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  • DrivingMaulD Offline
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    @Duluth Well everyone playing Mitre 10 Cup

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    @Nepia Agree. Don't think Jacobson is better than Paps but am glad they picked him over Squire. Paps is incredibly unlucky but they don't rate him for whatever reason.

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    @Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    Hansen also saying if they want a big forward pack they can move Scott Barrett to 6.

    He's done well for the All Blacks there off the bench e.g. South Africa at Albany in 2017 or against England in 2017.

    Doubt he'll be named as a starting 6 though.

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    @DrivingMaul Be hard to see him being named to start there - but, against SA, if we were getting beaten up they could bring Patty off the bench and shift Scott to 6 (assuming that Scott was starting and Patty on the bench).

    That's presumably the only round robin game we'd need that option.

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    @No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.

    All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it! 🙂

    There's no "our" about this one. He's not my third 10.

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    #436

    Bottom line for me is that this squad is good enough to win the cup.

    The ABs will need to avoid bad luck with injuries and learn to manage referees better than they have in recent years, but they have the talent to win a Third RWC in a row.

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    @Rapido said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.

    All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it! 🙂

    There's no "our" about this one. He's not my third 10.

    Not my president 🙂

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    #438

    Apart from Crotty, I wonder if any of the other 30 will be available for M10 Cup this round? They may only go into camp on Sunday for the Tongan test.

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    @Rapido said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @No-Quarter said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Chris-B said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    They have Jordie, TJ and Crotty as people who can play first five at a pinch.

    All those people rubbishing me when I said Jordie was our third 10 after DMac got injured can suck it! 🙂

    There's no "our" about this one. He's not my third 10.

    The team has been picked. Just like Beaver in 2011, and the people who groaned when he came on in the final, they are all ours now

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    replied to No Quarter on last edited by
    #440

    @No-Quarter lets just hope we dont go into a big game needing to see how much of a gamble he is there... 😉

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    @rotated said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Billy-Tell said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @rotated said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Duluth said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @Billy-Tell said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    If you take a 3rd ten who do you drop?

    Basically an outside back. Which one then?

    Reece

    Five midfielders none of which can play wing is the issue, whereas in 2011 all except Smith had been used at test level.

    Pretty sure SBW has played on the wing for the ABs. Just saying.

    In a RWC QF no less, but obviously wouldn't be considered as cover at this stage. Just strange to have no midfielders than can cover wing, or fullbacks/second-fives that can cover first-five. Basically the inverse of 2007 where we had coverage four or five deep for every position.

    Which is a good thing right? Given how 2007 played out...

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    Hopefully Franks has been told to stay fit by playing for Canterbury

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    Wish someone had asked Hansen why Ennor got minimal chance to show his stuff. Seems like he was already fringe right from the start.

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    @rotated I reckon they should have given ALB a run on the wing, he looks quick enough and is an elusive runner.

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    Is the team for the Tonga test drawn from the Rugby Championship squad or the WC squad? I ask because it would be a good opportunity to give a few standby players - Josh Ioane, Squire and Laumape - game time.

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    @taniwharugby said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:

    @rotated I reckon they should have given ALB a run on the wing, he looks quick enough and is an elusive runner.

    He played a bit there for the Chiefs in the early days so hopefully he has muscle memory in case he needs to become the new Kahui - but we're pretty covered at wing anyway.

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    #447

    I also remember Goodhue being on the wing for the U20s.

    IIRC Vito ended up on the wing in a RWC game.

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    replied to Billy Tell on last edited by
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    @Billy-Tell Jacobson didn't get that much chance and still made the squad. I think that training would have been a good part of the decision making too

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    replied to Chris B. on last edited by
    #449

    @Chris-B Agreed

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to MrDenmore on last edited by taniwharugby
    #450

    @MrDenmore not to mention the risk of injury...(which ich is always there)

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