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New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

Matiunz

Juniors
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So what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?

Becoming more and more common for All Blacks to do sessions with other sports to help develop their game with a different perspective in a professional environment, a few have done sessions with AFL clubs also as well as NFL clubs etc.

Mounga would make a handy convert as a half, at 30 probably left his run too late though.
Thrived at Super Rugby level but never really shone at internationals sadly
 

Wb1234

Referee
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So what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?

Becoming more and more common for All Blacks to do sessions with other sports to help develop their game with a different perspective in a professional environment, a few have done sessions with AFL clubs also as well as NFL clubs etc.

Mounga would make a handy convert as a half, at 30 probably left his run too late though.
Thrived at Super Rugby level but never really shone at internationals sadly
Article said his two older brothers were league players but they wouldn’t let him play it

he’s too old now for the nrl
 

Matua

Bench
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So what we were saying about players watching and supporting both sports in NZ was true?

Becoming more and more common for All Blacks to do sessions with other sports to help develop their game with a different perspective in a professional environment, a few have done sessions with AFL clubs also as well as NFL clubs etc.

Mounga would make a handy convert as a half, at 30 probably left his run too late though.
Thrived at Super Rugby level but never really shone at internationals sadly
He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.

Actually pity he didn't go to league back then, as you say he was a Super, um, superstar but average in the test arena.
 
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He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.

Actually pity he didn't go to league back then, as you say he was a Super, um, superstar but average in the test arena.
Had a chuckle at the article referring to him as an All Black “legend”.

That said, pretty sure 2m pa is the biggest contract a NZ player has ever earned (?) so that’s pretty legendary I suppose.
 

Matiunz

Juniors
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He'd make Johnson look like a defensive dynamo in comparison. DMac would have been a handy convert back in the day, can pretty much do everything Mo does in attack but with the addition of courageous defence.

Actually pity he didn't go to league back then, as you say he was a Super, um, superstar but average in the test arena.
Good call on Mackenzie, probably better suited to a 6 as he thrives on the heads up play a bit more than the traditional structures.
Always thought the Barrett brothers (not Scott) would have been great league players too, Beauden too old now but Jordie probably still could
 
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Good call on Mackenzie, probably better suited to a 6 as he thrives on the heads up play a bit more than the traditional structures.
Always thought the Barrett brothers (not Scott) would have been great league players too, Beauden too old now but Jordie probably still could
Yea I’d really like Jordie as a league fullback. Big body for yardage carries, good ball player out the back of shape and that massive boot would be a handy kick option. Be interesting to hear what Bellamy thought of him when he trained with the Storm last year.
 
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