Baby Blacks
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Cooper
Kirwan
Stanley
Stone
Wright
Botica
Kirk
Brewer
...Earl? Or was he at lock?
Brooke-Cowden
...Otago guy?
?Anderson?
Crichton???
Fitzpatrick
Boroevich. . Pretty sure I've got the backline ... Richard something from a southern union was the lock ...
Shall now google.
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@booboo said in Baby Blacks:
Cooper
Kirwan
Stanley
Stone
Wright
Botica
Kirk
Brewer
...Earl? Or was he at lock?
Brooke-Cowden
...Otago guy?
?Anderson?
Crichton???
Fitzpatrick
Boroevich. . Pretty sure I've got the backline ... Richard something from a southern union was the lock ...
Shall now google.
6 Wrong position ... speculation of alternative position correct
6 Wrong.
4 Correct union... didn't remember name
3 Wrong Wellington guy and wrong side of scrum.
1 Correct King Country guy but wrong side of scrum
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@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
Here's your Baby Blacks team, plus/minus a few other players:
New Zealand Under 20 squad named
The next generation of rugby stars will have the opportunity to don the black jersey next month with a New Zealand Under 20 squad named today for their first international fixtures in three years.
You do know who the Baby Blacks were don't you?
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@Crucial said in Baby Blacks:
Suafoa is another talked about around these parts.
Lord should be a go.
Would like to see more of Wrampling if he gets back playing. Could be a good midfield line impact player from the little bits I rememberThere are some, who have already posted on this thread who rate Samipeni Finau quite highly (cough cough @mariner4life cough) ...
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@booboo said in Baby Blacks:
@Crucial said in Baby Blacks:
Suafoa is another talked about around these parts.
Lord should be a go.
Would like to see more of Wrampling if he gets back playing. Could be a good midfield line impact player from the little bits I rememberThere are some, who have already posted on this thread who rate Samipeni Finau quite highly (cough cough @mariner4life cough) ...
#booboo
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Baby Blacks:
@booboo lord knee injury, Gardiner is the donkey from crusaders & hey I rate MMT and I'm not from the bay🙂
I think that's twice now I have read Gardiner referred to as a donkey. He is a young guy just starting out at the higher levels. Give him a chance.
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@Chris said in Baby Blacks:
@Nepia said in Baby Blacks:
@Bovidae said in Baby Blacks:
@Nepia said in Baby Blacks:
Is Brial eligible for NZ via birth?
No, although I read that the Brial family spends part of the year in the Queenstown area. Having arguments over building plans with neighbours, so nothing has changed.
Is his Mum a Kiwi? If not then is he using residency? And then I'd assume that would needed to have started after he left school.
Joe has been in NZ since he was 8 so I presume Residency.
Not this lad? https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-brial-76024517b/?originalSubdomain=au
If he is the son of the guy who tried to dust up NZ rugby royalty I'm surprised his father managed to get through customs without walking funny..
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@nostrildamus said in Baby Blacks:
@Chris said in Baby Blacks:
@Nepia said in Baby Blacks:
@Bovidae said in Baby Blacks:
@Nepia said in Baby Blacks:
Is Brial eligible for NZ via birth?
No, although I read that the Brial family spends part of the year in the Queenstown area. Having arguments over building plans with neighbours, so nothing has changed.
Is his Mum a Kiwi? If not then is he using residency? And then I'd assume that would needed to have started after he left school.
Joe has been in NZ since he was 8 so I presume Residency.
Not this lad? https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-brial-76024517b/?originalSubdomain=auIf he is the son of the guy who tried to dust up NZ rugby royalty I'm surprised his father managed to get through customs without walking funny..
Thats the one
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@OomPB said in Baby Blacks:
They'll tour SA in October
Be a bit old now. Generally in their
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I think the thread title and name "Baby Blacks" causes some confusion.
"Baby Blacks" was a nickname originally used for the All Blacks team that beat France in Christchurch in 1986 with a lot of debutants in the line-up. This is something that very few younger and non-NZ rugby fans will remember.
In recent times, the nickname has been used and is far more widely known for the NZ Under 20s team.
When referring to the "Baby Blacks", I think most people will think of the NZ Under 20s team.
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@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
I think the thread title and name "Baby Blacks" causes some confusion.
"Baby Blacks" was a nickname originally used for the All Blacks team that beat France in Christchurch in 1986 with a lot of debutants in the line-up. This is something that very few younger and non-NZ rugby fans will remember.
In recent times, the nickname has been used and is far more widely known for the NZ Under 20s team.
When referring to the "Baby Blacks", I think most people will think of the NZ Under 20s team.
not on here they won't given our demographic
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@mariner4life I definitely think of the NZ Under20s first. I assume that may have to do with the fact that I have no memory of that 1986 game at all. I was very young and lived in Europe at the time.
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@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
@mariner4life I definitely think of the NZ Under20s first. I assume that may have to do with the fact that I have no memory of that 1986 game at all. I was very young and lived in Europe at the time.
I don't. Maybe they could use a new name. Maybe the Black Diapers?
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@nostrildamus said in Baby Blacks:
@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
@mariner4life I definitely think of the NZ Under20s first. I assume that may have to do with the fact that I have no memory of that 1986 game at all. I was very young and lived in Europe at the time.
I don't. Maybe they could use a new name. Maybe the Black Diapers?
Is that because they will shit themselves when they see the opposition?
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@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
@mariner4life I definitely think of the NZ Under20s first. I assume that may have to do with the fact that I have no memory of that 1986 game at all. I was very young and lived in Europe at the time.
Can't say I've ever noticed the u20s being called the baby blacks. That's weird.
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@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:
I think the thread title and name "Baby Blacks" causes some confusion.
"Baby Blacks" was a nickname originally used for the All Blacks team that beat France in Christchurch in 1986 with a lot of debutants in the line-up. This is something that very few younger and non-NZ rugby fans will remember.
In recent times, the nickname has been used and is far more widely known for the NZ Under 20s team.
When referring to the "Baby Blacks", I think most people will think of the NZ Under 20s team.
Hence the point of the post. NZR was backed into a corner in punishing the Cavaliers and had no choice but to pick a bunch of (relative) youngsters who then belied their supposed lack of required experience and won with many of them going on to be the basis of a new team. Much of the dead wood was cut.
Apply that history to now and consider what a fresh exciting team with potential might look like.
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