All Blacks 2024.. locked

[frugby]

@delicatessen said in All Blacks 2024:

@frugby said in All Blacks 2024:

Enough beating around the bush, here is Razor's first full squad:

Props:
Ethan de Groot
Tamaiti Williams
George Bower
Tyrel Lomax
Fletcher Newell
Pouri Rakete-Stones

Hookers:
Codie Taylor
Samisoni Taukei'aho
George Bell

Locks:
Scott Barrett
Josh Lord
Quinten Strange
Isaiah Walker-Leawere

Loose Forwards:
Ethan Blackadder
Samipeni Finau
Dalton Papalii
Devan Flanders
Ardie Savea (C)
Cullen Grace
Luke Jacobson

Halfbacks:
Cam Roigard
Folau Fakatava
Finlay Christie

First Fives:
Damian McKenzie
David Havili
Stephen Perofeta

Midfielders:
Jordie Barrett
Rieko Ioane
Anton Lienert-Brown
Dallas McLeod
Quinn Tupaea

Outside Backs:
Macca Springer
Mark Telea
Will Jordan
Emoni Narawa
Shaun Stevenson

Methinks, based on who I think will be available.

Will the first squad even be 36 men?

• Rakete-Stones, don't think so. Mafileo is someone they clearly like the look of.
• Walker-Leaware is just a worse version of Tupou Vaa'i
• Blackadder and Flanders, fair enough, particularly if Cane takes his sabbatical
• I'm not sold on Perofeta, I'd almost say Sullivan may be likely depending on which way round they play in SR
• Forgot about Tupaea, so agree there
• Stevenson will be an interesting one. Part of me wonder if the fact he will be 27 counts against him.

[chchfanatic]

Has anyone seen the dates and venues for the England series

[Bones]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:

@Crazy-Horse It happens all the time on here both ways and it won't stop anytime soon no matter who's coaching/what players get selected etc.

Hah go figure, I thought CH was making reference to the cantab posters bias

[ACT Crusader]

T. Williams
C. Taylor
F. Newell
S. Barrett
T. Chief
E. Blackadder
T. Kobe (C)
C. Grace
T. Cane
D. Havili
D. McLeod
J. Barrett
B. Ennor
S. Reece
W. Jordan

https://media.tenor.com/tFftINGqFDYAAAAC/thats-too-easy-easy.gif

[Crazy Horse]

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:

@Crazy-Horse It happens all the time on here both ways and it won't stop anytime soon no matter who's coaching/what players get selected etc.

Hah go figure, I thought CH was making reference to the cantab posters bias

What bias?

[Bones]

@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:

@Crazy-Horse It happens all the time on here both ways and it won't stop anytime soon no matter who's coaching/what players get selected etc.

Hah go figure, I thought CH was making reference to the cantab posters bias

What bias?

Good point.

[nostrildamus]

@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2024:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2024:

@Crazy-Horse It happens all the time on here both ways and it won't stop anytime soon no matter who's coaching/what players get selected etc.

Hah go figure, I thought CH was making reference to the cantab posters bias

What bias?

The bias that they don't have bias?

[Blunders]

@frugby Agreed hoping sullivan will get a chance at 10 for the Blues don't think Perofeta is good enough.

[African Monkey]

@Bones No never, Cantab posters are the most unbiased posters on here.....

[chchfanatic]

@African-Monkey we are indeed. It’s just too easy to wind you guys up. 7 titles in a row. What more can we say.

[Machpants]

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024:

Has anyone seen the dates and venues for the England series

In typical NZR fashion we hear about them from the opposition first and dates/locations probably won't be out until next year

[African Monkey]

@chchfanatic Mate, it's an ABs thread, not a Crusaders wankathon thread haha.

Look forward, not back

[KiwiMurph]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2024:

13s: who is most likely competing with Rieko in 2024, Ennor?

On form Proctor (especially considering Ennor won't be playing for much of 2024 due to injury recovery)

[KiwiMurph]

One guy who is a bit of a forgotten man is TJ Perenara.

Not his biggest fan but I wonder if he's a chance if they are looking for experience in one of their 3 halfbacks with Smith and Weber gone.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph

Will he get enough game time to push his case? On form, and if everyone stays fit, he'll be getting ~15mins most weeks

[KiwiMurph]

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2024:

@KiwiMurph

Will he get enough game time to push his case? On form, and if everyone stays fit, he'll be getting ~15mins most weeks

Fakatava got picked in the first squad of 2022 with similar minutes.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph

Ha yes. He got locked into NZ and then his selection was less urgent

[Frank]

Classic line from a Herald article

Tupou Vaa’i is the latest in a string of formidable locks for the All Blacks. Vaa’i has filled in superbly when his number has been called.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/scott-robertsons-all-blacks-how-the-team-will-be-different-to-ian-fosters-side/3N6GK42D7VBCPDVBHUI3BQN3VQ/

[African Monkey]

@Frank The less you play, the more highly you get rated.

[MN5]

@Frank said in All Blacks 2024:

Classic line from a Herald article

Tupou Vaa’i is the latest in a string of formidable locks for the All Blacks. Vaa’i has filled in superbly when his number has been called.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/scott-robertsons-all-blacks-how-the-team-will-be-different-to-ian-fosters-side/3N6GK42D7VBCPDVBHUI3BQN3VQ/

He’s about as formidable as Ennor is good at tackling. I still remember Robbie Henshaw brushing him off like he didn’t even exist