All Blacks 2024
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Lol
Good argues
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
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@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
ALB outplayed procter last week . let’s see what happens this week against Ioane
Proctor also outplayed Ioane and ALB when the sides met earlier in the year so horses for courses.
Better to build depth and have all these guys pushing each other than having utilities that can cover multiple positions so to speak.
Ioane will start as the preferred midfield option but if he lasts there until the next World Cup will remain to be seen.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
ALB outplayed procter last week . let’s see what happens this week against Ioane
Proctor also outplayed Ioane and ALB when the sides met earlier in the year so horses for courses.
Better to build depth and have all these guys pushing each other than having utilities that can cover multiple positions so to speak.
Ioane will start as the preferred midfield option but if he lasts there until the next World Cup will remain to be seen.
when u are a uncapped player and you are meeting 60+ test players in a knockout games it pays to outplay them if you want to advance your case
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
You seem to have missed the *and test level.
Ikitau is a good player but his form is nowhere near what it was 2-3 years ago.
Just as well the squad is named on Monday - we've all drained as much out of these topics as we can I think haha
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@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
ALB outplayed procter last week . let’s see what happens this week against Ioane
Proctor also outplayed Ioane and ALB when the sides met earlier in the year so horses for courses.
Better to build depth and have all these guys pushing each other than having utilities that can cover multiple positions so to speak.
Ioane will start as the preferred midfield option but if he lasts there until the next World Cup will remain to be seen.
when u are a uncapped player and you are meeting 60+ test players in a knockout games it pays to outplay them if you want to advance your case
Proctor still played well, it’s not his fault Perenara, Cameron and Jordie shat the bed inside him last week. Proctor’s been the best centre in NZ this year, showed consistent form all year and was named the Canes player of the year. He was better than both Ioane and ALB overall this year and his combination with Jordie can’t be ignored.
ALB and Ioane have had plenty of chances in Black and both contributed to a poor ABs period so it’s not exactly like these guys are Nonu and Smith / untouchable. Proctor will push his claim. The Canes breed AB centres so he’ll be fine.
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@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
ALB outplayed procter last week . let’s see what happens this week against Ioane
Proctor also outplayed Ioane and ALB when the sides met earlier in the year so horses for courses.
Better to build depth and have all these guys pushing each other than having utilities that can cover multiple positions so to speak.
Ioane will start as the preferred midfield option but if he lasts there until the next World Cup will remain to be seen.
when u are a uncapped player and you are meeting 60+ test players in a knockout games it pays to outplay them if you want to advance your case
apparently it doesn't make a difference, you need to be an AB to prove you deserve to be an AB
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
ALB outplayed procter last week . let’s see what happens this week against Ioane
Proctor also outplayed Ioane and ALB when the sides met earlier in the year so horses for courses.
Better to build depth and have all these guys pushing each other than having utilities that can cover multiple positions so to speak.
Ioane will start as the preferred midfield option but if he lasts there until the next World Cup will remain to be seen.
when u are a uncapped player and you are meeting 60+ test players in a knockout games it pays to outplay them if you want to advance your case
apparently it doesn't make a different, you need to be an AB to prove you deserve to be an AB
No wonder the ABs have gone nowhere in recent years.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
You seem to have missed the *and test level.
Ikitau is a good player but his form is nowhere near what it was 2-3 years ago.
Just as well the squad is named on Monday - we've all drained as much out of these topics as we can I think haha
Reckon if Smith played for Australia and Drummond played ABs he would have "outplayed" him there too.
But yeah I'm not as committed to this stoush as I'm making out.
Where's razor?
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
I totally get your point but this example probably isn’t the best one to use haha
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
I totally get your point but this example probably isn’t the best one to use haha
Yeah my dwindling enthusiasm was pretty evident.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
You seem to have missed the *and test level.
Ikitau is a good player but his form is nowhere near what it was 2-3 years ago.
Just as well the squad is named on Monday - we've all drained as much out of these topics as we can I think haha
Reckon if Smith played for Australia and Drummond played ABs he would have "outplayed" him there too.
But yeah I'm not as committed to this stoush as I'm making out.
Where's razor?
The old @Bones wouldn’t have backed out. Talk about getting soft in your old age.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
You seem to have missed the *and test level.
Ikitau is a good player but his form is nowhere near what it was 2-3 years ago.
Just as well the squad is named on Monday - we've all drained as much out of these topics as we can I think haha
Reckon if Smith played for Australia and Drummond played ABs he would have "outplayed" him there too.
But yeah I'm not as committed to this stoush as I'm making out.
Where's razor?
The old @Bones wouldn’t have backed out. Talk about getting soft in your old age.
If you've visited the food thread you'll realise my stumble upon a cardiac burger has proven life is good and there's more to life than Billy Proctor.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fickou, Danty, Ikitau...
Ikitau? Rieko regularly outplays him at test and Super level (including last weekend)
As much as Drummond regularly outplayed Smith at super level.
You seem to have missed the *and test level.
Ikitau is a good player but his form is nowhere near what it was 2-3 years ago.
Just as well the squad is named on Monday - we've all drained as much out of these topics as we can I think haha
Reckon if Smith played for Australia and Drummond played ABs he would have "outplayed" him there too.
But yeah I'm not as committed to this stoush as I'm making out.
Where's razor?
The old @Bones wouldn’t have backed out. Talk about getting soft in your old age.
If you've visited the food thread you'll realise my stumble upon a cardiac burger has proven life is good and there's more to life than Billy Proctor.
More to life than arguing about Rugby online ? Fuck RIGHT off bro !!!
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@MN5 plus I'm in fucking Dublin and my desire for anything other than getting the fuck outta this shithole is low.
For someone with Hutt roots that is quite the diss indeed
The Hutt Valley is absolute paradise and I won't hear anything different.
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@ARHS Hmmm. I thought I posted to the effect that Procter and Rieko are the best two 13s currently and must be picked there ahead of AJ Lam, and that I would like to see Procter tried in combo with Jordie against England to keep the pressure on Rieko, who may or may not have been cruising through chunks of super season. But alas when a few words are quoted, the experts see it as outlandish drivel.. . Lol, who would want to be a journo or interviewee these days.
