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@Winger said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
Brilliant squad well done the selectors.
I’ll sleep better knowing Havilli is finally there to cover 10
Me too it’s a relief.
He wasn't even keep there for a poor Crusaders side. But now hes an AB first
Keeping his powder dry Saving him for the ABs.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2024:
Well not many players invest their own $$ to go and do a training camp over in Aus while most other players are on holiday in their off-season. Love literally hasn’t stopped training since the end of Super rugby last year.
A bunch of other players were playing Test rugby after Super season finished...
Indeed. I hope Love turns into a fine test player, I like the look of him far more than Perofeta overall but the constant “big upping” of Canes players on here gets tiresome.
…..and I’m as proud a Wellingtonian as it’s possible to be.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
I'm beyond thrilled that they've dumped the Antichristie, however that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Up until now, the answer to that question was Christie
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
Possibly harsh. Not the most exciting or dynamic of players, certainly not compared to JC, Kaino, Flavell etc. But four different AB coaches selected him and I’m willing to bow to their knowledge and accept when it came to doing shit work there were none better at the time.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
Possibly harsh. Not the most exciting or dynamic of players, certainly not compared to JC, Kaino, Flavell etc. But four different AB coaches selected him and I’m willing to bow to their knowledge and accept when it came to doing shit work there were none better at the time.
Thought he took his demotion by GH with class and worked his way back into the side to become a useful member of the team
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
Possibly harsh. Not the most exciting or dynamic of players, certainly not compared to JC, Kaino, Flavell etc. But four different AB coaches selected him and I’m willing to bow to their knowledge and accept when it came to doing shit work there were none better at the time.
Thought he took his demotion by GH with class and worked his way back into the side to become a useful member of the team
Yeah I don’t remember any big hits or storming runs but in terms of doing the grunt work so the other loosies could shine he did a sterling job ( I’m assuming, he had an apt nickname )
In saying that I’m sure Richie would nominate JC or Kaino as the best he played with in his era.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024:
No Akira Ioane.
No Hoskins Sotutu.Two huge talents massively wasted. Shame on the selectors.
Good grief, wasn’t this horse flogged to death last month ?
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
Possibly harsh. Not the most exciting or dynamic of players, certainly not compared to JC, Kaino, Flavell etc. But four different AB coaches selected him and I’m willing to bow to their knowledge and accept when it came to doing shit work there were none better at the time.
Thought he took his demotion by GH with class and worked his way back into the side to become a useful member of the team
Yeah I don’t remember any big hits or storming runs but in terms of doing the grunt work so the other loosies could shine he did a sterling job ( I’m assuming, he had an apt nickname )
In saying that I’m sure Richie would nominate JC or Kaino as the best he played with in his era.
He was known as the suitcase back in the day IIRC. On account of the fact his team had to carry him... I wasn't a fan, but he was your classic grifter in the tight
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024:
No Akira Ioane.
No Hoskins Sotutu.Two huge talents massively wasted. Shame on the selectors.
Good grief, wasn’t this horse flogged to death last month ?
Razor could end the chatter by picking them both for the squad...
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@Winger said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@Winger said in All Blacks 2024:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024:
@Winger the idiot brigade out again. Give it a rest. It’s getting boring.
Where did the Crusaders finish up this year?
There's obvious bias. Even most (but obviosuly not all) Crusaders should be able to see this
That could be asking the impossible
Robertsons a fool really. All he had to do is not make any dubious Crusaders selections and everyone would have been on his side as the man.
To defend him just a tad (and I'm not defending the selection of DH, will wait to be surprised on that one) on the Fern almost every selection is contentious.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024:
No Akira Ioane.
No Hoskins Sotutu.Two huge talents massively wasted. Shame on the selectors.
Good grief, wasn’t this horse flogged to death last month ?
Oh I see, Southern US slang.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 Rugby at the highest level is a game of pace and power. There's no getting away from it.
South Africa: Pace and power, and plenty of breaks.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2024:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
that's tempered by the wtf selection of Havili. Is there another player whose career has been so kissed on the dick?
Reuben Thorne.
Possibly harsh. Not the most exciting or dynamic of players, certainly not compared to JC, Kaino, Flavell etc. But four different AB coaches selected him and I’m willing to bow to their knowledge and accept when it came to doing shit work there were none better at the time.
Thought he took his demotion by GH with class and worked his way back into the side to become a useful member of the team
Not saying he's not a great bloke and a really useful player to have at provincial level, but he really shouldn't have been starting two world cups in the backrow.
Give me an athlete with pace and power at Test level over "does the donkey work" every single time.
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@nostrildamus Which is why they keep winning World Cups. Eventually we'll learn.
Actually we did under Ted. 😉
