All Blacks XV 2022

Given that many of Fosters selections this year were hardly used or were discarded quickly I wonder the value in him picking the “bubbling under” squad.
PGS, RTS, Perofeta, Jacobsen, Vaa’i, Fakatava, LF, that lump from Canterbury….

LOL. How many shots to the head did he take?

@Tim Mark Telea will obviously be the Right winger

@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks XV:

@Tim Mark Telea will obviously be the Right winger

Is Stevenson not still on fire?

@Bones Fullback

@Tim said in All Blacks XV:

@Bones Fullback

How are the likes of Moorby, Gilbert, Sullivan going?

@Bones Sullivan is injured. Moorby is just coming back from injury. Sam Gilbert isn't playing, IIRC, but would be a fucking million miles from any NZ rep team.

@Tim said in All Blacks XV:

would be a fucking million miles from any NZ rep team

I hear they make pretty tasty hats these days.

@Bones How is the All Black career of Rob Thompson going these days?

@Tim said in All Blacks XV:

@Bones How is the All Black career of Rob Thompson going these days?

About as good as Yourself or Someone Like You.

@Bones Not bad.

@Tim

Maybe his experience would be useful on this tour. He's playing well too esp when Wellington took the shield. He was a regular starter for the Canes and also for Wellington so coaches must think he still has something to offer

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV:

The Barbarians game isn't at Twickenham. I thought they always played at Twickenham, when playing at home?

Will the Qatar world cup be on at that same time? Probably. Looks like unused football stadium could provide some economic competition? Or more likely, now I think about it, England , Wales etc. are already playing home games that weekend.

A back three of Stevenson, Telea and Lam would be bloody good to watch.

@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:

A back three of Stevenson, Telea and Lam would be bloody good to watch.

With Levi Aumua and Thomas Umaga-Jensen in midfield.

What are people's thought on Emoni Narawa? He's looked dynamite from highlights, what's the rest of his game like?

@cgrant said in All Blacks XV:

Thomas Umaga-Jensen

If he's not injured

If I had to pick a team based on the fact McKenzie will most likely come into the All Blacks for Perofeta, I would go for something like this as a 23. (Assuming everyone is fit by the time the squad heads away).

1. Alex Hodgman (Auckland)
2. Asafo Aumua (Wellington)
3. Angus Ta’avao (Auckland)
4. Justin Sangster (Bay of Plenty)
5. Zach Gallagher (Canterbury)
6. Luke Jacobsen (Waikato)
7. Tom Christie (Canterbury)
8. Devan Flanders (Hawkes Bay)
9. Brad Weber (Hawkes Bay)
10. Stephen Perofeta (Taranaki)
11. AJ Lam (Auckland)
12. Thomas Umaga-Jensen (Otago)
13. Peter Umaga-Jensen (Wellington)
14. Mark Telea (North Harbour)
15. Josh Moorby (Northland)
16. Kurt Eklund (Bay of Plenty)
17. Tamaiti Williams (Canterbury)
18. Tevita Mafileo (Bay of Plenty)
19. Fabian Holland (Otago)
20. Peter Lakai (Wellington)
21. Cam Roigard (Counties Manukau)
22. Aiden Morgan (Wellington)
23. Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

Id add emoni narawa and nikora broughton to that team

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV:

If I had to pick a team based on the fact McKenzie will most likely come into the All Blacks for Perofeta, I would go for something like this as a 23. (Assuming everyone is fit by the time the squad heads away).

1. Alex Hodgman (Auckland)
2. Asafo Aumua (Wellington)
3. Angus Ta’avao (Auckland)
4. Justin Sangster (Bay of Plenty)
5. Zach Gallagher (Canterbury)
6. Luke Jacobsen (Waikato)
7. Tom Christie (Canterbury)
8. Devan Flanders (Hawkes Bay)
9. Brad Weber (Hawkes Bay)
10. Stephen Perofeta (Taranaki)
11. AJ Lam (Auckland)
12. Thomas Umaga-Jensen (Otago)
13. Peter Umaga-Jensen (Wellington)
14. Mark Telea (North Harbour)
15. Josh Moorby (Northland)
16. Kurt Eklund (Bay of Plenty)
17. Tamaiti Williams (Canterbury)
18. Tevita Mafileo (Bay of Plenty)
19. Fabian Holland (Otago)
20. Peter Lakai (Wellington)
21. Cam Roigard (Counties Manukau)
22. Aiden Morgan (Wellington)
23. Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

Josh Dickson will be next cab off the ranks for the locks, as he spent about a montn as injury cover. I'd expect, as others have mentioned dirt trackers like Aidan Ross, Fakatava, RTS, Sotutu, Sowakula, Fainga'anuku and Ennor should be locks for this squad/game day 23. While a lot of us would really like this team to be packed full of our young talent. There are quite a few guys with a cap here and there who will contiue in the system through this squad. Or at least the 23.