All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship

[Mackerzzzz]

Romano deserves a spot on form alone, but we are meant to be building for a world cup that he would be unlikely to reach

[Mackerzzzz]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

[Kiwiwomble]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

the problem with this squad...you've still picked mostly the same people, fozzie doesn't have the balls to leave his big names in the stand if theyre in the squad, if we want to see some real change then there has tobe some big names playing NPC this year

[mariner4life]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

[Mackerzzzz]

A big problem for me with the All Blacks is a lack of leadership for me (other than the obvious poor coaching) we have an ancient in Sam w, Cane who is a leader but barely starting and savea who's a great player but not realy a leader?

If we were to drop Cane then who would be captan? Whitelock? Then who, one he retires?

Think about the last cup we won, mccaw, Carter, C Smith, woodcock all great leaders...

[Mackerzzzz]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Picking likely squad not want to have squad

[Mackerzzzz]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Who?

[broughie]

@Crazy-Horse I would not know. I just know he is not a 2 five.

[Kiwiwomble]

we should have got Ash Dixon in there a couple of years ago, leader (captain?), solid lineout and scrum and managed to make an average highlanders forward pack into a lineout maul weapon, not long term but could have brought some real stability to the forwards through the next RWC

[MN5]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Who?

He must mean Akira Ioane. How the hell do you drop him after that try ?

[gt12]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Who?

Are you from Canterbury?

[Mackerzzzz]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Picking likely squad not want to have squad

Ok then a want have squad:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, G Bower, A Ross, O Jager, T Williams, T Lomax
Hookers: S Taukei'aho, A Aumua, K Ekland
Second rows: T Vaii, S Whitelock, J Goodhue, J Dickson
Flankers: A Savea, D Papalii, L Jacobson, C Grace, A Ioane, PGS
Scrum Halfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, S Perofeta
Centres: R Ioane, B Sullivan, Q Tupaea, RTS, PUJ
Wingers: C Clarke, L Fainga'anuku, S Reece
Fullbacks: W Jordan, DMac, J Barrett

[Mackerzzzz]

@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Who?

Are you from Canterbury?

Definitely not, I'm still missing who

[Mackerzzzz]

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@gt12 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

What about this:

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, N Laulala, T Lomax, G Bower, E De Groot, A Ross
Hooker: S Taukei'aho, C Taylor, A Aumua
Locks: S Whitelock, S Barrett, T Vaii, J Goodhue*
Flanker/No8s: A Savea, S Cane, D Papalii, C Grace, L Jacobson, H Sotutu
Scrunhalfs: A Smith, F Christie, F Fakatava
First fives: B Barrett, R Mo'unga, (Either DMac or Perofeta depending on eligibility)
Centres: R Ioane, J Goodhue, RTS, Q Tupaea, D Havili
Wingers: C Clarke, S Reece, L Fainga'anuku, M Telea*
Fullbacks: W Jordan, J Barrett

lol no

Who over who then?

well lets go you've essentially got rid of no one except 1 prop (who should have gone anyway) and Dane Coles
the injured locks
And arguably our best player from saturday

revo-fucking-lutionary

Who?

Are you from Canterbury?

Definitely not, I'm still missing who

Ooo Akira Ioane

[kev]

@Stargazer said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

I think some people are a bit too keen to get rid of players in the squad.

A lot of the current problems may be "between the players' ears" and I'd like to see first whether a new coach can solve that by improving the culture, communication and game plan.

We had the same issues in the last year that Hansen coached. So while coaching is part of it, I think we are searching for a new formula which involves a certain amount of player change as some players just won’t fit the pattern.

[kev]

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@reprobate said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@KiwiMurph I reckon we might see Jack Goodhue in the midfield - and perhaps Rieko back to the wing.

I like the idea of Goodhue and Rieko together, even though I haven't rated Goodhue at 12 in the past. Just think they might compliment each other well, Goodhue very organised on defense and good at putting his outsides away, while Rieko is always a massive threat with ball in hand and is a very good tackler.

That's a great and established combination... with Jack at 13 where he plays well and Rieko at 11 where he plays well.

Therein lies the problem, chop and change. If Rieko is the long-term 13 then play him there and select around him. Otherwise you get to the RWC and we still don’t know who our best centre pairing are.

That's always gone well. For those barracking Goodhue, remember for all his benefits he's about as fast as a one legged prop.

Conrad Smith / Joe Stanley? It’s all about balance. Midfield is much more about option taking and defence than top pace. If you have the right wings and fullback you don’t need your centre to be be the line breaker. With BB, Havili and Reiko we have the wrong mix. Backline defence and option taking was poor. As much as Reiko’s pace is great he always looks to run before passing.

[antipodean]

@kev said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@reprobate said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@KiwiMurph I reckon we might see Jack Goodhue in the midfield - and perhaps Rieko back to the wing.

I like the idea of Goodhue and Rieko together, even though I haven't rated Goodhue at 12 in the past. Just think they might compliment each other well, Goodhue very organised on defense and good at putting his outsides away, while Rieko is always a massive threat with ball in hand and is a very good tackler.

That's a great and established combination... with Jack at 13 where he plays well and Rieko at 11 where he plays well.

Therein lies the problem, chop and change. If Rieko is the long-term 13 then play him there and select around him. Otherwise you get to the RWC and we still don’t know who our best centre pairing are.

That's always gone well. For those barracking Goodhue, remember for all his benefits he's about as fast as a one legged prop.

Conrad Smith / Joe Stanley? It’s all about balance. Midfield is much more about option taking and defence than top pace. If you have the right wings and fullback you don’t need your centre to be be the line breaker. With BB, Havili and Reiko we have the wrong mix. Backline defence and option taking was poor. As much as Reiko’s pace is great he always looks to run before passing.

To be fair, Joe played in a very different era - there was plenty of space on the field. Conrad ran like a bundle of brooms, but I suspect was quicker than Josh. Rieko's pace in that channel with the slightest bit of room is a real point of difference on attack (see his try against France for example). And on defence he covers ground very quickly. Once he gets better at making defensive decisions he'll be best in the world IMO.

[MN5]

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@kev said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@reprobate said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@KiwiMurph I reckon we might see Jack Goodhue in the midfield - and perhaps Rieko back to the wing.

I like the idea of Goodhue and Rieko together, even though I haven't rated Goodhue at 12 in the past. Just think they might compliment each other well, Goodhue very organised on defense and good at putting his outsides away, while Rieko is always a massive threat with ball in hand and is a very good tackler.

That's a great and established combination... with Jack at 13 where he plays well and Rieko at 11 where he plays well.

Therein lies the problem, chop and change. If Rieko is the long-term 13 then play him there and select around him. Otherwise you get to the RWC and we still don’t know who our best centre pairing are.

That's always gone well. For those barracking Goodhue, remember for all his benefits he's about as fast as a one legged prop.

Conrad Smith / Joe Stanley? It’s all about balance. Midfield is much more about option taking and defence than top pace. If you have the right wings and fullback you don’t need your centre to be be the line breaker. With BB, Havili and Reiko we have the wrong mix. Backline defence and option taking was poor. As much as Reiko’s pace is great he always looks to run before passing.

To be fair, Joe played in a very different era - there was plenty of space on the field. Conrad ran like a bundle of brooms, but I suspect was quicker than Josh. Rieko's pace in that channel with the slightest bit of room is a real point of difference on attack (see his try against France for example). And on defence he covers ground very quickly. Once he gets better at making defensive decisions he'll be best in the world IMO.

Interesting description.

But yeah, a much better player than the sum of his parts if that makes sense.

[mariner4life]

have we reached the point where "Ioane always runs and doesn't pass" is one of those myths that people just assume is true?

I just checked some stats for the 3 tests

Reiko ran 14 times
Reiko passed 12 times
Didn't throw an offload.

Didn't register a linebreak so it's not like he hungused away an opportunity.

Is the complete centre? no way. Is he way more rounded than he is given credit for (far far more elsewhere than here I'll admit) absolutely

[Kiwiwomble]

@MN5 said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@kev said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@TheMojoman said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@reprobate said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

@KiwiMurph I reckon we might see Jack Goodhue in the midfield - and perhaps Rieko back to the wing.

I like the idea of Goodhue and Rieko together, even though I haven't rated Goodhue at 12 in the past. Just think they might compliment each other well, Goodhue very organised on defense and good at putting his outsides away, while Rieko is always a massive threat with ball in hand and is a very good tackler.

That's a great and established combination... with Jack at 13 where he plays well and Rieko at 11 where he plays well.

Therein lies the problem, chop and change. If Rieko is the long-term 13 then play him there and select around him. Otherwise you get to the RWC and we still don’t know who our best centre pairing are.

That's always gone well. For those barracking Goodhue, remember for all his benefits he's about as fast as a one legged prop.

Conrad Smith / Joe Stanley? It’s all about balance. Midfield is much more about option taking and defence than top pace. If you have the right wings and fullback you don’t need your centre to be be the line breaker. With BB, Havili and Reiko we have the wrong mix. Backline defence and option taking was poor. As much as Reiko’s pace is great he always looks to run before passing.

To be fair, Joe played in a very different era - there was plenty of space on the field. Conrad ran like a bundle of brooms, but I suspect was quicker than Josh. Rieko's pace in that channel with the slightest bit of room is a real point of difference on attack (see his try against France for example). And on defence he covers ground very quickly. Once he gets better at making defensive decisions he'll be best in the world IMO.

Interesting description.

But yeah, a much better player than the sum of his parts if that makes sense.

maybe my memory is faulty but i remember him breaking the line loads...and then feeding outside or back to nonu to finish it off...maybe not running over the top of someone breaking the line but the perfect line to split the line and distribute in behind

@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:

have we reached the point where "Ioane always runs and doesn't pass" is one of those myths that people just assume is true?

I just checked some stats for the 3 tests

Reiko ran 14 times
Reiko passed 12 times
> Didn't throw an offload.

Didn't register a linebreak so it's not like he hungused away an opportunity.

Is the complete centre? no way. Is he way more rounded than he is given credit for (far far more elsewhere than here I'll admit) absolutely

thats where i love him to improve...when you have guys like reece and jordan outside...you'd love him to get his arms free and offload