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Jailbreak7

@BerniesCorner Amen. He is such a key player.

sparky

I rate TJP above Finlay Christie.

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sparky

It didn't look at all good, but not as bad as the MJ injury or the Gerald Willhite or Joe Thiesmann ones in NFL or the David Busst one in football (it took 7 minutes to clear the blood from the pitch after that last one).

DaGrubster

@frugby

He had 2 ACL injuries didn’t he?

The one thing that takes the most time with ACL is speed to return.

It took Virgil Van Dyk at 18 months to finally get back to the player he was before his ACL and a large part of that was regaining speed. If you don’t have the speed you once had, you lose confidence and have to change your game.

Bones

@DaGrubster been there done that! In my early twenties I needed to change my running style due to chronic injury - basically running on my calves when I was lucky to be 70kg wasn't the same as when I was 90kh. One of the hardest things I've ever done.

DaGrubster

@Bones

30 years ago it was a career ending injury wasn’t it?

It’s generally considered the worst injury for a sportsman to suffer.

I have had my fair share of knee injuries. You don’t realise how critical they are to everyday life until you can’t use one!! 😡

Windows97

Incredibly sad about Roigards injury, I was really looking forward to seeing how his combination with DMac was going to go this year.
I do hope some-one with flamboyance like Ratima steps up than us settle with someone per functionary like Christie.

george33

@Windows97 Christie/ Beauden was probably going to be starting halves anyway, with Roigard of bench maybe,

Bovidae

@sparky said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

I rate TJP above Finlay Christie.

Unfortunately your and collective TSF opinion doesn't count. I fear with MacDonald there, Christie will be their halfback.

Chris

I as far as I have heard the breakdown of selections are
Ryan tight 5
Razor LFs
Hansen inside backs
Holland MF
McDonald outside backs
With Razor and input from Wayne Smith over seeing it all.

Frank

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Windows97 Christie/ Beauden was probably going to be starting halves anyway, with Roigard of bench maybe,

Source?
You have the inside word on Razor's thinking or imagining it?

Canes4life

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Windows97 Christie/ Beauden was probably going to be starting halves anyway, with Roigard of bench maybe,

No way, Roigard would have been the top halfback hands down. If not, the coaches have rocks in their head. Christie is just so damn average, anyone with half a brain can see that.

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Frank

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

@Windows97 Christie/ Beauden was probably going to be starting halves anyway, with Roigard of bench maybe,

No way, Roigard would have been the top halfback hands down. If not, the coaches have rocks in their head. Christie is just so damn average, anyone with half a brain can see that.

You know Christie is shit when even the Auckland boys on this forum are very quiet about pushing his case.

george33

@Frank well every 1 has an opinion and like a lot I rate him our best 9, with smith gone , Roigard had problems at World Cup and still does, but he will get there within couple years all going well, GREEDY was what I was told

Frank

@george33 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:

Roigard had problems at World Cup and still does, but he will get there within couple years all going well, GREEDY was what I was told

Kiwiwomble

i think Roigard's "issues" at the world cup have been really overblown

george33

@Kiwiwomble Don't think so, he's young and will progress but he wouldn't b in my top 1-3 half's at test level yet , sorry Canes fans ,

Kiwiwomble

@george33 you think at best he's the 4th best halfback in NZ? i dont think its just the canes fans you'd be disagreeing with

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