All Blacks 2025

[sparky]

Isn't Steve Larkham a shoe-in for it?

[canefan]

@booboo said in All Blacks 2025:

Are we getting our Lathams and Larkhams mixed up?

I certainly did

[pakman]

@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2025:

@Darren said in All Blacks 2025:

I wonder why he is quitting? Anyone have any scoop? Seems a hard job to keep for some reason.

Family. His son has medical support needs and both his son and Joe's wife live in New Zealand so he doesn't want to be away from them as much as the wallabies coaching role requires.

Same as before then

i had assumed thing had changed for him when he took the Wallabies job, his son didn;t need as much support or something

I got impression he took Wallabies job with some push from WR. If he was real keen I sure his son could get good care/help in Aus too, but Joe never intended (or I think was interested) in more than a caretaker role to help sort them out. Was a bit like WR was pretty keen on Aus getting 27 WC, as they needed help to get books sorted etc.

Pretty sure it was because of relationships rather than any push from WR.

[Dan54]

@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:

@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@antipodean said in All Blacks 2025:

@Darren said in All Blacks 2025:

I wonder why he is quitting? Anyone have any scoop? Seems a hard job to keep for some reason.

Family. His son has medical support needs and both his son and Joe's wife live in New Zealand so he doesn't want to be away from them as much as the wallabies coaching role requires.

Same as before then

i had assumed thing had changed for him when he took the Wallabies job, his son didn;t need as much support or something

I got impression he took Wallabies job with some push from WR. If he was real keen I sure his son could get good care/help in Aus too, but Joe never intended (or I think was interested) in more than a caretaker role to help sort them out. Was a bit like WR was pretty keen on Aus getting 27 WC, as they needed help to get books sorted etc.

Pretty sure it was because of relationships rather than any push from WR.

Yep well push maybe wrong word, but I have heard Schmidt say something along the lines that WR had involvement, or something like that. Not suggesting any wrong doing or anything, but Aus is (I pretty sure) considered fairly important to WR that they are competitive etc. They don't want country losing rugby as such.

[pakman]

@Dan54 I’m sure WR was not displeased. But don’t think that was a motivation.

[Tim]

From watching the 1996 Super Rugby first game - our first fives do not have big boots, I would say that other than a fluke, that none of them could kick from 22 to 22.

Bring back big thighs and big boots.

[Machpants]

Good to see NZR sticking to their guns

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/new-zealand-rugby-hold-ground-over-all-blacks-eligibility-rules-despite-failed-swoop-for-richie-mounga/NNYV347SXNC6ZNP5LEDSSQMMKU/

[African Monkey]

Good. Even though parts of our game plan have gone stale in the last few years, something we always have is talent in our own backyard.

[canefan]

@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:

Good to see NZR sticking to their guns

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/new-zealand-rugby-hold-ground-over-all-blacks-eligibility-rules-despite-failed-swoop-for-richie-mounga/NNYV347SXNC6ZNP5LEDSSQMMKU/

Razor must be a bit slow, but even he must realise that the tail does not wag the All Black dog

[canefan]

The comments for this article on FB confirm the idea that it is a harbour of ignorance

[Duluth]

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

[canefan]

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

With or without stellar play from DMac

[nzzp]

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

With or without stellar play from DMac

DMac is so much better than Barrett at 10 right now it's not funny. How Beaudy is the AB starting 10 I have no idea.

[canefan]

@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

With or without stellar play from DMac

DMac is so much better than Barrett at 10 right now it's not funny. How Beaudy is the AB starting 10 I have no idea.

And RM isn't significantly better than DMac to change rules to let him play

[African Monkey]

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

[Bones]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

And why he selects EB. What with Akira overseas too.

[canefan]

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

And why he selects EB. What with Akira overseas too.

Unfortunately Wallace's injury has made that selection narrative easier for a while

[Bones]

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

And why he selects EB. What with Akira overseas too.

Unfortunately Wallace's injury has made that selection narrative easier for a while

You reckon he's going to try and select Akira from overseas?

[canefan]

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

And why he selects EB. What with Akira overseas too.

Unfortunately Wallace's injury has made that selection narrative easier for a while

You reckon he's going to try and select Akira from overseas?

Nope. I'm just saying he can pick EB now because "we have no one else" with Wallace down

[Bones]

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:

@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor must be a bit slow

I think he'll raise it again in the next 6 months

He will. It's probably why Barrett gets put at 10.

And why he selects EB. What with Akira overseas too.

Unfortunately Wallace's injury has made that selection narrative easier for a while

You reckon he's going to try and select Akira from overseas?

Nope. I'm just saying he can pick EB now because "we have no one else" with Wallace down

True, not like he selected EB when WS was available last year.