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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
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    defend Foster? From a Chiefs fan? GTFO

    But after years and years and years of "dur Fozzie sucks" we are still getting posts referencing him like he's the only one who selected guys out of position. It's tedious.

    NZ Rugby has, for as long as i can remember, been far too in love with its depth, and loves to get clever trying to shoehorn players on to the field. And it very fucking rarely works. I will laugh out loud if we finally have a few 6s playing high quality football, and Mr. "innovative systems" just picks another 7.5 there.

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  • Chris B.C Offline
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    @gt12 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Machpants said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Darry? No way

    Strange it is then. 😉

    The Waikato Times

    Mark Hinton has Quinten in the inside lane.

    When pickings are slim Strange things happen! 🙂

    I don't think Hinton has a great track record of inside oil - he's just stirring.

    I imagine he's watching us having fun with it on here and decided to try and troll the rest of the country.

    I will fucking laugh if Strange gets picked though. Deadshit central.

    Drummies chances appear to have passed by though - it will have to be Hotham in the 9 shirt 🙂

    I guess Drummie got his AB cap. Don't think he'll add to it.

    If Quinten had done a bit less dumb shit this year, he probably would have an inside track. He and Ah Koui seemed to be the first choice AB XV locks last year.

    And pickings are very slim with who's available and (assuming internet listings are close to correct) who has the size to be a genuine international lock. We seem to have a lot of quite short locks.

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  • Windows97W Offline
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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    NZ Rugby has, for as long as i can remember, been far too in love with its depth, and loves to get clever trying to shoehorn players on to the field. And it very fucking rarely works. I will laugh out loud if we finally have a few 6s playing high quality football, and Mr. "innovative systems" just picks another 7.5 there.

    Your not wrong there, what's most annoying is that often there's no clear development plan at all for the player, they get no game time in their "new" position in NPC or SR.

    Our attempts to be clever often result in the player having to try and learn their craft in the international arena - the worst and most unforgiving arena for you to make mistakes in. Yet we seem to do it all the time, with the same medicore results...

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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    defend Foster? From a Chiefs fan? GTFO

    But after years and years and years of "dur Fozzie sucks" we are still getting posts referencing him like he's the only one who selected guys out of position. It's tedious.

    NZ Rugby has, for as long as i can remember, been far too in love with its depth, and loves to get clever trying to shoehorn players on to the field. And it very fucking rarely works. I will laugh out loud if we finally have a few 6s playing high quality football, and Mr. "innovative systems" just picks another 7.5 there.

    Where's this bile for Razor coming from Mariner?
    He hasn't even started and you are all over him at every opportunity.
    Concerned.

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  • Windows97W Offline
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    replied to Chris B. on last edited by
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    @Chris-B said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    If Quinten had done a bit less dumb shit this year, he probably would have an inside track. He and Ah Koui seemed to be the first choice AB XV locks last year.

    Unfortunately the only part of Ah Koui's game that has improved this year is his post match interviews.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    @Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    defend Foster? From a Chiefs fan? GTFO

    But after years and years and years of "dur Fozzie sucks" we are still getting posts referencing him like he's the only one who selected guys out of position. It's tedious.

    NZ Rugby has, for as long as i can remember, been far too in love with its depth, and loves to get clever trying to shoehorn players on to the field. And it very fucking rarely works. I will laugh out loud if we finally have a few 6s playing high quality football, and Mr. "innovative systems" just picks another 7.5 there.

    Where's this bile for Razor coming from Mariner?
    He hasn't even started and you are all over him at every opportunity.
    Concerned.

    don't be.
    I wish the bloke all the best, and sincerely hope he's the guy to turn us back in to a side no one wants to play. I would love nothing more than for AB tests inevitable for all involved again.

    The tone of my posts on the Fern are purely a reflection of the absolute glazing from certain sections of the membership here for the past 4-5 years. It's bordered on fan fiction.

    And lets face it, this thread is nothing but wild guesses thrown about by absolutely everyone involved. So if you're taking anything seriously that's on you

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    Fun fact time (from a mate)!
    Blackadder debuted in 2018 and has played 7 seasons of Super. He's played 42 Super games. There are two seasons where he has played more than 5 matches.

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Mils at Centre?

    Mils is an interesting one, initially selected out of position at 15 because Bitchell hated Cullen, then selected out of position at 13 because early Conrad kept breaking.

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    @Nepia said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Bitchell hated Cullen Cullen was broken

    FTFY

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @Nepia said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    Bitchell hated Cullen Cullen was broken

    FTFY

    No he wasn't, he wasn't Cullen 1996 but he was the best fullback going in Super in 2003.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    blatant revisionism

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    blatant revisionism

    you're trolling, but you should lift your game more and claim that Ben Blair was clearly a better player than Cullen 03

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  • No QuarterN Offline
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    No Quarter
    wrote on last edited by
    #2573

    Cullen had the misfortune of being compared to himself in his hey day rather than against other players, he was definitely the best fullback in 03 but he didn't have much left in him at that stage. I think we could have gotten another season out of him, but begrudgingly can see why they wanted to look forward given his injuries. His treatment by Bitchell was unforgiveable for an AB great to be cast aside the way he was though.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    replied to nzzp on last edited by
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    @nzzp said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    @mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    blatant revisionism

    you're trolling, but you should lift your game more and claim that Ben Blair was clearly a better player than Cullen 03

    but that is clearly false.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Duluth
    #2575

    Howlett was probably the best fullback in 2003 SR. He started the first Test of the year at fullback too.

    There were a few injuries and Howlett was needed on the wing so Mils got selected at fullback in the second Test

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    #2576

    and then we hit the 3N with Mils, Dougie and Joe and she was apples.

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  • Canes4lifeC Offline
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    So on the Breakdown last night Kirwan was pushing for Riccitelli to be selected as one of the hookers. He's the sort of guy that doesn't make many mistakes but I wouldn't have him up there as one of the top three hookers.

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    replied to Canes4life on last edited by
    #2578

    @Canes4life Kirwan is an incredible human being, and a terrible rugby coach and analyst.

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  • Chris B.C Offline
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    replied to Canes4life on last edited by
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    @Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

    So on the Breakdown last night Kirwan was pushing for Riccitelli to be selected as one of the hookers. He's the sort of guy that doesn't make many mistakes but I wouldn't have him up there as one of the top three hookers.

    Crikey!

    I saw Ricky getting interviewed by Jeff Wilson at the weekend and Goldie was towering over him!

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    JK pumping in pumping for undeserved Blues player shock

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