All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham

[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.

[booboo]

@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.

[Duluth]

@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)

[ACT Crusader]

@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

@ACT-Crusader

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.

[Nevorian]

Where’s Ash Dixon when you need him?