AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

[Tim]

The 11 players the All Blacks should call upon to bolster their Rugby Championship squad

The All Blacks selectors will soon name the extra 11 players to travel to Australia for the Rugby Championship, which is good news for those men but bad news for the Mitre 10 Cup, whose time in the spotlight is over.

Think Nock has better skills than Christie.

[Bovidae]

I think they will select TTT again, as the AB coaches have talked about him being the closest to Smith in skillset.

[Kiwiwomble]

@KiwiMurph said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape, Crusaders captain Scott Barrett and Otago hooker Liam Coltman have joined the All Blacks in Hamilton.

Coltman has been called in to cover Asafo Aumua who is recovering from a head knock sustained while playing for Wellington. 

kind of annoying, he's hit a rich vein of form for otago, think we were running with 100% lineouts for the first couple of weeks at least

[Tim]

Papalii has a fractured nose and split eye.

[frazzerbazzer]

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[ARHS]

@Bovidae I think Roe is a better option than the rest. Happy with Christie or Drummond though if no room for an 'apprentice'

[Yeetyaah]

@ARHS I like Roe but isn't it a bit too early considering he's only played a handful of NPC games?

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@ARHS I like Roe but isn't it a bit too early considering he's only played a handful of NPC games?

Roe's aim would be getting a SR contract in the near future. One step at a time.

[Chris B.]

Not sure they will call up two extra locks, plus Robinson.

If Foster sticks to his guns about playing people in specialized positions, it seems more likely to me that they'll call up a loosehead prop.

[shark]

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

[Machpants]

@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Are you going to cover the millions we lose in broadcast revenue?

[taniwharugby]

@Tim was odd how Christie leapt past him after a few average performances when it appeared NOck had finally started to string together some decent performances...that said, I'd be concerned if Nock was called into the ABs

[MN5]

@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Good god. Are you going for an early nomination for the broken record award ?

So boring.....

[shark]

@Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

The whole thing is fucked. Call off the BC and RC and release the ABs back to their provinces to continue the best NPC in years.

Are you going to cover the millions we lose in broadcast revenue?

I'm expecting the whole thing will be undermined by a random case of Covid and called off anyway, but not before butt-fucking the NPC. So call it now.

Or as a compromise, let the ABs play NPC up to test week. These camps do my fucking head in.

[Machpants]

@shark the bledis will happen, 100%. Just the money from those four tests makes it worthwhile, compared to the money sink of the M10 . It is a loss making competition for NZR, sky going to all those matches is offset by them also getting the ABs tests, that's why NZR only offer it as a whole package.

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Not sure they will call up two extra locks, plus Robinson.

If Foster sticks to his guns about playing people in specialized positions, it seems more likely to me that they'll call up a loosehead prop.

They have an extra spot with Ennor injured so they could pick both.

[shark]

@Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@shark the bledis will happen, 100%. Just the money from those four tests makes it worthwhile, compared to the money sink of the M10 . It is a loss making competition for NZR, sky going to all those matches is offset by them also getting the ABs tests, that's why NZR only offer it as a whole package.

Yes yes yes, I'm fully aware of the ugly economics. But the heart wants what the heart wants.

[antipodean]

@shark said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@Machpants said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

@shark the bledis will happen, 100%. Just the money from those four tests makes it worthwhile, compared to the money sink of the M10 . It is a loss making competition for NZR, sky going to all those matches is offset by them also getting the ABs tests, that's why NZR only offer it as a whole package.

Yes yes yes, I'm fully aware of the ugly economics. But the heart wants what the heart wants.

Sounds like a visit to the knock shop.

[number9]

@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

Not sure they will call up two extra locks, plus Robinson.

If Foster sticks to his guns about playing people in specialized positions, it seems more likely to me that they'll call up a loosehead prop.

I don't believe so, the props are all specialists. I believe they will call up another lock/6. We need more height in the lineouts. We also have injured Hookers. Dixon maybe?

[number9]

@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

I think they will select TTT again, as the AB coaches have talked about him being the closest to Smith in skillset.

TTT has done what exactly? Call up Bryn Hall or even Drummond, Finn Christie would have got a call if it wasn't for the appendicitis.