All Blacks 2024
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
There's a lot of competition for wing but Naholo must be giving the selectors food for thought.
He looks pretty good.
However, I think Sevu Reece, Mark Telea, Caleb Clarke and possibly Emoni Narawa are probably ahead of him because they are playing well and are more experienced.Sure but things can change quickly - obviously injuries but Reece is rumoured to be off overseas - Narawa has played 1 test and Clarke needs to translate his improved form to big games.
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Like a couple of other positions, there are options but with little test experience, we can’t be sure of how they will perform at test level.
Of course if Ryan can get the forward pack humming (and no reason why he won’t) then it will make the outside backs look like a million bucks!
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Richard Knowler runs his eye over who’s in contention for the ABs at the link below.
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Of course if Ryan can get the forward pack humming (and no reason why he won’t)
Has a good base to work from and knows those players well. A few gaps at 4 & 5 and poss. some issues at 2 but you'd expect the forwards will continue their upward trajectory. Just hope he's not too conservative
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With the quality of the forward pack, hopefully the lack of experience at lock can be hidden this year for the most part.
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@Canes4life Knowles not far away but his selections at Lock are eccentric.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Paul Cully names his 23 to play England.
B Barrett
Tele'a
Ioane
J Barrett
Naholo
McKenzie
Perenara
Savea
Blackadder
Finau
Vaa'i
S Barrett (c)
Lomax
Taylor
de GrootAumua
Tuʻungafasi
Newell
Tuipulotu
Papalii
Ratima
Lienert-Brown
ReeceThe myth grows stronger…….what has Papalii done wrong ?
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@Bovidae Lol B Barrett at fullback, no thanks. R Love all day of the week for me. Atm I would go with the below knowing that a few guys still have to come in.
All Blacks 1st XV for me is:
- De Groot
- Taylor
- Lomax
- Barrett
- Tuipolotu (Vaa'i does nothing for me)
- Finau
- Papali'i
- Savea
- Perenara
- McKenzie
- Telea
- Barrett
- Ioane
- Narawa
- Love
All Blacks 2nd XV for me atm is:
- Numia
- Aumua
- Williams
- Delany
- Walker-Leawere
- Blackadder
- Lakai
- Iose
- Ratima
- Barrett
- Naholo
- Poihipi
- Proctor
- Reece
- Stevenson
AB XV:
- Bower
- Taukei'aho
- Tu'ungafasi
- Darry
- Vaa'i
- Flanders
- Harmon
- Sotutu
- Fakatava
- Cameron
- Clarke
- Tupaea
- Leinert-Brown
- Tavatavanawai
- Sullivan
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Also Taylor? Nope not even playing.
Certainly wouldn't be in 14, bizarre that telea is at hooker. We're not in the fucking NH Cully, we count from 1 upwards
Hmmmmmm depends how De Groot is under the high ball I guess……
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@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
…..and the game he played they lost but that’s 100% a reflection on EB. If he wasn’t there it would have been a 100 point hiding.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
Claims an all blacks spot with the media, not sure what will happen with the actual abs. But as always every theoretical xv should be labelled what you would pick or what you think will be picked. Under foster (and Holland in the canes!) those were very different for me, not so much under Hansen and other coaches
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 Blackadder only needs to play 52 mins a year which propels him above everyone else.
It does make me laugh how he just has to be breathing and he automatically commands an ABs spot.
Named at 7 as well. When's the last time he even played 7?
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@KiwiMurph Fiji in Dunedin in 2021? Where we were getting beaten to the punch at virtually every breakdown. Him, Sotutu and I think it was Frizzell at blindside that day got well outplayed until the Fijians faded in the final 20.
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