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<blockquote data-quote="GoTheNaki" data-source="post: 768743" data-attributes="member: 70789"><p>Swear there's another thread that was made 2 weeks ago. I posted quite heavily, I'll just quote from it.. Uh.. The thread has been deleted it seems -.-'.</p><p></p><p>But uh, Akira Ioane is starting to be too good to ignore. All that it would take was an impressive Super Rugby season to make it onto that training squad. The thing is, he is going to have Kaino at his position at the Blues. So I assume he'll start at number 8. But as soon as Kaino moves on, I have Ioane at 6 for the ABs.</p><p></p><p>People were hyping up Brad Weber, but I don't think they realise that Perenara is younger than him.. Aaron Smith will be 30 at the next World Cup. I guess it really hinges on how his game translates to his body starting to decline in his latter years. As I mentioned in the previous thread, we could be looking at the pool of Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Mitchell Drummond, and Sam Nock, possibly another that comes up through up the ranks too, by the time Aaron Smith lets go of the jersey.</p><p></p><p>People like to say that Damian McKenzie is too small... He's practically identical to Cruden, in weight, and size. He has a lot of things that you cannot simply teach, it's just his mind that the selectors will probably wait on.</p><p></p><p>Kieran Read is 30, and, well... After this WC, I feel like his best days could well be behind him. I hate to turn into a doubter, but hell, I'd like to see Ardie Savea start looking at being an 8. I feel that, this is the position that he is going to have the best chance at being an All Black in. You've got to imagine with McCaw's uncertainty, and Sam Cane captaining the ABs during the WC, Savea should be looking at the 8 position. The guy can run like a winger, has all the ball skills, I think he'd be awesome.</p><p></p><p>As for the infamous 10 position... I am going to assume it will be Cruden/Sopoaga/Barrett. I know it seems unfair on Barrett, but he's super-super sub, it can change the ABs up, and give us completely different looks at the opposition.</p><p></p><p>12/13 - We have a nice pool of players for this position, might be a while before we figure it out, we have 4 years to. But the pool would be: Fekitoa, Crotty, Ngatai, Moala, Tamanivalu(if he starts with Ngatai at the Chiefs), and in a couple of years, maybe Lienert-Brown. Ngatai already has a kicking game, and Fekitoa is already an All Black... I would assume that maybe it will be those two. But I wouldn't be surprised if Hansen sticks with the loyal ones that haven't gone abroad, and go with Crotty/Fekitoa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoTheNaki, post: 768743, member: 70789"] Swear there's another thread that was made 2 weeks ago. I posted quite heavily, I'll just quote from it.. Uh.. The thread has been deleted it seems -.-'. But uh, Akira Ioane is starting to be too good to ignore. All that it would take was an impressive Super Rugby season to make it onto that training squad. The thing is, he is going to have Kaino at his position at the Blues. So I assume he'll start at number 8. But as soon as Kaino moves on, I have Ioane at 6 for the ABs. People were hyping up Brad Weber, but I don't think they realise that Perenara is younger than him.. Aaron Smith will be 30 at the next World Cup. I guess it really hinges on how his game translates to his body starting to decline in his latter years. As I mentioned in the previous thread, we could be looking at the pool of Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Mitchell Drummond, and Sam Nock, possibly another that comes up through up the ranks too, by the time Aaron Smith lets go of the jersey. People like to say that Damian McKenzie is too small... He's practically identical to Cruden, in weight, and size. He has a lot of things that you cannot simply teach, it's just his mind that the selectors will probably wait on. Kieran Read is 30, and, well... After this WC, I feel like his best days could well be behind him. I hate to turn into a doubter, but hell, I'd like to see Ardie Savea start looking at being an 8. I feel that, this is the position that he is going to have the best chance at being an All Black in. You've got to imagine with McCaw's uncertainty, and Sam Cane captaining the ABs during the WC, Savea should be looking at the 8 position. The guy can run like a winger, has all the ball skills, I think he'd be awesome. As for the infamous 10 position... I am going to assume it will be Cruden/Sopoaga/Barrett. I know it seems unfair on Barrett, but he's super-super sub, it can change the ABs up, and give us completely different looks at the opposition. 12/13 - We have a nice pool of players for this position, might be a while before we figure it out, we have 4 years to. But the pool would be: Fekitoa, Crotty, Ngatai, Moala, Tamanivalu(if he starts with Ngatai at the Chiefs), and in a couple of years, maybe Lienert-Brown. Ngatai already has a kicking game, and Fekitoa is already an All Black... I would assume that maybe it will be those two. But I wouldn't be surprised if Hansen sticks with the loyal ones that haven't gone abroad, and go with Crotty/Fekitoa. [/QUOTE]
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