Further to Kiwi'M's Stock Take;
Pass:
Alex Hodgman. one of seasons success stories. Who knew he could actually scrum as well as be mobile? Sounds perfect for late impact role.
Nepo Laulala. came back and kicked arse
Tupou Vaa’i. another rare success story.
Samuel Whitelock. poor prick shouldve been in Japan all season and gets roped into this shitshow. AB's would have been TOTALLY FUCKED without him.
Sam Cane. Scrapes by with a C+. Slogged his guts out, sure, but I dunno. Maybe he can do the tight shit so AKIRA can look good cutting up in the channels like Read used to FUCK YEAH KEEP CANE
Akira Ioane. FUKKKKKKKKK YEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Aaron Smith. Better be the highest paid AB. Do not tell me it's cotton-wool Beaudy... Without afterdavid this side would have been lost in space
Will Jordan Sure, they're grooming Jordie to take over at 15 from his brother although this murderous motherfucker might go a shit tonne better FFS
Caleb Clarke LOL@GeorgeBridge selection FFS Fozzie
Dalton Papalii. stock rose drammatically purely by virtue of not playing and not being Crossword Frizzle
Hoskins Sotutu. Now THIS is a #8. Got the hands, got the boomfa.
Fucked I I Know:
Jack Goodhue seems like he did jack shit. Still, must be doing something right to keep getting picked in what everyone outside the AB coaching staff thinks is his wrong position.....
Fail:
Asafo Aumua. can he throw yet?
Dane Coles. still #1 hooker despite being a seagulling hothead.
Codie Taylor. wft happened to this guy
Tyrel Lomax. fuck this clown. Lethargic when it mattered, birdbrained boofhead when it didnt.
Karl Tu’inukuafe. hopelessly unfit for most of the season.
Ofa Tuungafasi and Joe Moody. these 2 have to shoulder a lot of blame for such a shit AB season. It always starts upfront and they got bested.
Patrick Tuipulotu. giant useless baby. Vanished when it matters. Top 2 inches just not there. NZ in deep, deep shit at lock. Brodie will come back from Japan creaky, old and feeble and the only good Whitelock is going to completely fall the fuck apart any second now
Shannon Frizell. LOLLLLLL 13 matches in black for a dividend return of GTFO
Ardie Savea. tenured at 8 when its so obvious he's a soup rugby phenom and test level lightweight speedbump
TJ Perenara. ByronBrain Syndrome + garbage pass = Please Don't Come Back.
Brad Weber. poor little bugger
Richie Mo’unga. holy shit the Rolls Royce pack jibes were not wrong. Is this guy really the answer? Want to see Josh Ioane brought in to bring some heat on him.....
Laumape. Like Recce, kind of biffed in the deep end a bit after so long off. Make or break season coming up at 28 or so?
Rieko Ioane. Put his hand up as kind of a dickhead. Even though he might be the senior back by now ffs. He's been in the AB setup for years. Call me a morbid prick but I reckon its going to take a horrific injury to one of these backs for Fozzie to be forced into deciding who goes where.
Anton Lienert-Brown. getting the hook at 50 mins for Rieko in the last test really surprised me. Fozzie seems keen on Rieko at centre. Good to keep the tenured ALB/Goodhue on their toes I guess.
Jordie Barrett obviously being groomed to take over from his brother. He'll probably go fine there but.....
Damian McKenzie. please just go away you sideways-running dwarf.
Sevu Reece. was hardly given a fair crack really. Biffed in the deep end after ages out.
Special Category:
Beauden Barrett. F-.
2-time World Player of the Year cotton wooled himself all season for his Rising Sun payoff. Literally could not be arsed even looking for a gap from FB. Hasnt scored a single point all fucking season. Went from scoring 4 tries in a test and running down Howlett's alltime AB try scoring record to mailing it in with pea-hearted Goromaruesque no-fucks-given hoofs downfield.
