All Blacks 2023
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It's a real pisser because Foster didn't select a ready-made like for like replacement in Finau or select an extra lock because it so important to have five wingers for training or something.
Barrett has to stay at lock, which probably means Jacobsen to 6.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks 2023:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2023:
Wouldn't you have to ask someone to step down? Or deselct themself? Can't really say see you to an uninjured wainger for a loosie could you.
The original selection was a huge fuck up wasn't it. I might be wrong but I thought until the final RWC squad submission is made, they can still make changes.
It's fucking hard and unfair on the outside back who has to be dropped though, and for that reason I don't think Foster will do it.
Well personally I hope he doesn't do it, if Frizell looks too iffy and Finau has a ripper against Boks, he will just replace Frizzell. And if Finau doesn't kill it against Boks we will be happy he not there perhaps? In meantime Jacobson is ok as replacement.
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the real fun begins if we lose another forward against the Boks to a 3 week type injury. Then they are forced in to a hard call just to field a team.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2023:
I'd drop Narawa.
Was Telea can play 14 or 11, Jordan can play 14.The prudent thing to do is to drop a winger, as unfair as that might be on the player being dropped. Doubt that Foster has the balls to make that tough call though.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
well there you fucking go. you gambled and you're losing. 4 locks and 5 loosies and you're down 2 early doors already.
Looks like @ACT-Crusader was right, LF to blindside for the France game.
Interestingly Ireland only have 5 loosies in their current squad. Although they have 5 locks.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2023:
the real fun begins if we lose another forward against the Boks to a 3 week
type injuryban. Then they are forced in to a hard call just to field a team.Fixed
Fozzie ain't dropping no one.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2023:
They have 3 fit locks and 4 fit loosies.
Fucking hell.
2 fit locks and 1 Whitelock
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Jacobson has to line up at 6 against the Boks too, you would think.
Bit wild, getting his first two starts since 2021 in back to back matches against the Boks and then France in a WC opener.
Probably should have been given a good run earlier in the year...
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2023:
Jacobson has to line up at 6 against the Boks too, you would think.
Bit wild, getting his first two starts since 2021 in back to back matches against the Boks and then France in a WC opener.
Probably should have been given a good run earlier in the year...
In an ideal world, yes, but I think considering his injuries and head knocks the coaches have handled him relatively well..
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Pretty interesting stuff. The players fought for Fozzie’s job.
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@Mattasaurus cough Hansen cough SBW.
Had Hansen stayed with RC and ALB we may have performed better. For a start, RC wouldn't have been sent off.
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'I won’t be protecting anyone': All Blacks dismiss 'cotton wool' for World Cup warm up
Injuries have already changed the landscape of the Rugby World Cup, with France pivot Romain Ntamack the latest to be struck down.
He is resting Brodie and Shannon for the warmup and opener against the Boks.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2023:
'I won’t be protecting anyone': All Blacks dismiss 'cotton wool' for World Cup warm up
Injuries have already changed the landscape of the Rugby World Cup, with France pivot Romain Ntamack the latest to be struck down.
He is resting Brodie and Shannon for the warmup and opener against the Boks.
They are both injured so he is not resting them.
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@Canes4life Turn around has been startling.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2023:
@Canes4life Turn around has been startling.
Forwards are always more important than backs. Ryan is the key.Biggest change has been in the mindset across the team. There has clearly been some between-season soul-searching and changes in attitude and approach. The panicky,headless-chicken stuff across the team seems to have gone.
The forwards have generally been OK and utterly dominant when they want to be (2nd half against France 2 yrs ago) but all too often in recent years mentally signed-off with dumb play (last quarter against England last year). That's changed. More focus and precision.
The attack and defence have improved hugely also and Foster & co. seem to have finally got the Bo'unga axis working well. And we seem to have a pretty settled A team for the first time in yonks.
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@Victor-Meldrew
And none of this would have happened had Ryan and Schmidt not come on board. The players love for Foster notwithstanding.
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