@KiwiMurph yep. I can’t see PGS starting unless we lost maybe one, possibly two others.
I think he packed at number 8 on that one attacking scrum where he scored and had Papali’i on the blind and Ardie on the openside.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
None of this is ideal
Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down 
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
None of this is ideal
Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down
Do you mind not doing any more crystal ball gazing? 
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
None of this is ideal
Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down
@FakatavaAllBlack Yeah - every time he gets an opportunity to have a run of starts for the Crusaders, he gets injured himself.
Quinten can play though - and he's got a hard edge to him. He won't jump over Dickson this week as cover, but "he won't be far away".
@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away
@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away
It's because the NZR salary top up is minimised due to the lavish Mako contracts.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
None of this is ideal
Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down
I have a sauce in camp. I'll let you know.
@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away
Geez what they been doing letting Josh Dickson and Patrick Tuipulotu huh Faka?? They must of pretended they were with Tasman!!
@Machpants said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
Have BBBR and Barrett started together before?
Yes, as Whitelock was missing from those games in Aust last year.
@taniwharugby Tuipulotu played a full 80 for Ponsonby , looked in amazing shape , had a good natter to him
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.
One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.
Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...
@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.
One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.
Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...
Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt
I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection
@mariner4life isn't that the beauty of the fern? i would say even the worse AB was an order of magnitude better than any of us...but we call them shit and we'd all put on the Black jersey in a heartbeat if asked
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate.
One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early.
Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight...
Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt
I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection
You'd get a big money offer from the Canes though.
@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test:
@FakatavaAllBlack Mitch Hunt is practicing hard!
The Henry days of having our 6th and 7th 1st 5 ready to go are over. Sorry Mitch.