All Blacks vs England 2
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@Old-Samurai-Jack to be 3rd choice? so basically baring injury in training this is work experience for him?
given the injury to our clear first choice (CR)....second and third are really relying on experience to be there (TJP and FC)....your other options with experience is fakatava...who has gone a bit off the boil....or picking between the two young inexperienced guys....it make some sense to me
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@george33 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Chris-B probably 3 better options, coaches need to look out of there comfort zone on this 1 , anyway it is what it is.
I can only think of one who isn't injured.
I enjoy irritating Saders fans as much as the next person, but Hotham clearly has promise.
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im not saying he would have been my first choice....but as someone thats starting regularly for a super team and given our injuries....hes obviously an option....its not like theyve named the 2nd grade 9 from Sumner Rugby Club
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You can understand the Hotham decision but by god it gives the punters even more ammunition when it comes to the bias debate… we knew it was going to be interesting when it came to fringe/future players but this really comes across a bit fishy. From Razor and Hansons perspective, Knows the player = safe selection.
Hotham is a good player, but hopefully this is just as it’s stated(injury cover for now). It certainly leads you to believe he will be picked either on the end of year tour or next season though, the TJ injury just accelerates that process.
I do feel for Funaki and Fakatava. One thing is for sure though, there is a shit load of halfback depth in the country right now. You could even add Pledger coming through in the u20’s to that list.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@george33 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Chris-B what's he done, crusaders didn't make top 8, yet Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes, Highlanders did , think there is a bit of bullshit hold your hand going on.
This is a new and stupid argument that we didn't hear much of when the Crusaders won seven titles in a row.
What contribution did Hotham make to those titles?
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@Stag said in All Blacks vs England 2:
ALB to centre, Proctor the bench
Blackadder 6
Savea 7
Sititi 8
Ratima start, Christie on the benchi'd love to see 7 savea 8 Sititi and personally id give Finau another shot at 6.....but i think theyve made it quite clear savea is an 8 as far as theyre concerned
and i think Ioane gets back in (as much as i want to see proctor)...home ground, incumbent with eden park record etc....
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
TJ is out for a couple of weeks - Hotham called in as cover.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350334278/all-blacks-summon-uncapped-crusaders-halfback-noah-hotham
That’s a meteoric rise for the lad or as I like to call it Noah’s arc.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Noah Hotham?
I suspect he may be close to getting picked. Not saying I would select him, but when he started looking like he belonged in Super Rugby this year he showed a handy running game, a crisp pass and the ability to clear under pressure.
He could be the backline selection version of Bell.
Yep NZR said begiining of last year they had tabs on Hotham!
That would seem like a fairly stupid thing for "NZR" to say, whatever that means. Since when does "NZR" comment on up and coming players?
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Funaki is definitely a better player, and has had more game/big game experience, esp recently. I reckon it is a bit of a bullshit call, very open to bias
Add to it, they're going to be in Auckland, you know, where Funaki actually lives and plays? Someone who was a big part of a super dominant team and didn't just play a couple of decent games towards the end of the season after stinking it up at the start.
Funaki would be exactly who you bring in as injury cover. This is getting silly now.
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