2019 Rugby Championship
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@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
No Papalii. Interesting.
He looks like the only 2018 full squad member who is missing?
A few of the Japan squad guys didn't make it either but that is no surprise.
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@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
No Papalii. Interesting.
He's been really inaccurate this season. If Gibson wasn't made of glass, I doubt he'd have had time on the field.
I'm not surprised Luke Whitelock is there, he's been a favourite third wheel for ever. But his form this season is nothing to get excited about.
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@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
But his form ever is nothing to get excited about.
fixed that. The very definition of a "solid" player. yawn
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@taniwharugby Probably because there is no other candidate for a third first five-eighth spot.
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@mariner4life said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
But his form ever is nothing to get excited about.
fixed that. The very definition of a "solid" player. yawn
But this season he isn't even that. The one thing going for him was supposed to be his dependency in defence.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@taniwharugby Probably because there is no other candidate for a third first five-eighth spot.
If DMac is the third best five-eighth in New Zealand, our mystical depth has disappeared.
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@antipodean Yes, we're very light on good "10s".
Edit: considering what happened during the 2011 RWC, I'd like Mitch Hunt and Josh Ioane to get more game time. Thinking that they capped Cameron ahead of them and might be tempted to call him up in case of injuries, gives me nightmares.
Don't think any of the others are even on a very distant radar, yet.
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just chuck Jordie at 10...he is a JOAT-MON!
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Mr Carter is just a short trip away, no worries.
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@Tim said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@Stargazer Jordan and Nanai too.
the improvement in Nanai to the player we all thought he could be is one of the most damning indictment on the former Blues coaching team
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Here's the official media release:
http://www.allblacks.com/News/33958/forty-one-players-named-for-all-blacks-foundation-day
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
Anyone else wonders why Tahuriorangi has been picked again? Doesn't start for the Chiefs, doesn't shine when on the field. Bryn Hall on the other hand has been really good.
They are clearly favouring players picked last year over form for these foundation camps. Explains Jordie, Tahuriorangi, Coltman etc.
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@taniwharugby said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
looking at the list and the order, appears D-Mac is there as a 10.
And Hemopo as a lock
