All Blacks 2024
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Sititi has played other loose forward positions too hasn't he? I remember him playing 7 for Harbour?
Yes, and played at 7 for the NZ U20s.
I thought that Jacobson had a huge game tonight, and it was noticeable that the Chiefs missed his presence at the breakdown when he was in the bin (and a bullshit call that was).
Harsh bin or not it was still a deadshit play to take Jordie out off the ball. A common occurrence with him.
Jacobsen channelling his inner Pieter Steph Du Toit.
How dare he get physical and actually smash Jordie !
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There's force there!!!
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Jacobson is everything Blackadder fluffers wish he was
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@mariner4life He's hit form at the right time. He'd be selected as backup 7 though.
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@nostrildamus I'm not saying Jacobson starts for the ABs, only that he is worthy of being in the squad. I still prefer him at no.8 but he has shown he can play 7 as well, and wins breakdown turnovers.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life He's hit form at the right time. He'd be selected as backup 7 though.
And I'm happy with that. Works hard. Hits hard. Is effective.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@sparky why
Running game, quick pass, gets the ball out fast, and as Rakete-Stones can attest, can hit like a truck.
Yeah ... seriously embarrassment getting smashed like that by a ruck rat (TM @Smuts )
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Interestingly Fabian Holland heading off to London to play for the Barbarians against Fiji.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
In fact with the current injury to Roigard it would be silly not to pick a Ratima- DMac combo
Can be a risk having a rookie 9 start a Test, but on balance I hope you're right. Want to see TJP's experience on the bench in case it does go tits up though.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
There's force there!!!
Yeah, seriously? In a tackle? Force?
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
In fact with the current injury to Roigard it would be silly not to pick a Ratima- DMac combo
Too many Chiefs. Only one token makes the squad…
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Reckon Ratima played himself into the ABs tonight.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Stag said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Ratima, Fakatava & Hotham for the halfback positions with Christy next off the rank
Perenara will be picked.
Maybe not after his display today.
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My updated barometer...
Hookers
Codie Taylor - 100%
Samisoni Taukei'aho - 100% (if fit)
Asafo Aumua - 100%
Ricky Riccitelli - 50% (new)
George Bell - 50% (new)Props
Ethan de Groot - 100%
Tyrel Lomax - 100%
Fletcher Newell - 100%
Tamaiti Williams - 80%
Ofa Tu'ungafasi - 60%
Xaver Numia - 50%
George Bower - 50%
George Dyer - 10%Locks
Scott Barrett - 100%
Tupou Vaa'i - 100%
Quinten Strange - 70% (down)
Sam Darry - 50%
Isaia Walker-Leawere - 50% (up)
Naitoa Ah Kuoi - 20% (down)
Jamie Hannah - 10% (down)Loose forwards
Ardie Savea - 100%
Dalton Papali'i - 100%
Samipeni Finau - 60% (down)
Ethan Blackadder - 50% (down)
Christian Lio-Willie - 50%
Peter Lakai - 50%
Luke Jacobson - 50% (up)
Hoskins Sotutu - 40% (down)
Wallace Sititi - 30% (new)
Brayden Iose - 20% (down)Halfbacks
Finlay Christie - 80%
TJ Perenara - 80%
Cortez Ratima - 80% (up)
Taufa Funaki - 30% (down)
Folau Fakatava - 20% (down)
Noah Hotham - 10% (down)First fives
Damian McKenzie - 100%
Beauden Barrett - 100%
Harry Plummer - 60% (up)
Cam Millar - 10%Midfield
Jordie Barrett - 100%
Anton Lienert-Brown - 100%
Rieko Ioane - 100%
Billy Proctor - 60% (down)
David Havili - 25% (up)
Quinn Tupaea - 10%
Rameka Poihipi - 5%Outside backs
Mark Tele'a - 100%
Sevu Reece - 90% (down)
Ruben Love - 80% (down)
Caleb Clarke - 80%
Emoni Narawa - 70% (up)
Etene Nanai-Seturo - 10%Props/loose forwards comes down to which position they select six players in. Thinking like loose forward at the moment, given so many guys are putting their hands up. Someone like Finau could also double as a lock selection.
Sititi obviously played well this weekend but is he a better option than Sotutu? They're remarkably similar players - there might only be room for one.
Feels likely we'll see Perenara, Christie and Ratima as the halves. Roigard comes in for one of Perenara or Christie when he's fit and then ideally one of the other options will get a full run starting in Super Rugby next year.
Outside backs is tough. Reece, Tele'a, Clarke and Narawa all justify selection as wings. Do you select all four and go for just two first five options (Barrett and McKenzie) or bring someone like Plummer in? Maybe a straight shoot-out between Plummer and Love for a spot.
Proctor has done enough all season to justify selection as the fourth midfielder but was struggling towards the end of the game.
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And for what it's worth, my own personal selection would be:
Hookers - Codie Taylor, Asafo Aumua, Samisoni Taukei'aho
Props - Ethan de Groot, Tamati Williams, Xavier Numia*, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Tyrel Lomax, Fletcher Newell
Locks - Scott Barrett, Tupou Vaa'i, Sam Darry*, Isaia Walker-Leawere*
Loose forwards - Samipeni Finau, Ethan Blackadder, Dalton Papali'i, Peter Lakai*, Ardie Savea
Halfback - Cortez Ratima*, TJ Perenara, Finlay Christie
First Five - Damian McKenzie, Harry Plummer*, Beauden Barrett
Midfield - Jordie Barrett, Billy Proctor*, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rieko Ioane
Outside backs - Caleb Clarke, Mark Tele'a, Sevu Reece, Ruben Love*Injury cover
Taukei'aho - Tyrone Thompson
Numia - Luke Jacobson (more loosies putting their hands up than props at this stage)
Proctor - David HaviliWith the first team to play England: Barrett, Reece, Lienert-Brown, Barrett, Tele'a, McKenzie, Ratima, Savea, Papali'i, Blackadder, Vaa'i, Barrett, Lomax, Taylor, De Groot. Reserves: Taukei'aho(/Aumua), Numia (/Tu'ungafasi), Newell, Darry, Finau, Christie, Ioane, Love.
