sonny bill williams in allblack autumn squad

handsomecake

http://www.allblacks.com/news/14579/All-Blacks-named-for-2010-BackingBlack-Tour

cant wait to see this guy in action.

hosea gear,hika elliot,daniel braid,stephen donald,andy ellis back in the squad.


*weepu broke his leg so not considered.alby mathewson comes in in his place.

thomond2006

New Zealand squad (from BBC):

Forwards:
John Afoa, Anthony Boric, Daniel Braid, Tom Donnelly, Hikawera Elliot, Ben Franks, Owen Franks, Andrew Hore, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (captain), Keven Mealamu, Liam Messam, Kieran Read, Brad Thorn, Samuel Whitelock, Tony Woodcock.

Backs:
Andy Ellis, Dan Carter, Jimmy Cowan, Stephen Donald, Hosea Gear, Cory Jane, Alby Mathewson, Mils Muliaina, Ma'a Nonu, Josevata Rokocoko, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Conrad Smith, Isaia Toeava, Sonny Bill Williams.

Sonny Bill will have a big fight on his hands to displace Nonu or Smith.

Weepu is a big loss IMO.

Where is Israel Dagg? Injured? He surely can't have been dropped.
Edit: Just read he's injured. Shame.

handsomecake

cruden ,slade,vito dropped.
dagg,ranger injured.


delighted for hosea gear.dont know what the guy had to do to get picked.he has been scoring tries from evrywhere against anyone at any level.hopefully it continues.

gutted for slade.im not a fan of donald at all. the way he kicks out of hand is weird. kind of drops it on to the foot and bogs it down field end over end

Profiler

I'm looking forward to seeing Sonny Bill playing in this tour.

It's a real shame Israel Dagg won't be there he's looked very good the few times I've seen him on TV.

sock puppet

Ellis and Donald have done well to get back into the squad. I'm hopefull they'll get the chance they deserve against Ireland:pac: