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    @MN5 You'll get there eventually.

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    Reuben Thorne been mentioned yet?

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    but more recently Milner-Skudder, Kerr-Barlow, Steven Luatua, Liam Squire and Lima Sopoaga

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    @shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @MN5 You'll get there eventually.

    Steve Surridge.

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    Nathan Mauger or Ben Blair

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    @shark
    Cheers.
    What was wrong with his style of play?
    I can't remember why he was dropped.

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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.

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    Indeed. He seemed just the right kind of brute to take on the big packs with Norm Maxwell as a perfect foil to him.

    But who cares about all that.....@shark was it Andy Ellis ?

    Chicks love flowers

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    @Nevorian said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    Reuben Thorne been mentioned yet?

    The suitcase you’ve got to be kidding me...

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    Guys who were good enough to
    play for the ABs (and nearly did) but fate had other plans.

    1. Reggie Goodes
    2. David Latta
    3. Ben Tameifuna
    4. Martin Johnson
    5. Paul Tito
    6. Willie Ofahengaue
    7. Duane Monkley
    8. Jordan Taufua
    9. Bryn Hall
    10. Ian Foster
    11. Paul Cooke
    12. John Leslie
    13. Robbie Fruean
    14. James Lowe
    15. Lindsay Harris
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    @shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.

    I was at a game at Eden Park where Isitolo Maka hit Olo Brown so hard that Olo had to be taken from the field.
    Never been able to find footage of it.

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    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    Jordan Taufau

    So close...

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    @Frank said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.

    I was at a game at Eden Park where Isitolo Maka hit Olo Brown so hard that Olo had to be taken from the field.
    Never been able to find footage of it.

    Yeah remember that. About 5m out from the line iirc.

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    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    Guys who were good enough to
    play for the ABs (and nearly did) but fate had other plans.

    1. Reggie Goodes
    2. David Latta
    3. Ben Tameifuna
    4. Martin Johnson
    5. Paul Tito
    6. Willie Ofahengaue
    7. Duane Monkley
    8. Jordan Taufua
    9. Bryn Hall
    10. Ian Foster
    11. Paul Cooke
    12. John Leslie
    13. Robbie Fruean
    14. James Lowe
    15. Lindsay Harris

    Might go for Brett Iti at 9 instead of Bryn Hall.

    Josh Blackie and Andrew Strawbridge were two other players I rated who never got picked for an AB squad. Sean Maitland probably should have been in the AB squad ahead of Zac the drinker in 2011.

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    @Bones said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    Jordan Taufau

    So close...

    Any news on what Koala Tukino is up to ?

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    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    Guys who were good enough to
    play for the ABs (and nearly did) but fate had other plans.

    1. Reggie Goodes
    2. David Latta
    3. Ben Tameifuna
    4. Martin Johnson
    5. Paul Tito
    6. Willie Ofahengaue
    7. Duane Monkley
    8. Jordan Taufua
    9. Bryn Hall
    10. Ian Foster
    11. Paul Cooke
    12. John Leslie
    13. Robbie Fruean
    14. James Lowe
    15. Lindsay Harris

    Might go for Brett Iti at 9 instead of Bryn Hall.

    Josh Blackie and Andrew Strawbridge were two other players I rated who never got picked for an AB squad. Sean Maitland probably should have been in the AB squad ahead of Zac the drinker in 2011.

    How is that possible? He's Scottish through and through.

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    @Catogrande Maitland's yet another poach from Tokoroa.

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    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @Catogrande Maitland's yet another poach from Tokoroa.

    Didn’t Tokoroa provide players for four nations in the 2015 WC ? NZ, Aus, Scotland and one of the islands?

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    @MN5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @sparky said in AB "What could have been" XV:

    @Catogrande Maitland's yet another poach from Tokoroa.

    Didn’t Tokoroa provide players for four nations in the 2015 WC ? NZ, Aus, Scotland and one of the islands?

    Was Isaac Boss at 2015 RWC (Ireland as opposed to islands)?

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