All Blacks 2024
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@Bovidae It would be nice for Josh Lord to be fit and to string two or three games together.
McWhannell and Walker-Leawere have played much better this season so far than Josh Lord so get the nod ahead of him.
All that could change if Josh Lord can find fitness and form.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Heard it here first
NZ 0-2 England
England will be a tough prospect. Much, much improved team. Don't expect 0-2 though.
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If Robertson picks a whole heap of overrated Crusaders i.e Grace instead of Lakai and Iose he deserves all he gets. We won’t be winning much that’s for sure.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Heard it here first
NZ 0-2 England
England will be a tough prospect. Much, much improved team. Don't expect 0-2 though.
I do, NZ are home team, so 0-2 is exactly what I expect
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Bookmarked for ridicule in a couple of months
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Regarding Razor's selections, obviously none of us know what he is going to do. I suspect he is smarter than just picking journeyman Crusaders because he knows them, but time will tell.
I am wondering what he is going to do with the likes of Rieko, Ardie and BB. Does he think 13 is the best use of Rieko's talents, is 8 the best place for Ardie, and will he contniue with the two playmaker system at 10 and 15 (ie DM and BB)? These were very much a hallmark of the selection policies of the previous regimes and there is no guarantee that Razor is thinking along the same lines.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Heard it here first
NZ 0-2 England
England will be a tough prospect. Much, much improved team. Don't expect 0-2 though.
I do, NZ are home team, so 0-2 is exactly what I expect
England winning both Tests?
England may be on the up and Robertson new to the world of Test rugby, but unless he does something truly stupid selection-wise or turns out to be a shit coach, I can't see England winning twice.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
McWhannell really good this season. Renata has been the biggest surprise. Massive improvement at the scrum.
Mind you the massive improvement in Patty T’s scrummaging has been literally behind that.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Razor is pretty ruthless and non-sentimental based on past selections.
He's probably not going to change team personnel much - sentimentality or not - for the first few Tests. He'll want to get his feet under the table first
He's about HIS legacy, not giving the Saders players a leg-up.
You'd have hoped he'd put the team's legacy above his own.
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This would be easier if we could agree on his underlying philosophy, i.e. given the choice what does he value? The problem is we're lead to believe that the respective assistants are choosing players.
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@Crazy-Horse We know he sees Jordie Barrett as a 12 and Will Jordan as a 15 though.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Crazy-Horse We know he sees Jordie Barrett as a 12 and Will Jordan as a 15 though.
How?
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@Bones He played Jordie at 12 during the season he was at Canterbury NPC and NZ under 20s. When he tried to lure Jordie to the Crusaders it was as a 12. I think he's on record that he thinks 12 is Jordie's best position.
In the last couple of years, Razor selected Will Jordan mostly as a fullback. Doesn't necessary mean he won't ever pick Will Jordan on the Wing, but he will be more willing to put Jordan at fullback than Ian Foster was.
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If Razor... followed by the dumbest statements possible pulled from the imaginations of people traumatized by Crusaders teams of the past.
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I see 6 new All Blacks in the first squad this year: Love, Procter, Ratima, Iose, McWhannell and Numia.
And, if injuries disrupt, then Harry Plummer, Nanai-Seturo, Riccitelli, Norris or Harmon may get a shot.
Others like Poihipi, Lakai, Roe, Walker-Leawere, Tosi, Bell, Sullivan, Moorby, Hannah, Lio-Willie I see as AB XV level, and not consistently good enough yet for the man squad.
What do others think?
