Italy v All Blacks
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@nostrildamus Sam Cane, Ardie Savea, Beauden Barrett, ALB.
Maybe Mark Telea and Scott Barrett won't be in the starting XV.
@sparky said in Italy v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus Sam Cane, Ardie Savea, Beauden Barrett, ALB.
Maybe Mark Telea and Scott Barrett won't be in the starting XV.
To be honest, I think them dropping SB, even from just the captaincy, is very unlikely.
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Better execution and communication between 8 and 9
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@sparky said in Italy v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus Sam Cane, Ardie Savea, Beauden Barrett, ALB.
Maybe Mark Telea and Scott Barrett won't be in the starting XV.
To be honest, I think them dropping SB, even from just the captaincy, is very unlikely.
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@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:
@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:
Funny how with Schmidt as coach all of a sudden a number of Foster era All Blacks looked better.
Shame he didn’t want to be part of this group
There was some politics or personality issues going on, perhaps,
My understanding is he met with Razor and decided he didn’t want to work with him. It’s a shame as I think the mix would have given us some good balance.
I think it was more about loyalty to Ian Foster as he was part of his team and brought him in.
Well that was what Gregor Paul was saying in the herald.
Essentially Fozzie handed the team over to Schmidt and Ryan and the improvement was fairly immediate and we were a good side. It’s a shame they didn’t have more time with the team leading into the World Cup.
I think everyone got carried away with the hype around Razor but I always thought Schmidt was far too good a coach to be lost to NZ rugby. We would be a better side rn if he was in charge.
Still Razor is learning international rugby on the job so I expect big improvements next year.
@DaGrubster said in Italy v All Blacks:
Still Razor is learning international rugby on the job so I expect big improvements next year.
What about his assistants, are they learning as well?
I agree Ryan improved the side, but that improvement seems to be ebbing. -
Off to teach kids to play golf now.... no way it can be as frustrating as watching this lol
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@nostrildamus Unless he becomes clearly the third or fourth choice Lock.
@sparky said in Italy v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus Unless he becomes clearly the third or fourth choice Lock.
if Holland proves his worth the selection of locks will get interesting.
