All Blacks Squad for France
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@mariner4life Weak loose forwards. Cane the only top quality player.
Good thing we're only playing France, and the SANZA teams are so weak.
Now that perma-crocked Read can't be relied on, what's the plan at #8? If it's A Savea (who is a shit test player) then we're basically Australia.
If we lose either of our top locks we are fucked.
I don’t want to sound like a stuck record , the one bloke we couldn’t afford to lose was victor Vito , he should’ve been a priority to keep , couldn’t believe how he left with a minimum of fuss .
Or Luatua. Both those guys would have slotted into this lineup very nicely , thank you very much.
Wiki tells me VV is 1.92, and Luatua is 1.94
for fun, Ardie is apparently 1.88 m. Doesn't say with or without hair
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@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
Damn, I hope that Rieko doesn't get as pissed off with Akira's non selection as we do and decide to bugger off immediately after the RWC.
long way to go in the season yet. I suspect Akira is now being shown explicitly what training hard means - and asked if he wants to be an All Black. My fear is that people will be knocking on his door offering telephone unmbers to head north.
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I guess the selectors didnt watch the Highlanders game last night then. Frizell's bench impact involved losing the ball and missing tackles. Good talent for sure but also a poach which this regime has no problem with.
Workrate and energy levels issues? You can thank Tana for that. Akira has been played into the ground by Tana. At least this way he'll get some much deserved game time off in June.
I reckon NMS is a tad lucky. I'm a huge fan but I dont think hes the same player he was in 2015.
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@bovidae and Kieran read of course
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@family-man Blame allblacks.com for that oversight.
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@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
Wynne Gray with some cutting insight:
Rugby has changed immensely since the 1987 RWC, the game we thought was fast then is very different from the one we see now.
Phoning it in from the Keith Quinn Rugby Retirement Village
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@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia Note that neither of the Ioane's have re-signed with the NZRU yet.
So we should pick Akira because he might throw a tantrum and leave if we don’t?
Not the type of guy I want in the ABs if that’s the case.
Was kind of hoping he didn’t get picked to see the meltdown on here. It hasn’t disappointed
Pretty shit defensive effort by Akira to let Bryn hall score last night, he’s had a few lapses like that this year
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@mariner4life I agree. JTA and Perry are our next best props? We are thin. 2 good locks and one that can run but is underwhelminig in the physicality you need. Loose forwards? Cane and Fafita but the rest? Tuafua is not an international 8 so he is a 6 and not that imposing. Ardie is a 7 only. Akira, maybe MacDonald the Southerner can help out the Blues, and therefore your chances as an AB.
While our forwards excell in fitness I will be interested in the forward battle with the Boks who seem to be more competitive and physical this year based on their performances against the Kiwi sides. Their backs are playing with a bit more flair as well.
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@98blueandgold said in All Blacks Squad for France:
Ardie can play 8 of the bench which is very important for makeup of team.
This is the bit I don't get. Haven't seen anything to suggest Ardie is effective at the core roles of an 8, just seems convenient because his Super coaches have put him there a few times.
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@sammyc He's bound to after covering his shit team mates virtually all season. No-one's 100% perfect in their play. As has been said though, he's being made to work for it which isn't a terrible thing and I doubt he gonna leave NZ rugby altogether either.
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@sammyc said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia Note that neither of the Ioane's have re-signed with the NZRU yet.
So we should pick Akira because he might throw a tantrum and leave if we don’t?
Not the type of guy I want in the ABs if that’s the case.
Was kind of hoping he didn’t get picked to see the meltdown on here. It hasn’t disappointed
Pretty shit defensive effort by Akira to let Bryn hall score last night, he’s had a few lapses like that this year
Yawn, if you want to pretend that Akira hasn't been one of the best players this 'season' not just last night, and that Shannon Frizzell has then go for you life.
I thought you'd be more disappointed that the in form Matt Todd is omitted for the hopelessly out of form Savea TBH.
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@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
I thought you'd be more disappointed that the in form Matt Todd is omitted for the hopelessly out of form Savea TBH.
More evidence of the Great Anti Cantab Conspiracy (GACC), perpratrated by the media, NZRU and AB coaches, along with random illuminati members on TSF.
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Looking ahead to the 1st test vs France, based on the comments from Hansen, Foster and Fox the only question mark in the backs is who plays between Naholo and J Barrett. That will also determine the makeup of the bench (TJP, DMac and ??).
In the forwards, I expect a starting loose forward trio of Squire, Cane and L Whitelock. Harris, Ofa, Perry/JTA in the reserves with probably S Barrett/Fifita and Savea. The fact that Ardie was mentioned again as cover at no.8 seems to suggest he's likely to be there ahead of Taufua.
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@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@sammyc said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia Note that neither of the Ioane's have re-signed with the NZRU yet.
So we should pick Akira because he might throw a tantrum and leave if we don’t?
Not the type of guy I want in the ABs if that’s the case.
Was kind of hoping he didn’t get picked to see the meltdown on here. It hasn’t disappointed
Pretty shit defensive effort by Akira to let Bryn hall score last night, he’s had a few lapses like that this year
Yawn, if you want to pretend that Akira hasn't been one of the best players this 'season' not just last night, and that Shannon Frizzell has then go for you life.
I thought you'd be more disappointed that the in form Matt Todd is omitted for the hopelessly out of form Savea TBH.
Bring it back to a Canterbury thing again mate. Like you guys do with stargazer every time. Enjoy the cheap likes from all the regulars.
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@sammyc said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@sammyc said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@tim said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia Note that neither of the Ioane's have re-signed with the NZRU yet.
So we should pick Akira because he might throw a tantrum and leave if we don’t?
Not the type of guy I want in the ABs if that’s the case.
Was kind of hoping he didn’t get picked to see the meltdown on here. It hasn’t disappointed
Pretty shit defensive effort by Akira to let Bryn hall score last night, he’s had a few lapses like that this year
Yawn, if you want to pretend that Akira hasn't been one of the best players this 'season' not just last night, and that Shannon Frizzell has then go for you life.
I thought you'd be more disappointed that the in form Matt Todd is omitted for the hopelessly out of form Savea TBH.
Bring it back to a Canterbury thing again mate. Like you guys do with stargazer every time. Enjoy the cheap likes from all the regulars.
Get over yourself, you came blustering onto this thread on the troll with nothing constructive, just a mention of one missed tackle last night, just so you could give shit to fans of one player and now you're claiming woe is me everybody hates Canterbury.
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Lots of forwards named in that squad I wouldn't be comfortable seeing start in a test. Frizell, Taufua, Barrett, JTA, Perry, Ofa, Savea, Fifita and even L Whitelock to name a few. It just shows that having Super Rugby depth doesn't necessarily mean that you will have a lot of International quality depth.
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@marty said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@98blueandgold said in All Blacks Squad for France:
Ardie can play 8 of the bench which is very important for makeup of team.
This is the bit I don't get. Haven't seen anything to suggest Ardie is effective at the core roles of an 8, just seems convenient because his Super coaches have put him there a few times.
Ardie is not effective at the core roles of a 7 let alone an 8. Shit selection, Todd is miles ahead of him.
Akira missing out is crazy. Hansen has made some pretty stupid selections that smack of arrogance in recent times, and Frizzel (who?) is another. This shit already cost us our unblemished record against Ireland.
Our loose forwards are the most underwhelming I've seen in a very long time. If that's who we are going to put out then England and SA will be licking their lips later in the year.
