AB "What could have been" XV
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@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@kiwiinmelb said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@bovidae said in AB "What could have been" XV:
You could include one of the Gear brothers on the other wing. Neither fulfilled their potential in the black jersey.
I reckon Rico carved out a damn good test career with three other quality wingers around the same time.
Hosea on the hand probably fits the bill. He didn’t translate that Super form to the test level. A bit like a few other players mentioned in this thread, had all the physical attributes but didn’t quite kick on.
From what I remember , at one stage Rico and Howlett were neck and neck for that right wing spot , there was nothing between them . And Joe was automatic selection for the left ( before Sivivatu emerged )
I remember when Rico got his first shot in that PI series. Henry rotated his players quite a bit in his first few tests.
But Howlett and Rok were the preferred duo throughout the Tri-Nations and Rico got another chance on the EOYT in the lesser matches.
2005 was when there was a heap of rotation with all four of them.
Gear - 8 caps
Rok - 7 caps
Howlett - 5 caps
Sivi - 6 capsGood times , even though we blew that wc in 07 ,
We played some bloody good rugby in the years leading up
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@kiwiinmelb said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@kiwiinmelb said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@bovidae said in AB "What could have been" XV:
You could include one of the Gear brothers on the other wing. Neither fulfilled their potential in the black jersey.
I reckon Rico carved out a damn good test career with three other quality wingers around the same time.
Hosea on the hand probably fits the bill. He didn’t translate that Super form to the test level. A bit like a few other players mentioned in this thread, had all the physical attributes but didn’t quite kick on.
From what I remember , at one stage Rico and Howlett were neck and neck for that right wing spot , there was nothing between them . And Joe was automatic selection for the left ( before Sivivatu emerged )
I remember when Rico got his first shot in that PI series. Henry rotated his players quite a bit in his first few tests.
But Howlett and Rok were the preferred duo throughout the Tri-Nations and Rico got another chance on the EOYT in the lesser matches.
2005 was when there was a heap of rotation with all four of them.
Gear - 8 caps
Rok - 7 caps
Howlett - 5 caps
Sivi - 6 capsGood times , even though we blew that wc in 11
We played some bloody good rugby in the years leading up
Assume thats a typo, cos I thought 2011 was a good year
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@taniwharugby yep it was , I was there ,
Wasn’t in Cardiff in 07 , thank fuck for that
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@kiwiinmelb I had plans to go to Cardiff, but didnt, cant recall why not though...
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@act-crusader Mils played on the wing in the 1 test we lost in 2005 against SA.
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@majorrage said in AB "What could have been" XV:
I remember the Ireland match. Nonu got a tackle all wrong and the camera panned straight to Tana who was sitting expressionless in the stand.
if that was the one in the Tron, he didn't just miss, he missed by a mile. Totally misread BOD and let them in for a big score. I thought that coudl be the end of him, but he came back stronger than ever.
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@nzzp said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@majorrage said in AB "What could have been" XV:
I remember the Ireland match. Nonu got a tackle all wrong and the camera panned straight to Tana who was sitting expressionless in the stand.
if that was the one in the Tron, he didn't just miss, he missed by a mile. Totally misread BOD and let them in for a big score. I thought that coudl be the end of him, but he came back stronger than ever.
Na. Tip tackle. This was 2005, so just post bod gate
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@african-monkey said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@act-crusader Mils played on the wing in the 1 test we lost in 2005 against SA.
Cheers. For some reason I thought that was in 2007.
Just looking back to 2006, Mils played a lot of footy at centre.
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@bones said in AB "What could have been" XV:
I still don't see what all the fuss is about with Kaino though.
At least that gave me a chance to see my posting standards are still the same.
TBF at that stage Kaino had shown very little and I guess the cartel agreed and that is why he missed Lions selection.
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@gt12 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
You never met the ex mrs gt12.
On the hot crazy timeline she was hard-core danger zone, but it was still worth it.
Tits or GTFO
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Found them on MP4, and not sharing!
She's now back in her proper place as my avatar forever.
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@act-crusader said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@bones said in AB "What could have been" XV:
I still don't see what all the fuss is about with Kaino though.
At least that gave me a chance to see my posting standards are still the same.
TBF at that stage Kaino had shown very little and I guess the cartel agreed and that is why he missed Lions selection.
I'd hate to see my posts about Nonu pre 07.
