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Canes4life

It's going to be a laugh when we all find out that Ian Foster started these rumors.

Darren

So what time is the new coach announced?

Loving this drama, keeping things entertaining.

mariner4life

Hilarious that the only guy in that Division to keep his job is Taylor at the Bengals!

mariner4life

insane off season.

good move for Tomlin and the Steelers. Pitt definitely needed to try something else (and be comfortable with a couple of losing seasons in order to build for actual success) and Tomlin will get his pick of available jobs.

gt12

@handa457 said in All Blacks 2026:

@handa457 Actually, adding a bit more. One person (I can’t remember who) posted on The Fern that Papalii allegedly threw a punch at Razor during the EOYT 2024. That wasn’t substantiated, and my source couldn’t confirm it. I personally highly doubt that's true.

What I can confirm is that coming into 2024, Papalii had been told he was firmly the No. 7 the All Blacks wanted, with Cane leaving. He came into camp, was asked to play a certain way, then was dropped after a handful of games and barely featured again in 2024. He was pretty frustrated with the communication, selection, and style of play. On top of that, someone along the line had apparently floated that he might be future captain material. So to go from “potential future captain” to being dropped with limited communication clearly put him offside.

It seemed the natural move, he does have concrete feet in traffic at times, but still plays very much in the way of current international 7s and was needed if we were to carry Ardie at 8 in his choose-to-get-involved-when-I-want style.

We have plenty of journos or sources to journos on here, so it's surprising to not have heard from the most accurate sources we have here yet.

I'm still with @taniwharugby, we may see an assistant go but Razor would need to walk IMO.

@SammyC, that was a fascinating post coming from one of the Canterbury-ish mafia, and hard to argue with, do you think he's signed up to Ben Darwin's 'data' that experience of playing together is the secret sauce?

MN5

@handa457 said in All Blacks 2026:

@handa457 Actually, adding a bit more. One person (I can’t remember who) posted on The Fern that Papalii allegedly threw a punch at Razor during the EOYT 2024. That wasn’t substantiated, and my source couldn’t confirm it. I personally highly doubt that's true.

What I can confirm is that coming into 2024, Papalii had been told he was firmly the No. 7 the All Blacks wanted, with Cane leaving. He came into camp, was asked to play a certain way, then was dropped after a handful of games and barely featured again in 2024. He was pretty frustrated with the communication, selection, and style of play. On top of that, someone along the line had apparently floated that he might be future captain material. So to go from “potential future captain” to being dropped with limited communication clearly put him offside.

Yeah not sure about that one, he did play in 2025 albeit very briefly.

Also he was more than likely pissed off his Super Rugby winning Blues loose forward teammates were on the outer too ?

Kiwiwomble

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2026:

@SammyC said in All Blacks 2026:

Some of these players sound like right fuckwits if these rumors are true.

I guess we'll find out with the next coaching group whether the players are just straight uncoachable or whether this coaching group just couldn't connect with this current crop of players should there be change in the coaching staff of course.

....thats what i thought with Razor

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