All Blacks 2024
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Can see the hype train is in full force.
I like bold calls early in the season. The bolder, the more hilarious. Unless of course you end up with bragging rights.
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Telea was also clearly not running at top pace...
A few interesting names being bandied about already - hugely prematurely... Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens? Really? Riley Higgins?? Walker-Leawere? I expect Harry Godfrey will be discussed the second he gets on the field too.
Can see the hype train is in full force.
Yep but that's the fun, go back to last year and you will see me being a piston wristed gibbon and saying I reckoned Roigard had All Black written all over him, and that was after about 20 mins of preseason game in Levin. The fun of getting in early is picking players you think will go well and if they flatten out you can just shrug shoulders. I have been saying for a few years I reckon Fabian Holland and Anton Segner are the bees knees too, but sometimes we have to be patient. I will admit to being in the Cullen Grace wagon too a couple of years back, and not so sure now. There is always a few we don't get right, but it's just on a forum so not important, we don't give out contracts.(thank god) lol
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after 3 weeks i am even more convinced than i was 2 seasons ago that we need Finau in our starting pack
i want to watch Ireland running their cute little wrap plays knowing that the guy stopping and popping is going to get laid the fuck out.
FFS pick the guy that just enjoys wrecking fluffybunnies
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Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
I agree. A heartbeat in it. And if you're going to run to the line with the ball, expect to get tackled.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
Disagree. It was unnecessary and dumb. Good form on the actual tackle though. Ironically it took Lynagh out of the game and the reserve 10 was instrumental in Reds winning the game.
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that's two 10s he's taken out in 3 weeks
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
I kind of laughed, remember being at Athletic Park in mid 70s, Auckland challenging Wellington for shield. First play that Wellington had the ball on attack, Thorn (I think, Auckland flanker) did similar hit, maybe even later lol, on John Dougan and although it cost Auckland 3 points for rest of game Dougan was a nervous wreck and Aucks won shield.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
It was one step. Take away the microphone and they'd be nervously tittering behind their handkerchiefs. The moral outrage was because Finau munted him. Had it been a normal tackle, nothing would've been said.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Impressive live.
Got some speed too.
Not impressed with brainfart when he laid out Lynagh. Cut that out.
But otherwise he'll to the yeah.
whatever. let the 10 know you're there. it was a fraction late, nothing in it. The cries for blood from softcocks on line make me laugh
It was barely legal and don't like the idea of putting himself at risk of being officiated out of the game.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I thought it was just the kind of grubby we are looking for in an AB 6 - it was late but was not high and he folded him like a load of washing. I like the idea of the opposition backs having that in their minds.
"get your first hit in early, even if it's late" kind of stuff?
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
This guy sounds like the next Jerry Collin’s/Jerome Kaino.
No Ethan Blackadder obviously but he might get a bit of game time this year.
Honest truth, I think Segner is probably in Balckadder mold, can play 6-7-7 all pretty well and hell of a workrate!
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
This guy sounds like the next Jerry Collin’s/Jerome Kaino.
No Ethan Blackadder obviously but he might get a bit of game time this year.
Honest truth, I think Segner is probably in Balckadder mold, can play 6-7-7 all pretty well and hell of a workrate!
Segner actually makes it on to the field.
I still wouldn't pick em, but.
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I'm not confident Segner is big enough for Test rugby. He was probably the Blues' best loose over the weekend, mind you.
Finau is definitely big enough but he's not the most involved player. It's great when he puts in a couple of clattering hits or makes some nice ground on the outside, but he'd need two very hard-working loosies to complement him.
