All Blacks 2024
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@Canes4life come on, don’t post facts like that to counter another posters little moment of outrage.
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@darylmitchell said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones don't think Narawa's form in SR 2024 even warranted an All Black spot tbh.
Rueben Love however can feel aggrieved as Perofeta got 2 starts against England after playing like 5 games for Blues all season while Love was the most consistent and best fullback throughout SR.
Ohhhh is that what Rieko was trying to say?
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Started to post this in the match thread, but thought it was better here.
@antipodean said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
The "best player in the world" has come back from Japanese rugby to find Test rugby is a massive step up. All Blacks should only be selected out of Super Rugby.
Was looking at the NPC yesterday, and shaking my head. Someone said the gap between that and Super is massive - and they are spot on. NZR have let their comps fall apart, and it means we are not throwing out players who are at the top of their game. Reality is better players are in most other teams at the moment.
Doing well at Super is no longer a strong predictor of doing well in Tests. They have diverged massively. We want SA back in Super, but I cna't see it happening if they are getting $$$ from up north. And so we see the lack of money in Aus and NZ, resulting in poor quality comps and continuously losing players to the NH. It's tragic.
Somehow NZR have managed to do this without picking overseas players too. If they do allow that, it'll be the end of domestic rugby as we know it. NZR have failed in their core duty to the game, you wouldn't say any level is in good health at the moment or sustainable. You have to fix the talent pipeline, and get the level of the competitions back to up world class. Until that happens we will be hoping for generational players to pop up, rather than producing them on a regular basis.
I am very disappointed with NZR governance. IT's been consistently shit for some time and our media won't call it.
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@Bones The irony that Rieko is on the verge of not being a starting All Black.
Even this last test match, (it was his best game this year) again he was the least dangerous out of everyone in the backline. I've seen people saying he had a good game but did he break a tackle? create a linebreak?
Whenever he's in space it looks like he's running in mud, I don't understand what happened to his athleticism. Is his new role now just hitting rucks, being a dummy runner and I guess doing well in scramble defense? If he's not producing ball in hand?
Important notes from a Razor interview last week.
When asked about Rieko starting..
"He's been given feedback on what it takes to be a STARTING All Black and is working through it....he gets the nod this week but the margins are razor THIN" -
@Bones Even more ironic that Narawa has been playing center the entirety of the NPC since being out of All Blacks camp (I'd say EXTREMELY likely at the request of Razor).
Would be hilarious if he usurps Rieko as starting center.
I think Narawa can be a future great All Black, reminds me a lot of Sivivatu, very high spatial awareness and game IQ. Game looks slow motion for him.
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Who are all these new posters with the hottest and shittest takes?
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
Who are all these new posters with the hottest and shittest takes?
Highly-paid Rugby correspondents and journalists?
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So we're not going to go through the season unbeaten, win the Rugby Championshop or re-take the Number 1 ranking this season.
So what's the objective this season?
I'd like to see us retain the Bledisloe and then go through the Northern Tour unbeaten.
It would be nice to see "tomorrow" players like Cam Roigard, Cortes Ratima, Harry Plummer, Billy Proctor and Ruben Love given more time in the Black jersey too.
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones Even more ironic that Narawa has been playing center the entirety of the NPC since being out of All Blacks camp (I'd say EXTREMELY likely at the request of Razor).
Would be hilarious if he usurps Rieko as starting center.
I think Narawa can be a future great All Black, reminds me a lot of Sivivatu, very high spatial awareness and game IQ. Game looks slow motion for him.
I’d say it’s more to do with the fact that two of the better regular Steamer players play on the wing and having a player like Narawa that could be called up for the ABs at the drop of a hat means don’t disrupt that back 3. He has looked okay at centre though.
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones Even more ironic that Narawa has been playing center the entirety of the NPC since being out of All Blacks camp (I'd say EXTREMELY likely at the request of Razor).
Would be hilarious if he usurps Rieko as starting center.
I think Narawa can be a future great All Black, reminds me a lot of Sivivatu, very high spatial awareness and game IQ. Game looks slow motion for him.
You're the only one.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024:
Who are all these new posters with the hottest and shittest takes?
Agreed. They take over all the GameDay threads too the weirdos. Its like reading stupid social media takes on that legend of marty banks page (another weirdo).
The Highlanders new fans on here are good value though.
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@African-Monkey thanks
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2024:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2024:
@Bones Even more ironic that Narawa has been playing center the entirety of the NPC since being out of All Blacks camp (I'd say EXTREMELY likely at the request of Razor).
Would be hilarious if he usurps Rieko as starting center.
I think Narawa can be a future great All Black, reminds me a lot of Sivivatu, very high spatial awareness and game IQ. Game looks slow motion for him.
I’d say it’s more to do with the fact that two of the better regular Steamer players play on the wing and having a player like Narawa that could be called up for the ABs at the drop of a hat means don’t disrupt that back 3. He has looked okay at centre though.
I guess I just find it hard to believe that when an All Black is released to NPC to get some game time, that the NPC coach can override the wishes of the national coach and play them out of position, making the entire exercise pointless and potentially hindering the national team. (devils advocate, you can argue here that actually Narawa is so out of the ABs picture that Robertson let the Steamer coach know he can play him wherever he chooses, although I highly doubt that is the situation).
We've seen this before, Jordie was suddenly being played at 12 for the hurricanes well before he actually started at 12 for the ABs.
Rieko played at center for the Blues before doing so for the ABs etc.
Unless I'm mistaken, I believe both these times it had been confirmed the AB coaches had made these requests to the super coaches. So it seems quite convenient that where Narawa had primarily played wing/fullback for the last 2 years for the steamers, he is now suddenly playing center right after leaving ABs camp and at a time that we don't have much depth at center currently.
