AB RWC squad
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@Steven-Harris said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Chris-B if body language was anything to go by at the end of last nights game..watching Laumape when he was in some of the background shots, I reckon he’s already been told..just an observation..hes bloody unlucky, he would be in every other World Cup country squad.
Yeah I thought it was striking how glum Laumape looked while he was waiting to sub on, didn't looked to be enthused about going on at all - I figured because he'd just watched SBW not stink up the joint.
For mine, while SBW had an adequate game, I really didn't see anything from him to make him stand out. Lost the ball once or twice too, didn't he? I noticed he's really poor at making the ball available when tackled, which leads to slow/sloppy/turnover ball. Scored a try that I'd back Laumape to waltz in. Any other good points that aren't easily covered by other midfielders? Laumape strikes me as the better bench man too.
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@Bones I agree re SBW. He was ok, but he didn't do anything exceeding what one would expect from a 12 on a wet day. He did get caught out a couple of times on defence I thought.
The conditions and the game style suited him because he didn't need to do much ball playing. I still think he stifles the backline when they are trying to play expansively. Maybe the duel playmaking between Mo'unga and Barrett will negate the need for SBW to do it?
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@Crazy-Horse yeah, I'm intrigued to see him being picked for POTM just because he wasn't shit. Is that what we want from 12?
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@Bones said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Crazy-Horse yeah, I'm intrigued to see him being picked for POTM just because he wasn't shit. Is that what we want from 12?
Not many managed it last week
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@Machpants said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Bones said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Crazy-Horse yeah, I'm intrigued to see him being picked for POTM just because he wasn't shit. Is that what we want from 12?
Not many managed it last week
How did the 12 go last week?
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@Machpants said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
No idea my mind had been wiped
Hah. If mine serves me correctly I thought he was pretty not shit. On a level of this week's 12 who was surrounded by dominating players, unlike last week.
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Interesting to see plenty of people have elevated Bridge and Reece above Ioane and Smith on the back of one game. Even suggesting Smith and Ioane might not make the cut.
Just can’t see it myself. I don’t see the point in taking both Reece and Bridge with BB now playing at 15 and I don’t think those guys have done enough to go past Ioane or BFA and they don’t have the versatility of Jordie. -
@pukunui A lot of people get carried away on here after 1 performance.
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@African-Monkey TBF, was probably the best performance they have put out there for a year or more...I guess the thing that was the most impressive, was that there was some serious heat on them following last week, and they, as a team responded.
A few players simply did what was expected of them, a few put in thier best in black...
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How long would Mo'ouga be out for with this shoulder? (If we had another match coming up).
Question for the only 2 10s guys .
If this was 4th pool match v Italy and he was out for 2 weeks, would you be cool calling up Josh Ioane as "he is on holiday in Japan " but that means Ritchie misses the final?
Or play TJP as cover because he grew up in the same suburb as Weepu, sobbed qualified.
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@Machpants What time and where?
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@sparky said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@Machpants What time and where?
Dunno, mentioned in several articles, just the date tho
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Missing out IMHO on AB RWC squad:
Owen Franks: not doing enough around the park, nor tearing it up at scrum time any more. Enough experience elsewhere in the squad.
Karl T: Really unlucky with injury, fitness and health issues this year. Will be back in 2020.
Vaea Fifita : not enough structure to his game or workrate, not enough dominant tackles.
Jackson Hemopo: Too small for a Test lock, unproven in as a Test back row player.
Liam Squire: You don't opt out of the All Blacks in RWC in World Cup year then swan back in unless your form is exceptional. Not doing enough.
Josh Ioane: Unproven at Test level. Stays as test reserve.
Ngani Laumape: Tough call. Great with ball in hand, solid defence work, but doesn't have the passing skills of the four players ahead of him.
Braydon Ennor: Unlucky. Hasn't had chances to prove himself a Test player yet. Jordie Barrett's kicking game and passing just gives him the edge over Braydon. Great future ahead of him.
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@African-Monkey said in RWC squad. Who's in, who's out?:
@pukunui A lot of people get carried away on here after 1 performance.
Actually Reece was better in 2 tests on the right wing than Ben Smith was in his 2 tests on the right wing.
As for the squad - I reckon the final loose forward position is down to Squire vs Frizell. I don't think Hemopo will go.
