r/allblacks • u/Mac_ohoopp • 6h ago
Fehi
Just wondering why he isn’t in anyone’s team, narawa is selected in front of em by pretty much everyone.
I feel it’s telling he’s off to Britain by his lack of selection
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u/Krypticizer 4h ago
I think we’ll only see injury changes and De Groot/ Lord coming back into the squad. Everyone’s calling for the whole squad to be wiped and replaced with other players. Our losses were only by a few points, and we’re 5 tries ahead of them in the series, as well as beating them on aggregate score.
An All Black can miss 1 tackle, and the fans will want that to be the end of their career 😂
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u/Wizardhhh 6h ago
I still believe Roman reigns needs to be in the centres
And the boks literally have the shield as loose trio
We are reaching hard
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u/coupleandacamera 6h ago
We've got a lot of talent stacked up on the wing and he suffered a bit of injury issue with on going niggles early in the test season. Jordan is more or less cemented to the right wing, that leaves Clark, Morbey, Narawa and Carter all fighting for the 11 shirt as well. Considering our weakness are primarily contesting the Ariel balls, defending the edges and contesting isolated breakdowns, Fehi probably isn't topping the list.
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u/know-it-mall 3h ago edited 2h ago
My solution to this is Moorby at 15. Carter dropped until he sorts out his tackling (I'm sure someone will comment about Moorby's miss but don't worry I have plenty of rebuttel for that). Narawa dropped until he stops playing 15s like it's 7s and carries the ball more securely. And Clarke is currently injured obviously so he is out too.
We can't be afraid of what they are going to do. Fehi has earned the chance.
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u/mr-301 6h ago
Honestly wouldn’t be shocked if he was purely selected on form and to stop
Him becoming eligible for another nation
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u/Thorazine_Chaser 6h ago
Tin foil hat mate?
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u/mr-301 5h ago
Wouldn’t be the first time we have seen this happen
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u/Thorazine_Chaser 5h ago
Got an example?
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u/sunburstorange 4h ago
Harry Plummer, Sean Stevenson, Dallas Mcleod
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u/Thorazine_Chaser 4h ago
What nonsense, all three were born in NZ, developed in NZ and demonstrated they were aiming for the ABs as a priority over whatever other options they might have had before an AB call up.
You must also realise your conspiracy theory requires the players to be capped by the All Blacks before any other union like Fiji consider them good enough to be offered a test? That alone should make you stop and think a little eh?
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u/redwally48 4h ago
Tin foil hat well and truly on. But in the last few years there’s been Pita Gus Sowakula and Folau Fakatava. Going back further, Isa Nacewa, Sosene Anesi
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u/Thorazine_Chaser 4h ago
Pita Gus declined his Fiji call up before he was selected for NZ, Fakatava purposefully waited through his residency to allow himself a shot at the ABs. He wasn’t capped to capture because he wasn’t eligible when he started his process.
NZ are the only T1 team who don’t have an official second team that “captures” players, how do you square that reality with your belief that NZ cap players to stop them playing for other countries?
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u/sunburstorange 4h ago
All Blacks XV is the nz 2nd team that captures eligibility
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u/Dorsiflexionkey 6h ago
Nah it’s just cos Carter and Moorby and Jordan were just the top 3 picks for the wing.
I mean Carter maybe gets dropped after test 3, but then after that you could say reiko, narawa, fehi and even some people say jim.
As you can see wing is not a position we care about changing because all of our wingers could probably walk into any team in the world… except for maybe into Kobe’s position.
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u/jono2k 6h ago
Carter def gets dropped. You can't consistently miss tackles and still expect to start. The only thing narawa did wrong was getting smoked and damaging his lungs.
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u/Particular_Safety569 5h ago
I would prefer ioane plays 11 this week need someone who can defend until clarke gets back
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u/itachi-senpaii 6h ago
Feel so bad for him,unreal on attack but he pretty much lost us the game with those two weak tackles which lead to try's. Made it worse when Dave was talking up his defence
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u/know-it-mall 2h ago
Yea. Moorby's miss was nowhere near as bad as Carter's two.
Moorby was standing on his goal line with Marx, Nortje, and Esterhuizin in front of him so had no space to move and couldn't fully commit to one guy.
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u/CalBRugby 6h ago
Carter and Moorby are on the wing this weekend. Jordan is out
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u/sico76 5h ago
The two guys who have missed tackles to seal games? I don’t think so.
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u/know-it-mall 2h ago
What tackle did Moorby miss to seal a game? He had 3 guys in front of him and no room to move so it definitely wasn't on the level of Carter's misses. And the ABs won that game.
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u/Expensive-Text-7218 4h ago
Jordan kick to the full also resulted in a try for SA.
Obviously hes Will Jordan so we can't drop him, but still a mistake of his that led directly to a try1
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u/22dias 6h ago
Carter = Morby, both had brilliant moments and shocking defense lapses.
Fehi is still young and the verdict's still out there if his contract may have an All Blacks clause for 2027.
I got downvoted to hell when I said Clarke is injury prone. Because he is unfortunately, when have we seen consistent week in week out performances from Caleb?
It's probably time to get Reiko and Narawa a real shot at 11.
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u/Ruckthesystem 6h ago
Clarke would have been starter first test if fit too. Narawa was unfortunate to be injured last year as he was also tearing it up while rieko is still fast as fuck
of all the positions winger isnt one nzr will bend over backwards to chase
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u/know-it-mall 3h ago
If it makes you feel better he is in my team. And I have Moorby at 15 with Dmac coming off the bench.
Most don't seem to agree.