All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Tavatavanawai...is he eligible
Fiji didn't pick him up in their June test squad- maybe we can convince him his future lies with NZ
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Tavatavanawai...is he eligible
Jordan, Reece, Fainga'anuku, Telea, Tavatavanawai - and that's just one province - we can't possibly have a problem!!!
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Tavatavanawai...is he eligible
Jordan, Reece, Fainga'anuku, Telea, Tavatavanawai - and that's just one province - we can't possibly have a problem!!!
Telea is back home now😉
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster
You catch it again and again.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster
You catch it again and again.
Sure, but you don't have to test or isolate for 3 months, so unless they're sick with it, carry on
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris-B yeah I dont think Tavatavanawi is even eligible anyway, think he only came to NZ last year??
I think we will be fine, if we cant win with what we have, then we werent gonna win anyway.
He came to NZ in 2017 - so should be eligible pretty soon, if he isn't already.
Edit - looks like he is eligible later this year:
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I stand corrected, seems we have an abundance of talented wings, the only issue is very few of them have the test caps and experience to go with it. Having used Bridge, Jordan, JB on the wings means we have not really blooded or given experience to others.
Lets hope Clarke and LF gets some good minutes this season.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Will Jordan won’t be the last to go down with covid in the camp.
The team that runs on the field Saturday may differ from the team named on Thursday.Nah, only two players left haven't had Covid before (or now) not much room left for disaster
You catch it again and again.
Sure, but you don't have to test or isolate for 3 months, so unless they're sick with it, carry on
Yeah true,but still a window of opportunity to take some more players out.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Jordan is out for tests 1 and 2. Bad timing to get covid.
It’s his speed that will be missed the most.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@bobily2 well my comment on him was only tongue in cheek anyway...shame Fiji didnt nab him, but I guess talented wings are not something Fiji are ever short of.
I know - but I'm always down for poaching a player or two
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@bobily2 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@bobily2 well my comment on him was only tongue in cheek anyway...shame Fiji didnt nab him, but I guess talented wings are not something Fiji are ever short of.
I know - but I'm always down for poaching a player or two
Only 159,999 to go…
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Things are going from bad to worse in terms of preparation. I know the team is putting on a brave face but disruption is never good especially when the AB's are most vulnerable in their first test of the June series.
I had picked AB's to clean sweep based on the strength of Super Rugby and an end of season 5-Test series for the Irish (Maori's may as well be test matches) but now I think that's narrowed.
