All Blacks 2023
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@friedrugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones They just don't seem to play him though. I've never seen a player pigeon-holed as a number eight and a number eight only, so with the existence of Savea it is tough for him. His ball skills are incredible for a forward though, so at the very least he should be on the bench.
And yet you're not selecting him in your list above...?
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@friedrugby well he has proved he is a lineout option for Northland, I thnk the Highlanders even chucked him up once too?
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:
The discussions in this and many other threads are really like this: going in circles! Constantly repeating, never going anywhere!
i do feel like you could be talking about any and possibly all threads there.....
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2023:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:
The discussions in this and many other threads are really like this: going in circles! Constantly repeating, never going anywhere!
i do feel like you could be talking about any and possibly all threads there.....
It's weird eh, might as well rename it a sports forum.
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@taniwharugby Chalk it in: Scott Gregory starting blindside for Italy at the 2031 Rugby World Cup.
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@friedrugby said in All Blacks 2023:
@taniwharugby Chalk it in: Scott Gregory starting blindside for Italy at the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
Fixed. They'll find a secret heritage link.
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@Bovidae think they said Billy harmon was 100% chance last time!....they also said someone had dropped to 100%
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@friedrugby said in All Blacks 2023:
I personally think Frizell has been superior, because when he has his good games, he does the hard yards. Akira Ioane never has and never will. Does it against the Aussies, goes missing versus the Boks.
My candidate for hyperbole of the year award! And you do realize "never has" means he can't have done it against the Aussies?
Oh well I will leave you to the Blues fans on the above but I will ask this question:
Three of the six loose forwards will be Cane, Savea & Papalii. I think despite his great form, that probably rules out Harmon, because it would be a bizarre balance.
How many times has Foster and co. worried about loosie balance?
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2023:
.they also said someone had dropped to 100%
Yes dropped from 100% in the squad and starting, to 100% in the squad but not starting. It is also focussed on the weekend just gone's performance. It's not tricky
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@Machpants tricky enough i missed it
i guess i just find it a bit silly, anyone saying anything is 100% when they dont actually have any influence over it, its just an opinion piece dolled up to look like facts -
@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones So sports forums, by your definition, are repetitive?
Bang goes the illusion you even have a spreadsheet of my posts.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2023:
I think his only real weakness at hte moment is his ongoing propensity to run upright. He had success at lower levels doing it, but it's a terrible habit for higher honours.
That said, he's had storming games in black; MOTM on more than one occasion, but you wouldn't know it with the blinders some folk wear.
Yep. He's come along hugely in the last 2-3 years and his propensity for dickheadedness has almost vanished. He's clearly worked hard so credit to him and the coaching team for that. Some of his D this year has been fantastic.
If there's any criticism it's that he he seems to go off the boil at times in Tests and you get the sense can still lose his composure at times.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:
you get the sense can still lose his composure at times.
I think it's maybe a hangover from his "bad" years. I'd thought he'd been starting to get niggly again, but there's a lot less handbags and seems to be more measured - he's not half as bad as Coles anyway.
As soon as I see him scruffing someone's hair though, I'm raising my scope.
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I am not convinced by Lio-Willie. Big workrate but not big enough physically if you have to face the French or SA loose forwards, especially when you already have two smallish (Cane and Savea) players.
I am not convinced either by Scott Barrett playing with the 6 jersey, as Iose showed it two weeks ago.
