AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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In an ideal world you would want Fijians (and Samoans and Tongans) playing for their own country but the opportunities for education and sport are more limited there. France is more a threat to Fiji than NZ is for poaching their players. The same for Fijians ending up in the British army.
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I don’t have a huge problem with it until they turn out for the ABs. He should play for Fiji - he’s Fijian who was brought in to help a school be more successful at rugby.
Even if he had been committed to NZ it wouldn't be so bad, but, he'd signed a contract to play overseas which showed he had little attachment to NZ, other than the fact the Crusaders and NZR gave him a lifeline after his being a prick caused him to lose his overseas contract.
The Hansen throw the baby out with the bath water wing experiment was pretty much a failure at the RWC too. Reece only scored against Namibia.
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
To help develop and educate people from the islands.
the graphic isn't showing up, but i am assuming it is something to show the sarcasm
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@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
To help develop and educate people from the islands.
the graphic isn't showing up, but i am assuming it is something to show the sarcasm
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@Stargazer I'll restate my premise; it's 'easier' from the Crusaders.
You kind of make my point for me with this:
The Crusaders wouldn't have signed guys like Bryn Hall and others from out of the regions, because these players wanted to be there and were "discarded" by other franchises. These players always had the talent. These other franchises simply didn't recognise the talent and/or weren't able to develop the potential.If you have the talent, it has been easier to make the ABs from the Crusaders. Because, as you say, other franchises didn't recognise it, or develop them to their potential.
and of course, a winning culture, supported by a competent set of administrators, and surrounded by good players helps
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
I think that Fozzie has said they see him as a winger who can play center (rather than the other way around), so I assume that if he is to start it will be at 11 or 14.
Nope...not the point. He's playing centre, so including his stats in a list of wings is about as meaningful as including Barrett's in a list of 10s.
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@Stargazer SRA stats (by player) available easily somewhere?
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Yeah, they release leaders in some categories here, and games stats on ESPN.
It sucks that ESPN don't seem to put them together in a database for comparison.
Edit 8and edit): A quick look at the game player stats from last week shows that Reece created plenty (2 try assists, 2 Defenders beaten, 1 clean break), but also has the problem of turning it over (4 turnovers which lead the team). Over two weeks he's attempted 7 tackles and made 5.
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
There is probably enough capability here for us to design something that trawls the ESPN stats page post game then accumulates them for each player over time?
It's already been designed I think.
It's called a @Stargazer
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