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@Stargazer said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
I assume if they don't play Dagg at fullback, Dmac might actually be the one in the 15 jersey.
I sincerely hope not.
@antipodean Isn't this the queue for the 15 jersey? Smith - Dagg - Jordie - Dmac? NMS is there as a wing. For Bledisloe, they have Smith. After that, it was either Dagg or, if they prefer to keep him on the wing, Jordie. Dmac is in the squad because Smith won't be available for the RC, so next after Jordie?
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@antipodean Isn't this the queue for the 15 jersey? Smith - Dagg - Jordie - Dmac? NMS is there as a wing. For Bledisloe, they have Smith. After that, it was either Dagg or, if they prefer to keep him on the wing, Jordie. Dmac is in the squad because Smith won't be available for the RC, so next after Jordie?
@Stargazer said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@antipodean Isn't this the queue for the 15 jersey? Smith - Dagg - Jordie - Dmac? NMS is there as a wing. For Bledisloe, they have Smith. After that, it was either Dagg or, if they prefer to keep him on the wing, Jordie. Dmac is in the squad because Smith won't be available for the RC, so next after Jordie?
Havili. His error rate is lower and he's six feet tall...
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@Stargazer said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@antipodean Isn't this the queue for the 15 jersey? Smith - Dagg - Jordie - Dmac? NMS is there as a wing. For Bledisloe, they have Smith. After that, it was either Dagg or, if they prefer to keep him on the wing, Jordie. Dmac is in the squad because Smith won't be available for the RC, so next after Jordie?
Havili. His error rate is lower and he's six feet tall...
@antipodean I can't write things like that on here. It provokes reactions like the one above.
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Sucks for Jordie. He did it going for the corner against the Lions, got up holding his shoulder in a lot of pain. I was surprised he stayed on the field after that.
@Stargazer the main reason I post on here is to provoke a reaction. Go for your life.
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I swear all you have to do is wear a red n black jersey and you are a certainty....
@ACT-Crusader said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
I swear all you have to do is wear a red n black jersey and you are a certainty....
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@mariner4life You promised we could have 13 Crusaders.
That's 11 - who are the other two going to be?
@Chris-B. said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life You promised we could have 13 Crusaders.
That's 11 - who are the other two going to be?
Take two between Todd, Tamanivalu and Goodhue.
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@Stargazer said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
http://www.allblacks.com/News/31202/jordie-barrett-out-david-havili-in
Ah shit. It looked serious but he kept on playing (badly).
Was bloody excited to see him play in the RC.
Poo bum wee.
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I wonder if/when they will take a punt on using DMac as a 10/15 reserve now.
I think they weren't going to do that until later in the year after he got some 10 time with Waikato but they may roll the dice if they can a little earlier now.@Crucial Surely they'll be thinking they need to give Sopoaga plenty of time in the 10 jersey, now? He's hardly a test veteran. Barring injuries, I think he should be getting any time at 10 that Beauden doesn't.
Will be interesting to see what they do when Ben Smith goes on sabbatical. They will no doubt mix it up a bit - but, form and fitness permitting, I'd tend to go with a first choice line-up of:
Smith, Barrett, SBW, Crotty, Ioane/Naholo, NMS, Dagg
Perenara, Sopoaga, ALB
Skudder might not have the form to warrant this but, if he does, it gives the "two fullbacks" back three.
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@Crucial Surely they'll be thinking they need to give Sopoaga plenty of time in the 10 jersey, now? He's hardly a test veteran. Barring injuries, I think he should be getting any time at 10 that Beauden doesn't.
Will be interesting to see what they do when Ben Smith goes on sabbatical. They will no doubt mix it up a bit - but, form and fitness permitting, I'd tend to go with a first choice line-up of:
Smith, Barrett, SBW, Crotty, Ioane/Naholo, NMS, Dagg
Perenara, Sopoaga, ALB
Skudder might not have the form to warrant this but, if he does, it gives the "two fullbacks" back three.
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@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
Yeah - but won us a game in SA by playing really well. Hoping he really starts to shine in the environment.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
Yeah - but won us a game in SA by playing really well. Hoping he really starts to shine in the environment.
@nzzp said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
Yeah - but won us a game in SA by playing really well. Hoping he really starts to shine in the environment.
He did , impressed us all , not sure if that was on debut but it was early , seems so long ago now .
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The fact we had Cruden and Barrett both around did make it tough for Lima to demand game time.
Not as adept as Barrett or Cruden in taking the ball to the line, but he has a great pass both ways and his kicking game is world class. Quality goal kicker as well.
His running and kicking game was very good in that start against the Boks. His defending was called into question a number of times though.
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@nzzp said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
Yeah - but won us a game in SA by playing really well. Hoping he really starts to shine in the environment.
He did , impressed us all , not sure if that was on debut but it was early , seems so long ago now .
@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
@Chris-B. Feels like Lima has been an allblack for a long time now but been virtually never used
Yeah - but won us a game in SA by playing really well. Hoping he really starts to shine in the environment.
He did , impressed us all , not sure if that was on debut but it was early , seems so long ago now .
Was starting debut from memory (as opposed to coming off the bench)
