All Blacks 2025
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
So with Reiko Ioane back in form, who misses out in the selection for the ABs in midfield?
Proctor
ALB.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
I'd take Lam over Tavatavanawai. I think Lams game is better suited to test rugby. Both will probably miss out to Havili and Ennor.
Lam is bigger and plays arguably in a more test-like Super team but with less turnovers.
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I don't think it is scandalous to consider Savea and Sititi are viewed as ahead of Sotutu at 8 in AB coaches' eyes (and of course they play 7 and 6 as well) but he seems pretty useful to the Blues to me, not sure he has really been playing as badly as some here suggested (I haven't seen today's game).
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Nobody here picking Beauden? Or more accurately, picking the coaches to pick BB?
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Nobody here picking Beauden? Or more accurately, picking the coaches to pick BB?
Huh? Everybody knows he's a certainty.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
So with Reiko Ioane back in form, who misses out in the selection for the ABs in midfield?
Proctor
ALB.
Who's your backup 12? Havili or Lam?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
So with Reiko Ioane back in form, who misses out in the selection for the ABs in midfield?
Proctor
ALB.
Who's your backup 12? Havili or Lam?
I thought ALB is injured?
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
So with Reiko Ioane back in form, who misses out in the selection for the ABs in midfield?
Proctor
ALB.
Who's your backup 12? Havili or Lam?
I thought ALB is injured?
My bad. Didn't know it was season-ending.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
@chchfanatic Savea, Sititi, Lakai, Parker, Jacobson Papalii, Blackadder to be selected.
Kirifi just misses out.
Plenty of time for Blackadder to get injured between now and AB team naming.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
I don't think it is scandalous to consider Savea and Sititi are viewed as ahead of Sotutu at 8 in AB coaches' eyes (and of course they play 7 and 6 as well) but he seems pretty useful to the Blues to me, not sure he has really been playing as badly as some here suggested (I haven't seen today's game).
I thought Sotutu had a fine game today. Showed lovely hands and some good defensive work too
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2025:
Jacobsen are certainties.
I'm sure he will be picked but there's no way Jacobson should be a certainty
I really can see him being the starting 6 and stated the reasons earlier in this thread.
What reasons? He's probably the 4th best 6 at the Chiefs behind Finau, Sititi and Parker
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Nobody here picking Beauden? Or more accurately, picking the coaches to pick BB?
You obviously haven't read any Marc Hinton article.
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@KiwiMurph being at the game last night and watching from a very elevated position Sotutu Always attracts a lot of defenders
Has a great ability to throw a a late pass before contact or just take contact and get gainlineI watched both the 2 number 8s closely last night Gleeson got through a ton of work with many carries without getting gainline
Looked busy but far less impactful
Hoskins showed some great touches last night
Stats imo dont always tell a full story but i would be curious to compare both as reference point -
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Nobody here picking Beauden? Or more accurately, picking the coaches to pick BB?
You obviously haven't read any Marc Hinton article.
I didn't realize Hinton was a poster here!
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
David Havili and Reiko Ioane have these last few games to show what they can do.
Somebody in Blue seems to be reading your posts.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2025:
Jacobsen are certainties.
I'm sure he will be picked but there's no way Jacobson should be a certainty
I really can see him being the starting 6 and stated the reasons earlier in this thread.
What reasons? He's probably the 4th best 6 at the Chiefs behind Finau, Sititi and Parker
Razor and co like a guy that will tackle heaps, clean a lot, and carry close to the ruck, like the previous crew which included Ryan and how they always had North Island fern favourite Shannon Frizzell.
Luke Jacobsen fills that role best I feel (not saying I agree with it, but it's they way I think they'll go).
