All Blacks 2021
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Speaking of NZ journalism....
Tupaea, standing at 1.86 metres and weighing 96 kilograms, will bring a rigorous force to the 12 jumper that has not been seen in an All Blacks side since the days of Ma'a Nonu.Without wanting to turn this into an Ardie - height joke fest. a quick google tells me Havili, Goodhue and ALB are all basically the same size as Tupaea.
I remember getting annoyed in 2013 when they compared Francis Sai'ili to Ma'a Nonu. Some things don't change. Just like "the next Jonah" or "the next Kaino/Collins" etc ....
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@kiwimurph Not disagreeing with your point but ALB is actually 103 kg now.
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@bovidae Goodhue has been tipping the ton for a while too, Rieko is probably the heaviest?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2021:
@bovidae Goodhue has been tipping the ton for a while too, Rieko is probably the heaviest?
Mind you this article is soooooo last year
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The Brodie Retallick interview-is that the level of professional speaking quality from NZ Sports reporters these days? Apart from the Elle Macpherson "how's the body?" questions repeated about 4 times they seemed to struggle to get a question out without trailing off like Grandpa Simpson..
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2021:
The Brodie Retallick interview-is that the level of professional speaking quality from NZ Sports reporters these days? Apart from the Elle Macpherson "how's the body?" questions repeated about 4 times they seemed to struggle to get a question out without trailing off like Grandpa Simpson..
Must be getting tips from Mark Nicholas.
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I see havili is of Tongan descent. Was going to say Georgian…
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks 2021:
@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:
He looks good in Crusader red.
A pity for you the Crusaders didn't think that when they had the chance.
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have we been choosing not too up until now?
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@kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2021:
have we been choosing not too up until now?
We were a bit too "finesse" in Japan
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@antipodean yes.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2021:
@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:
Wasn't that the message for 2020?
it should be the message every fucking year for fuck's sake!! it's rugby 101 at every fucking level.
it shows how far standards have slipped that it needs to be spelled out by the guys who are supposed to be the best in the world.
it also shows how things are a cycle. Seems like it's 2004 all over again (without the backline talent).
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I don't want to sound defeatist so how about a happy remark: Foster's smile as he photobombs Blackadder reminds me of the people who get a cushy job and realize nobody else has triggered yet that the job is beyond them...
But that dominating forward malarky, we've got good depth in loosies but they're young and relatively green, the locks are the same we had for years, and the props are arguably no improvement on the recent past. So I'm not sure where this newfound forward dominance will spring from, it is not as if overseas teams have gone backwards in this area (with the honourable exception of Australia).
Rapid rise: Teammates reveal why All Blacks bolter is a 'special talent'
