All Blacks 2022
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2022:
@kiwiinmelb I think you need BB for a couple of things, among the most important, we don't have another backline leader. I perhaps not as convinced about Jordan at 15, as I really think he goes missing under high ball etc too much. Wonderful attacker, but on this years form pretty erratic, was pretty average in Irish series where he looked almost to have no interest at all at times.
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2022:
@kiwiinmelb I think you need BB for a couple of things, among the most important, we don't have another backline leader. I perhaps not as convinced about Jordan at 15, as I really think he goes missing under high ball etc too much. Wonderful attacker, but on this years form pretty erratic, was pretty average in Irish series where he looked almost to have no interest at all at times.
I have those concerns as well and we do know that sometimes Super Rugby standouts don't work at test level. I am hoping that Jordan's lacklustre showings mid year had other reasons behind them.
You are right about the leadership aspect. We really miss having that Conrad Smith type thinker with authority in the middle of the backs. RM needs to step up more and yes, we do then need someone at the back. If DMac ended up there somehow then he is actually good in that area. Very vocal and good at directing his wings. -
I wonder whether Will Jordan's performance for the ABs this year has been affected by him getting Covid at the beginning of the July Series. As we've seen with a player like Ngane Punivai, long-covid can affect players badly. Maybe Jordan had some lingering issues because of that Covid infection (like fatigue)? Or did his inner ear issues start already during the Rugby Championship? Obviously, we'll never get the answers to these questions.
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Jordan was coming back into form at the end of the RC, was really excited about what he was going to do on the EOYT, gutted he missed it. I prefer him on the wing with a license to roam.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2022:
@kiwiinmelb I think you need BB for a couple of things, among the most important, we don't have another backline leader. I perhaps not as convinced about Jordan at 15, as I really think he goes missing under high ball etc too much. Wonderful attacker, but on this years form pretty erratic, was pretty average in Irish series where he looked almost to have no interest at all at times.
You could well be right , I’m not convinced he should go , but I would at least have liked to see Jordan there to see what it looks like .
I wonder if that was about to happen on the eyot, in the game when Jordie played 15 .
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To Ryan's credit, he spoke to Barnes about Sowakula's NPC form prior to naming the AB XV squad.
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'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
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The All Blacks who are on the World Cup selection bubble after 2022
The All Blacks made significant strides in 2022 towards finding the 33 players who will jump on a plane to France next year.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
No one is bigger than the jersey. BB will almost certainly make the RWC23 team, then he should go abroad and enjoy his semi-retirement
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@canefan yeah I can kinda see how something like what Aus do might work, and having it set at say 80 caps and only if you didn't take a sabbatical - but then I think what we have now has generally worked in the past anyway.
Only player I can really think of right now that's worth it would be Smith, but then that's purely due to the gap behind him, which would be bridged in a year or two anyway.
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Fuck off beauden. Go now champ.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2022:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
No one is bigger than the jersey. BB will almost certainly make the RWC23 team, then he should go abroad and enjoy his semi-retirement
Lol you could argue Beauden is already well past his best.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2022:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
No one is bigger than the jersey. BB will almost certainly make the RWC23 team, then he should go abroad and enjoy his semi-retirement
Lol you could argue Beauden is already well past his best.
I agree
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I have no issue if he was playing for the Reds/Tahs/Drua or whoever in same comp (or a Saffa team when they were part of it) I def think that needs relaxing, but otherwise nope.
Maybe 2 or 3 years ago he may have had an argument to make demands like that, but now in his twilight and indifferent form, yeah nah.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2022:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
No one is bigger than the jersey. BB will almost certainly make the RWC23 team, then he should go abroad and enjoy his semi-retirement
Lol you could argue Beauden is already well past his best.
No need to argue
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
Maybe 2 or 3 years ago he may have had an argument to make demands like that, but now in his twilight and indifferent form, yeah nah.
I would call it a request rather than a demand. No harm is asking. I'm sure it will get turned down and I suspect Barrett knows that too
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
I have no issue if he was playing for the Reds/Tahs/Drua or whoever in same comp (or a Saffa team when they were part of it) I def think that needs relaxing, but otherwise nope.
Maybe 2 or 3 years ago he may have had an argument to make demands like that, but now in his twilight and indifferent form, yeah nah.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2022:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2022:
'The day you say that you can be an All Black from Timbuktu, then you're in trouble'
Stephen Donald has slammed Beauden Barrett’s staggering All Blacks eligibility emption request, as the star pivot looks to potentially head overseas after next year’s World Cup.
No one is bigger than the jersey. BB will almost certainly make the RWC23 team, then he should go abroad and enjoy his semi-retirement
Lol you could argue Beauden is already well past his best.
No need to argue
yeah, i dont care if some of our players got and play in aus, still get to watch them etc and better than loosing them completely
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:
The All Blacks who are on the World Cup selection bubble after 2022
The All Blacks made significant strides in 2022 towards finding the 33 players who will jump on a plane to France next year.
Some of those bolters are pretty weird picks. Even though Segner is one of my Ta$man boys, I doubt he's currently in the top 15 loose forwards in the country.
I'd have Moody in and Taávao out - Ofa as a tighthead.
Coles in Aumua out.
If Scott Barrett is going to play 6 then only one - at most - of Frizell and AIoane will make it. I reckon Blackadder has a good shot.
Midfield - well, they have to decide where they're going to play Jordie, because it would be ridiculous to pick him as a fullback (as this article does) if he's the first choice second five (and that's where we are right now). So QT drops out or my team and a space opens up at the back.
I have Dmac over Steve Perofeta and then there's a fight between Sevu's versatility vs Telea's displacement of him with one space remaining available depending on all the utility options.
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