All Blacks 2023
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Foster has said that 50/50 calls will go in favour of players staying. That "unofficial rule" will be dependent on the position in question and the other options. At the end of the day the leaving players are still under a NZR contract until the conclusion of the RWC.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2023:
Foster has said that 50/50 calls will go in favour of players staying. That "unofficial rule" will be dependent on the position in question and the other options.
That's right, I'd forgotten he said that. Good
Your second sentence is another way of saying 'close call'. If other options aren't at a similar level then the selectors have to go with the guy leaving
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proper close call, a 50/50, of course should go in favour of those staying, its close then i dont know why you would select the one leaving
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2023:
A guy like Weber tends to be on fringes of squads. Him leaving has to be added to the negative column
It must. In a discussion where the selection panel are a coin toss between two, the player who will be in NZ the following year has to get the nod.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2023:
proper close call, a 50/50, of course should go in favour of those staying, its close then i dont know why you would select the one leaving
Foster has already declared this is his thinking as well.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2023:
@Crucial All depends on the depth. It's a big plus for Dmac's chances, RM leaving at his "peak" is not a great look. Same feeling I had when Charles Piutau left.
I don't think there will be a call on RM in this regard. If DMac goes it will be as a utility extra to RM and BB. I just can't see Foster leaving either of those two behind unless they show really poor form in the Super Finals and RC tests.
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@Kirwan BB and DMac have played well in those positions before DMac got injured. Agree it'd be good to try them again, that was the original "dual playmaker" idea which got them excited.
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@No-Quarter The original "dual playmaker" idea was with BB at 10 and Dmac at 15. That didn't go well at all.
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@Stargazer good thing this is the other way around
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@Kiwiwomble Not sure I'd still call any ABs line-up "good" with BB in the starting XV, unless it's against minnows.
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@No-Quarter Both are good defenders too, which means we won't have to hide RM out on the wing. That got exposed badly in the last World Cup where the English exposed him out wide.
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i wouldn't call DMac a "good" defender. Willing and brave yes. But the Crusaders ruthlessly exposed him in the first quarter of that last game, going through his channel on first phase to great effect.
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@mariner4life Good enough that he doesn't have to be hidden on defence, and in relative terms better than RM. With a big body like JB next to him he'll be better as well.
Treating tens like they are Andrew Mehrtens in 20 years out of date.
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If JB thinks, even for a split second, his job is to help in DMac's channel, then we are already fucked
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@mariner4life Where did I say it was?
