AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?

mariner4life

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

@mariner4life Didn't they have the game on in Cairns?

Crocodile bite through the legs of the TV tower or did it just sink into the swamp?

i live in Cairns, not the everglades

But no, 5pm is not ideal, busy cooking dinner. Extended highlights only for me this week.

Chris B.

@mariner4life You'll have seen a fair bit of George's impressive game in those highlights then!

mariner4life

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

@mariner4life You'll have seen a fair bit of George's impressive game in those highlights then!

no

Chris B.

@mariner4life Phil Kearns doing the editing for the Australian highlights package, is he?

taniwharugby

@gt12 where do those stats come from?

junior

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

Bones

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

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

Crotty...

pukunui

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

@taniwharugby Clarke is keen to go based on a quote only a week ago.

“I want to go to Tokyo,” he says. “It’s a big goal, especially while I’m still young. But we’ll just see how this season pans out. The ultimate goal is always the black jersey. If there’s a shot of that it would be something real cool to pursue. **But the Olympics is once in a lifetime as well**.”

Does he realise the olympics are every 4 years?

Bovidae

I'm sure he thinks going to the Olympics at 21/22 years old would be preferable, and then he focuses on playing XVs.

Crucial

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

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

There’s room for him

junior

@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:

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

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

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

Word. Clarke had to be in, he is a real weapon with all the extra skills.

Needs a touch more experience and he looks like he could be Bridge with a bit more power.

Clarke is young, but needs to get himself more involved if the ball isn't going his way.

how many games had our starting wingers in a RWC semi final played? combined? If you are good enough...

I'm pretty over the "safe" wing spot. I think the trench warfare of test rugby needs a couple of game breakers out wide.

Agree with this. Look at the Pom and Safe wings at the 2019 RWC and every one of them had that "extra" ability to beat a man, which can be a crucial outlet in a tight test match. Look at the value the Poms got out of their wings in that semi as compared to the 3/5 of fuck all we got from ours. It was almost like they'd swapped jerseys before the match. Similarly, the Saffa wings were absolutely terrific in the final, especially late on when defenders are fatigues and there to be beaten by someone capable of using a bit of footwork.

junior

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

@gt12 @Chris-B 11 mths out from RWC I was told Bridge was a certainty.

A certainty for the squad or a certainty to playing in a RWC knockout match ahead of the world's best left wing?

Bones

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

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

@gt12 @Chris-B 11 mths out from RWC I was told Bridge was a certainty.

A certainty for the squad or a certainty to playing in a RWC knockout match ahead of the world's best left wing?

Iirc he was being touted as a fullback?

junior

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

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

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

Crotty...

So Rieko is midfield squad cover now?

Bones

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

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

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

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

Crotty...

So Rieko is midfield squad cover now?

I don't know. IMO he's certainly moved ahead of Ennor. And SBW. And Smith.

KiwiMurph

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

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

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

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

Reiko needs to be left at centre now. He has made the move a bit earlier than most wingers but now he has, he needs to develop the experience there. Moving him around again will be a backward step.

So who does he replace in the midfield?

Crotty...

So Rieko is midfield squad cover now?

He can be centre/wing if your 3 other midfielders are goodhue, alb and laumape, all of whom can play 12.

Tim

Is there a single test match quality 12 in NZ at the moment? All of them have major deficiencies. ALB would have been my 13, but has been well down on form. Rieko has been hot shit on attack, but is still learning some of the defence aspects at 13.