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emuarse

emuarse

Desmond Connor (43)
The Honey Badger said:
Codswallop.


kiap said:
Based on tournament observations (both near and far) New Zealand won't be too troubled against the Junior Wallabies.

“I've just spoken to a taxi driver here in Perpignan who said the Australian players have been regular young men about town. He has made several late night trips to night clubs and out to the beach areas with them. Said they are a bit boisterous, but they pay so that’s good enough for him. He said he also took the team liaison officer out one time who was telling him that the players are not allowed out at all...”​
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Our mob are there for the craic, player development. :)
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I believe on closer questioning, the taxi driver admitted he couldn't tell the difference between Aussi & Kiwi accents, but did observe that the passengers were dressed in all black;)
 
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Joe James

Stan Wickham (3)
Braveheart81 said:
Your obsession with where players went to school and not the fact that several are now interstate plying their trade in other locations shows how fixated you are on these players as schoolboys and give no consideration to the two years that have passed since.

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From your reasoning if an Australian player plays in Japan for two years he should then be considered Japanese and not an Australian???
The whole point is that these boys grew up in Qld and were constantly seen by this Qld coach and selector. That is why they would be favoured - because the coaches know how they play from seeing them over many years. Impossible not to form strong attachments when you coach and mentor boys through their young careers. I'm sure also if this particular coach and selector were from NSW we would see a different line up purely because they would know how good the NSW players are and how they play.
As an aside, why wasn't Perese also on the plane to France. Injured??? Surely we could use a centre of his caliber over the five eighth and winger we currently have in there. Both good players but we have too many playing out of position. Inside and outside are specialist positions and Perese, Wilkinson, Morris or Lough should have been there to stop the big NZ centres.
 
Braveheart81

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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Joe James said:
From your reasoning if an Australian player plays in Japan for two years he should then be considered Japanese and not an Australian???
The whole point is that these boys grew up in Qld and were constantly seen by this Qld coach and selector. That is why they would be favoured - because the coaches know how they play from seeing them over many years. Impossible not to form strong attachments when you coach and mentor boys through their young careers. I'm sure also if this particular coach and selector were from NSW we would see a different line up purely because they would know how good the NSW players are and how they play.
As an aside, why wasn't Perese also on the plane to France. Injured??? Surely we could use a centre of his caliber over the five eighth and winger we currently have in there. Both good players but we have too many playing out of position. Inside and outside are specialist positions and Perese, Wilkinson, Morris or Lough should have been there to stop the big NZ centres.
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No, my logic is that players are being selected on recent form, not how they played as schoolboys. The form of Tafa playing in Sydney, Tupou in Melbourne etc. is relevant, not what they were like as kids playing schoolboy rugby in Brisbane.

Perese is 21. He's too old.

Your logic falls apart in so many places. One of your criticisms is that the Reds are a bad team and that there should be more NSW players picked instead because the Waratahs are stronger. Where are the under 20 players in the Waratahs? There are exactly zero of them playing Super Rugby.

You talk about what happened at schoolboy level a couple of years ago but then ignore the fact that the Qld under 20s dominated last year and involved a fair few of these players.

The reality is that under 20 selections will never be perfect. It is run on the smell of an oily rag and the money that goes into it is spent on preparing the players and going to the tournament.

Hopefully that improves next year with the NRC under 19s which will provide more games that can be viewed with an eye of selecting a squad.
 
Rebels3

Rebels3

Jim Lenehan (48)
Joe James said:
I have first hand knowledge that Goddard was left out of the squad and it was not due to Genias injury. That was a coincidence. He’s not busy this weekend and should have been flown over straight away. Oh but he’s not from Qld!!!
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What nonsense

There's an article on Rugby.com.au specifically about Goddard having to be pulled from the u20s to cover the loss of Genia for the Rebels tour of South Africa.

Wessels quotes
"The challenge we have is we want him to play for Australia, because he's got the opportunity to play with the U20s.
“That's something we’ve got to wrestle between is giving the players who've been selected for the Australia 20s the right to play there and also if we need them for Rebels
“There's a bit of a balancing act there (but) if Will is ruled out, we will take Harrison with us.”

Hence Goddard been named on the Rebels bench the past month, including the Blues game which overlapped with the u20s tournament in France.

As to why he probably hasn't been called up to the squad like the Stewarts, Petaia's etc is that we already have 2 quality 9s in the squad.
 
KiwiM

KiwiM

Trevor Allan (34)
New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has named the team to face Australia in their last pool match at the World Rugby U20 Championship.
The team is;
  1. Rob Cobb - Auckland
  2. Flynn Thomas - Southland
  3. Tevita Mafileo - Bay of Plenty
  4. Laghlan McWhannell - Waikato
  5. John Akauola-Laula - Auckland
  6. Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa - Auckland
  7. Tom Christie (captain) - Canterbury
  8. Devan Flanders - Hawke's Bay
  9. Jay Renton - Southland
  10. Harry Plummer - Auckland
  11. Caleb Clarke - Auckland
  12. Scott Gregory - Northland
  13. Billy Proctor - Wellington
  14. Bailyn Sullivan - Waikato
  15. Vilimoni Koroi - Otago
  16. Kaliopasi Uluilakepa - Wellington
  17. Xavier Numia - Wellington
  18. Sione Asi - Manawatu
  19. Will Tucker - Canterbury
  20. Hoskins Sotutu - Auckland
  21. Xavier Roe - Waikato
  22. Kaleb Trask - Bay of Plenty
  23. Jamie Spowart - Tasman
 
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Rebel with a cause

Bob McCowan (2)
KiwiM said:
New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has named the team to face Australia in their last pool match at the World Rugby U20 Championship.
The team is;
  1. Rob Cobb - Auckland
  2. Flynn Thomas - Southland
  3. Tevita Mafileo - Bay of Plenty
  4. Laghlan McWhannell - Waikato
  5. John Akauola-Laula - Auckland
  6. Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa - Auckland
  7. Tom Christie (captain) - Canterbury
  8. Devan Flanders - Hawke's Bay
  9. Jay Renton - Southland
  10. Harry Plummer - Auckland
  11. Caleb Clarke - Auckland
  12. Scott Gregory - Northland
  13. Billy Proctor - Wellington
  14. Bailyn Sullivan - Waikato
  15. Vilimoni Koroi - Otago
  16. Kaliopasi Uluilakepa - Wellington
  17. Xavier Numia - Wellington
  18. Sione Asi - Manawatu
  19. Will Tucker - Canterbury
  20. Hoskins Sotutu - Auckland
  21. Xavier Roe - Waikato
  22. Kaleb Trask - Bay of Plenty
  23. Jamie Spowart - Tasman
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Give up Joe James there’s no point arguing with ignorance- once again NZ are showing what a National team looks like with the best picked from around the whole country - not just one province. Arguing with Qlders is like arguing with my wife. No matter how right you are you’ll never be right.
 
The Honey Badger

The Honey Badger

Jim Lenehan (48)
Charlie Hancock on the way over according to Uni twitter.

I assume to replace Lawrence Tomenko who copped a suspension for the rest of the tournament.

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The Honey Badger

The Honey Badger

Jim Lenehan (48)
KiwiM said:
New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has named the team to face Australia in their last pool match at the World Rugby U20 Championship.
The team is;
  1. Rob Cobb - Auckland
  2. Flynn Thomas - Southland
  3. Tevita Mafileo - Bay of Plenty
  4. Laghlan McWhannell - Waikato
  5. John Akauola-Laula - Auckland
  6. Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa - Auckland
  7. Tom Christie (captain) - Canterbury
  8. Devan Flanders - Hawke's Bay
  9. Jay Renton - Southland
  10. Harry Plummer - Auckland
  11. Caleb Clarke - Auckland
  12. Scott Gregory - Northland
  13. Billy Proctor - Wellington
  14. Bailyn Sullivan - Waikato
  15. Vilimoni Koroi - Otago
  16. Kaliopasi Uluilakepa - Wellington
  17. Xavier Numia - Wellington
  18. Sione Asi - Manawatu
  19. Will Tucker - Canterbury
  20. Hoskins Sotutu - Auckland
  21. Xavier Roe - Waikato
  22. Kaleb Trask - Bay of Plenty
  23. Jamie Spowart - Tasman
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Plumber back playing 10.

Was at 12 in Oceania. Very good player, can kick goals from anywhere.

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kiap

kiap

Steve Williams (59)
Wilson said:
Shocking decision making, had to take the points to have a shot at the win
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Not only that, but secure the BP on the way.

Players have to analyse why they're making the decisions they make.

Still, some positives - particularly the pack and the breakdown work was solid.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Wilson said:
Shocking decision making, had to take the points to have a shot at the win
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Commentary we were getting said a BP would get them a SF, if that's correct then it was a really, really bad call although with other games being played at the same time maybe the guys on field & potentially those in the stands weren't aware of that (or maybe the comms were flat out wrong).

At 17-5 midway through the first half I was expecting a bloodbath so credit to your lads for not letting that happen.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
waiopehu oldboy said:
I think it's more that U20's takes a back seat to Super Rugby & AB's at the best of times. Now that Super Rugby is in recess there's more column space available & more scribblers to fill it. If the "Baby Blacks" give your boys a touch-up tomorrow the Hurld etc will be all over it.
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As predicted:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12066752

First same-day match coverage I've seen from either nzh or stuff, by some margin the two biggest news sites in NZ.

SF are NZ v France & England v RSA.
 
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