All Blacks & AB XV Northern Tours 2025

[Linerunner2023]

Parker dumped. The search for a 6 goes on



Dave's a comin

3 used this year with Vai, finau and Parker
Was hoping Parker would kick on but seemed very quite
Lakai, sititi and savea is the 3 best backrowers but all a similar mould
Missing the 6”5’ plus 120 enforcer at 6

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn; 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (capt), 11 Kyle Steyn; 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White; 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Matt Fagerson, 6 Gregor Brown; 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Scott Cummings; 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman. Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Rory Darge, 21 Josh Bayliss, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Tom Jordan.

 

[Dan54]

3 used this year with Vai, finau and Parker
Was hoping Parker would kick on but seemed very quite
Lakai, sititi and savea is the 3 best backrowers but all a similar mould
Missing the 6”5’ plus 120 enforcer at 6

I wondering if this selection is also because Scots don't run a big loosie as such? Though I would still like a decent size one in there, kind of surprised that Finau didn't make bench, with Kirifi in reserves we don't really have ability to change the way we going to play. The positives it looks like we going to try and run them off feet, with Berry as ref?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Reece & Jacobson released from main squad for AB XV v Ringinland A.

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[waiopehu oldboy]

Was behind the NZHurld paywall but the gist seemed to be that NZR & IRFU split the profit from Chicago 50/50 making it NZR's biggest single-match payday ever.