An absolute joke that Rangi Chase hasn't been picked.

Why would they pick an englishman

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Stronger than Aus?

both seem to be sending less than full strength squads

Still scary.

nah they are'nt......


the aussies have no fit and the kiwis don't travel well and a 1/4 of the squad have'nt played internationals yet.....

No doubt an England vs Wales Final.

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Be interesting to see how Johnson and Marshall play together.

Saw Johnson for the first time in the grand final on Sunday, what a player he is!

Way too good for us that is for sure

Disagree.

Likely line up?

1. Locke
2. Nightingale
3. Brown
4. Matai
5. Vatuvei
6. Marshal
7. Johnson
8. Rapira
9. Luke
10. MoiMoi
11. Blair
12. Mannering
13. Smith

14. Hohaia
15. Manu
16. Waerea-Hargreaves
17. Packer

Geez that is a strong squad and they have some equally good replacements if they need them, you know NZ have a quality side when Foran can't get a starting spot. NZ for the 4nations imo.

Foran into the centres for me JB.

Oh and Fien onto the bench for Hohaia.

yeh it is hard to leave Foran out but I'm not a big fan of moving players out of position just to accomodate them in the team. Don't rate Brown that highly but he is a centre predominantly (though I reckon bulked up he would be better at 2nd row) so I would go with the two out and out centres. Hohaio gives better options if team needs shuffling as he can play at 1,6,7 or 9.

Im not a fan of it either but think Foran is by far the better player, even at centre.

Hohaia isn't in the squad.

good team that, but i'ld find a place for kevin proctor either starting alongside his clubmate blair or off the bench

wonder if johnson will be as much of a thorn in our side as stacey jones was?

1. Locke
2. Nightingale
3. Foran
4. Matai
5. Vatuvei
6. Marshal
7. Johnson
8. Rapira
9. Leuluai
10. MoiMoi
11. Blair
12. Mannering
13. Smith

14. Luke
15. Brown
16. Waerea-Hargreaves
17. Matulino

Very scary squad. However NZ have traditionally struggled over in this country. But on paper, an awesome squad and shows how much as a nation they are developing

1 Locke
2 Nightingale
3 Foran
4 Matai
5 Vatuvei
6 Marshall
7 Johnson

8 McKendry
9 Leuluai
10 Moimoi
11 Blair
12 Mannering
13 Smith

14 Luke
15 Glenn
16 Manu
17 Waerea Hargreaves

Beale
Brown
Fien
Matulino
Packer
Proctor

Apparently Rapira is out but he played in the GF so not sure why? (sam with Hohaia)

Wouldn't surprise me to see Foran playing 7 in the big games and Johnson getting a run against Wales

Yep he's not named in the squad mate.

I see Glen Stewart has bottled a face off with Blair! Very "compassionate" of the ARL!