The Silver Fern

Rory McIlroy and his fans after The Masters: "Rory is the greatest golfer on the planet."

Scottie Scheffler at the US PGA "Hold my beer!"

@cgrant Great summary of where the ABs are at.

Don't think you missed many players, maybe Stephen Perofeta.

@BerniesCorner Those two are penned in if fit. Then I'd have Finau at 6 and either Jacobson or Lakai on the bench. Papalii would be my other back row option if there's room in the squad.

@Jet Terrible video.

1. "Look here's some bad play by Anton Leinert-Brownwhen Reiko wasn't playing." That's not convincing.

2. "Pundits and ex-players like him." Everyone knows the NZ rugby establishment stick together. That's one reason why we haven't won won a World Cup for 10 years and we're only third in the world.

3. Then at 1:41 we got the "both sides of the ball" cliche.

I gave up after that.

The Blues have stopped scoring backline tries. They have totally dried up. Drier than the Sahara Desert. You can't pick the Blues Centre for the All Blacks when that happens.

@Grooter

Cory Jane and Israel Dagg being left out of the 2015 RWC World Cup squad for Nehe Milner-Skudder and Waisake Naholo with a broken leg are the last examples of a ruthless BIG CHOP from the All Blacks I can remember.

Finlay Christie is surely an ex- All Black. There are at least five better other options at Half Backs

A few other All Blacks backs from The Blues are in terrible form: Caleb Clarke, Beauden Barrett, Reiko Ioane.

If they can't sure better form in the final week then they risk the BIG CHOP from the selectors.

Sotutu, Tuipolutu, then I voted for Riccitelli.

I can't remember anyone saying at the start of the season that Moana Pasifika had a good shot at making the playoffs this year.

Hats off to Tana Umaga, Ardie Savea and their squad.

Anyone else a bit worried that we aren't exactly overflowing with talented players on the Wing in form, in peak fitness and committed to staying in NZ to the next World Cup?

The options are looking decidedly meagre.

@Canerbry Obsessed with the All Blacks picking the best players available so they can be the best side in the world and so we don't see Saffa, Oz, England or France win World Cups. 100% guilty as charged.

@antipodean But is he is as good on "both sides of the ball" as Ethan Blackadder? 😉

Number 7: Ardie Savea.

And Ardie Savea wins the game for MP.

Great turnover.

Caleb Clarke's a strange one. When's he's at his best, he's fucking world class.

When he's off it, he's shite.

Cracking game.

Hoskins Sotutu doing Hoskins Sotutu things.

Surely he'll be a Test player again. If Robertson turns him down from the ABs for not being a Crusader, it'll be with England or Fiji.

@Frank said in Moana Pasifika v Blues:

Ardie to 7, Sititi to 8?, 6????

Finau IMHO, but it will probably be a Crusader.

MP ahead, but only by eight points. If the Blues stay calm and do the basics well they could win this.

Good game this for the neutral. Could go either way.

@frugby Fakatava probably just misses out. But the other three must be there.