Blacks.

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    I repeat, Nathan Harris dropped or injured?

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    @tim he’s in the main squad isn’t he?

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    @tim Harris is in the main squad.

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    @tim said in AB EOYT 2018:

    I repeat, Nathan Harris dropped or injured?

    or named in the main squad?

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    Fuck, I must be blind.

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    replied to Tim on last edited by
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    @tim Second name in the main squad.

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    @tim Just incase no-one told you, he's in the main squad πŸ˜‰

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