RWC Semi Final: New Zealand - Australia (16-10-2011, 21:00)

[Black Heart]

Nonu is Blues.

 

[nickdnz]

Lets see:

Cruden (Chiefs)
Hore (Highlanders)
Gear (Highlanders
Nonu (Blues?)
Schwalger (Agen)
Tialata (Bayonne)
Weepu (Blues)

You guys do get Beauden Barrett and Tim Bateman but all in all, you are only left with Cory Jane, Conrad Smith and Victor Vito when talking about All Blacks in Wellington.

On the one hand, it's hard starting all over, but a fresh start could work well. It's a shame to see so many players leave a franchise at once, but every team goes through that at some stage.

The Bulls are losing Matfield, Rossouw, du Preez, Bakkies Botha, Gary Botha, Steenkamp and Kuun. They have to revitalise the squad with youngsters like Sadie, Engelbrecht, Vermaak (not that young, but still) and Jacques Potgieter.

Teams like the 'Canes have nothing to lose.

The thing is, we've been bleeding All Blacks a long time, but where other teams have young players to replace them, we've lost all of them to other franchises to keep our old ones. Now this season we're really going to be scraping the barrell. Players we've lost since from recruitment region 2009

Ma'a Nonu
John Schwalger
Rodney So'oialo
Piri Weepu
Neemia Tialata
Bryn Evans
Lima Sopoanga
Aaron Cruden
Robert Fruean
Zac Guildford
Hosea Gear
Israel Dagg
Alby Mathewson
Andrew Hore
Scott Waldrom
Serge Lilo
Shaun Treeby

Etc, etc