Foster's Firsts.

[reprobate]

@dogmeat 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho (25)

17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi (53)

18. Fletcher Newell (8)

19. Tupou Vaa’i (22)

20. Luke Jacobson (15)

21. Finlay Christie (17)

22. David Havili (25)

23. Leicester Fainga’anuku (3)

Bench vs France: hardly screams run them off their feet in the final 15 minutes. Too much a bob each way selecting. If that is genuinely the plan, then it should be something like Roigard, Taylor or Coles, Leicester, Tamaiti, McKenzie etc.

[nostrildamus]

@dogmeat said in Foster's Firsts.:

I also don't think Razor is going to be the messiah next year.

He doesn't need to be the messiah, he just needs to not be a naughty naughty boy coach.

[sparky]

First AB (Ethan De Groot) to be sent off at the RWC.

[stodders]

@sparky 😂😂😂😂

[booboo]

Not quite in the spirit of the thread but ...

[booboo]

Further to that ...

[MN5]

@booboo said in Foster's Firsts.:

Further to that ...

Couldn’t have done it without Fozzie !

[taniwharugby]

@sparky ordinarily I'd say you can't attribute that to the coaching, but there is certainly some issues with our discipline which does come back to coaching

[Kruse]

@booboo said in Foster's Firsts.:

Not quite in the spirit of the thread but ...

Could've, should've, been 4 years ago.

[Crazy Horse]

@taniwharugby said in Foster's Firsts.:

@sparky ordinarily I'd say you can't attribute that to the coaching, but there is certainly some issues with our discipline which does come back to coaching

If it’s the coaching things may not get better next year. The Saders get pinged a hell of a lot.

[taniwharugby]

@Crazy-Horse but they didn't get alot of cards do they, and usually a bit more calculated?

[Crazy Horse]

@taniwharugby said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Crazy-Horse but they didn't get alot of cards do they, and usually a bit more calculated?

I haven't see any stats but it seems to me they got carded a fair bit too. Or maybe it seemed that way to me because I support them.

[taniwharugby]

@Crazy-Horse I know there is always lenty of chat in match threads about how.much they get away with or deserve cards....

[Crazy Horse]

@taniwharugby said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Crazy-Horse I know there is always lenty of chat in match threads about how.much they get away with or deserve cards....

Yeah but I think on here the Saders would be called evil
cheats for helping old ladies across the road.

[Duluth]

@Crazy-Horse

Penalties not too bad, YCs they ranked 8th this year. 1st (meaning fewest YCs) was the Chiefs

[Nevorian]

Foz could be first AB coach to have win ratio below 70% ? Might have to fact check that one

[Machpants]

@Nevorian said in Foster's Firsts.:

Foz could be first AB coach to have win ratio below 70% ? Might have to fact check that one

Nah nowhere near (from 2022)

[mariner4life]

lol Wayne Smith was shit!

[Nevorian]

@Machpants well he is teetering on the edge there if you take out those that were obviously sacked early in their tenures and if he manages to lose another one or two…..

[Duluth]

I think this is accurate: Foster 2020-2023

Wins: 28 (68.3%)
Losses: 11 (26.8%)
Draws: 2 (4.9%)

So if we bomb out in the QF

Wins: 30 (68.2%)
Losses: 12 (27.3%)
Draws: 2 (4.5%)