All Blacks Squad for France
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@toddy said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@antipodean True. With Whitelock and Cane coming in around 1.90 and Akira at 1.94 that is quite a short trio. Squire and Fifita are 1.96. It does make quite a difference. Also, I don't think Whitelock, Cane or Akira are used regularly in the lineout.
Not sure about the other two but Akira is used regularly in the Blues lineout.
Akira does everything for the Blues.
@roninwc I've been well impressed by what I've seen of Thompson this year. Our stocks in the midfield don't look as bad as some were worrying about a year or two ago.
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@chris-b said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@roninwc If Proctor is only the 90kgs he's billed as on the Hurricanes website, then his size is against him as a test midfielder.
He might have been 90kg when he came out of school, but I doubt he'd be that light now - rugby player's weights are so suss sometimes.
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@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
rugby player's weights are so suss sometimes
As are players heights
Which reminds me, I looked up Taufua's height recently and he was listed as being taller than I thought he would be.
Then I did a quick check of the archive versions of the crusaders website
2013 - 1.82m (21yrs)
2014 - 1.82m (22yrs)
2015 - 1.82m (23yrs)
2016 - 1.85m (24yrs)
2017 - 1.87m (25yrs)
2018 - 1.87m (26yrs)It's not particularly important, but its worth noting how bullshit these stats can be
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@chris-b said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@duluth The phone book he stands on has got thicker!
different haircuts. If he wants to be a test player he needs to get it stand up on end like a certain openside
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@chris-b said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@duluth The phone book he stands on has got thicker!
different haircuts. If he wants to be a test player he needs to get it stand up on end like a certain openside
I still reckon Daniel Braid was the king of bullshit height stats.
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@Duluth holy shit if he keeps growing at that rate he'll catch up to Ardie.
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wasn't Ofisa Tonu'u one who always had his weight listed about 20kgs under what he actually weighed?
Back then a 100kg halfback wasn't really the norm.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Squad for France:
wasn't Ofisa Tonu'u one who always had his weight listed about 20kgs under what he actually weighed?
Back then a 100kg halfback wasn't really the norm.
No matter how fat he got Piri Weepu never got over 94 kg either.
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ALB for me is a so-so Super player and a better test player. He is a good support player and keeps the ball alive better than any other 13. When he is paired with either SBW or Crotty he has looked very good for ABs. In saying that i still think SBW and Crotty is best mix but if either goes down ALB at 13 and either t 12 works. Also remember ALB is only turning 23 this year. conrad Smith didn't even play ABS until he was 24!
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@nzzp said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@duluth I wish I grew 5cm in my 20s.
I did, but it wasn't up
Only 5cm!
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@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nzzp said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@duluth I wish I grew 5cm in my 20s.
I did, but it wasn't up
Only 5cm!
It started at 5 ... and then I needed a new belt
