All Blacks 2021

[Bovidae]

Tonga and other PI countries would benefit more from being able to use ex-ABs and Wallabies after a stand-down period, something Kefu alluded to. But there are a couple of Home unions who are vocal in their opposition to that. The same countries who have/had plenty of NZ and SA-born players in their team.

[muddyriver]

@nepia yea this is retarded. every team in NZ plays either 1-3-3-1 or slight variations of that.
so at any one time you have 2 guys playing that spot out wide

[Duluth]

@muddyriver said in All Blacks 2021:

yea this is retarded. every team in NZ plays either 1-3-3-1 or slight variations of that.
so at any one time you have 2 guys playing that spot out wide

I'm amazed at how many people think this is something new

[gt12]

@duluth said in All Blacks 2021:

@muddyriver said in All Blacks 2021:

yea this is retarded. every team in NZ plays either 1-3-3-1 or slight variations of that.
so at any one time you have 2 guys playing that spot out wide

I'm amazed at how many people think this is something new

From 2018 and we’d been discussing it for ages before then.

Analysis: The two shapes the All Blacks are developing for the Rugby World Cup

They realise that most teams who have beaten them since 2012, have had the fundamental approach of aggressive rush defence firmly in hand to do it. As such, Hansen and co have been introducing different approaches to counter this since 2017.

[Stargazer]

[Chris B.]

@stargazer I'd like to see him get a run - I thought he was a good chance of being picked in the first place.

[Yeetyaah]

Ross should have been there from the start IMO

[Nepia]

@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:

Ross should have been there from the start IMO

I assume most of the Fern hold that opinion.

[Old Samurai Jack]

Most dominant loosehead in SR Aotearoa IMO.

[sparky]

@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:

Ross should have been there from the start IMO

Bower was poor yesterday. I thought De Groot went okay. Ross should have been there ahead of both from the start.

[African Monkey]

@sparky I'm shocked that Bower was ever considered a test option in the first place. Nothing against the guy, but he's nowhere near AB standard.

[Tim]

Rugby: Reinforcements set to return for the All Blacks

[Canes4life]

@tim good stuff, Savea is our best loose forward so that will only improve things. ALB coming in for Ioane at centre will sharpen up the backs aswell.

[sparky]

Foster fattening the players up. Might have been appropriate 30 years ago but pro athletes shouldn't be overdoing the dairy.

[sparky]

Eat lots of ice cream and you too could develop the slim, athletic physique of Ian Foster.

[booboo]

Oh for fuck sake @sparky that's just finding fault for the sake of it.

We're not going to lose a test because Ethan had some orange choc chip ice cream.

[booboo]

I miss orange choc chip ice cream...

[sparky]

@booboo I assume you've heard of the concept of a "joke"?

[booboo]

@sparky said in All Blacks 2021:

@booboo I assume you've heard of the concept of a "joke"?

If I believed it was I might have laughed

[sparky]

The scene as the All Blacks bus nears a dairy.

Foster: Fozzy needs foooood. Fozzy needs ice cream. Driver, pull over. I need fooooooooood.

Plumtree: What about the lads?

Foster: They can have ice cream too. Ethan can have triple scoop. And George Bridge can have a fourth scoop coz I like him.

Plumtree: Ice cream stop boys. But remember, don't push in front of the coach in the food queue. Ngani Laumape forgot that rule last year and look what happened to him.