All Blacks 2025
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2025:
Hope Williams and Parker from the Chiefs are available for AB selection. Who is certainly out - Aumua from the Canes?
Lakai looked pretty sore coming off against the Brumbies last week, looked to be a knee injury so that might rule him out of selection.
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Darry mentioned on Rugby Direct a few weeks back his target was Canterbury NPC pre season games so he’s a no.
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Bryn Evans joins AB coaching team.
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What does it take for a player to finally get the recognition he deserves—raw talent, relentless consistency, or just the right coach watching at the right time? David Havili might be the All Blacks’ most underrated weapon, and it’s a veteran Wallaby, of all people, sounding the alarm. James O’Connor has played alongside rugby’s elite, but when asked about Havili, he didn’t hesitate: “One of the best I’ve played with.” That’s not praise tossed around lightly, especially not ahead of a blockbuster Super Rugby semi-final.
Havili’s 2025 season reads like a captain’s masterclass. Since taking over the Crusaders’ armband from Scott Barrett, he hasn’t missed a beat—or a start. His leadership and midfield command helped drag the Crusaders from last year’s stumbles back into title contention. And yet, while other names swirl in All Blacks debates—Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Timoci Tavatavanawai—Havili remains curiously left out of the headline conversations. Not for O’Connor. Not for Justin Marshall. And definitely not for those watching closely.
His vision, his crisp distribution under pressure, his calm in chaos—these are the traits of a world-class No. 12. And with the Blues looming this Friday in Christchurch, it’s the perfect stage for Havili to force the selectors’ hands. He’s not just in form. He’s leading from the front, starting in every game, making a case not with talk, but with performances.
There’s a quiet fire in David Havili. And if the All Blacks blink, they might just miss out on a centre who’s been doing it all right—just without the fanfare.
#DavidHavili #AllBlacks #SuperRugbyPacific #Crusaders #RugbyChampionship #RugbyUnion #HaviliFor12
Stolen from Facebook, couldn’t have put it better myself
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
What does it take for a player to finally get the recognition he deserves—raw talent, relentless consistency, or just the right coach watching at the right time? David Havili might be the All Blacks’ most underrated weapon, and it’s a veteran Wallaby, of all people, sounding the alarm.
And he's a potential Wallaby too, a team that desperately wants to win back the Bledisloe. Of course we should trust the words of a bulked up Justin Bieber with an aussie twang.
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2025:
I do think Havili is underrated and with a game plan that accounted for his strengths, could be a good international player. If you're going to insist on using him as a battering ram then you're going to have a bad time.
There’s two tests vs the Boks and Wallabies where I thought the patterns we ran suited his strengths - a wider channel and not as flat. He still carted ball up into traffic and actually made metres but it was when we spread a little wider that he was able to have more positive impact.
I still think they will go for Jordie
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With alb out , I can’t see how havilli misses out on squad selection considering he has had a good SR season and was already a razor favourite.
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He played in 3 tests at the end of last year including the last test. He's basically a 23 incumbent.
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I'd still like to see what Lam could do.
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@nostrildamus especially if they are gonna run BB at 10, combinations are important
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BB? Behind DMac one presumes, but holding on with his fingernails to backup 10?
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I think one of the reasons why the Blues struggled to get ascendancy last night is because BB failed to make use of Lam enough.
