2019 Rugby Championship
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@cgrant No doubt, he'll be named in the Māori All Blacks squad tomorrow, along with Akira Ioane, Jackson Hemopo, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi and Tom Franklin.
Hemopo is utility is ABs.
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@MN5 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@Canes4life said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@pakman Akira needs to leave the Blues if he wants to be an All Black. Come and get some work ethic off Ardie Savea. 😁
Pfffft. Has hardly worked on Vaea Fifita has it ?
LOL.
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@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@MN5 he's in the ABs though. As is Jordie. And Aumua. Going to the Canes is definitely the answer!
Well yeah but this was Akiras big year according to any number of posters on here.
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@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@MN5 and it might have been if he had gone to the Canes....
Well SBWs selection contradicts that completely don't you think ?
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@KiwiMurph said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
@MN5 50+ test incumbent AB is not exactly in the same boat as a newbie trying to force their way in.
Well yeah but that same level of experience didn't stop Julian Savea getting the boot did it ?
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Foster just said on the breakdown that Havili was definitely in the conversation and that he couldn't have done more during the SR season. He was close. The reason why he didn't make it was that "they couldn't take everyone". I guess that means that if there are further injuries before the RWC, he still has a chance to make it into the squad.
Strangely enough, last year they said about Havili that he had the advantage of his versatility in that he could play both at fullback and 12. Now, Foster said that he wasn't versatile enough because he could only play at fullback and in the midfield. That's a head scratcher.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
Foster just said on the breakdown that Havili was definitely in the conversation and that he couldn't have done more during the SR season. He was close. The reason why he didn't make it was that "they couldn't take everyone". I guess that means that if there are further injuries before the RWC, he still has a chance to make it into the squad.
Strangely enough, last year they said about Havili that he had the advantage of his versatility in that he could play both at fullback and 12. Now, Foster said that he wasn't versatile enough because he could only play at fullback and in the midfield. That's a head scratcher.
It was grant fox, not foster
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
Foster just said on the breakdown that Havili was definitely in the conversation and that he couldn't have done more during the SR season. He was close. The reason why he didn't make it was that "they couldn't take everyone". I guess that means that if there are further injuries before the RWC, he still has a chance to make it into the squad.
Strangely enough, last year they said about Havili that he had the advantage of his versatility in that he could play both at fullback and 12. Now, Foster said that he wasn't versatile enough because he could only play at fullback and in the midfield. That's a head scratcher.
That says to me he is in competition with Jordie. They see Jordie as having the ability to play wing.
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@gt12 said in 2019 Rugby Championship:
Some potential ‘real’ bolters (is, not Ennor, Reece who are in the discussion here at least) might be IWL/PPP at lock; Jacobson if they have decided that the current 6s aren’t working out; Jordan in the outside backs. Who else?
Not bad, if I do say so. I'm pleasantly surprised by that selection - it's due to no Squire, of course, but it does throw up some interesting new permutations. I personally think he's been the form 6 of the competition, but I'm still surprised that he's been selected. It would be great if he shows class - we need a good 6, which clearly the selectors are still worried about.
And bye by Luke Whitelock - Ardie and Frizell are covering 8 by the looks.
Can anyone see Squire coming back for WC selection?
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