AB RWC squad
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I hope it's nothing happening in his personal life. If I had to guess it is because he feels the pressure of the ABs environment and the high standards required. It's not as if he has ever really reached the standards expected of him set by previous holders of the jersey and maybe that stress got to him.
Either way, he has my sympathy but it's probably the right call by Hansen to overlook him even if he's available.
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@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
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@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
It's a massive shame Jacobson and Papali'i are injured but the next cab off the rank has to be Frizzell. I'm sure he'll run riot in the pool stages but I really hope he isn't needed in the pointy end.
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@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@ACT-Crusader Yeah I get that - but that someone else may just grab that opportunity and surpass your previous efforts
And such is life...
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@mofitzy_ said in AB RWC squad:
@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
It's a massive shame Jacobson and Papali'i are injured but the next cab off the rank has to be Frizzell. I'm sure he'll run riot in the pool stages but I really hope he isn't needed in the pointy end.
You hope to not need to depend on the last couple of guys in the squad
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@mofitzy_ said in AB RWC squad:
@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
It's a massive shame Jacobson and Papali'i are injured but the next cab off the rank has to be Frizzell. I'm sure he'll run riot in the pool stages but I really hope he isn't needed in the pointy end.
I really hope he tears it up in pools and give selectors a problem with selection.
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@canefan said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ said in AB RWC squad:
@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
It's a massive shame Jacobson and Papali'i are injured but the next cab off the rank has to be Frizzell. I'm sure he'll run riot in the pool stages but I really hope he isn't needed in the pointy end.
You hope to not need to depend on the last couple of guys in the squad
Given the evolution of the 23 man game and the importance of tactical substitutions, and the fact you only have a 31 man squad, every one will need to do a job. Once on the ground and practicing starts, it only takes one injury and you could be ‘the man’
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@pakman said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ said in AB RWC squad:
@Jailbreak7 said in AB RWC squad:
@mofitzy_ Yeah but Shannon Frizzell???
It's a massive shame Jacobson and Papali'i are injured but the next cab off the rank has to be Frizzell. I'm sure he'll run riot in the pool stages but I really hope he isn't needed in the pointy end.
I really hope he tears it up in pools and give selectors a problem with selection.
Yeah have to agree - seems quite an odd attitude to me to hope that players aren't capable of doing a good job.
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@shark said in Sonny Bill's RWC:
Hamish McKay has been on the wireless saying we should expect SBW to be invalided out of the RWC, with news to come today. I hope he's wrong!!!!
Anyone out at Auckland airport should be watching to see if Laumape is on the midnight flight to Tokyo
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If that's the case, Crotty becomes even more important...
Guess we might see a bit more of ALB/Goodhue in pool play though.
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@taniwharugby Laumape probably starting at 12 in pool games against minnows.
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Hope this is true, Ngani deserved his seat on the plane in the first place IMO.
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@Stargazer I reckon they try ALB/JG again, this strikes me as a better mid field than NL/ALB or NL/JG and given Crottys injury history it is a very real possibility we lose him too, so need to bed in another front line option.
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@taniwharugby why not ALB/JG and then Laumape on the bench for impact.
