AB Depth Chart 2020
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@mariner4life said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Machpants said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Post RWC names of note
2012: Brodie, the bus, Aaron Smith, beaudy, Coles
2016: Ardie, DMac, ALB, Scott Barrett, IoaneSo hopefully we'll get another 5 this year too!
2012: Our best ever lock; a try scoring phenom; arguably our best ever halfback; 2 x World Player of the Year; one of our best Pro hookers
2016: Back up openside; Squadie with a handful of meaningful caps; part of the midfield rotation; squadie; didn't make the World Cup
I hope 2020 is a bit more inspiring than 2016
Aye? We're talking Rieko, right?
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@Machpants said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Post RWC names of note
2012: Brodie, the bus, Aaron Smith, beaudy, Coles
2016: Ardie, DMac, ALB, Scott Barrett, IoaneSo hopefully we'll get another 5 this year too!
How is Sam Cane not included in the 2012 group and how is Scott Barrett included in the 2016 gropup?
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@Nepia said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Machpants said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Post RWC names of note
2012: Brodie, the bus, Aaron Smith, beaudy, Coles
2016: Ardie, DMac, ALB, Scott Barrett, IoaneSo hopefully we'll get another 5 this year too!
How is Sam Cane not included in the 2012 group and how is Scott Barrett included in the 2016 gropup?
Cos I missed Cane, I thought he was capped earlier, and Scott Barrett first capped in '16. And I think he is a great player, as do the ABs coaches
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@Machpants said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Nepia said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Machpants said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Post RWC names of note
2012: Brodie, the bus, Aaron Smith, beaudy, Coles
2016: Ardie, DMac, ALB, Scott Barrett, IoaneSo hopefully we'll get another 5 this year too!
How is Sam Cane not included in the 2012 group and how is Scott Barrett included in the 2016 gropup?
Cos I missed Cane, I thought he was capped earlier, and Scott Barrett first capped in '16. And I think he is a great player, as do the ABs coaches
Each to their own.
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@Tim said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Tighthead Prop
Tyrel Lomax - okay scrummager with potential to improve a lot, has been drilled by a few looseheads. Good around the field but not outstanding.
Lomax has come on in leaps and bounds. He's the way of the future at tighthead. Paul Cully agrees...
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@Frank Depends on the type of lock they're looking for. If they want a big power lock, IWL is definitely the man. If you want a fast runner and better line-out jumper, it may be Quinten Strange. I'm not totally sold on Dunshea (yet).
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@Stargazer if IWL makes it I will farken scream because we let him walk out the front door
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@canefan For 2021 and beyond, there are still 4 locks in front of any of the contenders. If they're going to pick a fourth lock, this year, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they go for a lock/loosie instead. Don't shoot the messenger, but that may be Fifita or Frizell.
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@Stargazer Tom Robinson another possibility in that role.
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Think Moody and Coltman have been done a disservice here ball in hand and to a lesser degree in defence.
Locks, yeah looks light this year but there were about half a dozen excellent performances in the weekend from a bunch of inexperienced fellas. Parkinson needs to bulk up, Dickson is definitely a contender if he carries on like that, those two young chiefs locks could be perfectly ripe in 3 years time.
The Hodgman myth continues...
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@Tim said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Stargazer Tom Robinson another possibility in that role.
he's starting in the 6 jersey the next time Black jerseys are given out
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@mariner4life If Luke Jacobson stays in one piece, I think he'll wear the 6 jersey.
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@Stargazer said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@mariner4life If Luke Jacobson stays in one piece, I think he'll wear the 6 jersey.
He'd want to play a damn site better than he did on the weekend. The big ginger from Northland looked just like what we've been looking for since Kaino left. Real lineout option, punishing in defence, big engine.
