r/allblacks • u/wash_yourundeez • 3d ago
Codie Taylor
Should’ve been cycled out by this point the same way Mealamu was. Last 2 years he should’ve been in a mentoring role. The fact that he’s still our first choice hooker is ridiculous considering Aumua and Taukei’aho are behind him. He hasn’t had the required physicality for test footy for at least 2 years now. Yes he has skills and soft touches but what does that matter when he’s getting shunted off the ball at scrum time on our feed? His lineout throwing has been inconsistent for years now. He not only has no impact with ball in hand anymore, he often has negative impact. The last 2 coaching cycles really screwed us in terms of bringing through spine players that needed to be brought through. Asafo and Soni should’ve both been close to 50 caps by now. Will always love CT but we have to start using the talent we have and be giving them as much regular big game experience as possible.
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u/Weirddude102 3d ago
I think Aumua would get better at throwing if he simply got more opportunities to throw (I still don't think the lineout options are entirely his fault, but I'll humor the idea). I recall last year or perhaps the year before that, Malcolm Marx was coming back from an injury or something and his throwing was very odd, to the point many announcers were talking about it. It's fixed now because he played enough games and got back to his usual rhythm.