All Blacks 2024
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I don't mind the Sititi selection, I won't get to see it but a Finau Savea (at 7) and Sititi combo would have been interesting. Then again start Sotutu at 8 then Sititi off the bench, grab some popcorn and listen to the international commentators try to get across that..
Ardie is our 8. He's world rugby player ,playing at 8, why would you change him?
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I don't mind the Sititi selection, I won't get to see it but a Finau Savea (at 7) and Sititi combo would have been interesting. Then again start Sotutu at 8 then Sititi off the bench, grab some popcorn and listen to the international commentators try to get across that..
Ardie is our 8. He's world rugby player ,playing at 8, why would you change him?
Because he's allergic to rucks and dominant tackles
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Oh gee here's Dan telling us he agrees with the selectors and everything is awesome
They wrote the Lego movie about you Dan
You just don't understand or know enough and aren't a true rugby man
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So we have to pick workhorses around him so he can throw stupid dummies and make 3m and reddit dipshits can cream their pants over him
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I don't mind the Sititi selection, I won't get to see it but a Finau Savea (at 7) and Sititi combo would have been interesting. Then again start Sotutu at 8 then Sititi off the bench, grab some popcorn and listen to the international commentators try to get across that..
Ardie is our 8. He's world rugby player ,playing at 8, why would you change him?
Because he's allergic to rucks and dominant tackles
and his lineout work isn't great.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I don't mind the Sititi selection, I won't get to see it but a Finau Savea (at 7) and Sititi combo would have been interesting. Then again start Sotutu at 8 then Sititi off the bench, grab some popcorn and listen to the international commentators try to get across that..
Ardie is our 8. He's world rugby player ,playing at 8, why would you change him?
Because he's allergic to rucks and dominant tackles
and his lineout work isn't great.
But he wins them they'll say, ignoring how and where
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I would have preferred Razor take a real flier on another actual 6 (Haig or whoever) than pick 3 x 7s in Papalii, Jacobson and Blackadder
plus savea is a 7.5
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I would have preferred Razor take a real flier on another actual 6 (Haig or whoever) than pick 3 x 7s in Papalii, Jacobson and Blackadder
And not one of them is a genuine openside. Papali’i is a bit slow, Jacobson is an 8 without the athleticism, and Blackadder is, well, he tries really hard.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Tough crowd.
World Rugby Player of the Year isn't good enough for Razor's All Blacks.Dumbest award there is.
It's like making a point with a YouTube highlight reel
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I would have preferred Razor take a real flier on another actual 6 (Haig or whoever) than pick 3 x 7s in Papalii, Jacobson and Blackadder
And not one of them is a genuine openside. Papali’i is a bit slow, Jacobson is an 8 without the athleticism, and Blackadder is, well, he tries really hard.
tries hard to get fit again maybe
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https://www.allblacks.com/news/all-blacks-squad-named-for-steinlager-ultra-low-carb-series
The following players were not considered due to injury: Sam Cane, Will Jordan, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Cam Roigard.
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@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
So just to be clear: The team that couldn't make a finals series of top eight in a 12 team competition has more All Blacks than the team that won?
They won how many in a row?
All the crusaders haven't turned to poo because their coach has.
(Not supporting the Bell pick though)
So form means nothing. Got it.
Only if last year you wanted the ABs to be largely Crusaders, by your same logic.
A couple of Blues had very ordinary form in super last year but were still picked. Now it's the crusaders turn.
Nepo Laulala
Ofa Tu’ungafasi
Dalton Papali’i
Finlay Christie
Beauden Barrett
Rieko Ioane
Caleb Clarke
Mark TeleaWhich of those had a legitimately better player miss out? Keep in mind I think Laulala offered zero outside of his scrummaging, but if you wanted a rock in that regard I could see why he was picked.
I would not have ever picked Finlay Christie for the RWC. Nor would half the Fern
You're not talking to Christie's biggest fan here, but who would you have replaced him with?
Caleb Clarke could consider himself lucky last year, and I thought there were better at the time. He was running powerfully, but his defence remains awful.
Yes his positioning was poor (much better this year) but the pickings were slim.
I wouldn't pick Beauden Barrett either, then or now. If are talking about people getting in because of their history, then he's top of the list -- more so than any of the veteran Crusaders.
Beaudy played well at the RWC from fullback. It's his efforts at 10 that had people upset.
People are getting worked up about Bell, but if the choice is the small and 29 year old Riccitelli, then really? Is RR the future?
I've said this before; it's not about the future, it's about beating England in a fortnight. Pick the squad whose form demands it.
The only bad home pick, in my opinion, is Blackadder, who I don't rate and is always broken anyway.
It is unfathomable to me that Akira doesn't make it, that Sotutu was a lock in his position in the most dominating loose forward trio and doesn't make it, that Plummer's game didn't make the selectors think he's suited to Test footy.
I think some of these selectors are clowns and the contentious calls reflect their abilities as coaches.
Bell is shit at his core role. Like three legged donkey level shit.
The mere fact Havili is squad cover defies belief.
