All Blacks XV game confirmed against the Barbarians.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Who makes this squad?
Minus the new All Blacks from last years squad, fairly similar if the players form continues.
Props the same, though depends if Bower is in the main squad.
Hookers: the same with the exception of Ekland?
Locks: wide open for two new spots with Lord and Holland likely in the ABs. Ah Kuio definitely in there. Not sure about the last spot
Loose forwards: the position with the most spots up for grabs. Suspect Haig and Lio-Willie will remain but Kirifi, Lakai, and Sotutu won’t be there
Half backs: Christie may remain so one more position
First five: Jacomb stays, Reihana comes in to replace Plummer
Mid-Fielders: Higgins and Lamp would have to be locks. Don’t see McLeod making it again. Two more spots there
Outside Backs: Naholo, Preston and Narawa if they’re not in the ABs squad. You’d expect Tangitau to definitely be there
@Canes4life
George Bower or Numia
McAlister or Jack Taylor
George Dyer or Mafielo
Sam Darry
Naitoa Ah Koui
Many 6 options Ethan, TK, Flanders
Dalton Papalii
Christian Lio-Willie
Kyle Preston
Kinda open at 10?
Leroy Carter
David Havili or Riley Higgins 
AJ Lam
Leicester or Tangitau
Jacob Kneepkens
Not sure how many they’ll be picking but I’d say it would be close to the following. I’ve got Leicester in the ABs for the EOYT.
Props:
- Numia
- Dyer
- Fusitua
- Bower
- Mafileo
- Renata?
Hookers
- Bell
- McAlister
- Taylor
Locks:
- Ah Koui
- Darry
- Lord
- Beehre
Loose forwards
- Blackadder
- Papali’i
- Flanders
- Howden
- Christie
- Lio-Willie
Halfbacks
- Preston
- Fakatava
- Funaki
First fives:
- Jacomb
- Reihana
- Godfrey
Centres:
- Higgins
- Lam
- Havili
- Ennor
Outsides
- JRK
- Naholo
- Tangitau
- Carter
- Moorby
Ima gunna go all old skool Fern on yo asses ... but how hard is it to google how to spell Ah Kuoi?
E.g., Messum, Reid ...
@booboo said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Ima gunna go all old skool Fern on yo asses ... but how hard is it to google how to spell Ah Kuoi?
E.g., Messum, Reid ...
Out of the hundreds of worse spelling mistakes on the Fern, you choose to pull up on that one.. 
I could have sworn it was spelled Koui not Kuoi but fair play.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
@booboo said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Ima gunna go all old skool Fern on yo asses ... but how hard is it to google how to spell Ah Kuoi?
E.g., Messum, Reid ...
Out of the hundreds of worse spelling mistakes on the Fern, you choose to pull up on that one..
Not just you...
I always google... like Taukei'aho or Vaa'i
@booboo said in All Blacks XV 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
@booboo said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Ima gunna go all old skool Fern on yo asses ... but how hard is it to google how to spell Ah Kuoi?
E.g., Messum, Reid ...
Out of the hundreds of worse spelling mistakes on the Fern, you choose to pull up on that one..
Not just you...
I always google... like Taukei'aho or Vaa'i
I’ve seen Procter instead of Proctor plenty of times lately as well.
Bower
McAlister,
Numia,
Darry
Argh Quoi
Blackadder
Papali’i
Lio-Willie
Preston
Reihana
Carter
Lam
Ennor
Naholo
JRK
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Not sure how many they’ll be picking but I’d say it would be close to the following. I’ve got Leicester in the ABs for the EOYT.
Props:
- Numia
- Dyer
- Fusitua
- Bower
- Mafileo
- Renata?
Hookers
- Bell
- McAlister
- Taylor
Locks:
- Ah Koui
- Darry
- Lord
- Beehre
Loose forwards
- Blackadder
- Papali’i
- Flanders
- Howden
- Christie
- Lio-Willie
Halfbacks
- Preston
- Fakatava
- Funaki
First fives:
- Jacomb
- Reihana
- Godfrey
Centres:
- Higgins
- Lam
- Havili
- Ennor
Outsides
- JRK
- Naholo
- Tangitau
- Carter
- Moorby
How many do the AB XV usually take?
Agree with majority of this. I’d expect Ma’u to be in, played for them last year and apart from his rough couple weeks in super he has had a good year. Still only 25.
I also won’t be surprised to see them find a spot for Fihaki(lol).
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
I’ve seen Procter instead of Proctor plenty of times lately as well.
Says the person who always types Jacobsen, not Jacobson. 
@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV 2025:
I’ve seen Procter instead of Proctor plenty of times lately as well.
Says the person who always types Jacobsen, not Jacobson.
Guilty.