All Blacks 2024
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@antipodean Of course. I just don't want Holland to be too conservative in his selections when uncapped midfielders do impress at super level.
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@Bones They started in those positions, but spent significant time outside of midfield (JB bc he moved to a team where he played everywhere but 12 and Rieko bc his speed made wing seem logical). At times their current play makes that clear - they lack some of subtleties that come from consistent years in midfield.
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@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@antipodean Of course. I just don't want Holland to be too conservative in his selections when uncapped midfielders do impress at super level.
On that we agree. I want form players given opportunities, otherwise what's the point?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@antipodean Of course. I just don't want Holland to be too conservative in his selections when uncapped midfielders do impress at super level.
On that we agree. I want form players given opportunities, otherwise what's the point?
But it has to be done within a framework of existing core players. Foster's penchant for picking a swag of new players all at once is counter productive and doesn't build combinations or confidence
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Wait - wasn't one of the more common criticisms of Foster that he was overly loyal to existing players?
But now also - a penchant for picking swags of new players all at once?
He was truly a troublesome little (or not-so-little, compulsory fat-joke, guffaw) devil, wasn't he? -
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Anyone know the confirmed NZ NH Tour itinerary 2024.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Anyone know the confirmed NZ NH Tour itinerary 2024.
As per normal we only find out well late, and the best way to see what is happening is to see what the NH say they are playing. But 2x england home, fiji home/away, 2x SA away, split Oz, 2x arg home, Fr and Ire away, I think. Not necessarily in that exact order
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Fr and Ire away, I think.
Eng & France away. Probably Ireland too and there’s been a suggestion we play Japan on the way home
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@Bones I don't think I need to concede anything of the sort. Name a country other than NZ that converted their test fullback into a 13 not once, not twice, but on three seperate occasions? Name a country other than NZ that converted their test winger into a 13 on two different occasions? That's five different positional switches by outside backs to the 13 jersey in the span of approximately 25 years.
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I think its prob
Oct 26 Japan
Nov 2 England
Nov 9 Italy
Nov 16 France
Nov 23 IrelandAlready booked the hotel in Dublin so hope right date
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Ireland game will be a ripper.
Cant get enthused by Twickenham very underwhelming place and a long way from the pitch. -
Robertson very luckily avoiding egg on his face for being the first AB coach to lose to Scotland. No way this latest AB team in rebuild mode would be able to handle a rugged experienced pack, Finn Russell pulling the strings like the magician he is, hard hitting
TonganScot Sione Tuipulotu in midfield and a rampaging pair ofBokshaggis munchers in Van De Merwe and Steyn out wide. -
@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones I don't think I need to concede anything of the sort. Name a country other than NZ that converted their test fullback into a 13 not once, not twice, but on three seperate occasions? Name a country other than NZ that converted their test winger into a 13 on two different occasions? That's five different positional switches by outside backs to the 13 jersey in the span of approximately 25 years.
Happy to remind you of what you said if it's too hard to remember bro! I'm leaning towards, the above is exactly not what you said, not even close. Fickou, Farrell, North....or are these now minor countries?
@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
NZ is the only major country that doesn't always select specialists in midfield -
I don't think it's unusual at all for wings fullbacks and wings to swap places, same as fullbacks and 1st fives etc. I seem to recall Aus swapping players around quite a bit, and Boks etc. If I could be bothered etc I would have a look somewhere. Quite often teams liked starting players on wing until they get used to test rugby as the defence at 13 is so specialised? The likes of Ioane was a centre before he was a wing. Even Cullen started his provincial rugby rugby at centre etc
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I don't think it's unusual at all for wings fullbacks and wings to swap places, same as fullbacks and 1st fives etc. I seem to recall Aus swapping players around quite a bit, and Boks etc. If I could be bothered etc I would have a look somewhere. Quite often teams liked starting players on wing until they get used to test rugby as the defence at 13 is so specialised? The likes of Ioane was a centre before he was a wing. Even Cullen started his provincial rugby rugby at centre etc
Australia were brilliant at getting all their awesome outside backs on the pitch together.
That was 20 odd years ago though, they’re shit now.
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@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Bones Clearly, I was talking about outside backs (fullbacks and wingers) being converted into 13s, bc all the examples I cited were... outside backs (fullbacks and wingers) being converted into 13s.
No mate, clearly this is what you said.
@Punch_up said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
NZ is the only major country that doesn't always select specialists in midfieldYou still haven't clarified who the major countries are either.
