AB RWC Squad
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@KiwiMurph said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
Blackadder isn't required in this squad - Finau the backup 6, Dalton the backup 7 and Jacobson the backup 8. I could see him as a good option if Jacobson wasn't available.
I think Blackadder’s versatility as a bench option is what they like. He can start but has been best used off the bench to cover multiple positions.
The other thing they have said is his ability to disrupt opposition ball when it hits the deck. Point of difference from Cane and Dalton.
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@voodoo said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
@ACT-Crusader said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
Yeah I think with Ennor’s injury Havili’s name has gone from pencil to pen. ALB will now be the centre back up option which I’m not sure is ideal.
Hey, Crotty is back in the country 😎
How's Caleb Ralph's fitness these days?
I hear he’s on standby, along with Norm Maxwell now that Retallick is crook…
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@mariner4life said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
@Chris-B said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
Havili has only been out for a couple of months max and was playing well before he got injured. He can fit in three or four more games before the tournament starts - it's a non-issue. He's "figured prominently"(thanks Hinton) in AB teams for the past two years. I'll be amazed if he misses out.
me too.
i guess, for me he is one of the last vestiges of the "old guard" ABs that just weren't as good as the team is now. If we are wedded to RM and BB, then a 3rd playmaker in the backline makes no sense.
But i guess Ennor's injury means we are forced to take him as there are literally no other AB experienced midfielders available.
Probably a few of those guys playing on Saturday. Dave sits with a number of them - you'd rather not have to use them, but we can probably survive with one or two. If we end up with more, we're probably a bit fucked - but, that's likely for most teams.
I think he was going regardless of Ennor.
Go back and watch Braydon in the Super rugby final - not what you'd want in a RWC play-off game.
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@Frank said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
@Chris-B said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
I haven't re-watched the first 10 minutes of Saturday's game - but after that, Christie was one of our best. Passing was decisive and accurate.
lol
Go back and watch it on something other than your phone, Frank!
Bloody Polish chicks - racist against red heads!
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@ACT-Crusader said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
@KiwiMurph said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
Blackadder isn't required in this squad - Finau the backup 6, Dalton the backup 7 and Jacobson the backup 8. I could see him as a good option if Jacobson wasn't available.
I think Blackadder’s versatility as a bench option is what they like. He can start but has been best used off the bench to cover multiple positions.
The other thing they have said is his ability to disrupt opposition ball when it hits the deck. Point of difference from Cane and Dalton.
I understand that. I don't understand how that is enough to displace anyone in this particular squad. Jacobson offers a lot of the same versatility.
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well hopefully Brodie is ok, sounds like if he makes it, it will be like 2019
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Seen this team floating around this arvo
Props
Ethan De Groot
Tyrel Lomax
Fletcher Newell
Ofa Tu’ungafasi
Nepo Laulala
Tamaiti WilliamsHookers
Dane Coles
Codie Taylor
Samisoni TaukeiahoLocks
Brodie Retallick
Scott Barrett
Sam Whitelock
Tupou VaaiLoose Forwards
Sam Cane (C)
Ardie Savea
Shannon Frizell
Dalton Papalii
Luke JacobsonHalfbacks
Aaron Smith
Cam Roigard
Finlay ChristieFirst Fives
Damian McKenzie
Beauden Barrett
Richie MoungaMidfield
Anton Lienert-Brown
Jordie Barrett
Rieko Ioane
David HaviliOutsides
Will Jordan
Leicester Fa’aianganuku
Mark Telea
Caleb Clarke
Emoni Narawa -
if they take 5 wingers and 5 loose forwards then someone has been dropped on their heads
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Leister and t Williams cited at Christchurch airport
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@mariner4life said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
@kiwiinmelb said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
cited
how many weeks are they looking at?
Haha 😂
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@mariner4life said in AB RWC Squad predictions:
if they take 5 wingers and 5 loose forwards then someone has been dropped on their heads
Especially when Ardie is covering 12…
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apparently half the squad has been leaked:
Moody, Williams, Newell, Taylor, Bell, Whitelock, Barrett, Blackadder, Grace, Harmon, Drummond, Mo’unga, Burke, Havili, Fainga’anuku, McLeod, Jordan
And that’s the good half 👍
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Does Nepo make it?, does Finau miss out? I suspect Nepo doesn't make it and the heavy shoulder does!
