All Blacks 2024
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I think Harry Plummer's doing enough to challenge for the utility back slot.
In terms of playing style, he seems somewhere between Cruden and Jodie, with a very low error rate. Runs a backline a heck of a lot better than I remember Beauds doing last year.
I'm on board.
I am 50 mins into the Blues game and I have been having similar thoughts.
Plummer has been the forgotten man in the race to find an AB 10. If my memory serves me well, he came on the scene as a promising 10 and got shovelled out to 12. From an NZ perspective I wouldn't mind seeing more of him at 10 for the Blues.
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He kept growing and is probably more suited to 12 now. He’s gone well in the last couple of games at 10 though
Good under the high ball now too. A very handy utility if that’s what the selectors want/need
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
He kept growing and is probably more suited to 12 now. He’s gone well in the last couple of games at 10 though
Good under the high ball now too. A very handy utility if that’s what the selectors want/need
Bloody good at direct running when he's at 12 too, certainly plays bigger than he is.
Is this where you whip out a horrific missed tackles stat?
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@Duluth Didn't help that he got thrown into the deep end when the Blues were at their lowest ebb in 2019. He, along with a fair few of those Blues players had to learn on the go and were put in well before their time.
Luke Romano even said when he was there that it was hard for the Blues at the time in the 2010s because they were always little kids running around with no guidance, Plummer being one of them.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
He kept growing and is probably more suited to 12 now. He’s gone well in the last couple of games at 10 though
Good under the high ball now too. A very handy utility if that’s what the selectors want/need
A Havili-style selection but more solid, reliable and able to run a backline. It's interesting that a number of Blues players look better this year under Cotter
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Blackadder will be in the squad
Iose and Laki will not you heard it hear first .If Ryan (& Robertson) have already made his mind up they're idiots. And they may be (but I hope not). And they may also be unable to pick fairly without a provincial bias. But likewise, I hope not.
Be like Smith not Deans or Wyllie.
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@Winger said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Blackadder will be in the squad
Iose and Laki will not you heard it hear first .If Ryan (& Robertson) have already made his mind up they're idiots. And they may be (but I hope not). And they may also be unable to pick fairly without a provincial bias. But likewise, I hope not.
Be like Smith not Deans or Wyllie.
We will see I can’t wait for the blow up.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Winger said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Blackadder will be in the squad
Iose and Laki will not you heard it hear first .If Ryan (& Robertson) have already made his mind up they're idiots. And they may be (but I hope not). And they may also be unable to pick fairly without a provincial bias. But likewise, I hope not.
Be like Smith not Deans or Wyllie.
We will see I can’t wait for the blow up.
They're idiots if they don't pick Lakai. And really hardly any Crusader players should make it unless the team massively improves. It will be a challenge for Robertson and Ryan but I hope they have the maturity and intelligence to do what needs to be done. For the good of NZ rugby
WE don't want another world cup failure due to poor coaching and especially idiotic selections. I know what it feels like with the Canes in recent years
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Winger Razor brought in so many players who grew up outside the Crusaders region into his Crusaders teams. That already suggests to me he's different from Wylie and Deans.
Hope so. Its immature behaviour that i hope esp Robertson is above.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
heard it hear
I like what you did there
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Why would Taylor start against England.
His first match in 9 months is a test match against England?
WTF?
