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    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Machpants said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks 2024:

    @KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024:

    One guy who is a bit of a forgotten man is TJ Perenara.

    Not his biggest fan but I wonder if he's a chance if they are looking for experience in one of their 3 halfbacks with Smith and Weber gone.

    I didn't realise that he's still only 31! Pity he didn't kick on as well as he could.

    Bollocks TJ has been awesome, he was great last year before injury. He was def #2 until he was injured.

    Wtf? It's hardly controversial to state that TJ didn't exactly become a world beater. Are you seriously going to argue he was awesome in black?

    Yes, he had a really crap period, got dropped, and came back very strong afterwards. He's a cut above fucking Christie, that's for sure

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    @taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2024:

    I thought Lord looked like he had put on some good size this year when he came back, but missed out.

    I think game time was his biggest hurdle to make the RWC this year so I think.next year he will be a key figure if he doesn't pick up any more injuries

    He looked even bigger in the NPC than he did when he was with the ABs. I remember Brodie saying before the Twickenham test that he's the heaviest lock in the ABs (which I found hard to believe). Really hope he can step up and remain injury free.

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    @KiwiMurph yeah 100%. He’s been the form 13 in NZ for a year now and deserves his opportunity.

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    @Machpants yeah TJ was average by his standards but I still would of had him above Christie. He did save our blushes against Scotland before getting that injury though.

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    @akan004 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Frank said in All Blacks 2024:

    Classic line from a Herald article

    Tupou Vaa’i is the latest in a string of formidable locks for the All Blacks. Vaa’i has filled in superbly when his number has been called.

    That's hilarious. He's probably the most underwhelming AB lock I have ever seen, even more so than Isaac Ross.

    Agreed, I’ve never understood what all the fuss is about Vaa’i. We should defs not hold all our hopes and dreams on him.

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    So back to Tuipulotu and selecting Strange?

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    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @cgrant Lord should already be the incumbent, he's got enough size.

    Too skinny. Pari Pari Parkinson is a much better bet

    Especially if we want to continue losing.

    Yeah considering I don’t watch the highlanders ( even though they are my second team according to a recent fern poll ) I don’t really know what I’m talking about to be fair.

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    @Bovidae Not a fan of either but quite possibly. We're not exactly blessed with massive amounts of depth there currently.

    For the first time in a long long time, SR form will most likely have a big bearing on a lot of selections.

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    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @cgrant Lord should already be the incumbent, he's got enough size.

    Too skinny. Pari Pari Parkinson is a much better bet

    Especially if we want to continue losing.

    Yeah considering I don’t watch the highlanders ( even though they are my second team according to a recent fern poll ) I don’t really know what I’m talking about to be fair.

    PPP is a big boy for sure, but he plays like Jane. Not someone you would select if you are looking for starch. Who knows, if he gets an injury free run he may change.

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    @Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024:

    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

    @cgrant Lord should already be the incumbent, he's got enough size.

    Too skinny. Pari Pari Parkinson is a much better bet

    Especially if we want to continue losing.

    Yeah considering I don’t watch the highlanders ( even though they are my second team according to a recent fern poll ) I don’t really know what I’m talking about to be fair.

    PPP is a big boy for sure, but he plays like Jane. Not someone you would select if you are looking for starch. Who knows, if he gets an injury free run he may change.

    Good enough for me. I’ll cross him off the list. We don’t need a latter day Mark Cooksley.

    Who does that leave ? Anyone ?

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    I guess it might make for a bit of a giggle watching "fiery" Strange get the shit kicked out of him by proper international locks.

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    Strange and PPP in the same category for me.

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    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024:

    Strange and PPP in the same category for me.

    To be fair, I kinda wish PPP had Strange's drive.

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    Okay my first stab at a 2024 AB team, obviously we have a whole Super Season before then.

    1. De Groot
    2. Sami T
    3. Lomax
    4. Vaai
    5. S. Barrett (vc)
    6. Finau
    7. Papalii
    8. A. Savea (c)
    9. Roigard
    10. DMac
    11. Telea
    12. J. Barrett (vc)
    13. R. Ioane
    14. S. Stevenson
    15. W. Jordan

    Bench: Taylor, Williams, Newell, Lord, Blackadder, Fakatava, Perofeta, Proctor.

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    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024:

    Strange and PPP in the same category for me.

    So fair to say we’re not expecting the next Retallick and Whitelock then ?

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    Lock and First Five look to be the positions where we have the least depth. Losing Aaron Smith denies us a massive amount of leadership and experience at Half Back.

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    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024:

    Strange and PPP in the same category for me.

    So fair to say we’re not expecting the next Retallick and Whitelock then ?

    I'm surprised there aren't teenage Whitelocks runnning around looking about 30 years old..

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    @sparky said in All Blacks 2024:

    Okay my first stab at a 2024 AB team, obviously we have a whole Super Season before then.

    1. De Groot
    2. Sami T
    3. Lomax
    4. Vaai
    5. S. Barrett
    6. Finau
    7. Papalii
    8. A. Savea (c)
    9. Roigard
    10. DMac
    11. Telea
    12. J. Barrett
    13. R. Ioane
    14. S. Stevenson
    15. W. Jordan

    Bench: Taylor, Williams, Newell, Lord, Jacobson, Fakatava, Perofeta, Proctor.

    Lord to start
    Scooter skipper
    Any option but Jacobsen ... not that he's not up to it ... but just want more... looking for more in our back up lock/6.
    Stevenson ... yeah nah

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    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:

    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024:

    Strange and PPP in the same category for me.

    So fair to say we’re not expecting the next Retallick and Whitelock then ?

    Not from those two

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