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Former All Blacks weigh in on the No.9 position for AB's

GP 26 minutes ago

Justin Marshall is one of the most astute rugby analysts. I agree with what he says about Crusaders halfback Kyle Preston. His kicking off both feet make him quite the weapon. His debut off the bench a few minutes in to round one against the Hurricanes, when he scored 3 tries, was memorable. I thought he should have come on earlier on Saturday night. I hope he starts against the Warratahs.He could be a bolter in the All Blacks.

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Andrew Nichols 26 minutes ago

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Sure. He might not but the best wings do. Got to adapt to whats in front of you.

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JWH 42 minutes ago

He’s a little slow on the top end, but that comes with time. Just gotta build his instinct up. Normally he’s given more time at 15 to think about what he does, like DMac.

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JWH 43 minutes ago

Uhh, no, he doesn’t. He stays wide, provides width, and gets delivered the ball so he can run on the wing and do his ridiculousness.

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JWH 44 minutes ago

There is no way the French or English are defending against NZ’s shape, it was utter perfection. Those switchbacks plays were mouth watering.

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Andrew Nichols 46 minutes ago

Reece has to go looking for it.

Chiefs' secret weapon again on show in regular season sweep of Crusaders

Andrew Nichols 46 minutes ago

Big unit too. As important as Robinson was at the Blues.

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Andrew Nichols 51 minutes ago

No way denying it was fun to watch but thats not going to be the kind of defence that will beat France or England.

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Wiseguy 1 hour ago

Agree. He seems to have moved ahead of Finau at the Chiefs.

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Wiseguy 1 hour ago

Let’s be fair. John Hart picked him then dropped him. Wayne Smith also picked him then dropped him. Great as he was at Super/NPC level he was never that guy at test level. He initially missed out to Ian Jones, Robin Brooke and Royce Willis then later Troy Flavell, Norm Maxwell and Chris Jack. Was he better than any of those guys? Even at six Michael Jones, Andrew Bowers then Reuben Thorne funnily enough.

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BAZ 1 hour ago

Hard[y a flsh out of water…that’s a backhander JWH!😪

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BH 1 hour ago

What an epic win by NZ! Down by 19 to 0 and then won the game at the end with 2 players in the sin bin.

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SS 1 hour ago

Hopefully it could be replicated in the finals. Congratulations.

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BAZ 1 hour ago

TRC U20: New Zealand go back-to-back after nail-biter against South Africa

Since when have you witnessed 15 tries with non-stop attacking play in an U20 final with only 2 months to prepare for World event. Both Final teams would be proud of such a score fest! 😍

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Koro Teeps 2 hours ago

Todd Blackadder, great player that he was, lacked the height to play test rugby at lock when our opposition had 200cm athletic men in engine room. Norm Maxwell was also gutsy but undersized. Did TB have the athleticism to play blindside for the All Blacks. Some very good players are just unlucky.

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Andrew Nichols 2 hours ago

Horrendous defence by all 4 teams. None of them will go close to winning the world title with that.

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BH 2 hours ago

How’s this list of potential AB’s loose forwards in no particular order:

Savea

Kirifi

Papali’i

Finau

Lio-Willie

Jacobson

Sititi

Lakai

Blackadder

I’d say that Blackadder is gone, Lio-Willie may not get selected ahead of Kirifi, and there’s a danger for some guys like Finau, Lakai and Papali’i to lose their spots because the other guys have been playing out of their skins for the whole season so far.

And to think that there’s one ineligible bloke in Moana Pasifika playing arguably better than all of them (except his teammate Savea) and that’s Miracle Fai’ilagi.

A note about Savea - his form has been so exceptional this year that I’d recommend the coaches use a 6-2 bench split and have Savea cover the midfield in case of an injury. He’s just that good! His kick and chase tries over the season remind me of a midfield back. And he has pace too.