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 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
How bout Pari Pari Parkinson ? Always handy to have a guy who is about 25 feet tall although he needs to bulk up.
@Duluth said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Soft
Yeah I know you don’t need to keep reminding me, but I’m talking about him.
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.
@Duluth said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@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
He's definitely working on his mullet.
@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.
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.
@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.
@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.
@Tim said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Bones Guess where he's actually from.
Born at Rosmini college? Ugh.
@nzzp said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Frank the coaches like ScoBa and Tupou Vaa'i
I know there's been a need to play the A team as we always have our backs to the wall, but Vaa'i needs more game time and I think the coaches know that.
Hope he gets a decent run in Bled 2.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@nzzp said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Frank the coaches like ScoBa and Tupou Vaa'i
I know there's been a need to play the A team as we always have our backs to the wall, but Vaa'i needs more game time and I think the coaches know that.
Hope he gets a decent run in Bled 2.
Wouldn't object if he played 6
@booboo said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@nzzp said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Frank the coaches like ScoBa and Tupou Vaa'i
I know there's been a need to play the A team as we always have our backs to the wall, but Vaa'i needs more game time and I think the coaches know that.
Hope he gets a decent run in Bled 2.
Wouldn't object if he played 6
Maybe his chance v Japan?
@ACT-Crusader it will make me a happy chap when Dickson debuts
hopefully it happens this yr or If not I can wait til 2024
@Bovidae said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Josh Dickson would only be 28 in 2023.
I thought he was older than that. Seems like he has been around for ages.
@Crazy-Horse said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Bovidae said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Josh Dickson would only be 28 in 2023.
I thought he was older than that. Seems like he has been around for ages.
Geez really? I only remember him for like 3 or 4 seasons.
edit: so yeah 5 years at the highlanders. Another Aussie though.
@Bones said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Crazy-Horse said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Bovidae said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Josh Dickson would only be 28 in 2023.
I thought he was older than that. Seems like he has been around for ages.
Geez really? I only remember him for like 3 or 4 seasons.
edit: so yeah 5 years at the highlanders. Another Aussie though.
I wouldn't be surprised if my muddled brain has him confused with someone else from years ago. All the Highlander locks look the same to me.
Remembered a story about Sam Darry moving to Auckland and Steve Hansen saying ‘congratulations, you’ve just signed a future all black captain’. Anyone else recall this?
@game_film said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Remembered a story about Sam Darry moving to Auckland and Steve Hansen saying ‘congratulations, you’ve just signed a future all black captain’. Anyone else recall this?
Sam Darry's need to be bigger. String-bean locks don't cut it nowadays.
@Canes4life said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Justin Sangster from Bay of Plenty, Isaia Walker-Leawere from the Hawkes Bay
Wouldn't play for the Canes would they?
@game_film said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Remembered a story about Sam Darry moving to Auckland and Steve Hansen saying ‘congratulations, you’ve just signed a future all black captain’. Anyone else recall this?
Steve Hansen and hot takes…
@Crazy-Horse said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Bones said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Crazy-Horse said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Bovidae said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Josh Dickson would only be 28 in 2023.
I thought he was older than that. Seems like he has been around for ages.
Geez really? I only remember him for like 3 or 4 seasons.
edit: so yeah 5 years at the highlanders. Another Aussie though.
I wouldn't be surprised if my muddled brain has him confused with someone else from years ago. All the Highlander locks look the same to me.
Elliott Dixon 
@KiwiMurph said in Future Locks after RWC???:
@Canes4life said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Justin Sangster from Bay of Plenty, Isaia Walker-Leawere from the Hawkes Bay
Wouldn't play for the Canes would they?
Of course, both have had great seasons provincially aswell as for the Canes. Walker-Leawere in particular brings plenty of size and mobility which is needed at international level.
Darry's name popping up a few times now. What's with that? Anytime I've seen him, he seems to have less impact than Blackwell and is more stringbean than Lord.
@Bovidae said in Future Locks after RWC???:
Holland might be the U20 lock who makes the step up first.
Kid excites me most, has everything I reckon.