All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@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!
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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.
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@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…
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We were already there with Bell. I don’t think he’s ready yet
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@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?
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@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.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@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?
Having said that, is Makalio available?
Wouldn't object to him if worst came to worst.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
What happened to Kurt Eklund?
Dropped to the bench this year. He was passed by Riccitelli on form who had a pretty good season (not AB level but I think he exceeded everybodies expectations)
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
We were already there with Bell. I don’t think he’s ready yet
Surprised he even made AB XV let alone this call up.
Huge upside for the future and there is a future Crusader captain in the waiting, but it’s way too early.
