RWC Squads

[waiopehu oldboy]

ABE.

Make that ABSAFE:

Anyone
But
South
Africa
France
England

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Only two halfbacks with Slade standing in v one or both minnows, this to allow for an extra outside back; that being:

Waisake Naholo who'll possibly be fit for the third & subsequent matches.

My guesses are three locks yes, two halfbacks no (so no Slade, either) & Naholo also no as the initial "miracle recovery" story hasn't really been followed up on.]

Nek minnit there's not one but two stories on stuff.co.nz about Naholo's amazing recovery & tipping him for inclusion at the expense of Piutau, with Slade making the cut as added fullback cover at the expense of Sopoaga.

Can't say I'd agree with either as I've never been a fan of picking someone who isn't good to go from day one. Piutau & Sopoaga have done more than enough to justify selection IMO.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

astonished Coetzee has missed out, the guy is a stallion of Vermeulen levels

wonder what NZ equivalent of picking "Rudy Paige" would be? Brad Weber? Although even he's got 1 cap. Bryn Hall? Would be a good call there i reckon!

From what I saw of him this year, Reinach was a special kind of nonsense.

for me,
Sopoaga a yes. Barrett at 1st 5 a no, in fact I woulnt take him at all, hiding an injury iHomo, his impact minutes this year have been just as substantial as usual but apart from that one pass for that one try has been M.I.A. Slade at 1st 5 a no. Too much dithering and telegraphing and handbraking.

Crotty a no. SBW a no (although surely will be a yes)

Dagg, Jane a no.

Naholo, NMS are a yes. You don't want to die wondering. Who knows, by the time a semi rolls around, Skudder and Naholo might be the incumbent wings and a puffy Savea is up in the stands eyeing the black puddings at the concession stand

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Bit embarrassing NZ squad announcement is coming from the bloody Parliament buildings (good god I hope that leering tool John Key is not sighted for another "hey guyz, i'm awesome by association" photo op scab)

Wives #4 and 5 had a bit of a squabble over who should man the internet today to scour for possible squad leakage infomational tidbits so I got Wife #3 onto it.

 

[RedsHappy]

^^^
DP, I think I have seen at least 2 of your wives in the notoriously competitive and brutal Sth Auckland UFC competitions.

They look like they might turn professional at any moment.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

^^^
DP, I think I have seen at least 2 of your wives in the notoriously competitive and brutal Sth Auckland UFC competitions.

They look like they might turn professional at any moment.

Easily. And guess who the punching bag is. They've honed all their signature moves on my face, neck, head and brain regions. The Hauraki Plain Reverse Brain Combine Harvest. The Fosbury Fecal Fore Lock Flop (what a mess this one is). The jeez do we really have 5 more hours to the squad announcement.

The Old Boy George Michael Jackson Brown Sugar Ray Charles Manson Prison Sentence

The Onehunga Pall Mall Bearer (flash name but its really just lit smokes chucked towards my head)

 

[RedsHappy]

Easily. And guess who the punching bag is. They've honed all their signature moves on my face, neck, head and brain regions. The Hauraki Plain Reverse Brain Combine Harvest. The Fosbury Fecal Fore Lock Flop (what a mess this one is). The jeez do we really have 5 more hours to the squad announcement.

The Old Boy George Michael Jackson Brown Sugar Ray Charles Manson Prison Sentence

The Onehunga Pall Mall Bearer (flash name but its really just lit smokes chucked towards my head)

Though tortuous for you DP, if any further proof was needed this side of the dutch, your wives' unfortunate stress-related violence today is a mere testament to the incredible psychological importance this squad announcement has for the people of NZ.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

the incredible psychological importance this squad announcement has for the people of NZ.

Wife #2 currently high-tailing it to Wellington to provide me with personal up-to-the minute coverage of squad announcement.

Wife #5 currently en-route on the train bound for Welly even though it looks like her nits are giving her some grief today.

 

[RedsHappy]

Jesus, seeing these babes in action, do I feel for you if Sonny Bill Williams is left out.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

so if Charles Piutau doesnt get make the 31, despite looking the most potent big game back in half the tests this year, it was pretty much this backstage the day he grabbed the NH ca$$h:

Hansen: "I don't care if he's the Man of The F**ing Match at Ellis Park vs the bokkes 2 months from now or nets a hat-trick versus the Swaziland Under5's 3rd XV, I'm still not bloody taking him. We'll wrench our contractual obligation out of him and then come August 30th, F**K THE GUY."

fine by me. fuck him.

He is a murderously good rugby player though. Top level temperament too.

Slade? Covering back 3? He'd hardly even crack the back 3 for the Torquay Under 12 Burn Clinic Waterboys.

sick of this waiting damnit I NEED NAMES NOW

NOW, NOW, NOW,​

NOW, NOW, NOW.​

 

[nick_]

NZ Squad:

Beauden Barrett
Sam Cane
Dan Carter
Dane Coles
Wyatt Crockett
Charlie Faumuina
Malakai Fekitoa
Ben Franks
Owen Franks
Jerome Kaino
Tawera Kerr-Barlow
Richie McCaw
Kevin Mealamu
Liam Messam
Nehe Milner-Skudder
Waisake Naholo
Ma'a Nonu
TJ Perenara
Kieran Read
Brodie Rettalick
Luke Romano
Julian Savea
Colin Slade
Aaron Smith
Ben Smith
Conrad Smith
Codie Taylor
Victor Vito
Samuel Whitelock
Sonny Bill Williams
Tony Woodcock

 

[swingpass]

lima sopoaga very unlucky, certainly played better than both slade and barrett, all year

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

There's a coupla selections I don't agree with but which at least make sense: picking Franks gives them six propping options, at least in the Pool phase, & there's no reason Vito, Kaino or both couldn't adequately play lock v the minnows & at a pinch even Tonga who don't have an especially good line out.

Taking SBW on reputation & potential is fair enough I guess but I just don't see the point in Naholo's selection. If we can't win this thing with Savea & Milner- Skudder*** on the wings what difference will Naholo make? If he were fully fit & been playing then OK but he's not & hasn't been so IMO he waits until next year & Piutau goes instead.

Guy I feel sorriest for is Sopoaga, you'd think that if Naholo didn't get picked they wouldn't need Slade as cover therefore Sopoaga goes as the second specialist 5/8. Hopefully both he & Piutau are within a shortish plane, train or taxi ride of AB's training base............

*** I had wondered whether NMS was related to the AB George Skudder, it being a rather unusual surname. Turns out that not only is he George's nephew, another uncle is fellow former AB "Buff" Milner.

 

[Brumby Jack]

Forwards
Alejo Corral, Carlos Arboleya, Oscar Duran, Mateo Sanguinetti, Mario Sagario, Nicolas Klappenbach, German Kessler, Mathias Palomeque, Santiago Vilaseca, Franco Lamanna, Jorge Zerbino, Agustin Alonso, Fernando Bascou, Matias Beer, Juan Manuel Gaminara, Alejandro Nieto, Juan de Freitas, Diego Magno
Backs
Agustin Ormaechea, Alejo Duran, Felipe Berchesi, Manuel Blengio, Andres Vilaseca, Joaquin Prada, Alberto Roman, Francisco Bulanti, Santiago Gibernau, Leandro Leivas, Rodrigo Silva, Gaston Mieres, Jeronimo Etcheverry

 

[zer0]

.....I just don't see the point in Naholo's selection. If we can't win this thing with Savea & Milner- Skudder on the wings what difference will Naholo make? If he were fully fit & been playing then OK but he's not & hasn't been so IMO he waits until next year & Piutau goes instead.

Unfortunately Hansen is far too stubborn (and possibly/probably childish) for logic to prevail here. That he also has yes-man Foster as a second selector means he can pick whoever he wants.

 

[BarneySF]

I haven't been onto their forum but PlanetRugby's front page is going off already, much of it unfavourably, take this guy for example:

"quotas rear it's ugly head, predictable, and dispicable, GO ALL BLACKS, screw the quota boks, and i don't care if it's only two quotas, one is too much"

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_74574,00.html

And it has escalated rather quickly:

http://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/springboks-world-cup-in-legal-battle/



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[Dismal Pillock]

And it has escalated rather quickly:

http://rugbybanterpage.co.uk/springboks-world-cup-in-legal-battle/

“The participation of the non-representative and racially exclusionary national team of South Africa in favour of the minority section of the country’s population in the rugby World Cup is inconsistent with our Constitution and ought not to be permitted to represent South Africa,”

Africans are in the majority at just over 41-million, making up 79.2% of the total population.

"As Independently Appointed Ombudsman for this case, and in light of the statistical data at hand, I, Gene Gunston esq, officially hereforth and thereafter forevermore decree that the South African Rugby Football national starting 1st XV should comprise no less than 12 black jokers at any one time. Good-o. --Genus."

 

[qwerty51]

Quite a few counties leaving it to the last minute here.

 

[Highlander35]

Scots are naming theirs on tuesday, would assume that it doesn't need to be announced, just filed with IRB/World Rugby/Zippidy Doo Dah Board by today.

 

[qwerty51]

The award for the worst squad surely goes to Wales. Not in terms of personnel but in terms of make-up. 2 hookers, 5 locks, 5 backrowers and 3 centres. What the.