All Blacks 2021
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@machpants I only mentioned the Heartland-Ranfurly Shield game between the Magpies and a Heartland team, which will normally be end of June. NPC will probably start in August, so it will depend on whether ABs selected for the Bledisloe Cup and TRC will be released. They've done it before, so it could happen, but it's a different time/situation to that Heartland-Ranfurly Shield game.
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If the ABs are going to do a bolter or an apprentice this year then look no further than De Groot imho.
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Given the first few games are likely to be a big factor in Fozzies future as AB coach, I'm not sure hevis gonna stay too far from what he knows, we saw that last year and the fact there was little freshness to the squad or the game plan
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@mackerzzzz said in All Blacks 2021:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2021:
@mn5 if you watched a game now an again, you'd realise that statement is so 90s.
Its 2021 that's 30 years ago... most/some of us were not even born then
Not sure you have a good grasp on the Fern demographic
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@billy-tell Him and that Chiefs fella Ross (?) both look like good prospects.
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@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:
@sparky I'd rather have NvS than a dead rubber fame v Italy. Probably not a popular opinion
I think we’ve had just about enough NZ v NZ games, time for something else...
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@act-crusader yup, I thought the quality level of the last one wasn't that great either. Don't rate Italy at all, but some variation would be awesome
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@act-crusader yup, I thought the quality level of the last one wasn't that great either. Don't rate Italy at all, but some variation would be awesome
I don’t rate Italy either, but a different opposition will bring a different preparation, different challenge and the fact that it’s the All Blacks and test match footy.
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:
@machpants said in All Blacks 2021:
@act-crusader yup, I thought the quality level of the last one wasn't that great either. Don't rate Italy at all, but some variation would be awesome
I don’t rate Italy either, but a different opposition will bring a different preparation, different challenge and the fact that it’s the All Blacks and test match footy.
Purely a ruse to ensure you get to bring up your mates T Chief, etc...
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Lost track of squad numbers, and need, if any, for utility value.
Although Moody out, I feel we’ve got two good options at LH in Karl and Ross. Then there’s Hodgman, who was AB experience but a bit meh, and O’Neill who’s solid but injured. De Groot and Norris seem names for future.
TH concerns me, though. Nepo is international level scrummager and Ofa good against most teams. Lomax and Ta’avao are shaky at top level, although the latter is savvy and cheats to compensate.
For me the second best TH scrummager at the mo is Sione Mafileo, another product of Wesley. Held up well today against big Karl, and would be interesting to see what the AB team could do on his overall game.
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:
@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:
@sparky I'd rather have NvS than a dead rubber fame v Italy. Probably not a popular opinion
I think we’ve had just about enough NZ v NZ games, time for something else...
Disagree. Italy were appalling bad in 6 Nations. The ABs should wrack up 80+ points again them. I would prefer a contest, thank you.
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:
@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:
@sparky I'd rather have NvS than a dead rubber fame v Italy. Probably not a popular opinion
I think we’ve had just about enough NZ v NZ games, time for something else...
Conceding defeat already
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2021:
@act-crusader said in All Blacks 2021:
@yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2021:
@sparky I'd rather have NvS than a dead rubber fame v Italy. Probably not a popular opinion
I think we’ve had just about enough NZ v NZ games, time for something else...
Disagree. Italy were appalling bad in 6 Nations. The ABs should wrack up 80+ points again them. I would prefer a contest, thank you.
At least it means something. Some ABs have made their debut vs Italy in the past and gone on to play more test footy. That has happened even when the result was not in doubt.
Nobody remembers “debuts” in Nth vs Sth...
