All Blacks 2023

[mikedogz]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2023:

Haven't heard any moaning about Sam Cane. That's a first.

That's on facebook.

[Dan54]

@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2023:

Ryan's comments about what he wants from a 6 weren't a surprise. I can only hope that his props also show some physicality.

Ryan's comments about selecting were also interesting, you know like actually going to as many games as possible and then following up with a lot of time on computer to check on individual things you want to see!

[Tim]

@Stargazer Tevita Mafileo was also incorrectly listed as playing for BOP, rather than Harbour.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer yeah I thought that would have been a strange move for him.

[SBW1]

@Victor-Meldrew Pretty sure he gets a run. Telea has an injury.

[Tim]

Three weeks until the first test, two months after that we play France in the World Cup.

[booboo]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:

Scratching my head about Christie over Weber & McLeod over SS.

Other than that pretty much as expected.

Where's your indignation?

Foster, Foster, Foster...

Not losing my shit over the team.

A couple of calls I'd have done different, but we're talking the fringes IMO

[KiwiMurph]

Hopefully Finau gets a genuine shot at 6 in TRC. We know what the other options bring - time to find out what Finau brings.

[booboo]

@Tim said in All Blacks 2023:

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.

Locks are weak IMO
Only 2 x 9s

[booboo]

@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:

clown calls

They are?

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Quite excited about him tbh. Would like to see him chucked in straight away.

[African Monkey]

@booboo Exactly, some of the selections aren't worth getting annoyed over.

It's good having a B team as well, let guys prove their worth there instead of carrying the water and tackle bags around.

[Canerbry]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2023:

Haven't heard any moaning about Sam Cane. That's a first.

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Last reply 40 minutes ago

VERY lucky on form and function.

Also if Sam Whitelock is playing he's the Moral Captain, doesn't matter what Foster thinks.

[Billy Tell]

I assume foster said he was “excited” while sounding utterly bored.

[mikedogz]

I read somewhere that Foster was sad he got no reply from texts he sent to guys that missed out. I would give them time to process it.

[MN5]

@mikedogz said in All Blacks 2023:

I read somewhere that Foster was said he got no reply from texts he sent to guys that missed out.

Yeah he said that on the breakdown.

Laura McGoldrick looked quite nice too.

[Bovidae]

@mikedogz said in All Blacks 2023:

I read somewhere that Foster was said he got no reply from texts he sent to guys that missed out.

Some players hadn't responded to texts or voice messages, not all of them.

[Cantab79]

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks 2023:

I assume foster said he was “excited” while sounding utterly bored.

Totally. Next year I am looking forward to having a coach who speaks with energy and enthusiasm, and gets excited about Rugby. Foster's low/no energy style of operating has been pathetic to watch.

[Victor Meldrew]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2023:

It's good having a B team as well, let guys prove their worth there instead of carrying the water and tackle bags around.

Yeah, this is good to see. I think having that 2nd tier - which is great for players & coaches alike - would have prevented a lot of the positional problems we've seen since around '17/18

[Victor Meldrew]

@Cantab79 said in All Blacks 2023:

Foster's low/no energy style of operating has been pathetic to watch.

Been awful. Reminds me of that other crap coach,Ted.