All Blacks 2025
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
My province is actually doing quite well thank you very much. Better than yours of late.
I don't know, if below is accurate:
R9 Canes beaten by Crusaders 31-24
R10 Crusaders beat Blues 25-22; Canes draw 17-17 with Force
R11 Crusaders smash Landers 43-10; Canes beat Brumbies 35-29
R12 Canes wallop Chiefs 35-17
R13 Chiefs smash Crusaders after latter's bye 35-19; Canes rest
R14 Canes sneak past Highlanders 24-20; Crusaders wallop Tahs 48-33
R15 Crusaders tiptoe past Highlanders 15-12; Canes likewise against Reds 31-27
R16 Crusaders armwrestle Brumbies 33-31; Canes destroy Moana 64-12I don't know how far back you want to go but it looks more to me that the Crusaders are building against stronger sides and apart from an exhausted Moana and your glorious R12, the Canes are chugging along ok mostly, but a bit of swings and roundabouts.
Mate, I’m talking about Wellington.
But will respond to the above nevertheless. I think you are severely underplaying both of the Canes wins against the Brumbies and Reds away. Those were two very good performances.
The Landers game is a hard one to evaluate because half the team had COVID heading into that game and they still won. When you add in the Chiefs and Moana floggings, the Canes are definitely coming into the playoffs in more form than the Crusaders.
In saying that, playoffs is a different ball game, everything gets tougher, the conditions get worse and games are won by the barest of margins. Anything can happen and I’m sure there will be plenty of drama still to come in what has been a great season.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Cane and Frizell bottled it and Savea ended up doing the work of two loose forwards.
Whatever can be said of Sam Cane as an All Black, the idea of him bottling it is def. not one of them.
He's the first player to be red carded in an RWC final because he failed to keep his discipline.
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@barky1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean lack of discipline? Bullshit!
Didn’t he also get carded in a Super final against the Saders which ultimately turned the game on its head?
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Cane and Frizell bottled it and Savea ended up doing the work of two loose forwards.
Whatever can be said of Sam Cane as an All Black, the idea of him bottling it is def. not one of them.
He's the first player to be red carded in an RWC final because he failed to keep his discipline.
Big arrow you've drawn there between lack of bottle and getting a (dubious IMHO) red card.
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I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
My province is actually doing quite well thank you very much. Better than yours of late.
I don't know, if below is accurate:
R9 Canes beaten by Crusaders 31-24
R10 Crusaders beat Blues 25-22; Canes draw 17-17 with Force
R11 Crusaders smash Landers 43-10; Canes beat Brumbies 35-29
R12 Canes wallop Chiefs 35-17
R13 Chiefs smash Crusaders after latter's bye 35-19; Canes rest
R14 Canes sneak past Highlanders 24-20; Crusaders wallop Tahs 48-33
R15 Crusaders tiptoe past Highlanders 15-12; Canes likewise against Reds 31-27
R16 Crusaders armwrestle Brumbies 33-31; Canes destroy Moana 64-12I don't know how far back you want to go but it looks more to me that the Crusaders are building against stronger sides and apart from an exhausted Moana and your glorious R12, the Canes are chugging along ok mostly, but a bit of swings and roundabouts.
Mate, I’m talking about Wellington.
But will respond to the above nevertheless. I think you are severely underplaying both of the Canes wins against the Brumbies and Reds away. Those were two very good performances.
The Landers game is a hard one to evaluate because half the team had COVID heading into that game and they still won. When you add in the Chiefs and Moana floggings, the Canes are definitely coming into the playoffs in more form than the Crusaders.
ah I see, apologies.
But on the Crusaders they are def looking better than they were at the start of the season IMO. -
I spent more than $10,000 to be at the game.
And it was ruined as a spectacle because of a poorly timed tackle.
Not dirty play.
It would be a YC in the current Super rugby.
So, yeah I agree with your point, but more importantly I don't like the way that Cane's name is being pulled through this.
I was also at the game in 2019 when we lost to England and it was so obvious that we needed him out there.
I'll forgive Razor for wanting a worker who won't quit in his loosies for that.
However, all of the loosies we have like that would be best at the international level at 7.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2025:
Anyone got players you really DON"T want to see selected?
For me - Christie and Havili.
And to a lesser extent - Beauden BarretYes, Mark Telea.
I really rate him, but he 's going offshore. We should only be selecting those who are committed to the All Blacks throughout the current RWC cycle. No point wasting caps on fellas who are buggering off before the big dance.
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On who get's picked, I hope it's not on who will be there in 27 is used as to much of a marker
I am I know old fashioned, but for me we are playing test series, I want to win these series, and not just have a series of practice matches for a tournament in in 2 years.
Brian Lochore was right when he said he was worried with a WC every 4 years the danger was that for some everything else would have less meaning. -
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
That's half the issue. Super Rugby is lax compared to the rest of the world when it comes to high tackles. It doesn't set our players up well.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Cane and Frizell bottled it and Savea ended up doing the work of two loose forwards.
Whatever can be said of Sam Cane as an All Black, the idea of him bottling it is def. not one of them.
He's the first player to be red carded in an RWC final because he failed to keep his discipline.
Big arrow you've drawn there between lack of bottle and getting a (dubious IMHO) red card.
Bottling it means failing to do something and he failed to keep his tackles down with a lazy high shot. He failed to keep his discipline in a high pressure game. Whether or not the red is dubious is irrelevant. It was a high shot and he created that moment which forced an official to deliberate.
If he had kept his tackle down there would be nothing for the officials to judge.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
That's half the issue. Super Rugby is lax compared to the rest of the world when it comes to high tackles. It doesn't set our players up well.
Have you watched any European rugby this year? In the two Euro finals alone there were at least two calls which absolutely should've been red.
If anything, Super Rugby has been harsher on high tackles this year than the competitions in the north (probably because it TMOs are more comfortable giving out 20-minute reds than full reds).
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
That's half the issue. Super Rugby is lax compared to the rest of the world when it comes to high tackles. It doesn't set our players up well.
You're right, and they ain't so forgiving up North either. It always makes me laughter when things don't get penalized as they should be, just to please the media and fans when we know if they do that with a northern ref, we'll get heavily punished and those same people will come out with the 'back in our day', 'the games gone soft' etc. etc.
It would be nice if we could swap refs and gave some of their refs come down here and vice versa for a bit during domestic comps.
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
That's half the issue. Super Rugby is lax compared to the rest of the world when it comes to high tackles. It doesn't set our players up well.
Have you watched any European rugby this year? In the two Euro finals alone there were at least two calls which absolutely should've been red.
If anything, Super Rugby has been harsher on high tackles this year than the competitions in the north (probably because it TMOs are more comfortable giving out 20-minute reds than full reds).
Just read this while I posted and have things changed up there? I only getting catch the odd game up there, but from previous watching, they were a lot more harsh?
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
I always wonder what Cane thinks watching all the head shots since his red in the RWC final being given yellows, 20 minute reds and bizarre off field reviews or non reviews.
That shot on Ruben love a few weeks back for example puts Canes in the ha’penny place.
He had his career turned upside down on the biggest stage by fastidious officials and has seen worse transgressions since that day go unpunished. I’d be fuming.
That's half the issue. Super Rugby is lax compared to the rest of the world when it comes to high tackles. It doesn't set our players up well.
Have you watched any European rugby this year? In the two Euro finals alone there were at least two calls which absolutely should've been red.
If anything, Super Rugby has been harsher on high tackles this year than the competitions in the north (probably because it TMOs are more comfortable giving out 20-minute reds than full reds).
Maybe things have changed. In the last cycle we were 100% more lax on high tackles compared to the NH.
People can dispute if it was a yellow or a red but what cannot be disputed is that it was a high tackle. It was Sam Cane who opened that door.
