All Blacks 2024
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@Crazy-Horse Marshall was a different player after the achilles injury
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life
Update = I'll know on Tuesday.Thanks, saved time finding out about update = I'll update you on Tuesday!
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@Crazy-Horse yeah reckons if it's only partial then with good rehab he can get back close to what he was.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Crazy-Horse Marshall was a different player after the achilles injury
Yeah he was too. Same with Kirwan.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Crazy-Horse yeah reckons if it's only partial then with good rehab he can get back close to what he was.
Let’s all hope it isn’t career changing.
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Just a little bit of analysis:
Our top four opponents are probably South Africa, France, Ireland, and England. Let's look at our records against them in the last World Cup cycle.
South Africa: 3-4
France: 0-2
Ireland: 2-3
England: 0-1-0Where do we need to improve technical aspects or tactics against these larger forward pack teams? Ruck work, kicking game (exits ...), more modern defence?
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@Tim handling skills and game plan. The last cycle was an absolute mish mash of game plans that didn't mix well ( and probably due to being) combined with awful handling. That's about it for me.
So maybe even just need one of those aspects to not be amateur to improve drastically.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Mate who knows his stuff reckons Roigard is probably patella tendon and if it's a full rupture, then we've seen the best of Roigard already.
I hope this is not the case but it has definitely crossed my mind that he may not be the same again.
I am trying to think of other talents that were looking 'special' before injury curtailed them. The great MJ springs to mind but he reinvented himself and Jonah as well. It's incredible to think Jonah did what he did while he was sick.
Jason Goldsmith? I am sure there is someone I have forgotten.
That ginga lock Ryan, I think?
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Pointless speculating about this until he has had a scan.
Knee surgeries have come a long way since the time of MJ etc. I wouldn’t be retiring him just yet boys
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Mate who knows his stuff reckons Roigard is probably patella tendon and if it's a full rupture, then we've seen the best of Roigard already.
I hope this is not the case but it has definitely crossed my mind that he may not be the same again.
I am trying to think of other talents that were looking 'special' before injury curtailed them. The great MJ springs to mind but he reinvented himself and Jonah as well. It's incredible to think Jonah did what he did while he was sick.
Jason Goldsmith? I am sure there is someone I have forgotten.
That ginga lock Ryan, I think?
I’m fairly sure he retired for work reasons.
He then went to the doctors from Face/off for a new look and decided to play for Ireland
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Mate who knows his stuff reckons Roigard is probably patella tendon and if it's a full rupture, then we've seen the best of Roigard already.
We've already seen one halfback fucked by a knee injury. A second in three years would be a pretty bitter pill to swallow.
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Mate who knows his stuff reckons Roigard is probably patella tendon and if it's a full rupture, then we've seen the best of Roigard already.
We've already seen one halfback fucked by a knee injury. A second in three years would be a pretty bitter pill to swallow.
If you mean Fakatava I think physically he is starting to look better.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Mate who knows his stuff reckons Roigard is probably patella tendon and if it's a full rupture, then we've seen the best of Roigard already.
We've already seen one halfback fucked by a knee injury. A second in three years would be a pretty bitter pill to swallow.
If you mean Fakatava I think physically he is starting to look better.
Agree, but I still think if you compare his speed pre and post, it isn't the same.
That said, touch wood, I think Fakatava's game against the Canes was probably the best I've seen to him since the game against the Crusaders where he did his knee. There were a couple of box kicks that flew too long, but outside of that, he was nearly perfect, and provided a real threat with his running game... and crucially his decision making to run/pass was really good.
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@Frank he’s got All Black legend written all over him aye. Just hope this injury doesn’t prevent him from reaching his peak.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Frank he’s got All Black legend written all over him aye. Just hope this injury doesn’t prevent him from reaching his peak.
I think you need to ease up on the fluffing just a tad
He’s showed some good stuff alright but lets not forget he’s played fuck all tests and couldn’t get past Finlay Christie of all people in the games that mattered last year.
Far too early to throw words like “legend” around.
