AB Depth Chart 2020
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@Bones said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@mofitzy_ said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Bones
Tupaea is pretty raw but fair points. Tomkinson and Thompson would be stopgap players at best I would think.Yeah I'd say Tomkinson is just as raw. Thompson ran one good line, but the rest of his game wasn't exactly standout.
Tupaea is the best back in a decent chiefs backline at the moment, dangerous with almost every touch and not shy on defence. Faiane makes excellent decisions and his cover defence has saved the blues a couple of blushes.
Faiane is a thinking 12, with some great skills.
Tupaea also seems adept at getting in after the tackle and contesting like a good (small) 7. V. useful skill in a backline.
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@mofitzy_ said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
They have Blackwell on the bench but no Robinson or Parkinson? Otherwise fairly solid, Blackwell and JGB shouldn't be anywhere near ABs consideration though.
Surprised Tonga hasn't made a play for Tokolahi, given ABs don't seem to have shown interest?
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@Bones said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@pakman said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
Faiane is a thinking 12, with some great skills.
Lee Stensness is back baby!
Another educated boot. Really second five eighths rather than 'inside centres'.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Blues v Highlanders:
Apologies if it’s already been discussed, And to go with that, is beaudy at 15 the best option for the ABs going forward ?
If it’s a yes , I’m all for him playing 15 at this level
This comment in another thread is worthy of discussion here.
We have had this problem for a while now IMO. As good a player as BB is, IMO he is not the type of 10 that we really need in the ABs.
Trouble is that we don't have any of those 10s around. Old Cruden (minus the chip kicks) would be the closest we have to a 10 that reads the opposition well and calls the shots on the fly. Someone that watches the opposition and works the ball into weak areas while changing gameplans when they have your own areas figured out.
BB has never been that guy and Mounga is also BB light.
So back to the reality and is BB the best option at the moment?
He has to be on the field at 10 or 15 so it will simply be a case (as per last year) of whether we gain more from a DMac or JB at the back than we do from Mounga at the front. -
@mofitzy_ said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
underrated 6/lock option
by who? He got capped and everyone on here loves him
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@Stargazer said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
In that uncapped ABs line-up, IWL should be the first lock to be named in the starting XV.
Is that the same guy the Canes let go? 🤷♂️
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@Stargazer said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@canefan Let go? Did I miss something?
Oops thinking of someone else. Fake news
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@canefan said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Stargazer said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@canefan Let go? Did I miss something?
Oops thinking of someone else. Fake news
not let go, just isn't good enough to start
In NZ we're big on bench players getting rep gigs
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@Crucial said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
He has to be on the field at 10 or 15 so it will simply be a case (as per last year) of whether we gain more from a DMac or JB at the back than we do from Mounga at the front.or someone like Jordan if he keeps his ascension going.
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@KiwiMurph said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@Crucial said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
He has to be on the field at 10 or 15 so it will simply be a case (as per last year) of whether we gain more from a DMac or JB at the back than we do from Mounga at the front.or someone like Jordan if he keeps his ascension going.
Maybe next year.
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@Crucial said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in Blues v Highlanders:
Apologies if it’s already been discussed, And to go with that, is beaudy at 15 the best option for the ABs going forward ?
If it’s a yes , I’m all for him playing 15 at this level
This comment in another thread is worthy of discussion here.
We have had this problem for a while now IMO. As good a player as BB is, IMO he is not the type of 10 that we really need in the ABs.
Trouble is that we don't have any of those 10s around. Old Cruden (minus the chip kicks) would be the closest we have to a 10 that reads the opposition well and calls the shots on the fly. Someone that watches the opposition and works the ball into weak areas while changing gameplans when they have your own areas figured out.
BB has never been that guy and Mounga is also BB light.
So back to the reality and is BB the best option at the moment?
He has to be on the field at 10 or 15 so it will simply be a case (as per last year) of whether we gain more from a DMac or JB at the back than we do from Mounga at the front.Know exactly what you mean , I think mounga fits in somewhere Being inferior to cruden but superior to sopianga
So I guess the question becomes ,
Is mounga 10 , beaudy 15 , the best 10 / 15 combination we can field ? I tend to think it might be , for now at least
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@Bones said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Chris said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Frank said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
How did Cullen Grace go?
As good as Big Red?
Better than Skinfold Ioane?I thought Grace was strong again physical in contact
He’s going to be good when he grows up impressive for the youngest player in NZ SR teams this seasonHe's got a shoulder and a half eh. Quiet game compared to earlier in the season, but not when you factor in his age and it being the first game back (although I guess you could apply those same factors to Robinson last week also).
Yes True it is encouraging. seeing some options coming along at 6, Robinson,Grace, for the future
I was only thinking back before SR we were looking weak at 6 maybe not now.
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@kiwiinmelb pffft...Sopoaga killed it for the ABs. Mounga has a way to go to be superior. Him in form is pretty much what @Crucial described.
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@Bones said in AB Depth Chart 2020:
@kiwiinmelb pffft...Sopoaga killed it for the ABs. Mounga has a way to go to be superior. Him in form is pretty much what @Crucial described.
He did in his first test start on debut.
In his 2nd (and only other) test start not so much!
