All Blacks EOYT
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks EOYT:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
I still cannot believe how locked in Niggles appears to be.
DIdn't seem a clearcut 6 forerunner this season, when he wasn't injured.What's hard to understand. Razor has a hard on for the guy and injury aside has not been keen to change his loose forward group.
Not hard if that is the reason, but then that reasoning is hard to understand based on performance.
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Have to feel for Blackadder
But it's time for the coach to throw in the towel
It's obvious Blackadder isn't going to quit
And you have to admire that tenacity at least
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks EOYT:
Have to feel for Blackadder
But it's time for the coach to throw in the towel
It's obvious Blackadder isn't going to quit
And you have to admire that tenacity at least
Some might see shuffling off to Japan as quitting....
Be heroic if he does that and be disgusting if Sotutu leaves, no doubt.
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@Tim said in All Blacks EOYT:
Phew. I was about to add to the WTF with Sotutu theme, but now I don't have to.
Even I can't figure out the point of this post now.
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So Sotutu has been playing NPC on an injured knee.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
So Sotutu has been playing NPC on an injured knee.
Might explain a few things to his detractors.Evidence says you're better off not playing apparently. Then you can earn more money for not playing at a higher level.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
@canefan said in All Blacks EOYT:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
@antipodean said in All Blacks EOYT:
So Hoskins is reportedly out with a knee injury now.
He must have bumped Blackadder in the lobby, contagious niggle.
Probably code for "I give up"
can't like that one.
It's fucken sad
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England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
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@bayimports said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Tim said in All Blacks EOYT:
Im pleasantly surprised to see that they actually asked him to be there
However very interesting some of that wording about whether he wants to be or not. I would love for someone to actually ask him rather than create further rumours that he has already thrown in the towel to play elsewhere.
Sounds like a bullshit take on the facts - Razor said both Counties and All Blacks medical staff agreed he has a knee injury that rules him out.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
Did Sotutu get in?! 😂
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks EOYT:
England Squad for EOYT named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwylz933wvxo
So pretty much a full complement
No excuses
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
Nobody? Somebody called Wallace seemed to go alright.
He’s v inexperienced though. Wallace is basically a Grommet; therefore the jury is still out.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks EOYT:
This 2022 forward pack for the U20s is looking like a glimpse into the next few years. I reckon that loosie trio could be together in the senior squad soon enough.https://www.rugby.com.au/match-centre/68e899d9ee85768c5?tab=Player-Lineup
What a team that was, no wonder they won by 50 points.
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@Darren said in All Blacks EOYT:
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks EOYT:
This 2022 forward pack for the U20s is looking like a glimpse into the next few years. I reckon that loosie trio could be together in the senior squad soon enough.https://www.rugby.com.au/match-centre/68e899d9ee85768c5?tab=Player-Lineup
What a team that was, no wonder they won by 50 points.
The number 8 for Australia goes alright.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
@Bones said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby said in All Blacks EOYT:
Ethan Blackadder also under threat of watching others go flying past them.
I see no evidence of that happening.
The guy was selected off no rugby, having never set the world on fire in a black jersey and is still being selected despite there being a high degree of certainty he'll struggle to be available 50% of the time. Baffling.
True, though part of the reason he keeps coming back is because nobody has taken the chance. Feels like we are about to see a bit of changing of the guard imo.
Nobody? Somebody called Wallace seemed to go alright.
That's what I'm referring to regarding a changing of the guard. Despite Blackadder being made of glass, there hasn't been obviously better players (I don't want a Ioane or Sotutu argument here)
Sititi, Lakai, and I reckon Haig if he gets a crack are straight up test match footballers, who will put the likes of Blackadder and Jacobson out to pasture.
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@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks EOYT:
@frugby so if we put aside the two players that are obviously better than Blackadder, there hasn't been any players obviously better? That's not the strongest argument I've ever heard..
Christ, this again.
Akira is gone. You are pretty bloody unlikely to get selected if you're leaving unless you've been a fixture in the ABs.
Sotutu was the best player in Super rugby. Better than Jacobson and Dalton and Finau too. If Cane and Savea had been playing, he would have been better than them too - shoulda been selected, no argument there. But I don't think it's a stretch to say Blackadder has outperformed Jacobson, Dalton, Finau and Cane in the ABs since being selected.Blackadder actually (finally) played a game against the Blues this super season, with Sotutu and Ioane both playing. The pretty woeful Crusaders won against the champion Blues and Blackadder scored a try and made 27/27 tackles.
As for selection leeway, the ABs have had a 'don't lose your spot from injury' policy for ages - and Blackadder might be there forever based on his injury rate, so you may as well get used to it.
