All Blacks 2023

[MN5]

It irks me when they announce it in alphabetical order rather than by position. Really fucks with my OTT.

Should I rant on here or in the GOM thread ?

[mikedogz]

Sotutu misses out, probably because of versatility

[akan004]

Narewa over Stevenson which I disagree with. Stevenson has the better boot and has impressed more in the playoffs so far.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2023:

McLeod has been picked in the midfield hasn't he?

Yeah missed that. Now scratching my head about Caleb Clarke over SS...

[taniwharugby]

Some odd calls alright...Frizzell and Christie living a charmed life, McLeod, left field call that.

[Chris]

Sotutu not even in The AB xv really has fallen out of favour.

[Tim]

The 30-strong All Blacks XV squad was selected by the All Blacks coaching team of Ian Foster, Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan for the 2023 Lipovitan-D Challenge Cup against Japan XV and Brave Blossoms.
The squad includes nine players with Test experience including Aidan Ross, Asafo Aumua, Akira Ioane, Pita Gus Sowakula, Brad Weber, Folau Fakatava, Stephen Perofeta, Brett Cameron and Jack Goodhue.

Following their inaugural Northern tour last year, Leon MacDonald has again been named as All Blacks XV Head Coach alongside Assistant Coaches Clayton McMillan and Scott Hansen.

The 30-strong All Blacks XV squad is as follows (age, Super Rugby club, province):

Forwards:

Props
Jermaine Ainsley (28, Highlanders, Otago)
Oli Jager (27, Crusaders, Canterbury)
Tevita Mafileo (25, Hurricanes, Bay of Plenty)
Xavier Numia (24, Hurricanes, Wellington)
Aidan Ross (27, Chiefs, Bay of Plenty)

Hookers
Asafo Aumua (26, Hurricanes, Wellington)
Ricky Riccitelli (28, Blues, Taranaki)
Tyrone Thompson (23, Chiefs, Wellington)

Locks
Naitoa Ah Kuoi (23, Chiefs, Bay of Plenty)
Quinten Strange (26, Crusaders, Ta$man)
Isaia Walker-Leawere (26, Hurricanes, Hawke’s Bay)

Loose Forwards
Billy Harmon (28, Highlanders, Canterbury)
Akira Ioane (28, Blues, Auckland)
Du’Plessis Kirifi (26, Hurricanes, Wellington)
Christian Lio-Willie (24, Crusaders, Otago)
Pita Gus Sowakula (28, Chiefs, Taranaki)
Cameron Suafoa (27, Blues, North Harbour)

Backs:
Halfbacks
Folau Fakatava (23, Highlanders, Hawke’s Bay)
Brad Weber (32, Chiefs, Hawke’s Bay)

First-five-eighths
Brett Cameron (26, Hurricanes, Manawatū)
Stephen Perofeta (26, Blues, Taranaki)

Midfielders
Jack Goodhue (27, Crusaders, Northland)
Alex Nankivell (26, Chiefs, Ta$man)
Billy Proctor (24, Hurricanes, Wellington)
Bailyn Sullivan (24, Hurricanes, Waikato)

Outside Backs
Sam Gilbert (24, Highlanders, Otago)
AJ Lam (24, Blues, Auckland)
Ruben Love (22, Hurricanes, Wellington)
Etene Nanai-Seturo (23, Chiefs, Counties Manukau)
Jona Nareki (25, Highlanders, Otago)

The All Blacks XV assemble on 29 June, travelling to Tokyo where they compete for the 2023 Lipovitan-D Challenge Cup kicking off Saturday 8 July, at Tokyo’s historic Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo before a second match on Saturday, July 15 at Egao Kenko Stadium in Kumamoto.

[akan004]

Looks like they don't rate Levi Aumua at all.

[hkkiwi]

No Christie in ab xv.

[Tim]

Foster admits the performances in the semifinals did change the squad. 'One went in and one went out'.

[Tim]

Laulala wasn't a Blues forward I expected to see in there ...

[Stargazer]

All Blacks XV squad named:

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/847118

[Mr Fish]

@Tim said in All Blacks 2023:

Foster admits the performances in the semifinals did change the squad. 'One went in and one went out'.

Possibly Samipeni Finau in for Akira Ioane?

[Tim]

Stevenson is injury cover for Telea in the "early RC", so might get to see him against Argentina.

[Tim]

@Mr-Fish And/or Sotutu missing out.

[Machpants]

Jeez there are some clown calls in there, wakka wakka wakka

[Mr Fish]

No Bryce Heem, Brodie McAlister (possibly injured), Hoskins Sotutu in either of the squads...

[Victor Meldrew]

Did i miss Blackadder in either squad? Is he out injured?

EDIT: He is.

[MN5]

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2023:

No Bryce Heem, Brodie McAlister (possibly injured), Hoskins Sotutu in either of the squads...

Sounds like he didn’t text Fozzie back.

[Chris]

Yep McAlister bad hamstring tear out for up to 8 weeks