All Blacks 2024
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully more to come.All Blacks boost as Scott Robertson lures ex-Crusaders superstar back to New Zealand – report
Scott Robertson looks to have bolstered his All Blacks playing stocks.
So no one else remembers him as a busted flush when he left?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully more to come.Scott Robertson looks to have bolstered his All Blacks playing stocks.
So no one else remembers him as a busted flush when he left?
No, he’s a superstar according the the headline
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully more to come.Scott Robertson looks to have bolstered his All Blacks playing stocks.
So no one else remembers him as a busted flush when he left?
No, he’s a superstar according the the headline
Along with those other superstars in that All Blacks squad Sowakula, Fakatava, Tuivasa-Sheck...
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While I don't think it significantly changes anything for the All Blacks, especially in the here and now, the return of Leicester Fainga'anuku is still a great thing.
He's young, he's shown plenty of promise in his career already, and he's had some experience overseas. He might not usurp Ioane at centre or Clarke on the wing, but he's a great player to have in the stocks regardless.
Everyone's so down on everything right now, even great news.
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Fainga'anuku returning is good news he has been playing really well in the centres for Toulon in a tough comp.
We talk about SR not being great at preparing ABs well here is a player coming back after 2 years playing really well in probably the best comp in the world.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully more to come.Scott Robertson looks to have bolstered his All Blacks playing stocks.
Bugger! But we’ve just bought in Fihaki! He’s the future?!
He’s a crusader though so it’s ok!
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
Fainga'anuku returning is good news he has been playing really well in the centres for Toulon in a tough comp.
We talk about SR not being great at preparing ABs well here is a player coming back after 2 years playing really well in probably the best comp in the world.
I can't see the negatives for NZ rugby.It's the All Blacks connection that's the problem. No issue if he wants to come back and make a case for selection playing Super Rugby.
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Firstly, the 'superstar' was not AB superstar, but Crusader superstar - which isn't that much of a stretch.
As others have pointed out, it's very good news. You can't whinge about the quality of Super and whinge when a good player comes back.
Haven't watched him at Toulon, but he would be interesting to see in the midfield - and unlike Rieko he has that most important attribute of a winger looking to make the move infield - a lack of genuine pace. -
It's the headline that has me (and probably others)pissed. "All Blacks boost" implying he's been given a spot if he comes back.
No I didn;t read the article so the headline probably has no relation to the content, as normal for Plane Rugby clickbait shit with Razor having nothing to do with it. just a player coming back
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
Fainga'anuku returning is good news he has been playing really well in the centres for Toulon in a tough comp.
We talk about SR not being great at preparing ABs well here is a player coming back after 2 years playing really well in probably the best comp in the world.
I can't see the negatives for NZ rugby.It's the All Blacks connection that's the problem. No issue if he wants to come back and make a case for selection playing Super Rugby.
But the AB connection is media written not coming out of the AB camp so we are guessing on the back of an article on planet Rugby.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024:
Fainga'anuku returning is good news he has been playing really well in the centres for Toulon in a tough comp.
We talk about SR not being great at preparing ABs well here is a player coming back after 2 years playing really well in probably the best comp in the world.
I can't see the negatives for NZ rugby.It's the All Blacks connection that's the problem. No issue if he wants to come back and make a case for selection playing Super Rugby.
But the AB connection is media written not coming out of the AB camp so we are guessing on the back of an article on planet Rugby.
Sounds like a plant to me.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully this is a start towards getting players back. Richie Mo and Shannon Frizzell hopefully not too far off. Would be cool if we had a whole lot coming back.
After Shannon's performance in the RWC final I want him nowhere near a black jersey.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2024:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
Hopefully this is a start towards getting players back. Richie Mo and Shannon Frizzell hopefully not too far off. Would be cool if we had a whole lot coming back.
After Shannon's performance in the RWC final I want him nowhere near a black jersey.
Let's be honest, we know he'll be back in black in the next year or so.
