Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.

sparky

CJ's already in Japan for the All Blacks so Matt Proctor at 23 it is then.

pakman

Riccitelli playing LH for Bay with Ash Dixon hooking. Seems that Crotty only out for one game, so unlikely to go outside squad.

Gunner

Nanai would be the logical choice to replace Naholo. He was in the training squad the other week wasn't he?

Crucial

Reiko Ioane could be a good Naholo replacement. Plays wing and covers midfield.

dingo

I saw Riccitelli was playing at LH as well. A versatile front rower is very handy in a touring squad, so I'd like to see the ABs have a look at him in the environment. 
I'm not suggesting he covers both in a match day 23 because we seem to replace the entire front row for tactical reasons, but covering a last minute injury. Very handy.

Dan54

Yep I would like to see Riccitelli sneak in, like others have said he seems to have the build etc to be an international hooker. Wouldn't worry about him being a LH on saturday, thats just a coach trying to get all his good players on the field and probably felt Riccitelli could handle the spot better than Dixon.

Gary

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Reiko Ioane could be a good Naholo replacement. Plays wing and covers midfield.
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he'd have to improve a lot on his Olympic 7's form- not sure we want a winger who targets opposition players to run into.

Stargazer

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Yep I would like to see Riccitelli sneak in, like others have said he seems to have the build etc to be an international hooker. Wouldn't worry about him being a LH on saturday, thats just a coach trying to get all his good players on the field and probably felt Riccitelli could handle the spot better than Dixon.
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Riccitelli played LH in the NZ Under 20's final in 2015. In his NZ U20s profile, he says he also plays prop. So it's nothing new to him to play LH. Handy, very handy.

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sparky" data-cid="607833" data-time="1471786596">CJ's already in Japan for the All Blacks so Matt Proctor at 23 it is then.</blockquote>
 
Any other Canes backs you've missed? 
How about we use the players already in the squad first. 
Back 3 that finished Bledisloe 1 and then have Tamanivalu or ALB start with the other or Sopoaga on the bench.

booboo

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Any other Canes backs you've missed? 
How about we use the players already in the squad first. 
Back 3 that finished Bledisloe 1 and then have Tamanivalu or ALB start with the other or Sopoaga on the bench.</blockquote>
 
You dropping Cruds?

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="607874" data-time="1471815439">You dropping Cruds?</blockquote>
 
Not at all. He's a certainty for the 23. 
I guess my take is we have quite a few options within the existing squad. I wouldn't have any issue with both Cruden and Sopoaga on the bench for instance. Sopoaga could cover 2nd 5 or even fullback if necessary. 
It's only Australia.....

NTA

While a lot of people, and Queenslanders, have various ideas about what team is going to be picked, I doubt whether there will be much more than injury changes, with a bit of forward reshuffling
 
1 Slipper - skipper
2 Moore - needs to fall on his sword as far as captaincy goes I think. 
3 Kepu
4 Douglas
5 Simmons
6 Fardy
7 Pocock
8 McCalman/Timani
9 Genia
10 Foley - but would be unsurprised if Cooper comes in
11 Mitchell
12 Kerevi - there is talk of Folau here. The fuck?
13 AAC
14 DHP
15 Folau
 
16 TPN
17 Sio
18 Alalaatoa
19 Coleman
20 Hoopah
21 Phipps
22 Foley/Quade
23 Kuridrani

NTA

Dunno. Its a pretty bare cupboard for wingers at the moment. Morahan maybe?

Chris B.

Cantab79's team looks about right to me - apart from Coltman - I don't see him in the frame.

KiwiMurph

Rumour has it Rieko Ioane has been called up.

dingo

Saw some of the AB forwards leaving Les Mills as I was walking in today. Didn't notice any "unexpected" faces, but did walk past Hames. He is a midget. About as wide as he is tall.

NTA

Classic prop. Built for propping.

antipodean

BREAKING NEWS: Rieko Ioane set to join All Blacks squad as injury replacement

Stargazer

Disappointing (edit: with respect to the hookers). Radio Sport just tweeted this:
 
All Blacks call in Liam Coltman and James Parsons, Damian McKenzie, Seta Tamanivalu and Reiko Ioane.

Stargazer

And this has been posted by the AB account on instagram:

<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>PLAYER UPDATE: The following players have been called into the All Blacks squad as injury replacements: hookers Liam Coltman and James Parsons are in for Nathan Harris and Codie Taylor; while Damian McKenzie, Seta Tamanivalu and Reiko Ioane are in for Waisake Naholo, George Moala and Ryan Crotty. Meanwhile, loose forward cover Matt Todd has been released to his Mitre 10 Cup team. <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bledisloecup/'>#BledisloeCup</a><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nzlvaus/'>#NZLvAUS</a></span></span></span>

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.