AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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@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?
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@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?
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@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.
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@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.
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ESPN
Yeah, I don't quite get how Clarke gets so few metres but has a clean break. They're clearly a bit dodgy.
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
ESPN
Yeah, I don't quite get how Clarke gets so few metres but has a clean break. They're clearly a bit dodgy.
stats courtesy of @Chris-B
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@Tim said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
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.
Hopefully the AB coaches can see that Goodhue is clearly wasted at 12. ALB will be fine in black.
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@Bones ALB at 12 just makes for another crappy, low physicality midfield. Not as bad as some in the past, but pretty average too.
I fear that we are going to get the same high workrate, "high skill" team that would get smashed back behind the advantage line while trying to go extra wide early.
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The weekend was the first time I really started to think Rieko might evolve into a bloody good centre. Need to watch him more on defence, but I thought he showed some nice touches ball in hand (passing to set up others) that I hadn't really seen from him before. Good to see him evolve
I wonder if a Goodhue/Reiko partnership could develop? With Goodhue the glue that allows the dynamic players to flourish.
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@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.”The way things are going, there ain't going to be any Olympics next in 2021
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@Tim said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bones ALB/Goodhue, ALB/Ioane, Goodhue/Ioane, and Goodhue/ALB all lack a dominant midfield ball carrier, and rely on a player who looks to take the outside break.
I guess you missed the ALB/Crotty midfield that was such a success a couple of years ago. Through the middle.
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@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
We don't have a Nonu available. Laumape isn't that either as his distribution is more like Nonu c2003.
You need to have all 3 on the field so that's (11) Ioane, (12) ALB and (13) Goodhue.
How did Nonu turn out? Nani may end up being another Sam Tuitupou, or maybe he'll expand his game like Ma'a. He does bring toughness and the ability to break the line
