All Blacks 2021
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2021:
@frye said in All Blacks 2021:
You gotta love the people that decry the current playing squad as vastly inferior to years gone past but have obviously just memory blocked that era where Weepu, Cowan and Ellis were the best halfbacks in the country.
What about all the other positions? Weepu was pretty decent, his fitness probably held him back from being better. But the rest of the 2015 team from 1 to 15, almost man for man was better than this team. No slight on the 2021 edition, we just had a once in a lifetime generational squad
I'm actually quite surprised how many of that 2015 squad are still in the 2021 squad: Coles, Taylor, Retallick, Whitelock, Cane, Smith, Perenara and Beauden Barrett. Oh, and Moody, who was added later.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@dice said in All Blacks 2021:
Looking forward to seeing how Beauden goes at 10. It's a good opportunity for him to put some pressure on Mo'unga and also show if he still has it.
It's a shit opportunity. Best lock and best halfback missing in a dead rubber. We also use these games to give too many fringe players a go.
Except he had got at least three games to show it. The puma games aren't dead rubbers.
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@machpants absolutely. We are only one match into the Championship. Next match v Aussie is critical too. Or am I mistaken?
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@arhs Nope, you're right. I've seen some massive mistakes in some of the media, too, who've obviously lost track of where we are in the competition. I can excuse the rugby public no longer knowing where we're at, but so-called rugbywriters should know that we've (only) played one RC game. I've seen this next test described as the first RC game, or just Bledisloe 3 (which strictly speaking isn't correct either, although it is the third Bledisloe game).
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@mariner4life Note the word "should". I see it as a job requirement that is often not met.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:
@mariner4life Note the word "should". I see it as a job requirement that is often not met.
i gave up on that expectation long ago
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Some good info here on the constraints caused by various quarantines both away and on return. Basically ABs only have X MIQ spots booked to come back to so injuries may not be able to be replaced and injured players may have to hang around as food bills.
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@dice said in All Blacks 2021:
Looking forward to seeing how Beauden goes at 10. It's a good opportunity for him to put some pressure on Mo'unga and also show if he still has it.
Yep will be interesting to see how he and TJP go, neither has really had much rugby lately, so is good to see how they go , just so we got reserves etc up to speed.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:
@arhs Nope, you're right. I've seen some massive mistakes in some of the media, too, who've obviously lost track of where we are in the competition. I can excuse the rugby public no longer knowing where we're at, but so-called rugbywriters should know that we've (only) played one RC game. I've seen this next test described as the first RC game, or just Bledisloe 3 (which strictly speaking isn't correct either, although it is the third Bledisloe game).
Mate, take my word for it, I don't take the newspapers word as gospel for much without checking on a few scources. I think not only them but any real hardcore rugby fan would or should know how many RC games have been played. It a shame that rugby writers seem to be so blase' on things like that because casual viewers can get bloody confused.
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in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
It might have almost been a plan to send 2 squads to different places
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
Money.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
Perhaps they like the AB environment Foster has created.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
Perhaps they like the AB environment Foster has created.
Wait a minute, most of them are married with kids right?
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@crucial said in All Blacks 2021:
Some good info here on the constraints caused by various quarantines both away and on return. Basically ABs only have X MIQ spots booked to come back to so injuries may not be able to be replaced and injured players may have to hang around as food bills.
When I read that article this morning my first thoughts was, I hope they aren't taking all of those NZR staffers that you only see when a RWC photo is taken. The MIQ numbers will be very bloated if they are also in the tour party.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2021:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
Perhaps they like the AB environment Foster has created.
Wait a minute, most of them are married with kids right?
Yeah, so 1 weeks soft quarantine in WA, then 13 weeks traveling the globe in business class, nights in high rated hotels with the boys. Followed by 2 weeks me time in a hotel in NZ. It's either that or trying home schooling in level 4
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2021:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks 2021:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2021:
in all hoesty, given the constraints and maybes in place, most especially on coming home, and the protocols they are going to be under the whole time, i am astounded that more of them have decided not to go
that's a long long time of being in a hotel room or training/playing code.
Perhaps they like the AB environment Foster has created.
Wait a minute, most of them are married with kids right?
Yeah, so 1 weeks soft quarantine in WA, then 13 weeks traveling the globe in business class, nights in high rated hotels with the boys. Followed by 2 weeks me time in a hotel in NZ. It's either that or trying home schooling in level 4
I'd willingly do a month of home-schooling other people's kids if it meant I could finally fuck off OS for a few months.
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The All Blacks coach also clarified the likely return-to-play timelines around Joe Moody (foot) and Ofa Tuungafasi (knee) who were included in an eight-strong prop contingent that jetted out Thursday
“They’re both trending well. We were hoping Joe would be able to play in the NPC this weekend, so we could maybe look at Argentina 1 and Ofa is maybe a week behind that.”
