All Blacks XV 2022
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV:
@Crucial said in All Blacks XV:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
Kirifi should be the player to replace Harmon. Outplayed Christie in the NPC final and finished the season strongly. But Christie plays for Canterbury...
Tuipulotu might end up being back with the ABs once the AB XV tour is finished.
Will be quite the snub if Kirifi isnt called in IMO.
So if RTS and Ennor are joining that that mean they push aside the midfield already there?
100% has to be Kirifi but with Ryan in there as a selector it will end up being Christie.
Meh it's much of a muchness. Two small 7s - one with horrendous discipline - and one who offers very little on one side of the ball.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV:
@booboo Nope, Thompson was called up to replace Bell.
Who replaced McAlister?
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@Crazy-Horse that was me.
I also said i thought that final was the best he has played for some time, but I still think he is a douche, more on him in 2020/21 as @Stargazer said, including his covid breach...that said, the no dickhead rules disappeared some time ago, so there's that.
Harmon would be my choice.
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Would the last rugby player in NZ please turn be lights when they leave….
We are certainly getting down there in terms of the pecking order of players.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks XV:
Would the last rugby player in Christchurch please turn be lights when they leave….
We are certainly getting down there in terms of the pecking order of players.
Fixed your spelling mistake.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV:
@booboo No. Someone posted here that he was injured and was out of the squad. Obviously, that was incorrect. If he was injured at all, it can't have been bad.
Found the post where it was mentioned, couple of pages back. Talk of ACL ... Glad it's not.
Do think it's worth bringing in a third hooker as I think Aumua has to stay with ABs.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
It's up to the players to make that personal decision, and you would hope that Aumua is getting the right advice from his agent etc. There are a number of midfielders ahead of him before he would get anywhere near the ABs.
Every single AB midfielder on here has had their doubters or critics. ALB: 'vanilla"; JB: "one game"; RTS: "too old, out of position"; Havili: "too small, out of position"; Rieko: " better as a winger"; Ennor: "Ennor". Have I missed anyone?
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@Tim said in All Blacks XV:
Guys, I really think that @ARHS might just have been joking about selecting an ancient and mediocre Canterbury player ...
Piss-taking on the Fern. Ban the fluffybunny!
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@booboo said in All Blacks XV:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV:
@booboo No. Someone posted here that he was injured and was out of the squad. Obviously, that was incorrect. If he was injured at all, it can't have been bad.
Found the post where it was mentioned, couple of pages back. Talk of ACL ... Glad it's not.
Do think it's worth bringing in a third hooker as I think Aumua has to stay with ABs.
With Aumua staying with ABs, I thought another hooker would be brought in, like halfback you really need 3 in case of late injury etc.
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@Dan54 I suspect they'll bring in the ABs hooker/halfback who doesn't play for the ABs in the following test if the injury occurs before game day. In case of injuries occurring on game day/during warm-up, they'll probably expect the remaining hooker/halfback to play the full 80 minutes, with another player as cover - for example - Rakete-Stones as the emergency hooker (he played there at school) or Josh Ioane as the emergency halfback (Love to 10, Stevenson to 15).
Anyway, maybe they have brought in new players, but are just late with the announcement.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks XV:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV:
@Crucial said in All Blacks XV:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
Kirifi should be the player to replace Harmon. Outplayed Christie in the NPC final and finished the season strongly. But Christie plays for Canterbury...
Tuipulotu might end up being back with the ABs once the AB XV tour is finished.
Will be quite the snub if Kirifi isnt called in IMO.
So if RTS and Ennor are joining that that mean they push aside the midfield already there?
100% has to be Kirifi but with Ryan in there as a selector it will end up being Christie.
Don't think it will be Kirifi, I think he may just be considered to small for test rugby?
Harmon and Christie aren’t big either.
Harmon is about Richie McCaw size isn't he?
I am sure I read an ex-AB a year or two ago reckoning Harmon could make a good 6/8 and he had his eye on him. I thought it was an ex AB loosie who would know (e.g. Kaino) but I can't find it anyway.
