AB "What could have been" XV
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@Nepia Yes indeed. But I will say, along the lines of 'what could have been', is if extended AB squads and tests against Japan etc had been a thing in many of those guys' careers, a lot of them would have been capped. Scary. A couple, such as Angus Gardiner and Greg Smith (who's career was all too brief) would have been quite worthy.
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@Nepia Yes indeed. But I will say, along the lines of 'what could have been', is if extended AB squads and tests against Japan etc had been a thing in many of those guys' careers, a lot of them would have been capped. Scary. A couple, such as Angus Gardiner and Greg Smith (who's career was all too brief) would have been quite worthy.
I await @ACT-Crusader and @Canerbry's next efforts in the competition for the most Cantanbrian award. This will take some topping.
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@Nepia Yes indeed. But I will say, along the lines of 'what could have been', is if extended AB squads and tests against Japan etc had been a thing in many of those guys' careers, a lot of them would have been capped. Scary. A couple, such as Angus Gardiner and Greg Smith (who's career was all too brief) would have been quite worthy.
Zac Guildford and Caleb Ralph never scored tried as important as the one James Kerr got either.
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Yeah but Zac contributed meaningfully in other ways. Such as to the underground Class A trade. And similarly, Ralph almost single-handedly kept STI clinics the province over humming, he was such a swordsman.
Caleb scored my mates wife before they were married. The thing that annoyed him most was she didn’t get with a ‘decent’ AB of the era. It always made watching Crusaders games with them bloody funny when his face came up.
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The halfback for North Harbour Mark Robinson. (Sharky)
Had a quick pass, very strong and quick off the mark.Random memories but can't remember the name.
A lock that played a few tests for NZ in the late late 90s.
Pretty big, blond spiky hair. High workrate.
Colin Meads commented he was still hitting rucks at the end of a game against Southland.
I think he played for Waikato.
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@MN5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Yeah but Zac contributed meaningfully in other ways. Such as to the underground Class A trade. And similarly, Ralph almost single-handedly kept STI clinics the province over humming, he was such a swordsman.
Caleb scored my mates wife before they were married. The thing that annoyed him most was she didn’t get with a ‘decent’ AB of the era. It always made watching Crusaders games with them bloody funny when his face came up.
I know EXACTLY how your mate feels, although thankfully it wasn't Caleb Ralph who shagged my wife before we met, but another Canterbury / Crusaders AB of dubious qualification. This made cheering for Canterbury in particular a little odd at times.
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@MN5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Yeah but Zac contributed meaningfully in other ways. Such as to the underground Class A trade. And similarly, Ralph almost single-handedly kept STI clinics the province over humming, he was such a swordsman.
Caleb scored my mates wife before they were married. The thing that annoyed him most was she didn’t get with a ‘decent’ AB of the era. It always made watching Crusaders games with them bloody funny when his face came up.
I know EXACTLY how your mate feels, although thankfully it wasn't Caleb Ralph who shagged my wife before we met, but another Canterbury / Crusaders AB of dubious qualification.
I bet it was Sam Broomhall
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@Toddy said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Ben Blair
he nabbed another ferners squeeze didnt he...
wasnt Royce Willis' debut in that season from hell? ONe of the bright spots in that season, thought he was the right guy to lead the physical fight with SA.
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@taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.
