All Blacks 2022
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I'm guessing that the starting tight five for this year is firming up. I can see it being the following:
1 Moody
2 Taukei'aho
3 Tu'ungafasi
4 Barrett
5 Retallick (still there on reputation)Really hoping that one lock will emerge from the pack to replace Retallick, who is purely in the squad on reputation. Not convinced by Vaa'i. Lord looks to have the goods, but is probably a year away. Plenty of time for more dynamic loose heads like Hodgman, de Groot, and Norris would be great. I'm assuming that Coles won't make it to 2023. Aumua is on the fringe, and hasn't kicked on. Lomax is middling, and Laulala needs to improve his impact. Tight head is pretty bare. Would be worth giving Newell a couple of games.
Reserves might be something like:
Taylor
Hodgman
Laulala
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@tim said in All Blacks 2022:
I'm guessing that the starting tight five for this year is firming up. I can see it being the following:
1 Moody
2 Taukei'aho
3 Tu'ungafasi
4 Barrett
5 Retallick (still there on reputation)Really hoping that one lock will emerge from the pack to replace Retallick, who is purely in the squad on reputation. Not convinced by Vaa'i. Lord looks to have the goods, but is probably a year away. Plenty of time for more dynamic loose heads like Hodgman, de Groot, and Norris would be great. I'm assuming that Coles won't make it to 2023. Aumua is on the fringe, and hasn't kicked on. Lomax is middling, and Laulala needs to improve his impact. Tight head is pretty bare. Would be worth giving Newell a couple of games.
Reserves might be something like:
Taylor
Hodgman
Laulala
Vaa'i (Whitelock to rotate with Retallick in the starting role)Picking the top XV is a pretty hard job. Plenty of options in most positions. Very few stand out as head and shoulders better.
I'll take your Whitelock bait on behalf of the Cantabs though. Would probably sneak him in in front of BBR (needs to earn his third B back).
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Midfield is going to be really interesting, especially with Jordie Barrett throwing his hat into the ring. Tupaea appears to have second season syndrome, and has struggled on defence. Goodhue is overcoming his second combination ACL/MCL rupture, but it will be interesting to see how he goes by playoffs time. Ennor is well below international level as a centre.
Certainties:
Ioane
ALB(injured?)12 options:
Tupaea
Havili
RTS
J Barrett
Goodhue
(Umaga-Jensens need more game time to be considered)13 options:
Fainga'anuku
Goodhue
(PUJ needs more game time to be considered)We could see a back line such as the following at some stage this year, which would be interesting:
9 Smith
10 B Barrett
11 Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 R Ioane
14 Reece
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@machpants That is what I am seeing at the moment. Mounga really needs to get his mojo back though. We need someone who can manage the end of the game and that includes kicking for territory (example Steyn in the 2nd test vs ABs).
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@tim said in All Blacks 2022:
Midfield is going to be really interesting, especially with Jordie Barrett throwing his hat into the ring. Tupaea appears to have second season syndrome, and has struggled on defence. Goodhue is overcoming his second combination ACL/MCL rupture, but it will be interesting to see how he goes by playoffs time. Ennor is well below international level as a centre.
Certainties:
Ioane
ALB(injured?)12 options:
Tupaea
Havili
RTS
J Barrett
Goodhue
(Umaga-Jensens need more game time to be considered)13 options:
Fainga'anuku
Goodhue
(PUJ needs more game time to be considered)We could see a back line such as the following at some stage this year, which would be interesting:
9 Smith
10 B Barrett
11 Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 R Ioane
14 Reece
15 JordanI think you should Jordie as 15 contender where I till think he may play for ABs
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- De Groot
- Taukeiaho
- Lomax
- Lord
- Whitelock (rotates w/ Retallick)
- Savea
- Cane
- PGS
- Smith
- B. Barrett
- Ioane
- J. Barrett
- ALB
- Reece
- Jordan
- Taylor
- Norris
- Ta’avo
- Vaa’I (S. Barrett?)
- Papalii (Jacobson?)
- Weber
- Mo’unga
- Tupaea (TUJ / PUJ / RTS / Nankivell?)
Wouldn’t mind this team going forward
Inexperienced props sure but think it’s time to get rid of the older non-performers imo
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@george33 what team do u support?
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@yeahtheboys pretty sure he is a Blues supporter
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
@yeahtheboys pretty sure he is a Blues supporter
Pretty obvious who @Yeahtheboys supports as well. Terrible team.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
@yeahtheboys pretty sure he is a Blues supporter
That’s the joke…
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This Jordie at 12 thing is really interesting.
Perhaps it depends on whether Jordan is seen as effective enough at test level as a 15.
How's his defence, positioning, high ball work and kicking game compared to Jordie?
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@billy-tell kids these days, when I went to school, jokes were meant to be funny....
