All Blacks 2024
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@Bovidae I agree, upset a Papalii fan on another forum got upset when I suggested it. I just like Segner, been on his bandwagon since I saw him play for NZ schoolboys a few years back in Brisbane. He reminds me of what excited me about Etahn Blackadder, I say it time and again, I a rel fan of players with huge workrates who get of ground and keep trying to contribute to game. But am willing to admit, because I measure those traits so highly doesn't make me anymore right than any other though!
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@Bovidae I think it's noticeable when he isn't there that highlights his importance to thier style of play.
I think Rush is very similar to Segnar in the way he plays, but short of a couple of injuries isn't likely to get much time to show his wares
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Segner is bigger than you think (1.92 m, 108 kg). IMO his best position is at 7, and I think he is better at slowing down opposition ball/winning turnovers than Papalii in that position.
i think he should be the first loose forward on the team sheet for the Blues, and then they rotate the others around him. He's not the best of them, but he's the glue guy that lets the others best do their thing.
Not sure i am ready to annoint him international ready though
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I agree, upset a Papalii fan on another forum got upset when I suggested it.
Bro, do you have a death wish?
Also, you've now attached German Jesus status to him by associating him with Ta$man Jesus, you've ruined him now.
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Random thoughts after tonight's Sith v Canes. Not comprehensive. And very random ...
Felt this game was only NPC level. Very few ABs or potential ABs on display.
Usually Sith have multiple ABs on the bench ... they kinda did this time but they Used To Be ABs. A step below what you expect.
But less about the game, more about future selections:
1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.
2. Still wating for Lakai to impress. Goes ok at this level admittedly... but otherwise unimpressive.
3. Macca Springer has a future.
4. Bald Sader openside (forgot his name) is forgettable.
5. Sader's hooker Bell is anonymous..Other random thoughts as they come to mind.
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.
What game were you watching?
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
1 . Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.
What game were you watching?
Yep Grace had a big shift he played well.
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Grace as well as scoring a great try,Pinched a couple of Canes line outs,Pulled of some big hits a lot of the defence was lead by Grace.He ran at the line hard bent it a few times.Best game he has put out in sometime.
I am not saying he played his way in to AB contention on one game but if you were really watching you would seen a lot more than a try. -
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Best game he has put out in sometime.
Agree he had a good game last night. He's been well off the pace in the first three weeks though. Gardiner has been worse so not many commented on Grace
Yep that's a Fair call.
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have a read of this tripe
did i blink and miss where RM somehow turned in to this all-conquering test match 10 we desperately can't live without?
Even the rest of the list of names he references sounded like last year's news.
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@mariner4life so it appears to me that FAS isn't a barrier to being a "sports journalist".
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@mariner4life I was wondering what I missed too. He was a bloody good 10 on his day, but I missed the bit where he was going to drag us to wins we couldn't otherwise win.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Grace falls down my rankings. Didn't offer much.
Made Flanders look like a chump.
The only thing Grace has done for about a year and a half.
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@ARHS said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Is the writer a rugby fan or just taking the mickey? Very wishy washy article and no real thought of the consequences of what he was writing.
Hamish Bidwell is probably the worst rugby writer in NZ and there’s plenty of competition
