All Blacks XV 2024
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B how many crusaders? The ones that couldn't even make a final...
That's them , the ones that stank the joint out all season and still beat both the Chiefs and the Blues.
Oh right. Who did they lose to? Beat the finalists and still couldn't make the top 8.... the absence of Blackadder really hit hard.
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@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
I know you're not one of them but people that dismiss Stevenson for his defensive "frailties" then happily promote Jordan as a god amongst fullbacks need their head read.
What has he done to you?
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
I mean, Fihaki over ENS(maybe injured so excusable), JRK and Z.Sullivan is an absolute joke within itself. Dallas McLeod should consider himself extremely lucky but hey, he wears the correct jersey during super season. Don’t even get me started on the Crusaders 3rd string hooker who has somehow managed to sneak his way into this squad… if you read above, there was no silence, I pointed it out. It’s a shame but it is what it is, Razor likes to pick for comfort.
I’m pleasantly surprised we didn’t see more in there so it could be a lot worse but we can deal with it due to how many others are actually being given a chance here. Some much more deserving than others.
Yeah, I stated earlier in this thread that it's a disgrace that McAlister is so high up, couldn't be bothered writing it out again, nothing to do with silence. We all share the same thoughts on Fihaki including Crusaders fans, but we're warned so it's no surprise.
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Meh, any Crusaders picked is met with anguished banshee wailing these days. Got to say though, Fihaki was from left field and the conservative approach is a bit of a surprize. Like the look of the AB XV, though. Reckon there'll be a few of those names included in the ABs before long.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Picking the likes of Stevenson says the coaches think they can sort his defensive frailties, which are considerable....his attack and kicking game would be a huge boost if they can sort his d.
I know you're not one of them but people that dismiss Stevenson for his defensive "frailties" then happily promote Jordan as a god amongst fullbacks need their head read.
What has he done to you?
Not telling
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So,...by my count that's 13 of the Blues starting XV in this year's final that have made the ABs or the AB XV. According to my forecast, Riccitelli has missed out to his team mate Eklund, and Akira has signed in Japan.
Hoskins got picked!
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
While you ponder all this, some light reading...
How many Blues are in the ABs squad?
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@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Bones said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B how many crusaders? The ones that couldn't even make a final...
That's them , the ones that stank the joint out all season and still beat both the Chiefs and the Blues.
Oh right. Who did they lose to? Beat the finalists and still couldn't make the top 8.... the absence of Blackadder really hit hard.
To be honest it did. As did Codie Taylor's sabbatical.
When they came back, those two were instrumental in getting the better of the Blues scrum and loosies.
But, among the missed were:
Williams - tore his hamstring 20 minutes into the first game
Taylor - Sabbatical for most of the season
Jaeger - gone to Ireland
Gallagher - injured for the season
Whitelock - retired to Japan
SBarrett - injured for most of the season
Havili-Talitui - Moana Pacifica
Blackadder - injured for most of the season
Mo'unga - gone to Japan
Burke - injured for most of the season
Fainga'anuku - gone to France
Goodhue - gone offshore
Ennor - Injured all season
Nanai - gone somewhere
Jordan - injured all seasonAlways going to be a bit of a re-building year.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks XV 2024:
I’m surprised there is no Ennor - none of those guys are out and out 13s.
he's probably wrapped in cotton wool...
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Come on guys, I see you all there lining up to like posts that might get you out of jail. But, there's been too much silence for me not to ascertain guilt.
Now is the time to come clean - maybe Razor and Ryan don't hate all the Blues players.
just too many of the actually good ones...
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@canefan said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
So,...by my count that's 13 of the Blues starting XV in this year's final that have made the ABs or the AB XV. According to my forecast, Riccitelli has missed out to his team mate Eklund, and Akira has signed in Japan.
Hoskins got picked!
So are Razor and Ryan still fluffybunnies, or what?
Five hours and the silence is deafening, guys!
While you ponder all this, some light reading...
How many Blues are in the ABs squad?
Supposedly there needed to be an rticle written about how Razor and Ryan wouldn't work with Blues forwards.
But it foundered when they pointed to Tu'ungafasi, Tuipolotu, Darry and Papali'i.
Beauden, Rieko, Caleb, Mark, Steven
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Meh, any Crusaders picked is met with anguished banshee wailing these days. Got to say though, Fihaki was from left field and the conservative approach is a bit of a surprize. Like the look of the AB XV, though. Reckon there'll be a few of those names included in the ABs before long.
I agree and was thinking Haig Lakai Sotutu would be a good loosie trio to have a gander at..
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Frank - Who said I'm too nice to do some trolling! But, there's some posters who deserve it!
Giving the best team some second team seats ain't proving any thing. Sotutu starting versus Japan, I will start to change my mind over the coaches narrow mindedness and conservative bullshit - o and Cane and TJ carrrying tackle bags all the rest of the season
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Yeah I was thinking that too.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Supposedly there needed to be an rticle written about how Razor and Ryan wouldn't work with Blues forwards.
But it foundered when they pointed to Tu'ungafasi, Tuipolotu, Darry and Papali'i
So 3 forwards and Dalton who has been unsighted for the past how many tests?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
But it foundered when they pointed to Tu'ungafasi, Tuipolotu, Darry and Papali'i.
off the bench (but I wouldn't normally pick him) off the bench (don't blame them, he's been injured, but still), off the bench (unless an emergency) and lastly, sent on another moon landing...while they play Sam Cane, because of his
top speed,workrate,excellent tackling technique,turnovers... If he's so good for team morale, make him team manager... -
I'm not a big DMac basher but we do have a quality backup/reserve talent at 10 issue...
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks XV 2024:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks XV 2024:
Supposedly there needed to be an rticle written about how Razor and Ryan wouldn't work with Blues forwards.
But it foundered when they pointed to Tu'ungafasi, Tuipolotu, Darry and Papali'i
So 3 forwards and Dalton who has been unsighted for the past how many tests?
Dalton started the first tests of the season, so it's a bit hard to argue they wouldn't work with him.
The only forward who was probably a bit hard done by was Hoskins - and that was blown into a major conspiracy (there was no way he was making this A team according to some) - which has now pretty much been debunked.
Not having a crack at you in the slightest. But there's quite a few in Blues land who have been well over the top.
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