Julian savea

KiwiMurph

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Savea aside I REALLY hope Moala is in the RC squad. I hope not playing finals footy doesn't count against him, he has so much upside.
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Agreed. He did his chances no harm at all with the 20 minutes he got against the Tahs.
 
The elbow injury didn't look to be an issue at all, made quite a few runs including one clean break, nailed Folau in a tackle and then drove through the ruck to get a turnover, and then his hustle to get up out of the ruck after he tried a pick and go, lead to receiving a pass for an easy match winning try.

raznomore

Success has come thick and fast for Savea. Hes on course to be our greatest all time try scorer. World Champion already at a young age and hes done things on the field at different stages for club and country that only Jonah before him has been able to do. He needs a rest. Time away to refocus and get hungry again. When youve done so much so quickly its hard to maintain the desire and focus to get stay on top....unless you are McCaw. 
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raznomore

Time away also mean more time at Maccas though 
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taniwharugby

surely has to be something going on in his personal life, you don't lose the basic sklls and nous he is struggling with right now.
 
He has banked enough forgiveness points to get a shot at TRC, but he may only be there to see what he'll be missing if he cant sort his game out.

Rancid Schnitzel

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Success has come thick and fast for Savea. Hes on course to be our greatest all time try scorer. World Champion already at a young age and hes done things on the field at different stages for club and country that only Jonah before him has been able to do. He needs a rest. Time away to refocus and get hungry again. When youve done so much so quickly its hard to maintain the desire and focus to get stay on top....unless you are McCaw. 
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Well he's certainly hungry enough... 
But in all seriousness I think the best thing for him is ITM cup. Being dropped from the ABs will sting and he'll at least have regular footy to keep fit and get his skills and confidence back. Hopefully he'll be right for the eoyt.

pukunui

Yeah nah Lowe doesn't do it for me. Good boot but not much else he does would suggest he is test standard.

MN5

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Yeah nah Lowe doesn't do it for me. Good boot but not much else he does would suggest he is test standard.
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Yeah I think the days of the slow and steady ( much as this sounds like a bit of a contradiction in terms ) wingers are a thing of the past even though it might be argued the ABs won the 2011 WC with one of these types in Kahui.

Frank

Kahui was a shed load better than Lowe.

taniwharugby

Lowe isn't slow?

MN5

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Kahui was a shed load better than Lowe.
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I'm sure, but he wasn't what you'd call an incredible attacker in the Lomu/Rokokoko/Savea/Naholo league.....

Bovidae

I thought Lowe took a step backwards in his performance vs the Highlanders. He's got talent but still makes dumb decisions (e.g. getting held up in a tackle). He needs to show more consistency. Remember Lowe is younger than Savea so has time to show improvement.

DMX

Wow no love for Lowe. Sounds very similar to the lack of love Cory Jane and Ben Smith got before making ABs regularly. I still think he can be a very good AB and will be lethal at the back and will make good decisions. I guess we will see.

MN5

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Wow no love for Lowe. Sounds very similar to the lack of love Cory Jane and Ben Smith got before making ABs regularly. I still think he can be a very good AB and will be lethal at the back and will make good decisions. I guess we will see.
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Well yes but those two had/have kinda uncanny attacking skills....does Lowe ?

Chris B.

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Yeah I think the days of the slow and steady ( much as this sounds like a bit of a contradiction in terms ) wingers are a thing of the past even though it might be argued the ABs won the 2011 WC with one of these types in Kahui.
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I think Lowe is the opposite of slow and steady.
 
He's big, fast and has great skills - and I think the Chiefs have given him a license to use his flair. That comes unstuck occasionally, but he's only just 24 so I think his decision-making will mature - and probably wouldn't be hard for the ABs to rein him in just a touch.
 
Right now, he's probably a better bet than Jules.

kiwiinmelb

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Wow no love for Lowe. Sounds very similar to the lack of love Cory Jane and Ben Smith got before making ABs regularly. I still think he can be a very good AB and will be lethal at the back and will make good decisions. I guess we will see.
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Im in the camp that wasnt overly excited by Jane before selection , I actually saw his initial selection as a sign of a lack of depth ,its pretty funny now , he was all class . 
 
I see a bit of Jane in Lowe with his linking game, always bringing his supports into play

Rancid Schnitzel

I suspect the issue most people had with Jane was that he was neither a massive Islander nor a speed merchant a la Howlett. Could also be that many hadn't seen him play regularly for the Canes. Lowe is a decent enough player, but is he really comparable to Jane? Jane did some pretty amazing shit for the Canes.

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rancid Schnitzel" data-cid="598153" data-time="1468922864">I suspect the issue most people had with Jane was that he was neither a massive Islander nor a speed merchant a la Howlett. Could also be that many hadn't seen him play regularly for the Canes. Lowe is a decent enough player, but is he really comparable to Jane? Jane did some pretty amazing shit for the Canes.</blockquote>
 
And did some pretty special stuff at 7s. I was a big fan of his when he was running for Titch. The mullet was ugly though.....

Nepia

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I think Lowe is the opposite of slow and steady.
 
He's big, fast and has great skills - and I think the Chiefs have given him a license to use his flair. That comes unstuck occasionally, but he's only just 24 so I think his decision-making will mature - and probably wouldn't be hard for the ABs to rein him in just a touch.
 
Right now, he's probably a better bet than Jules.
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Yep, when I read that I wonder if there is another Lowe playing at the moment.
 
He lacks accuracy at times - but then that can be levelled at Savea and Naholo.
 
Plus, as I noted after the Tahs game he's a really good talker on the field, geeing up (hate that phrase by the way) his team and calling where the plays are going.

MN5

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And did some pretty special stuff at 7s. I was a big fan of his when he was running for Titch. The mullet was ugly though.....
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That was one of his better do's. Christ he had some shockers

DMX

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I suspect the issue most people had with Jane was that he was neither a massive Islander nor a speed merchant a la Howlett. Could also be that many hadn't seen him play regularly for the Canes. Lowe is a decent enough player, but is he really comparable to Jane? Jane did some pretty amazing shit for the Canes.
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i remember remember when Jane was not chosen against Boks in tri-nations 2009 when SA peppered us with high balls, baffling. Also remember before he debuted may posters said his error rate was too high, which was also strange. With Ben Smith I argued he should have been in 2011 World Cup squad and I got little support, someone even referred to him as a Caleb Ralph clone! As far as Lowe goes I think Chris B. said it best "big, fast and has great skills",

The Silver Fern

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