Where: Beziers
When: 4 am Monday NZT

Uruguay are now ranked 15th.

With some more rotation the possible starting XV could be:

1 Josh Fusitua
2 Bradley Slater
3 George Dyer
4 Josh Beehre
5 Jamie Hannah
6 Te Kamaka Howden
7 Dalton Papali’i
8 Christian Lio-Willie
9 Folau Fakatava
10 Rivez Reihana
11 Etene Nanai-Seturo
12 Dallas McLeod
13 Braydon Ennor
14 Chay Fihaki
15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

I assume Xavier Numia is out so Benet Kumeroa or Siale Lauaki would have to cover LH prop.

Anyone in the squad not featured yet?

@sparky said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Anyone in the squad not featured yet?

Kumeroa. Some have only had minimal minutes from the bench.

@Bovidae My guess is that they will ensure everyone who hasn't featured much gets at least twenty minutes in this match.

19 of Uruguay's 24 man squad play for the same club side: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team

@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Where: Beziers

A beautiful part of southern France.

@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Where: Beziers
When: 4 am Monday NZT

Uruguay are now ranked 15th.

With some more rotation the possible starting XV could be:

1 Josh Fusitua
2 Bradley Slater
3 George Dyer
4 Josh Beehre
5 Jamie Hannah
6 Te Kamaka Howden
7 Dalton Papali’i
8 Christian Lio-Willie
9 Folau Fakatava
10 Rivez Reihana
11 Etene Nanai-Seturo
12 Dallas McLeod
13 Braydon Ennor
14 Chay Fihaki
15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

I assume Xavier Numia is out so Benet Kumeroa or Siale Lauaki would have to cover LH prop.

Makes sense mostly but Caleb Tangitau is my NZ XV 1st try scoring option Fihaki can use his unique skill set in the 2nd half

I guess we'll find out if the delay is due to hoping to get those three players back in time to be involved.

Heard this game isn't being broadcast on Sky, disappointing it's 2025 we should be able to see such a fixture

@Grooter doesn't appear to be being broadcast on any channels remotely accessible over here either.

Fucking idiotic that you can't go to an NZR resource and easily find out how to watch.

I'd say that CLW has been added to the AB squad.

Gun loose forward trio, great balance - although I might shove Withy at 8 on attacking scrums.

McLeod and Fihaki a bit pedestrian but otherwise like the backline too. If Ennor could stop dropping the fucking ball he could be what we hoped Rieko would be.

@Bones Went to Flo Rugby or Sports, nothing there either. Why organise this game at significant expense, and not even organise a broadcast. NZR fucking useless.

@Tim said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@Bones Went to Flo Rugby or Sports, nothing there either. Why organise this game at significant expense, and not even organise a broadcast. NZR fucking useless.

So, so amateur. Is Robinson gone yet?

@Bones We can only hope

I am hoping it will be like the Barbarians game where Sky were late in confirming live coverage.

Good side. I think it will win comfortably against Uruguay.

I love the back three. Loose forwards very fine with three men whose workrate is high.

@Grooter last time I went we grabbed a hummer limo between about 15 of us and it was less than 20 squid a pop - return from Clapham.

That lineup looks useful.

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

That lineup looks useful.

Yep although the midfield certainly makes me hope no All Black centres get injured anytime soon....or ever.

@MN5 said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

That lineup looks useful.

Yep although the midfield certainly makes me hope no All Black centres get injured anytime soon....or ever.

The Front row looks no where near test standard.
I hope no more front rowers bite the dust.

@MN5 said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

That lineup looks useful.

Yep although the midfield certainly makes me hope no All Black centres get injured anytime soon....or ever.

I know every time Ennor gets a mention you jump on it and call him shit, but he was deservedly man of the match in their last game.
In terms of how much I'd be worried if any of those 23 guys had to fill in for the ABs, he'd be in my 'least worried' category, with Dalton, Fakatava, Beehre.

@reprobate said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@MN5 said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

That lineup looks useful.

Yep although the midfield certainly makes me hope no All Black centres get injured anytime soon....or ever.

I know every time Ennor gets a mention you jump on it and call him shit, but he was deservedly man of the match in their last game.
In terms of how much I'd be worried if any of those 23 guys had to fill in for the ABs, he'd be in my 'least worried' category, with Dalton, Fakatava, Beehre.

Good point I should mention McLeod too, not sure I’ve ever called any player shit though ?…..but anyway there’s a bunch of guys ahead of them both so the ABs should be ok.

I'm just amazed Ennor has had a relatively injury-free run! He def deserves this level based on previous form.
Yeah the front row, I don't know, but the backline looks ok to me actually. Would be more dangerous of course with Tangitau.

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

Initially highly-rated, some embarrassing moments in the ABs and long periods of injury. I've been a critic but we don't seem to have nailed down a certain 13, so Ennor, if fit long enough, has to be in the selection pool somewhere.

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

It was three years ago and was a huge miss to be fair…..

….and look I’m probably being unduly harsh, if he is going ok he probably deserves a chance given Proctor has been massively underwhelming.

There @reprobate I said it

There is definitely no coverage of this game. BS from Sky.

@MN5 said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

It was three years ago and was a huge miss to be fair…..

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….and look I’m probably being unduly harsh, if he is going ok he probably deserves a chance given Proctor has been massively underwhelming.

There @reprobate I said it

He had a shocker of a test when he got a start against Italy in 2021. Looked alright in his last test before the 2023 RWC but as usual, got injured just as he started to gather momentum.

I don't think he'll get another test. Surprised he's still in NZ playing. The Crusaders do well keeping fringe ABs in NZ.

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@MN5 said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

It was three years ago and was a huge miss to be fair…..

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….and look I’m probably being unduly harsh, if he is going ok he probably deserves a chance given Proctor has been massively underwhelming.

There @reprobate I said it

He had a shocker of a test when he got a start against Italy in 2021. Looked alright in his last test before the 2023 RWC but as usual, got injured just as he started to gather momentum.

I don't think he'll get another test. Surprised he's still in NZ playing. The Crusaders do well keeping fringe ABs in NZ.

Yeah, plus not sure Proctor has had enough chances to prove his worth

It's not like the ABs are suffocated by riches at 13. But yeah, momentum has not been Ennor's friend. When he made mistakes in the ABs he made big mistakes but do we have many options?

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:

Ennor was very good against England A. I don't understand the hate just because of a missed tackle five years ago. I rate him on par with Billy Proctor.

Harsh

45-21 was final score to all black xv over Uruguay

Anyone know anything about this game apart from the final score? Like who scored the tries?