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Tri Nations 2009-2011
All Blacks rest 9 senior players for 3N tour to SA
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 430475" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Pfft. Of course this is a good idea. If we lose at a RWC, it will be because Dan Carter or Richie McCaw get injured, and there is no backup who has played top level rugby.</p><p></p><p>With a sqaud of:</p><p></p><p>1. Wyatt Crockett/Tony Woodocock</p><p>2. Kevin Mealamu (c)</p><p>3. Ben Franks/John Afoa</p><p>4. Samual Whitelock</p><p>5. Ali Williams</p><p>6. Jerome Kaino</p><p>7. Adam Thompson</p><p>8. Liam Messam</p><p>9. Piri Weepu</p><p>10. Colin Slade</p><p>11. Hosea Gear</p><p>12. Ma'a Nonu</p><p>13. Conrad Smith</p><p>14. Cory Jane</p><p>15. Isaia Toeava</p><p></p><p>16. Andrew Hore</p><p>17. Wyatt Crockett/Tony Woodcock</p><p>18. Tom Donnelly/Jarad Hoeata</p><p>19. Victor Vito</p><p>20. Jimmy Cowan</p><p>21. Sonny Bill Williams</p><p>22. Richard Kahui</p><p></p><p>Should be enough to challene and in my opinion, beat the Springboks, certainly based off thier last few performances. Fact is, there is no conspiracy in giving some fringe players the chance to start games. In fact that's required going into a World Cup. This is vastly different from saying "the reason <strong>21 </strong>members of our team can't play is because of injury". New Zealand is still leading the Tri Nations at the moment, so it is far from riding off the Tri Nations to prepare for a RWC.</p><p></p><p>I'm still far from happy with not having an openside flanker, especially with Kieran Read also not in the squad. It is an area of the game that Brussow could punish us in. With that in mind, I thill think the players that are on tour are enough to beat the Boks and heck, even if they don't, all it would do is put pressure on the team to beat Australia again to win the tornement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 430475, member: 38640"] Pfft. Of course this is a good idea. If we lose at a RWC, it will be because Dan Carter or Richie McCaw get injured, and there is no backup who has played top level rugby. With a sqaud of: 1. Wyatt Crockett/Tony Woodocock 2. Kevin Mealamu (c) 3. Ben Franks/John Afoa 4. Samual Whitelock 5. Ali Williams 6. Jerome Kaino 7. Adam Thompson 8. Liam Messam 9. Piri Weepu 10. Colin Slade 11. Hosea Gear 12. Ma'a Nonu 13. Conrad Smith 14. Cory Jane 15. Isaia Toeava 16. Andrew Hore 17. Wyatt Crockett/Tony Woodcock 18. Tom Donnelly/Jarad Hoeata 19. Victor Vito 20. Jimmy Cowan 21. Sonny Bill Williams 22. Richard Kahui Should be enough to challene and in my opinion, beat the Springboks, certainly based off thier last few performances. Fact is, there is no conspiracy in giving some fringe players the chance to start games. In fact that's required going into a World Cup. This is vastly different from saying "the reason [B]21 [/B]members of our team can't play is because of injury". New Zealand is still leading the Tri Nations at the moment, so it is far from riding off the Tri Nations to prepare for a RWC. I'm still far from happy with not having an openside flanker, especially with Kieran Read also not in the squad. It is an area of the game that Brussow could punish us in. With that in mind, I thill think the players that are on tour are enough to beat the Boks and heck, even if they don't, all it would do is put pressure on the team to beat Australia again to win the tornement. [/QUOTE]
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