New Zealand Rugby Team Watch

[Dctarget]

Scott Barrett captain! with Ardie Savea and Jordie Barrett vice.

 

[Dctarget]

That's a pretty exciting team. Forward pack huge. @experts, what's the backline?

 

[Bullrush]

Can we see if RA want to swap coaches?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

At first glance it appears @Dismal Pillock won't be needing those wet wipes & clean gruds...

 

[Dctarget]

Cleaned up squad:
The first All Black squad for 2024 is:

Hookers: Asafo Aumua, Codie Taylor, George Bell

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Pasilio Tosi, Fletcher Newell, Ethan de Groot, Tyrel Lomax, Tamaiti Williams

Locks: Scott Barrett (captain), Patrick Tuipulotu, Tupou Vaa'i

Loose forwards: Ardie Savea, Luke Jacobson, Ethan Blackadder, Wallace Sititi, Samipeni Finau, Dalton Papali'i

Halfbacks: TJ Perenara, Finlay Christie, Cortez Ratima

First five eighths: Damian McKenzie, Beauden Barrett, Stephen Perofeta

Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Anton Lienert-Brown, Billy Proctor

Outside backs: Sevu Reece, Mark Tele'a, Emoni Narawa, Caleb Clarke

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Locks

Scott Barrett
Patrick Tuipulotu
Tupou Vaa'i

 

[Dismal Pillock]

At first glance it appears @Dismal Pillock won't be needing those wet wipes & clean gruds...

The Turn The Page Club:

David Havili
Perenara
Beauden Barrett
Quinn Tupeau
Cullen Grace
Sam Cane
Quinten Strange
Dallas McLeod

If even 3 of these players are named in the AB squad I will have a massive spew in my gruds

I count two, Flapanara and Beauden. A couple of good bench players....... from 2017.

Darry will surely get called up, at least 1 of those 3 locks are going to break if all 3 of them have to play in every test FFS.

Luke Jacobson, Ethan Blackadder, Wallace Sititi, Samipeni Finau

On what motherf***ing planet are these 4 drongos better players than Hoskins Sotutu

You've got:
- tried and failed
- instantly injured 29-year old
- this years Pita Gus Sowakula
- red card waiting to happen.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Slight correction @Dctarget:

First five eighths: Damian McKenzie, Beauden Barrett.

Outside backs: Sevu Reece, Mark Tele'a, Emoni Narawa, Caleb Clarke, Stephen Perofeta.

I'd expect one of Barrett or Perofeta to be the 23 but hopefully Beaugan isn't the 15 & cramping DMac's style as he did RMo's.

 

[Dan54]

Only real surprise for me (and pleasant one) was Pasilo Tosi coming in. A fan, but thought it was my bias as he a Canes man, and a Levin kid! By geez he a decent size when you see him getting interviewed. 140kgs so swapped from 8 to 3. Obviously a few a touch unlucky Sotutu, Lakai etc etc, but I always tend to measure AB teams by the quality that can't get in.

 

[KiwiM]

Four extra players as injury cover are confirmed as

Darry
Love
Havili
Bower

 

[KiwiM]

Well it's better than my rumoured squad

I get Bell is highly rated but jeez it must suck if you are Riccitelli - he must be thinking what else do I have to do. His Super form blows Bell out of the water.

Perofeta very lucky - to me this points to Will Jordan playing fullback when he returns.

I would like another genuine 6 option other than Finau. None of the other loosies have ever convinced at 6.

I like the Tosi pick. Huge potential (figuratively and literally).

 

[Upthenuts]

how the hell does havili get in as injury cover?

 

[Linerunner2023]

Cleaned up squad:
The first All Black squad for 2024 is:

Hookers: Asafo Aumua, Codie Taylor, George Bell

Props: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Pasilio Tosi, Fletcher Newell, Ethan de Groot, Tyrel Lomax, Tamaiti Williams

Locks: Scott Barrett (captain), Patrick Tuipulotu, Tupou Vaa'i

Loose forwards: Ardie Savea, Luke Jacobson, Ethan Blackadder, Wallace Sititi, Samipeni Finau, Dalton Papali'i

Halfbacks: TJ Perenara, Finlay Christie, Cortez Ratima

First five eighths: Damian McKenzie, Beauden Barrett, Stephen Perofeta

Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Anton Lienert-Brown, Billy Proctor

Outside backs: Sevu Reece, Mark Tele'a, Emoni Narawa, Caleb Clarke

Decent side
Takes missing to injury
Taukei'aho / Jordan / roigard and maybe Cane and potentially Numia an option
Seems the blues have been dudded a little
Riciteli should be over bell
The props are huge (tosi a bolter)
Short on locks
Think finau and Blackadder lucky to get over sotutu and ioane

Very unlucky for Hoskins

Guys not selected they will make a decent Māori / Nz 15 side
Riciteli / renata / darry / ioane / sotutu / Plummer / lam
Ross / lord / ah toui / Nanai suturo / Stevenson
Numia / iose / lakai / Cameron / love
Bower / moody / strange / grace / Christie / havili
Harmon / fakatava / nareki

 

[zer0]

how the hell does havili get in as injury cover?

Credentials: Plays for the Crusaders.

See also: George Bell, Ethan Blackadder.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Razor has never faced any adversity as a coach. Won everything, all the time. Curious how his cool fun positive guy schtick will hold up after a 3-test losing streak with the media baying for his nutz and ballz.

They need to wheel out the journo that Penney called a c**t.

"You literally only picked Havili cos you were pals at the Cantabs right?
"No I
"The guy hasn't played all year and the Cantabs came last. AJ Lam clearly in much better form?"
"I.....
"It's clearly personal between your assistant coaches and poor old Hoskins right?
<frozen grin>

 

[Marce]

No Hoskins. Does he have an Aussie grandma?

He would be the master, king and god of the Wallabies

 

[Marce]

Is Ardie Reece related to Sevu?

Maybe they did the fusion and now the ABs have a forward who can score tries

 

[Marce]

Where is Ruben Love? I like him. He would be my Wallabies captain

 

[Love2Scrum]

All Blacks: The telling stats that provide clarity to Hoskins Sotutu's snub

Blues star Hoskins Sotutu was a major omission from Scott Robertson's first All Blacks squad of the year after a brilliant Super Rugby Pacific season.

www.planetrugby.com

 

[Marce]

Who is the 4th lock? Blackadder?