All Blacks 2024
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
He's going to pick his best side. Based on his glittering SR record he was a consensus pick on here. Now that shit is becoming real I hope we agree with most of his selections and I hope he is successful
Well at least there is some rationale about why he is the AB coach now.
Not some bollocks from NZR which has been the status quo for far too long.If winning 2 RWC's out of 4 and losing one by only 1 point with 14 men is "status quo bollocks", it's been pretty damn successful status quo bollocks.
NZR's rationale now is to try something completely new - a bloke who's been successful with one Canterbury-based side and with zero Test experience. It's a bold move for sure, one we hope will pay off.
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
a bloke who's been successful with one Canterbury-based side
Isn't it three?
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Liam Napier prediction for the Herald:
Predicted All Blacks squad:
Props: Tyrel Lomax, Ethan de Groot, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Fletcher Newell, Tamaiti Williams, George BowerHookers: Codie Taylor, Asafo Aumua, Ricky Riccitelli (uncapped)
Locks: Scott Barrett, Tupou Vaa’i, Patrick Tuipulotu, Sam Darry (uncapped)
Loose forwards: Ardie Savea, Dalton Papali’i, Hoskins Sotutu, Luke Jacobson, Ethan Blackadder/Samipeni Finau
Halfback: T.J. Perenara, Cortez Ratima (uncapped), Finlay Christie
First five-eighths: Damian McKenzie, Beauden Barrett
Midfielders: Jordie Barrett, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rieko Ioane, Billy Proctor (uncapped)
Outside backs: Ruben Love (uncapped), Caleb Clarke, Emoni Narawa, Sevu Reece, Mark Tele’a
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Liam Napier prediction for the Herald:
Predicted All Blacks squad:
Props: Tyrel Lomax, Ethan de Groot, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Fletcher Newell, Tamaiti Williams, George BowerHookers: Codie Taylor, Asafo Aumua, Ricky Riccitelli (uncapped)
Locks: Scott Barrett, Tupou Vaa’i, Patrick Tuipulotu, Sam Darry (uncapped)
Loose forwards: Ardie Savea, Dalton Papali’i, Hoskins Sotutu, Luke Jacobson, Ethan Blackadder/Samipeni Finau
Halfback: T.J. Perenara, Cortez Ratima (uncapped), Finlay Christie
First five-eighths: Damian McKenzie, Beauden Barrett
Midfielders: Jordie Barrett, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rieko Ioane, Billy Proctor (uncapped)
Outside backs: Ruben Love (uncapped), Caleb Clarke, Emoni Narawa, Sevu Reece, Mark Tele’a
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Richard Knowler has named what he thinks the squad will be.
Love, Telea, Reece, Clarke, Narawa
Reiko Ioane, ALB, J Barrett
DMac, Beauden Barrett, Plummer
Ratima, Christie, TJP
Ardie Savea, Papali'i, Lakai, Finau, Sotutu, Jacobson
Barrett, Tuipolutu, Vaa'i, Darry
Lomax, Newell, Ofa T, De Groot, Williams
Taylor, Aumua, Riccitelli
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Calling a 23:
1 de Groot
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Tuipulotu
5 Darry
6 Ioane
7 Papalii
8 Savea
9 Christie
10 Plummer
11 Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 R Ioane
14 Telea
15 B BarrettAnd a pagen ritual before irrival
A brother hood of the upper middle class, burned at the steak. -
1 de Groot
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Tuipulotu
5 Barret
6 Ioane
7 Papalii
8 Savea
9 Christie
10 Plummer
11 Clarke
12 J Barrett
13 R Ioane
14 Telea
15 B BarrettPlus the rest of the 23:
16 Riccitelli
17 Tu'ungufasi
18 Renata
19 Darry
20 Sotutu
21 Renata
22 Lam
23 ALB -
@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I watched this last night , my smart arse aussie wife who knows nothing about rugby was hovering in the background and chips in with ,
its cute the way he says Wobbie Deans
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
who is next into the warkworth forest. To be initiated
Summer solstice has passed, so the Cornish piskies are available...
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I watched this last night , my smart arse aussie wife who knows nothing about rugby was hovering in the background and chips in with ,
its cute the way he says Wobbie Deans
Just pm’md you with the details of a divorce lawyer in Melbourne
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Thinking you're going to post something from Dali next.
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Liam Napier's squad is pretty much who I'd pick - except I'd only pick three of the wings and I'd pick Plummer as a third first five.
And I wouldn't have a bracket in the loose forwards.
On The Breakdown last night Goldie said they'd heard that there will be four young guys added to the 32 to train with the team.
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Jeez I just had a flash back to a surplus of wingers at the WC 2023
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The four additional young guys are probably the most interesting aspect, even if they don't get on the paddock.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
He's going to pick his best side. Based on his glittering SR record he was a consensus pick on here. Now that shit is becoming real I hope we agree with most of his selections and I hope he is successful
Well at least there is some rationale about why he is the AB coach now.
Not some bollocks from NZR which has been the status quo for far too long.If winning 2 RWC's out of 4 and losing one by only 1 point with 14 men is "status quo bollocks", it's been pretty damn successful status quo bollocks.
NZR's rationale now is to try something completely new - a bloke who's been successful with one Canterbury-based side and with zero Test experience. It's a bold move for sure, one we hope will pay off.
@Victor-Meldrew
Victor I wouldn't say appointing a new coach with a truckload of SR titles bold. I would call it sensible.
The big turnaround occurred when Jason Ryan arrived. Prior to that for about 3 years it was all Frank Spencer. -
The four additional young guys are probably the most interesting aspect, even if they don't get on the paddock.
@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
The four additional young guys are probably the most interesting aspect, even if they don't get on the paddock.
If Liam Napier's squad is pretty much right then I could see the four being something like Lakai, Sititi, one of the young halfbacks, one of the young hookers.
