All Blacks EOYT
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England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
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@bayimports said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Tim said in All Blacks EOYT:
Im pleasantly surprised to see that they actually asked him to be there
However very interesting some of that wording about whether he wants to be or not. I would love for someone to actually ask him rather than create further rumours that he has already thrown in the towel to play elsewhere.
Sounds like a bullshit take on the facts - Razor said both Counties and All Blacks medical staff agreed he has a knee injury that rules him out.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
Did Sotutu get in?! 😂
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
So pretty much a full complement
No excuses
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
Nobody? Somebody called Wallace seemed to go alright.
He’s v inexperienced though. Wallace is basically a Grommet; therefore the jury is still out.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks EOYT:
This 2022 forward pack for the U20s is looking like a glimpse into the next few years. I reckon that loosie trio could be together in the senior squad soon enough.https://www.rugby.com.au/match-centre/68e899d9ee85768c5?tab=Player-Lineup
What a team that was, no wonder they won by 50 points.
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@Darren said in All Blacks EOYT:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks EOYT:
This 2022 forward pack for the U20s is looking like a glimpse into the next few years. I reckon that loosie trio could be together in the senior squad soon enough.https://www.rugby.com.au/match-centre/68e899d9ee85768c5?tab=Player-Lineup
What a team that was, no wonder they won by 50 points.
The number 8 for Australia goes alright.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Bones said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
Ethan Blackadder also under threat of watching others go flying past them.
I see no evidence of that happening.
The guy was selected off no rugby, having never set the world on fire in a black jersey and is still being selected despite there being a high degree of certainty he'll struggle to be available 50% of the time. Baffling.
True, though part of the reason he keeps coming back is because nobody has taken the chance. Feels like we are about to see a bit of changing of the guard imo.
Nobody? Somebody called Wallace seemed to go alright.
That's what I'm referring to regarding a changing of the guard. Despite Blackadder being made of glass, there hasn't been obviously better players (I don't want a Ioane or Sotutu argument here)
Sititi, Lakai, and I reckon Haig if he gets a crack are straight up test match footballers, who will put the likes of Blackadder and Jacobson out to pasture.
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@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
Christ, this again.
Akira is gone. You are pretty bloody unlikely to get selected if you're leaving unless you've been a fixture in the ABs.
Sotutu was the best player in Super rugby. Better than Jacobson and Dalton and Finau too. If Cane and Savea had been playing, he would have been better than them too - shoulda been selected, no argument there. But I don't think it's a stretch to say Blackadder has outperformed Jacobson, Dalton, Finau and Cane in the ABs since being selected.Blackadder actually (finally) played a game against the Blues this super season, with Sotutu and Ioane both playing. The pretty woeful Crusaders won against the champion Blues and Blackadder scored a try and made 27/27 tackles.
As for selection leeway, the ABs have had a 'don't lose your spot from injury' policy for ages - and Blackadder might be there forever based on his injury rate, so you may as well get used to it.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks EOYT:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
Christ, this again.
Akira is gone. You are pretty bloody unlikely to get selected if you're leaving unless you've been a fixture in the ABs.
Sotutu was the best player in Super rugby. Better than Jacobson and Dalton and Finau too. If Cane and Savea had been playing, he would have been better than them too - shoulda been selected, no argument there. But I don't think it's a stretch to say Blackadder has outperformed Jacobson, Dalton, Finau and Cane in the ABs since being selected.Blackadder actually (finally) played a game against the Blues this super season, with Sotutu and Ioane both playing. The pretty woeful Crusaders won against the champion Blues and Blackadder scored a try and made 27/27 tackles.
As for selection leeway, the ABs have had a 'don't lose your spot from injury' policy for ages - and Blackadder might be there forever based on his injury rate, so you may as well get used to it.
He wasn't nec. arguing for them but pointing out the weakness of the argument.
And if Havili is an AB fixture well I have no words. I agree Cane is a fixture, he moves like one! -
@reprobate said in All Blacks EOYT:
As for selection leeway, the ABs have had a 'don't lose your spot from injury' policy for ages - and Blackadder might be there forever based on his injury rate, so you may as well get used to it.
On track to be the first AB to be a team fixture for over a decade and get less than 50 caps.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
You can argue the merits of Sotutu (I won't, I'm bored of it), but Ioane just isn't obviously better. I'm not saying he isn't better, but you're missing the point of what I am getting at.
I think Sititi, Lakai and Haig could be a generational loose forward trio, who simply blow the others out the water and become undeniable. Sititi has already done this I think (at least for now) and I expect that if Lakai gets the chance on the EOYT he'll do the same.
When I argue about the ABs not having the cattle, I refer to the fact that we might be 2nd or 3rd best in the world... but what we have coming through (particularly in the forwards) is generational. The three above + Holland and Bell all started in the same U20 team, and I wouldn't bet against them all starting a test together in the next four years.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
So pretty much a full complement
No excuses
Erm Mitchell and Ford, top 9 and 10 says not full complement
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@Machpants said in All Blacks EOYT:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
So pretty much a full complement
No excuses
Erm Mitchell and Ford, top 9 and 10 says not full complement
Mitchell became the top 9 (deservedly) because of injury to the top 9 at the time who’s in the squad
Ford is back up to Smith
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Machpants said in All Blacks EOYT:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
So pretty much a full complement
No excuses
Erm Mitchell and Ford, top 9 and 10 says not full complement
Mitchell became the top 9 (deservedly) because of injury to the top 9 at the time who’s in the squad
Ford is back up to Smith
regardless of any impeccable reasoning I suspect there will be excuses (win draw or lose!)
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@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
You can argue the merits of Sotutu (I won't, I'm bored of it), but Ioane just isn't obviously better. I'm not saying he isn't better, but you're missing the point of what I am getting at.
Well I will grant you Blackadder is obviously better at getting injured far more often and playing far less often.
Quite frankly his continual selection may be damaging to his health.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
You can argue the merits of Sotutu (I won't, I'm bored of it), but Ioane just isn't obviously better. I'm not saying he isn't better, but you're missing the point of what I am getting at.
Well I will grant you Blackadder is obviously better at getting injured far more often and playing far less often.
Quite frankly his continual selection may be damaging to his health.
It's tough, torn vaginas are very unpredictable to recover from
