2025 All Blacks v France series
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@george33 said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
Did Dalton really head butt Razor last season?,
fuck now THIS is oil
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@mariner4life said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
@george33 said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
Did Dalton really head butt Razor last season?,
fuck now THIS is oil
George ALWAYS has the good oil, NO misses
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i want it to be true so much i am willing to overlook all sorts of things
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@gt12 said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
There is a rumor that somehow Paps fucked things up with Razor.
One poster mentioned a late night phone call as the cause.
Another has just suggested a head butt.
Based on his selections last year, Razor probably deserved a headbutt...
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@reprobate said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
Was it a dominant head-butt? Cause a pussy one could be cause for omission.
The post head butt body language was not up to the required standards
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I think Paps and Jacobsen were competing for one spot, and he lost out. He works quite hard but I don't think he's fast enough to be an elite 7. Maybe he should come back to super rugby next year and play 6? He's going to have to learn how to smash people and shift bodies the way that Parker appears to be able to
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Papali'i is fast at top speed. His issue is his game doesn't have the balance the coaches are looking for.
His top speed would be faster than Jacobson, Kirifi, Lakai and probably Sititi.
The last 3 might be faster over 10m but not over 50m
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@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
Papali'i is fast at top speed. His issue is his game doesn't have the balance the coaches are looking for.
With all these young guns coming through, he is in danger of being overtaken
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@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
the trio they went with against France
Isn't that the only game we lost? My memory is shithouse.
We lost it but we also had to bring Lakai on in the first few minutes to replace Finau.
Which points to a secondary issue of having the right pieces on the bench.
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
@Bones said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
the trio they went with against France
Isn't that the only game we lost? My memory is shithouse.
We lost it but we also had to bring Lakai on in the first few minutes to replace Finau.
Which points to a secondary issue of having the right pieces on the bench.
3 smallish guys who couldn't get the ball over the advantage line close in and couldn't stop the French from getting their own roll on.
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@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
Why? Ryan claimed Frizell was hitting the peak age for blindsides at 30.
Papali'i is 27 and has 36 test caps. They should be cashing in on that. The guy is big and an athlete.
I don't disagree
