AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.
In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,
its got that feel about it
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@kiwiinmelb said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.
In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,
its got that feel about it
Like a league first team. One for the record books
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@kiwiinmelb said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
By the way I'm with those who're saying this squad naming is pointless. No games scheduled, the world is in a state of flux and all this can do is detract from what could otherwise be the best NPC in many years.
In AFL they name an all australian team every year that causes debate , and they play no one ,
its got that feel about it
We should be getting in 4 games against the Aussies though - I can see that scenario coming up very quickly.
Otherwise, this will be a Mitre10 for the ages!
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@nzzp said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
Otherwise, this will be a Mitre10 for the ages!
It would make a nice break from the repetition.
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@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
For what it's worth, my 23:
Moody Ofa T
With the 6 props named I don't think you will see much of Ofa at LH again. Cron and Hansen seemed to want to move him there with varying results.
Late in the North-South game when Ofa returned to play LH with Ta'avao at TH and Scrafton at lock, the NI scrum was going backwards.
Not sure Ta’avao is match fit. Ofa LH and Nepo at TH would be pretty solid.
But agree it looks like he’s going to be focussed on TH.
Don't agree with his at all, Props are Specialist in their positions that is why we got out muscled by the Poms.
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@number9 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
For what it's worth, my 23:
Moody Ofa T
With the 6 props named I don't think you will see much of Ofa at LH again. Cron and Hansen seemed to want to move him there with varying results.
Late in the North-South game when Ofa returned to play LH with Ta'avao at TH and Scrafton at lock, the NI scrum was going backwards.
Not sure Ta’avao is match fit. Ofa LH and Nepo at TH would be pretty solid.
But agree it looks like he’s going to be focussed on TH.
Don't agree with his at all, Props are Specialist in their positions that is why we got out muscled by the Poms.
Broadly agree with principle, but Joe and Nepo started in semi, which doesn’t seem to support your point.
My hunch is that BBBR wasn’t at 100%, because Itoje at TH lock is a weakness which Boks exploited in final. -
@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
My hunch is that BBBR wasn’t at 100%, because Itoje at TH lock is a weakness which Boks exploited in final.
BBBR was a long way off his best. For one of the most remarkable locks I have ever seen he was way off his best coming back from injury.
Hopefully a year off sorts him out and he gets back. At his peak he was just incredible. The dummy and score against Australia where he sold the cameraman down the river was a thing of beauty
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@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@number9 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
For what it's worth, my 23:
Moody Ofa T
With the 6 props named I don't think you will see much of Ofa at LH again. Cron and Hansen seemed to want to move him there with varying results.
Late in the North-South game when Ofa returned to play LH with Ta'avao at TH and Scrafton at lock, the NI scrum was going backwards.
Not sure Ta’avao is match fit. Ofa LH and Nepo at TH would be pretty solid.
But agree it looks like he’s going to be focussed on TH.
Don't agree with his at all, Props are Specialist in their positions that is why we got out muscled by the Poms.
Broadly agree with principle, but Joe and Nepo started in semi, which doesn’t seem to support your point.
My hunch is that BBBR wasn’t at 100%, because Itoje at TH lock is a weakness which Boks exploited in final.And Joe is a LH and Nepo TH that supports my point. This whole Hansen way of turning props into utility players weakened the ABs.
I can't stand Justin Marshall but for the fist time in my life I actually agreed with him. He broadly talked about specialist players across the positions, why he was alluding to was that utilities are used in desperate situations. This was echoed by Jeff Wilson I like Fosses approach to his squad selections.
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@number9 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@number9 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@pakman said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
For what it's worth, my 23:
Moody Ofa T
With the 6 props named I don't think you will see much of Ofa at LH again. Cron and Hansen seemed to want to move him there with varying results.
Late in the North-South game when Ofa returned to play LH with Ta'avao at TH and Scrafton at lock, the NI scrum was going backwards.
Not sure Ta’avao is match fit. Ofa LH and Nepo at TH would be pretty solid.
But agree it looks like he’s going to be focussed on TH.
Don't agree with his at all, Props are Specialist in their positions that is why we got out muscled by the Poms.
Broadly agree with principle, but Joe and Nepo started in semi, which doesn’t seem to support your point.
My hunch is that BBBR wasn’t at 100%, because Itoje at TH lock is a weakness which Boks exploited in final.And Joe is a LH and Nepo TH that supports my point. This whole Hansen way of turning props into utility players weakened the ABs.
I can't stand Justin Marshall but for the fist time in my life I actually agreed with him. He broadly talked about specialist players across the positions, why he was alluding to was that utilities are used in desperate situations. This was echoed by Jeff Wilson I like Fosses approach to his squad selections.
I’m with you. Easy now without RWC squad limits, which steer things towards 5 props and hence one who can cover both sides.
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@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
There could be as many as 10 additional players added to the AB squad now if they have to remain in Aust in an isolation bubble. Pick a name out of the hat time.
Akira will still miss the cut.
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@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
Nice one, Labour. An AB squad - extended at that - having to go to Australia for several weeks really fucks the NPC.
How dare they follow Ministry of Health guidelines and not think of long suffering Rugby fans
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@Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@shark you realise, of course, that the govt follow the advice of the health service, not the other way around. Unlike some countries,
It's the governments decision, ultimately. Doesn't matter a shit how much advice they take or from where. Actually, it does. When the only advice you seriously consider represents only one facet in a decision making process, it matters many shits.
