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<blockquote data-quote="GoTheNaki" data-source="post: 760913" data-attributes="member: 70789"><p>I get excited about our talent in this country... But I find it extremely hard to utilise such talent into our ABs squad, which, at the end of the day is only 31 players, 23 on match day... There is already quite a fair bit of young talent already wearing a black jersey, or have worn one recently.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of people on here saying the future is Brad Weber... TJ Perenara, is YOUNGER, than him. And by the time Aaron Smith loses that halfback #1 status, we could well be looking at the generation behind Perenara and Weber. We could well be looking at Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Mitchell Drummond, or Sam Nock, as All Black halfbacks.</p><p></p><p>In regards to the loose trio, my god... We are an extremely spoilt country. Read, Messam, and Kaino are all 29+ years old, and we will be looking to replace. McCaw will obviously be going too. We have clear replacements already for Mr. McCaw, you have Cane and Todd, straight away. These guys are very good players, however, Todd is already 27. As someone mentioned, we could be looking at an Ioane, Karpik/Cane, Savea combo, at 6/7/8. Karpik is an interesting one, he signed with the Chiefs... I feel he should have chosen the Blues. Could have had the Luatua, Kaino, Karpik, Ioane, loose pack there. He was bound to play 7 at the Blues. With Savea, and Ioane, I feel that both will be too good in the end to ignore for the black jersey. One plays 7, and one plays 8. But I could see Savea playing at 8, and Ioane at 6, because Sam Cane will end up being a favourite, so I don't feel Savea will get the 7, and to be fair, who can argue against a loose trio like that one.</p><p></p><p>Our wingers are not going to change in a hurry. Doubt we will see anyone get a starting position over Savea, Naholo, or NMS before the next World Cup.</p><p></p><p>For 10s, we will have the same 3 until after the next World Cup (Cruden, Sopoaga, Barrett), probably with the 4th being Damian McKenzie, but he'll be a long shot to start above those guys.</p><p></p><p>12/13, now, this is where it could get interesting for us tbh. I continue to say that if we wanted another Conrad Smith, we will find him in Charlie Ngatai. Good ol' reliable, never let you down, Ngatai. However, we already have Fekitoa, so maybe Ngatai at 12. He does have a kicking game already. Then you have Moala, Crotty, and as a player who I am looking forward to see playing, hopefully starting in the Hurricanes midfield, Laumape. Then you also have Lienert-Brown, who could be better than Laumape's debut Super Rugby season.</p><p></p><p>As far as fullbacks go, we could very well expand our wing selection group, once Dagg and Smith start to clearly age. And then we could look to put NMS into fullback, because it's where he'll be playing his Super Rugby. Then we have the potential of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck coming back to rugby, and bidding to make it into a black jersey, and I for one think he'll make a fantastic fullback, but if he somehow doesn't garner a kicking game, you still cannot ignore such a talent. Perhaps a winger.</p><p></p><p>We're quite set for locks, Tuipolotu is young, so is Retallick, the oldest being Whitelock at 27. I guess we'll worry about it whenever it comes to it.</p><p></p><p>I'll skip the front row, I would imagine one of the young Hurricane props will be there some day. And probably one of the Tu'ungafasi brothers, maybe both? For Hooker, I guess we'll see what Codie Taylor can do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoTheNaki, post: 760913, member: 70789"] I get excited about our talent in this country... But I find it extremely hard to utilise such talent into our ABs squad, which, at the end of the day is only 31 players, 23 on match day... There is already quite a fair bit of young talent already wearing a black jersey, or have worn one recently. There are a lot of people on here saying the future is Brad Weber... TJ Perenara, is YOUNGER, than him. And by the time Aaron Smith loses that halfback #1 status, we could well be looking at the generation behind Perenara and Weber. We could well be looking at Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Mitchell Drummond, or Sam Nock, as All Black halfbacks. In regards to the loose trio, my god... We are an extremely spoilt country. Read, Messam, and Kaino are all 29+ years old, and we will be looking to replace. McCaw will obviously be going too. We have clear replacements already for Mr. McCaw, you have Cane and Todd, straight away. These guys are very good players, however, Todd is already 27. As someone mentioned, we could be looking at an Ioane, Karpik/Cane, Savea combo, at 6/7/8. Karpik is an interesting one, he signed with the Chiefs... I feel he should have chosen the Blues. Could have had the Luatua, Kaino, Karpik, Ioane, loose pack there. He was bound to play 7 at the Blues. With Savea, and Ioane, I feel that both will be too good in the end to ignore for the black jersey. One plays 7, and one plays 8. But I could see Savea playing at 8, and Ioane at 6, because Sam Cane will end up being a favourite, so I don't feel Savea will get the 7, and to be fair, who can argue against a loose trio like that one. Our wingers are not going to change in a hurry. Doubt we will see anyone get a starting position over Savea, Naholo, or NMS before the next World Cup. For 10s, we will have the same 3 until after the next World Cup (Cruden, Sopoaga, Barrett), probably with the 4th being Damian McKenzie, but he'll be a long shot to start above those guys. 12/13, now, this is where it could get interesting for us tbh. I continue to say that if we wanted another Conrad Smith, we will find him in Charlie Ngatai. Good ol' reliable, never let you down, Ngatai. However, we already have Fekitoa, so maybe Ngatai at 12. He does have a kicking game already. Then you have Moala, Crotty, and as a player who I am looking forward to see playing, hopefully starting in the Hurricanes midfield, Laumape. Then you also have Lienert-Brown, who could be better than Laumape's debut Super Rugby season. As far as fullbacks go, we could very well expand our wing selection group, once Dagg and Smith start to clearly age. And then we could look to put NMS into fullback, because it's where he'll be playing his Super Rugby. Then we have the potential of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck coming back to rugby, and bidding to make it into a black jersey, and I for one think he'll make a fantastic fullback, but if he somehow doesn't garner a kicking game, you still cannot ignore such a talent. Perhaps a winger. We're quite set for locks, Tuipolotu is young, so is Retallick, the oldest being Whitelock at 27. I guess we'll worry about it whenever it comes to it. I'll skip the front row, I would imagine one of the young Hurricane props will be there some day. And probably one of the Tu'ungafasi brothers, maybe both? For Hooker, I guess we'll see what Codie Taylor can do. [/QUOTE]
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