All Blacks Form XV
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@cgrant said in All Blacks Form XV:
Hmmm, does he like the tight work ? I'm not sure of this. He always stands on the wing for the Highlanders, far from the rucks and mauls.
Yeah like KW says, you've got it wrong here... maybe looking at previous years play. He's hit a shitload of breakdowns and even has his fair share of turnovers. I think one ruck in the weekend he hit bloody four times!
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Sam cane hasn’t even been that bad, his team has. Dillon Hunt? 😂
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Well at least they got a third of the starting XV right
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Form XV:
This gives me Kaino at lock vs Ireland flashbacks.
Terrific No.6 and great cover for lock in an injury situation - def not a starter at 4 or 5.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Form XV:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Form XV:
This gives me Kaino at lock vs Ireland flashbacks.
Terrific No.6 and great cover for lock in an injury situation - def not a starter at 4 or 5.
Which is the inverse of S Barrett. Quality starting lock and useful cover at 6 (some forget he filled that role very effectively several times before his ill-fated promotion to starting at 6).
The Barrett at 6 thing reminds me of Blair Larsen who was also a slightly undersized lock but just a little too clunky to play a full game at 6.
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@shark said in All Blacks Form XV:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Form XV:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Form XV:
This gives me Kaino at lock vs Ireland flashbacks.
Terrific No.6 and great cover for lock in an injury situation - def not a starter at 4 or 5.
Which is the inverse of S Barrett. Quality starting lock and useful cover at 6 (some forget he filled that role very effectively several times before his ill-fated promotion to starting at 6).
The Barrett at 6 thing reminds me of Blair Larsen who was also a slightly undersized lock but just a little too clunky to play a full game at 6.
Thats what ive always felt, when at 6 he looks like a lock covering 6....
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@shark said in All Blacks Form XV:
The Barrett at 6 thing reminds me of Blair Larsen who was also a slightly undersized lock but just a little too clunky to play a full game at 6.
holy shit this might the realist thing i have read all week
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Super Rugby's "offical" SRA team of the tournament ....Smith being absent kind of stands out
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@Kiwiwomble ALB??? maybe up until March....
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@Kiwiwomble Boshier and ALB? Is there a Chiefs quota?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Form XV:
@Kiwiwomble Boshier and ALB? Is there a Chiefs quota?
affirmative action y'all!
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@Kiwiwomble These teams of the week/season are based on stats only.
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@Stargazer id love to know what stats
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks Form XV:
@Stargazer id love to know what stats
generally, attacking ones. Locks get picked for linebreaks and shit.
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Team I'd pick for an AB Test of players available for NvS game:
1.Moody 2. Taylor 3. Ofa T 4. S. Whitelock (c) 5. Patrick T 6. A. Ioane 7. A. Savea 8. H. Sotutu 9. A. Smith 10. R. Mo'unga 11. C. Clarke 12. ALB 13. J. Goodhue 14. W. Jordan 15. J. Barrett 16. A. Aumua 17. Hodgman 18. Laulala 19. Frizell 20. Papali'i. 21. TJP 22. B. Barrett 23. Umaga-Jensen
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks Form XV:
Super Rugby's "offical" SRA team of the tournament ....Smith being absent kind of stands out
Think TJP & Smith have both been outstanding at 9 with TJP slightly shading it overall.
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@shark said in All Blacks Form XV:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Form XV:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks Form XV:
This gives me Kaino at lock vs Ireland flashbacks.
Terrific No.6 and great cover for lock in an injury situation - def not a starter at 4 or 5.
Which is the inverse of S Barrett. Quality starting lock and useful cover at 6 (some forget he filled that role very effectively several times before his ill-fated promotion to starting at 6).
The Barrett at 6 thing reminds me of Blair Larsen who was also a slightly undersized lock but just a little too clunky to play a full game at 6.
Larsen kept the jersey warm til Troy Flavell was ready. He did his job.
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@MN5 For Harbour, presumably? Because there was a several year gap between Larsen playing tests and Flavells' debut. Which isn't really keeping the jersey warm.
They're another inverse. Larsen was the guy more suited to lock who played probably more as a lumbering flanker for NZ, while Flavell was more suited to flanker but played lock for NZ.
