@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
Both of them would be at least 2 or 3 inches taller than Love and heavier.
Love would be about the same as Mils.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2023:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
Both of them would be at least 2 or 3 inches taller than Love and heavier.
Love would be about the same as Mils.
Judging by the never reliable internet search BB is 4cm taller and 1kg heavier. Jordan is 5cm taller and 5kg heavier.
I'm guessing that Love (given his age and time in pro camps) has probably put a bit of bulk on since that stat as well.
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Damian McKenzie says hi
Nice to see Holland recognise how good Love was during the NPC.
I think 2024 is more likely for Love and the ABs but I wouldn't rule it out for 2023 - he could make quite the bench impact player.
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Christian Cullen, Stephen Perofeta, Damian McKenzie + more say hi.
I see both Love and Moorby pushing for All Black selection next year.
We also have to remember Nehe Milner-Skudder’s year in 2015. He went from a nobody to a WC star in the space of 7-8months, anything is possible.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2023:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
Both of them would be at least 2 or 3 inches taller than Love and heavier.
Love would be about the same as Mils.
Love is apparently 1.83m high and 90kg, a behemoth compared to Dmac.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2023:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2023:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
Both of them would be at least 2 or 3 inches taller than Love and heavier.
Love would be about the same as Mils.
Love is apparently 1.83m high and 90kg, a behemoth compared to Dmac.
I’d rather be tackled by Ruben I think. DMac has that feral Southland edge.
Talking about feral southlanders, I met Paul ‘Ginge’ Henderson in passing a few weeks ago. (No breakfast)
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2023:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2023:
@Crucial said in All Blacks 2023:
@Darren said in All Blacks 2023:
Doesn't Love just seem to small for AB level 15?
Not much different to Will Jordan or BB.
Both of them would be at least 2 or 3 inches taller than Love and heavier.
Love would be about the same as Mils.
Love is apparently 1.83m high and 90kg, a behemoth compared to Dmac.
Aaron Cruden says to hold his beer
I don’t buy this “too small” shit for a second. He’s not a bloody blindside flanker. If he can make tackles round the ankles and isn’t afraid to put his body on the line then he’s big enough. Especially if we play Jordie outside him, a willing carthorse of static ball.
That’s not saying he has a realistic shot at this years squad , but if past RWCs have taught us anything, it’s that players not initially involved should keep their phones on
@voodoo said in All Blacks 2023:
Love is apparently 1.83m high and 90kg, a behemoth compared to Dmac.
Aaron Cruden says to hold his beer
Because his hands aren't big enough? (I can't give Cruden shit, an exciting player with a big heart IMO).
I don’t buy this “too small” shit for a second. He’s not a bloody blindside flanker. If he can make tackles round the ankles and isn’t afraid to put his body on the line then he’s big enough. Especially if we play Jordie outside him, a willing carthorse of static ball.
I'd rather have a smaller man at 10 than 15. And Love would be nearly as heavy as Carter and taller. Carter was such a solid tackler his size was never a problem.
But at 15 I'd rather see a bigger player. Will Jordan doesn't look heavy but he's rangy.
That’s not saying he has a realistic shot at this years squad , but if past RWCs have taught us anything, it’s that players not initially involved should keep their phones on
-play players in their position
-don't eat roadside food
-and get Barnes to specsavers
a good coach would probably help too but there's another thread for that.
@Tim said in All Blacks 2023:
And with that positional switch likely to remain leading into this year’s World Cup, Foster would have been pleased by Holland confirming that Barrett would spend the majority of the Super Rugby season with No 12 on his back.
Not good news for Riley Higgins and PUJ.
@cgrant said in All Blacks 2023:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2023:
And with that positional switch likely to remain leading into this year’s World Cup, Foster would have been pleased by Holland confirming that Barrett would spend the majority of the Super Rugby season with No 12 on his back.
Not good news for Riley Higgins and PUJ.
isn't PUJ more a 13?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2023:
@cgrant said in All Blacks 2023:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2023:
And with that positional switch likely to remain leading into this year’s World Cup, Foster would have been pleased by Holland confirming that Barrett would spend the majority of the Super Rugby season with No 12 on his back.
Not good news for Riley Higgins and PUJ.
isn't PUJ more a 13?
Yep cna play either well, without being a worldbeater.