Langley to miss Tri Nations

[JasonE]

Bit of bad luck for him, he has had a groin injury for the past couple of months and he will have surgery as soon as the Bulls season is over.

 

[bartman]

Yep. Vainikolo's down for off-season surgery again, and also likely to miss out playing for NZ.

 

[Evil Homer]

He shouldn't really have been in the GB squad anyway IMO.

 

[jed]

Yep. Vainikolo's down for off-season surgery again, and also likely to miss out playing for NZ.

He's been playing injured for most of this season, he's been a shadow of his former self.

When he's been able to build up a bit of pace, he's scored a few tries by barging over the line, but he's been wrong-footed in defence too many times, and has been incapable of changing direction to chase them down.

 

[bartman]

I don't think NZ will be too worried about their lack of depth. Halves could be their only worry, whenever they're without Stacey they're a bit bare in that department. But forwards and backs there's a load of selection options.

 

[bartman]

He shouldn't really have been in the GB squad anyway IMO.

Actually same thing could be said about GB in terms of their player depth - there's a lot of guys that can be picked, just a matter of whether they gel together and can get the job done in the matches.

The key will come down to what Noble goes with for his playmaker combinations, where things seem to have fallen down a bit for GB in big games. Lots of choices, just need a combination that will actually work, and the rest of the positions should sort themselves out easy enough.

Announcement should be soon anyway....

 

[JasonE]

Fingers crossed that Paul Johnson isn't in the squad, Noble seems to love him but he's got nothing.

 

[bartman]

:lol: You didn't get your wish Jason...