Best All Black team and opposition named 1984-2008

[Cutter]

Oops, they made it in:

14. Philippe Saint-Andre
13. Philippe Sella

I would pick Dallaglio over Kefu.

 

[Lindommer]

My teams are always for 1984 onwards, starting with the grand slam. If I was going to pick someone on the basis of a solitary 4 games then Nigel Kassulke or Dominic Maguire would be my outside centre.

Why start 1984 with the grand slam; doesn't the series against the ABs in Australia count?

Ironic to reflect we went within a whisker of beating the ABs: if it wasn't for their fullback getting one more kick over than our kicker, Mark Ella, we would've beaten the bastards. The ABs fullback's name? Robbie Deans.

 

[spectator]

Lots of good players not in the nominated International team. Serge Blanco was a favourite of mine.

 

[Pfitzy]

I dont know that Cornelson was playing in 84. But its pretty quiet on the early years in that period.

My bad - he wound up in 82. Gavin it is.

 

[PhucNgo]

I'd have Dean Richards over Toutai.

I'd have Tim Gavin over Toutai.

I'd be very close to having Wycliffe Palu over Toutai.

I was never a big fan of Wilson. I have a feeling he was at his peak around 96/97 when I was in the US and didn't see much rugby, but I could never see what the big deal with him was.

Nor Kefu apparently. :fishing

 

[PhucNgo]

Oops, they made it in:

14. Philippe Saint-Andre
13. Philippe Sella

I would pick Dallaglio over Kefu.

No he didn't. Serge Blanco was easily better than Burke.

 

[Grandmaster Flash]

Oops, they made it in:

14. Philippe Saint-Andre
13. Philippe Sella

I would pick Dallaglio over Kefu.

No he didn't. Serge Blanco was easily better than Burke.

Was he better than Burke against the ABs tho?

Burke probably has the most points out of anyone against the ABs; the heroics in 98, that try in 96, that try in 01, kicking after the hooter in 02, and nailing the coffin shut in his final test against them in 2004.

 

[Pfitzy]

Yep - whenever Burkey stepped up to kick all the AB fans go sturgeon-mouth and start muttering into their beers. The regularity with which the Wallabies played the ABs is what got so many of them in there. They just never realistically expect to lose against us.

 

[PhucNgo]

Oops, they made it in:

14. Philippe Saint-Andre
13. Philippe Sella

I would pick Dallaglio over Kefu.

No he didn't. Serge Blanco was easily better than Burke.

Was he better than Burke against the ABs tho?

Burke probably has the most points out of anyone against the ABs; the heroics in 98, that try in 96, that try in 01, kicking after the hooter in 02, and nailing the coffin shut in his final test against them in 2004.

Point taken. But how then do they explain Jonathan Davies over Larkham?

 

[RugbyReg]

My teams are always for 1984 onwards, starting with the grand slam. If I was going to pick someone on the basis of a solitary 4 games then Nigel Kassulke or Dominic Maguire would be my outside centre.

Why start 1984 with the grand slam; doesn't the series against the ABs in Australia count?

Ironic to reflect we went within a whisker of beating the ABs: if it wasn't for their fullback getting one more kick over than our kicker, Mark Ella, we would've beaten the bastards. The ABs fullback's name? Robbie Deans.

simple, because that's when my rugby memories start. Can't remember any of the domestic tests that year. Grand Slams I do and then from 85 on I was a keen fan of the code.