All Blacks Squad for France
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@nepia They are looking for a Collins/Kaino type defender in the loose forwards it seems. That's not really Akira - he uses his strength to hold up or pull others down. I'm not convinced you can 'learn' it either - you either have it or you don't.
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@KiwiMurph the way they talk about Frizell you'd think he was good enough to hold down a starting spot at the Landers. Mauger must have a blind spot...
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Don't get me wrong about Frizell though, TBH I haven't really seen him play at all this year so can't really comment. Be great if he turned out to be the next Kaino, God knows we need it if flat-track-bully Squire is next in line.
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@KiwiMurph the way they talk about Frizell you'd think he was good enough to hold down a starting spot at the Landers. Mauger must have a blind spot...
Highlanders have some good loosies, Squire and Dixon etc. I don't have an issue with Frizell being picked on potential - he looked bloody good against the Blues when he scored a hat trick - certainly looked to have something special. My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
Highlanders have some good loosies, Squire and Dixon etc. I don't have an issue with Frizell being picked on potential - he looked bloody good against the Blues when he scored a hat trick - certainly looked to have something special. My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
Like Fifita?
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
I like to leave those decisions to the players. After all, they haven't picked him yet either...
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@no-quarter said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@KiwiMurph the way they talk about Frizell you'd think he was good enough to hold down a starting spot at the Landers. Mauger must have a blind spot...
Highlanders have some good loosies, Squire and Dixon etc. I don't have an issue with Frizell being picked on potential - he looked bloody good against the Blues when he scored a hat trick - certainly looked to have something special. My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
Get off the fern Stephen Jones
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
I like to leave those decisions to the players. After all, they haven't picked him yet either...
Money talks. The $ potential of playing for ABs vs playing for Tonga isn't exactly close.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
My main issue is he is a blatant poach and should be playing for Tonga.
I like to leave those decisions to the players. After all, they haven't picked him yet either...
Money talks. The $ potential of playing for ABs vs playing for Tonga isn't exactly close.
Playing for the ABs is seen as the ultimate goal for a lot of PI players. No doubt money plays a part, but there are cultural aspects to it as well.
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The poaching thing used to annoy me as we were trolled when we weren't actually doing any poaching, instead Polynesian-New Zealanders were country swapping.
Now we are actually doing it, so I'm chilled. Nothing to actually be annoyed about now. I expect plenty more, been a trend of about 1 every 2 years for the last decade.
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@stargazer Do the Chiefs have a dodgy mo 'thing' going at the moment?
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia They are looking for a Collins/Kaino type defender in the loose forwards it seems. That's not really Akira - he uses his strength to hold up or pull others down. I'm not convinced you can 'learn' it either - you either have it or you don't.
I dunno... The last year or slightly more has shown a huge improvement in Whitelocks ability to boss the tackle. If he can learn it, surely Ioane can. Plus I don't recall it being something in Kainos arsenal until he'd been around a few years.
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@bones said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks Squad for France:
@nepia They are looking for a Collins/Kaino type defender in the loose forwards it seems. That's not really Akira - he uses his strength to hold up or pull others down. I'm not convinced you can 'learn' it either - you either have it or you don't.
I dunno... The last year or slightly more has shown a huge improvement in Whitelocks ability to boss the tackle. If he can learn it, surely Ioane can. Plus I don't recall it being something in Kainos arsenal until he'd been around a few years.
Kaino certainly took three or four years to really show his potential. IMO absolute peak when 28.
