All Blacks 2024
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@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
…..and the game he played they lost but that’s 100% a reflection on EB. If he wasn’t there it would have been a 100 point hiding.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
Claims an all blacks spot with the media, not sure what will happen with the actual abs. But as always every theoretical xv should be labelled what you would pick or what you think will be picked. Under foster (and Holland in the canes!) those were very different for me, not so much under Hansen and other coaches
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
Named at 7 as well. When's the last time he even played 7?
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@KiwiMurph Fiji in Dunedin in 2021? Where we were getting beaten to the punch at virtually every breakdown. Him, Sotutu and I think it was Frizzell at blindside that day got well outplayed until the Fijians faded in the final 20.
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@Canes4life Surprised Tuipolotu is still in the conversation to be honest. How many chances at test rugby does one player get? Great Super player, ineffective at test level esp. if it becomes an arm wrestle. Wouldn't it be better to invest in the future?
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life Surprised Tuipolotu is still in the conversation to be honest. How many chances at test rugby does one player get? Great Super player, ineffective at test level esp. if it becomes an arm wrestle. Wouldn't it be better to invest in the future?
With Whitelock and Retallick gone he brings ‘experience’
( I bet that’s the bullshit line that comes out when he gets the nod )
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The thing with Blackadder is, he's 29 with zero test match pedigree behind him. Why are we wasting our time?
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life Surprised Tuipolotu is still in the conversation to be honest. How many chances at test rugby does one player get? Great Super player, ineffective at test level esp. if it becomes an arm wrestle. Wouldn't it be better to invest in the future?
The future includes trying to win games for me, plus he's at the very least serviceable at test level, unlike Vaai who plays like a boy amongst men.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
The thing with Blackadder is, he's 29 with zero test match pedigree behind him. Why are we wasting our time?
Serious work rate and edge apparently
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
The thing with Blackadder is, he's 29 with zero test match pedigree behind him. Why are we wasting our time?
Serious work rate and edge apparently
I guess there's a bit of a resemblance
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life Surprised Tuipolotu is still in the conversation to be honest. How many chances at test rugby does one player get? Great Super player, ineffective at test level esp. if it becomes an arm wrestle. Wouldn't it be better to invest in the future?
The future includes trying to win games for me, plus he's at the very least serviceable at test level, unlike Vaai who plays like a boy amongst men.
I think he's become a far better player in recent seasons too. He wouldn't be the first tight forward to get better ~30 years old
He's barely played any Tests during that time either (two games as a sub in 2022, zero in 2023)
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life Surprised Tuipolotu is still in the conversation to be honest. How many chances at test rugby does one player get? Great Super player, ineffective at test level esp. if it becomes an arm wrestle. Wouldn't it be better to invest in the future?
The future includes trying to win games for me, plus he's at the very least serviceable at test level, unlike Vaai who plays like a boy amongst men.
I think he's become a far better player in recent seasons too. He wouldn't be the first tight forward to get better ~30 years old
He's barely played any Tests during that time either (two games as a sub in 2022, zero in 2023)
Plus, it actually makes it a lot more comfortable for bringing along new talent. He might not have the impact we hoped a big lock would, but he does a job.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
The thing with Blackadder is, he's 29 with zero test match pedigree behind him. Why are we wasting our time?
Serious work rate and edge apparently
I guess there's a bit of a resemblance
Blackadder might end up with a decent enough test career but I fear his style might be a bit too Helter Skelter for international rugby.
