All Blacks XV 2024
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@mariner4life They are among the selectors.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
oh, did i miss the bit where Razor and Ryan are coaching this team as well?
Yeah last time I checked, this was the All Blacks XV team, coached by Clayton McMillan?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life They are among the selectors.
like Marissa Tomei, they probably read out the "wrong" name, and what followed was a stern phonecall about never including guys that use instagram or something
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@fruggerby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
All Blacks XV leaked an hour early
Josh Bartlett
Xavier Numia
Saula Mau
George Bower
Ben Lopas
Ricci Ricitelli
Kurt Eklund
Soane Vikena
Fabian Holland
Josh Lord
Shneil Singh
Peter Lakai
Brayden Iose
Nikora Broughton
Hoskins Sotutu
Tom Christie
Noah Hotham
Finlay Christie
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
Harry Plummer
Josh Jacomb
Dan Hawkins
Riley Higgins
AJ Lam
Kini Naholo
Emoni Narawa
Drew Wild
Chay Fihaki
Timoci TavatavanawaiWhen your mate says he knows the coaches.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
Yes - but, apparently there needed to be articles written about how Razor and Ryan refuse to work with Blues forwards - and Ryan apparently has an obvious feud with Hoskins.
And then this team gets named and there's silence!
oh, did i miss the bit where Razor and Ryan are coaching this team as well?
Think Chris missed the bit where the best 8 in the country was named in the second xv behind bit part players or guys who never play.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
I mean, Fihaki over ENS(maybe injured so excusable), JRK and Z.Sullivan is an absolute joke within itself. Dallas McLeod should consider himself extremely lucky but hey, he wears the correct jersey during super season. Don’t even get me started on the Crusaders 3rd string hooker who has somehow managed to sneak his way into this squad… if you read above, there was no silence, I pointed it out. It’s a shame but it is what it is, Razor likes to pick for comfort.
I’m pleasantly surprised we didn’t see more in there so it could be a lot worse but we can deal with it due to how many others are actually being given a chance here. Some much more deserving than others.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks XV 2024:
bud there is nearly 70 players heading off on these tours, that's damn near every starting player in Super rugby.
be fair.
57 I think. But 3 from the Highlanders ... so 54 split 4 ways.
As you were.
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@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B how many crusaders? The ones that couldn't even make a final...
That's them , the ones that stank the joint out all season and still beat both the Chiefs and the Blues.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B how many crusaders? The ones that couldn't even make a final...
That's them , the ones that stank the joint out all season and still beat both the Chiefs and the Blues.
Oh right. Who did they lose to? Beat the finalists and still couldn't make the top 8.... the absence of Blackadder really hit hard.
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@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
I know you're not one of them but people that dismiss Stevenson for his defensive "frailties" then happily promote Jordan as a god amongst fullbacks need their head read.
What has he done to you?
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
I mean, Fihaki over ENS(maybe injured so excusable), JRK and Z.Sullivan is an absolute joke within itself. Dallas McLeod should consider himself extremely lucky but hey, he wears the correct jersey during super season. Don’t even get me started on the Crusaders 3rd string hooker who has somehow managed to sneak his way into this squad… if you read above, there was no silence, I pointed it out. It’s a shame but it is what it is, Razor likes to pick for comfort.
I’m pleasantly surprised we didn’t see more in there so it could be a lot worse but we can deal with it due to how many others are actually being given a chance here. Some much more deserving than others.
Yeah, I stated earlier in this thread that it's a disgrace that McAlister is so high up, couldn't be bothered writing it out again, nothing to do with silence. We all share the same thoughts on Fihaki including Crusaders fans, but we're warned so it's no surprise.
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Meh, any Crusaders picked is met with anguished banshee wailing these days. Got to say though, Fihaki was from left field and the conservative approach is a bit of a surprize. Like the look of the AB XV, though. Reckon there'll be a few of those names included in the ABs before long.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
I know you're not one of them but people that dismiss Stevenson for his defensive "frailties" then happily promote Jordan as a god amongst fullbacks need their head read.
What has he done to you?
Not telling
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So,...by my count that's 13 of the Blues starting XV in this year's final that have made the ABs or the AB XV. According to my forecast, Riccitelli has missed out to his team mate Eklund, and Akira has signed in Japan.
Hoskins got picked!
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
While you ponder all this, some light reading...
How many Blues are in the ABs squad?
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@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B how many crusaders? The ones that couldn't even make a final...
That's them , the ones that stank the joint out all season and still beat both the Chiefs and the Blues.
Oh right. Who did they lose to? Beat the finalists and still couldn't make the top 8.... the absence of Blackadder really hit hard.
To be honest it did. As did Codie Taylor's sabbatical.
When they came back, those two were instrumental in getting the better of the Blues scrum and loosies.
But, among the missed were:
Williams - tore his hamstring 20 minutes into the first game
Taylor - Sabbatical for most of the season
Jaeger - gone to Ireland
Gallagher - injured for the season
Whitelock - retired to Japan
SBarrett - injured for most of the season
Havili-Talitui - Moana Pacifica
Blackadder - injured for most of the season
Mo'unga - gone to Japan
Burke - injured for most of the season
Fainga'anuku - gone to France
Goodhue - gone offshore
Ennor - Injured all season
Nanai - gone somewhere
Jordan - injured all seasonAlways going to be a bit of a re-building year.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks XV 2024:
I’m surprised there is no Ennor - none of those guys are out and out 13s.
he's probably wrapped in cotton wool...
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