Future Locks after RWC???

Frank

I'd like to know if there are younger locks kicking around with great promise.
Because this position above all looks the worst after Retallick and Whitelock retire.

I like the look of Zach Gallagher. That's about all I have noticed.

Tim

Josh Lord looks to have the much desired "mongrel".

nzzp

@Frank the coaches like ScoBa and Tupou Vaa'i

Duluth

@Tim said in Future Locks after RWC???:

Josh Lord looks to have the much desired "mongrel".

I agree. Hopefully he’s adding some more muscle to the frame during his injury break

I think Selby-Rickit would go well if given the chance. 26years old, so about to enter the prime years for a tight forward

MN5

How bout Pari Pari Parkinson ? Always handy to have a guy who is about 25 feet tall although he needs to bulk up.

Duluth

@MN5

Soft

Stargazer

@MN5 I think he needs to show more, first. And, like Quinten Strange, he breaks very often.

Stargazer

There have been negative comments about Frizell and Reece being selected because of their off-field records. Selby-Rickit is way worse in that respect.

Chris

I really rate Gallagher I also like the look of Sangster,And young Josh Beehre.

Stargazer

@Chris Beehre? Has hardly played NPC and hasn't shown much. Didn't shine for the U20s either. Way too soon IMO.

Sangster looks promising.

Chris

@Stargazer said in Future Locks after RWC???:

@Chris Beehre? Has hardly played NPC and hasn't shown much. Didn't shine for the U20s either. Way too soon IMO.

Just one for the future for me not maybe straight after the WC but maybe the 2 years after.

Bovidae

Josh Dickson would only be 28 in 2023.

Stargazer

@Bovidae Yeah, was thinking the same.

If he stays in NZ, I think Scooter will be the senior lock. Vaa'i and Lord will probably be there and Gallagher and Dickson have a good chance, too. I don't think our locking stocks are that bad.

Big factor will also be who the ABs coach is after RWC 2023.

Frank

Vaa'i has been given a few chances and has shown fuck all so far.
Not saying he should be dropped, but he has hardly set the world on fire.

Frank

@Stargazer said in Future Locks after RWC???:

@Bovidae Yeah, was thinking the same.

If he stays in NZ, I think Scooter will be the senior lock. Vaa'i and Lord will probably be there and Gallagher and Dickson have a good chance, too. I don't think our locking stocks are that bad.

Big factor will also be who the ABs coach is after RWC 2023.

If it's Foster, he'll stick with Whitelock and recall Ian jones. Loyalty and all that.

Bovidae

Holland might be the U20 lock who makes the step up first.

Bones

@Duluth said in Future Locks after RWC???:

I think Selby-Rickit would go well if given the chance. 26years old, so about to enter the prime years for a tight forward

I thought Hicks showed well this year and is the same age, looks like he can cover 6 too. But another from Ta$man eh.