AB EOYT 2018

Chris B.

@no-quarter said in AB EOYT 2018:

Well I am absolutely living for the Akira Ioane posts right now. I cannot get my head around it. Have at it lads, don't let anyone put you off.

I think Steven Harris' story is on the money. It's cross-referenced with magpie in aus story of having been out drinking with Akira and Lumape the night before the test. Plus - Steven "knows people". He gets interviewed on the radio occasionally!

What we also know is that for the French series, Akira was training with the ABs, while a bunch of other loose forwards who are now in the squad ahead of him - Evans, Hunt and Papali'i - weren't.

So, he's slipped down the pecking order on the back of a couple of late season games for the Blues and then the NPC - or he's doing penance.

Tim

@chris-b Hansen pulled another Luatua then.

canefan

Might be time for Akira to move to Wellington to further his career

Tim

I think Fox talked about Todd being there to provide experienced cover from the bench for Savea, so expect Savea to start.

Chris B.

@taniwharugby I think Todd was more ringing Hansen informally to seek advice and not pull a Steven Luatua. But, who knows - the story could be bullshit for all I know.

Does seem a bit odd the newbies only finding out when everyone else does. Usually, they know a day or so ahead of time and "only told mum and dad!".

Mind you - if I thought I had any chance of being picked I'd be glued to the live stream.

Machpants

@machpants said in AB EOYT 2018:

Looks like England won't get much to forward as one half of their 'go forward brothers' is out of the tests injured again.

Oh his bro mako also injured but bring monitored. England might have no go forward at all!

mariner4life

@machpants said in AB EOYT 2018:

@machpants said in AB EOYT 2018:

Looks like England won't get much to forward as one half of their 'go forward brothers' is out of the tests injured again.

Oh his bro mako also injured but bring monitored. England might have no go forward at all!

but that's cool, because John Mitchell doesn't believe in it anyway

Tim

@mariner4life

Frank

This would be the biggest Fern meltdown over a selection in years - many years

ACT Crusader

@stargazer the level of discussion is fine. It certainly hasn’t hit anything close to the “whinging and moaning” when Mertz was selected over Spencer

Kirwan

Just a hint, we have a Star Wars thread, stop clogging this one up with that repetitive shit. Think about poor Stargazer.

Chris B.

@act-crusader ...the dropping of Cully. The whole Mitch era really.

Henry over Deans in 2008.

Bones

Jesus, every hour Akira gets more and more legendary as the most amazing player in the world ever. Poor old Gibson, so easily forgotten.

Tim

@kirwan I will gladly ban anyone who posts about the Star Wars children's movies in the Sports Forum.

Kirwan

@bones said in AB EOYT 2018:

Jesus, every hour Akira gets more and more legendary as the most amazing player in the world ever. Poor old Gibson, so easily forgotten.

Perfectly valid to want to see what he could with an AB forward pack in front of him. The same chance that Whitelock, Frizzel, Fifita, Squire, Savea and now bloody Evans have had.