All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV
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@Bones said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
First name on the sheet would be slammin Sammy for me, then probably Goldie, then Wright.
Slammin Sammy, that's gold 🤣
So with no attempt to create a functional 15, and with a few out of position, I have:
Olo Brown, Fitzy, Dowd, Brodie, Chris Jack, Kaino, MJ, Zinny (so hard to leave out Richie, Kronfeld, Buck), Bachop, Carter, A Mauger, Bunce, Rok and Lomu, Cullen.
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Without too much thought the 15 that I would have liked to see play together would be:
- Woody
- Coles
- Big Ben
- BBBR
- Thorn
- Hit Man
- Savea
- Lauaki
- Weepu
- Spencer
- Lomu
- Nonu
- Kahui
- Milner Skudder
- Cully
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Mix or era's. Players mainly from when we were at our peak - late 60's & 2010-15
1 Woody
2 Fitzy
3 Olo
4 BBBR
5 Pinetree
6 Kirkpatrick/MJ (Kirky at his peak the better 6 but can't leave MJ out. They take turns)
7. MJ/McCaw (ditto)
8 Zinny
9 Super Sid
10 Dan
11 Batts
12 Ma'a
13 Buncy
14 Goldy
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@Canes4life said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
Kahui
Good choice. Could have been up there with Conrad et al if not for injuries.
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@dogmeat said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
Players I like - but a fair side nonetheless
1 Woody
2 Fitzy - didn't really like him but couldn't leave him out
3 Brown
4 Retallick
5 Jones I
6 Kirkpatrick
7 Jones M
8 Lochore *
9 Bachop
10 Carter
11 Lomu
12 Bunce
13 Smith C
14 Rush
15 OsborneWhy the asterisk by Lochore?
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@Hooroo said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
10 Can't decide between Dan Carter and Stephen Donald.
The Duck every time.
Carter sucks at whitebaiting.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
@Hooroo said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
10 Can't decide between Dan Carter and Stephen Donald.
The Duck every time.
Carter sucks at whitebaiting.
I just tried to pick players that gave me the most happiness and I couldn't decide between the extended time of happiness Carter provided or the elation of what Donald provided
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1 Woody
2 Coles
3 Brown
4 SW
5 BBBR
6 Kaino
7 McCaw
8 So'oialo
9 Bachop
10 DC
11 JOnah
12 Ma'a
13 Conrad
14 Goldy
15 Cully16 Mealamu
17 Meeuws
18 Faumuina
19 Williams
20 JOnes
21 A Smith
22 Kahui
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@Hooroo said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
I just tried to pick players that gave me the most happiness and I couldn't decide between the extended time of happiness Carter provided or the elation of what Donald provided
RWC2011. The Duck comes on in an shirt 3 sizes too small, there's a penalty to NZ. He walks up to McCaw and, from lip-reading, he simply says, "just give me the fucking ball". Cometh the hour cometh the man
So yeah, I know what you mean.
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@shark said in All-Time Favourite NZ Rugby XV:
@Nepia Yeah neither. Fantastically skilled player and as you say he had a good test career. Never should have been dropped by that BBF Mitchell (I'd also add Razor and Mehrts to that list).
Cribb and Flavell in that era were a criminal waste of talent. OK, the latter lacked discipline, but I wonder if he would have been managed better by Henry or Hansen.
