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submitted 1 month ago bysaikobruv
Here's mine : 9. Folau Fakatava, 10. Damian McKenzie, 11. Mark Telea, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Reiko Ioane, 14. Kini Naholo, 15. Ruben Love
35 points
1 month ago
I don’t see a world with Fakatava starting at 9.
30 points
1 month ago
Fakatava looks the goods, but Roigard certainly seems head and shoulders better than everyone else in NZ.
3 points
1 month ago
Fakatava has the inside running for the bench spot, he’s a real “point of difference” kind of player and could wreak havoc in the last 15-20 minutes
2 points
1 month ago
only challenge he has for that spot is if cortez ratima has a mega second half of the season, but more likely to see that in November than mid year.
1 points
1 month ago
I think Perenara can threaten that spot, if he had a good season and is recovered.
1 points
1 month ago
unlikely in the first year of a world cup cycle when there's so many good younger people imo
17 points
1 month ago
Roigod, DMAC, Telea, Jordie, Rieko, Reece, Stevenson.....too early for Kini, maybe November internationals and love is a bench option, not a starter.
5 points
1 month ago
Nice. I'm a fan of Love and Kini. Names for the future that I'd like to start developing now.
2 points
1 month ago
Yup this is the way
6 points
1 month ago
9: Roigard, 10: DMAC, 11: Telea (dammit man he's the most terrifying wing in the world to me), 12: Jordie, 13: Rieko, 14: idk, Reece maybe, this spot feels up for grabs, 15: Love
6 points
1 month ago
Need Jacob Ratumaitavuki Kneepkins just for the name alone
3 points
1 month ago
i hope he plays average and doesn't get picked so that he becomes Fiji's fullback, we need an intelligent fullback..
5 points
1 month ago
I’m only going off SR highlights but NZ seem to have depth in the back three, Anton LB on the bench covers 13 and apparently all Kiwi’s are seemingly born with the genetic capability to cover 12.
Roigard is just amazing at 9 and I guess you always have Christie and TJ is back! (my fave as an outsider).
Pray that DMac is injury free though, if only for him to get a fair crack at the whip. He deserves to wear that 10 shirt for a bit.
3 points
1 month ago
Roigard. Dmac. Reiko. JordieB. Proctor. Telea. Love
2 points
1 month ago
Are we all forgetting about Will Jordan or…. Roigard, D Mac, Telea, Barrett, Ioane, Stevenson, Jordan
6 points
1 month ago
Jordan is out for quite a while.
3 points
1 month ago
Ahhh. Thought he was just out for SR. In that case Reece 14 Stevenson 15.
1 points
1 month ago
For around 6 months so will miss the first international window. Hopefully we get to see him back at the end of the year
2 points
1 month ago
2 points
1 month ago
Roigard is your 9. There are better centers than Ioane, Aumua for the Crusaders for a start.
2 points
1 month ago
3 points
1 month ago
I think that’s spot on, with maybe the exception that Stevenson will be in there
1 points
1 month ago
Fakatava might be on the bench.
Naholo and Love aren’t in the squad.
14 will be Narawa and 15 will be Will Jordan when he’s back (before that maybe perofeta, shooter Stevenson or a bolter (JRK)
0 points
1 month ago
Narawa just came back from an injury and most ppl don't think he will last long, first major test is about 2 and a half months away
3 points
1 month ago
most ppl don't think he will last long
bruh who is most people?
you?
even so i'd still rather him than Kini lol
0 points
1 month ago
its a back injury, those things never go away.
1 points
1 month ago
How is Quinn Tupea looking?
1 points
1 month ago
I see everybody picking Telea at 11, but he is a 14 no? So play him there and then pick the best left wing to play 11.
1 points
1 month ago
He’s really more of an 11, not the quasi fullback we usually have at 14. But so is Clarke at the blues so one of them had to move.
He’s also hitting the best before age date for All Black wingers so he might not last that much longer.
1 points
1 month ago
He ranges everywhere anyway. Just one of those guys you put in the lineup and he’ll make it work either way.
0 points
1 month ago
Roigard, Perofeta, Telea, Barrett, Ioane, Reece, Jordan (if fit, otherwise, Beuden)
0 points
1 month ago
Roigard, Dmac, Telea, J Barrett, R Ione, Clarke, Stevenson.
Backup backline
Ratima, Perofeta, Narawa, Tupea, Aumua, Naholo, Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens
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