All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham

[KiwiMurph]

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

Bell injured. Where have I heard that before.

Who's Bell?

George Bell hooker from Canterbury (Asafo Aumua is also injured). Called up with Finau and Weber to help train with ABs in the leadup to World Cup.

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

I hear Josh Lord has been called up

Fozzie's woken up to his shortcomings!

If he was trolling us he would've called up Stevenson!

[Bones]

@Chris-B he definitely reads the fern. The ultimate troll wouldn't call up Stevenson in a case of double bluff.

You're only hurting yourself Ian.

[Chris B.]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

@Chris-B he definitely reads the fern. The ultimate troll wouldn't call up Stevenson in a case of double bluff.

You're only hurting yourself Ian.

The ultimate troll would be to call up the injured Mitch Hunt and justify it by saying he also covers fullback!

[Bones]

@Chris-B then drop DMac.

[ACT Crusader]

Hookers - they’re now content with playing two of the frontline hookers

Props - start Newell and one other.

Lock - start Lord with one of Scooter or Whitelock. Have Vaa’i on the bench.

Loosies - Finau, Cane, Savea. Papali’i on the bench.

Halfback - if Aaron Smith isn’t in cotton wool… Roigard or Christie to start. Weber on the bench.

[sparky]

How bad is Bell’s injury? Who would be 4th choice Hooker now?

[Bones]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

How bad is Bell’s injury? Who would be 4th choice Hooker now?

I'll bring my boots

[Machpants]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

How bad is Bell’s injury? Who would be 4th choice Hooker now?

Um, fourth choice is Aumua, Bell is fifth. I assume you mean who is sixth choice

[Duluth]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

How bad is Bell’s injury? Who would be 4th choice Hooker now?

Ricky Riccitelli & Tyrone Thompson were the other hookers in the AB xv

[sparky]

@Machpants Next choice available.

[ACT Crusader]

@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

How bad is Bell’s injury? Who would be 4th choice Hooker now?

Ricky Riccitelli & Tyrone Thompson were the other hookers in the AB xv

Sheesh, where’s the barrel to be scraped…

[Duluth]

@ACT-Crusader

We were already there with Bell. I don’t think he’s ready yet

[scribe]

Thompson played well tonight when he came on for The Bay. I think he’s got the goods but probably too early for him.

[booboo]

@scribe said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

Thompson played well tonight when he came on for The Bay. I think he’s got the goods but probably too early for him.

If he's next available he's next available.

Who else is "more ready" than the next best available dude?

[Machpants]

What's Aumua return timescale?

[Mr Fish]

Similarly, when is Brodie McAlister due back? He'd be ahead of any of the hookers used by the All Blacks XV earlier this year, I would think.

[sparky]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

What's Aumua return timescale?

Good question. I saw something about him being out of action until the end of September. He might be playing again by the end of the NPC.

[sparky]

What happened to Kurt Eklund?

[Frank]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

What happened to Kurt Eklund?

Played for the Blues. That fucked his chances.