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    #836

    Segner might get a chance at 7 when Tuupulotu returns from injury and regains the captaincy

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    #837

    Random thoughts after tonight's Sith v Canes. Not comprehensive. And very random ...

    Felt this game was only NPC level. Very few ABs or potential ABs on display.

    Usually Sith have multiple ABs on the bench ... they kinda did this time but they Used To Be ABs. A step below what you expect.

    But less about the game, more about future selections:

    1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.
    2. Still wating for Lakai to impress. Goes ok at this level admittedly... but otherwise unimpressive.
    3. Macca Springer has a future.
    4. Bald Sader openside (forgot his name) is forgettable.
    5. Sader's hooker Bell is anonymous..

    Other random thoughts as they come to mind.

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    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.

    Made Flanders look like a chump.

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    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.

    What game were you watching?

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    @Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.

    What game were you watching?

    Yep Grace had a big shift he played well.

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    #841

    Grace got a super try.

    Do you even watch Rugby ? ( I actually did for once )

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    Grace as well as scoring a great try,Pinched a couple of Canes line outs,Pulled of some big hits a lot of the defence was lead by Grace.He ran at the line hard bent it a few times.Best game he has put out in sometime.
    I am not saying he played his way in to AB contention on one game but if you were really watching you would seen a lot more than a try.

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    @Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Best game he has put out in sometime.

    Agree he had a good game last night. He's been well off the pace in the first three weeks though. Gardiner has been worse so not many commented on Grace

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    @Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Best game he has put out in sometime.

    Agree he had a good game last night. He's been well off the pace in the first three weeks though. Gardiner has been worse so not many commented on Grace

    Yep that's a Fair call.

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    #845

    have a read of this tripe

    did i blink and miss where RM somehow turned in to this all-conquering test match 10 we desperately can't live without?

    Even the rest of the list of names he references sounded like last year's news.

    https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/03/19/its-time-we-grew-up-the-jarring-hypocrisy-that-proves-all-blacks-are-getting-key-call-all-wrong/

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    @mariner4life so it appears to me that FAS isn't a barrier to being a "sports journalist".

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    @mariner4life I was wondering what I missed too. He was a bloody good 10 on his day, but I missed the bit where he was going to drag us to wins we couldn't otherwise win.

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    #848

    He's really good in Japan, really good in SR. Bus he's no world class ten when it comes to test matches. Not saying he wasn't the best we had last year, and maybe still could be our best. But time to move on, invest elsewhere

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    #849

    Is the writer a rugby fan or just taking the mickey? Very wishy washy article and no real thought of the consequences of what he was writing.

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    @Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.

    Made Flanders look like a chump.

    The only thing Grace has done for about a year and a half.

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    @ARHS said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Is the writer a rugby fan or just taking the mickey? Very wishy washy article and no real thought of the consequences of what he was writing.

    Hamish Bidwell is probably the worst rugby writer in NZ and there’s plenty of competition

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    replied to Duluth on last edited by
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    @Duluth He doesn't deserve the time of day. How do clowns like him get jobs in the media?

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    @African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Duluth He doesn't deserve the time of day. How do clowns like him get jobs in the media?

    Probably cos he looks good compared to a typical journo who writes for stuff.co.nz

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    replied to mariner4life on last edited by
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    @mariner4life Yeah don't get me wrong, he was the best option we had in the last cycle, but he's a step down from our great 10s we've had.

    We'll be fine without him.

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    @MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Duluth He doesn't deserve the time of day. How do clowns like him get jobs in the media?

    Probably cos he looks good compared to a typical journo who writes for stuff.co.nz

    He used to write for stuff.....

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