Baby Blacks

[Crucial]

How about we go all 1986 and declare this lot in SA at the moment the Cavaliers. Meanwhile we put together a Baby Blacks back home then join a handful from the Cavs back in for the rest of the tear.

Who is the squad once the dead wood is cut and we jump the backups right into the fresh stuff? No pressure to win immediately but to sweep the room and rebuild.

DeGroot
Ross
Bower
ST
McAlister
AN Hooker
Jager
Williams
Newell
Vai'i
Gardiner
McWhannell
Grace
Blackadder
Mikaili-Tu'u
Savea
Plumtree
Papali'i
Ratima
Fakatava
Perofeta
Z Sullivan
Tupaea
R Ioane
Jordan
....

Plenty of gaps to fill.

[mariner4life]

@Crucial you're going to upset a lot of people

[Crucial]

@mariner4life said in Baby Blacks:

@Crucial you're going to upset a lot of people

and?

[Crucial]

I think all the new/nearly new ones mentioned have very high ceilings and that is the selection process IMO.
They are just off the top of my head, would love to hear others.

Love?
B Sullivan?

I probably missed TUJ too.

[Chris]

O Norris
J Ainsley
A Hodgeman
Z Gallagher
J Sangster
T Robinson
B Iose
S Stevenson,

Could all be looked at.

[Bovidae]

Who's our Joe Stanley? A late 20s debutant.

[Bones]

@Crucial said in Baby Blacks:

Love

Why does this guy get so much love? I've not seen anything from him apart from a couple of decent runs, but anything good seems few and far between. Seems like a poor man's Ihaia West to me.

[Bones]

Definitely Ainsley over Jager.

Dickson and Hicks worth a look?

Nankivell could probably do the Havili role better than Havili at the moment...

[Grooter]

@Crucial when you mention Gardner do you mean Dom Gardiner from the crusaders😳

[Stargazer]

So is this about the All Blacks XV?

[Grooter]

@Chris I must suggest Jona Nareki! If I didn't I would feel let down in myself

[Grooter]

@Bovidae Roger is late 20's😔

[Nepia]

@Bones said in Baby Blacks:

Definitely Ainsley over Jager.

That's a tough one, the Irish guy or the NZer who chose Oz.

[mariner4life]

@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:

So is this about the All Blacks XV?

no

THe NZRU has now banned most of the AB squad for being shit. In order to meet our test match obligations new players must be found. new players who will go on to revolutionise rugby and win the world cup next year

[Stargazer]

@mariner4life But many of the players mentioned in this thread will be in the All Blacks XV team that will tour this year.

[KiwiMurph]

AJ Lam

[mariner4life]

@Stargazer said in Baby Blacks:

@mariner4life But many of the players mentioned in this thread will be in the All Blacks XV team that will tour this year.

dude fuck it's a hypothetical question to look at other options. Don't over think it

[Stargazer]

@mariner4life Okay.

[Stargazer]

Here's your Baby Blacks team, plus/minus a few other players:

New Zealand Under 20 squad named

The next generation of rugby stars will have the opportunity to don the black jersey next month with a New Zealand Under 20 squad named today for their first international fixtures in three years.

[Grooter]

@Stargazer George Bell will be the first to make the all blacks out of that group I think, it's just a prediction I could very well be wrong