Blues and AB all-time XV - controversial!
Posted May 8, 2019, 5:32 AM UTC
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No Zinzan and No Howlett Wtf
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Dougie should be a shoe in as the highest try scoring non homophobe in Super history.
I'd also have Joeli Vidiri ahead of Ioane. Rieko is fantastic but he has only played a handful of seasons and not even played a play off game, let alone the two titles Smoking Joe has
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And Rokococo.
Howlett, Spencer, Roko, Muliaina and Caucau all in the backline in the early 00’s was pure nightmare fuel for opposition.
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A LOT of recency bias here
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Shitency bias
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There's a lot of highly controversial selections in this, but why did they select Lomu in two different teams? And at the expense of Howlett?
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING
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Nonu should be 12 as well then
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I'm a bit confused as to how they judge this and consider alleigence to a super team. Is it based on AB form, or form in the Super team? Because Devine over Weepu is a bit of joke if based on AB career. But he didn't have a good spell with the Blues.
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why did they select Lomu in two different teams
I mean, if you could clone someone and select them twice Jonah would probably be near the top of the list.
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Rieko is good, but he's not "push Jonah out of position" good
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Joeli Vidiri has a longer more impressive career than Rieko.
How many play off games has Rieko played? He wouldn't even have a 50% winning record.
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But Howlett does
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Wasn’t Piri Weepu at the Blues? I’d rather have him at 9
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Good call
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yeah, he had a poor season in 2012 when he turned up a bit overweight (can't blame him though, considering his efforts at helping the ABs finally win the RWC the previous year), but i thought he was decent in 2013. Maybe they thought his 2012 was too bad to include him in this team
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Junior Tonu’u for my mind.
Edit: can’t believe he only played 5 games for NZ. Seemed a mainstay but obviously not.
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Kevin Mealamu vs Sean Fitzpatrick is a toughie but Fitz wins for me.
Lomu instead of Reiko at 11. Howlett in at 14. As good as Reiko is currently, he hasn't been proven in the long run yet.
Zinzan instead of Xavier.
Fair argument to be made for Piri Weepu to be included.
I feel like the midfield could be improved but not sure how tbh. I also wish they did a full 22 or 23 with these. That way you could include a few more players
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No Fitzy???? 😱
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Him over Mealamu is a very hard call. Both are legends.
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Yeah, this is bullshit
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Wtf where’s Rokocoko
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Wtf is this abomination
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One possible answer to a question that does not need to asked.
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Forget Zin Zan being snubbed, Tuipulotu over Robin Brooke???
It's like a 15 year old was asked to select this side.
They do realise the Blues won in 1996 and 1997 with 80% of one of the most dominate All Black sides in history
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This is utter tripe.
- Devine over Weepu
- Rush over Zinzan
- McAlister over Nonu and SBW
- Reiko pushing Lomu out of position
Mealamu over Fitzpatrick is getting close too, but I wouldn't complain.
Overall, It's like the selector was too young to remember rugby in the 90's.
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Nonu has played all of two seasons for the Blues? He was on the Hurricanes version of this.
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Begs the question: what is the qualifier?
And wasn't Lomu on the Hurricanes version of this?
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When a guy shaves 11 into his eyebrow you don't play him at 14. Especially not when his name is Jonah.
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This is rugby blasphemy! No one pushes Jonah out of position.
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What? No Weepu @ 9?
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SBW is missing
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Yeah definitely have to have Sonny Bill over Luke Mcallister.
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facebook comments are funny. full of people getting mad that Rupeni wasn't selected in this ABs blues team 🤣 🤣
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I told one of them too. I just couldn't handle that stupid
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After viewing all these teams, i really think the best are the Canes and Saders.
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FFS Xavier Rush over Zinny
Xavier rush!? What was it 2 caps? The mind boggles
Rush is a legend at the Blues, The Cardiff Blues.
😂
First thing i thought when i saw this lol
Carlos Spencer over anyone.
I know he’s got all the highlights but put him behind a pack that was anything less than dominant and he faded to the point of being a liability.
Sure I’ll get downvoted for it but I think he’s one of the most overrated players of all time.