All Blacks 2025
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@Mauss said in All Blacks 2025:
I’ve seen some questions around the precise value of Josh Lord and what he brings to the All Blacks so I thought it would be interesting to briefly take a closer look at his profile as a rugby player.
Fake news
I don’t mind that they are giving Lord another chance. There is a skill set there that would fit in with the way we want to attack. On the defensive side, whilst the effort is there we will need to see an improvement in impact.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
Finley Christie's continued selection is troubling. Kyle Preston offers something different, I guess but Folau Fakatava and Xavier Roe are better players. Weird that Josh Lord (who is injured) gets picked ahead of Sam Darry who isn't.
Fakatave struggles to get start with Hawkes Bay.
What round are we in again?
I thought he did last year too, certainly didn't gat a lot for Highlanders this season as well.
15 games, 13 starts last year. So, no.
Hell did he get that many, I thought Hastie got more, I need o use fingers and toes to count . Lol
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
Finley Christie's continued selection is troubling. Kyle Preston offers something different, I guess but Folau Fakatava and Xavier Roe are better players. Weird that Josh Lord (who is injured) gets picked ahead of Sam Darry who isn't.
Fakatave struggles to get start with Hawkes Bay.
What round are we in again?
I thought he did last year too, certainly didn't gat a lot for Highlanders this season as well.
15 games, 13 starts last year. So, no.
Hell did he get that many, I thought Hastie got more, I need o use fingers and toes to count . Lol
I think you are both talking about different seasons
Hastie definitely started more than 2 games in 2025
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Saw a post on Instagram yesterday from the mythofdmac account showcasing the depth across NZ at the moment. thought i'd chuck it up here for reference of what Razors trying to build.
- just so no one jumps down their back, the criteria was mentioned as adding in capped players before the uncapped.
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Godfrey over Reihana? Whoever wrote this can piss off.
Razor's idea is cool in theory but ultimately he is going to alienate a bunch of players spreading caps to thin. How will players become world class if the caps are being shared around?
We will see higher exodus because of this.
Players will be able to command more money overseas once they can show they're an All Black after one or two caps.
Rassies system only works due to their selection policy allowing overseas selections.
Also I personally don't believe you can build excellence with this approach. What we will end up with is a bunch of mediocre teams.
The forth teams backline would be mediocre even at Super Rugby level.
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where the fuck has this vast depth building narrative come from?
The same core guys play nearly every game, and for the most part, changes are injury forced. Chucking toekn minutes to guys or bringing them in because one of the core is hurt is not building depth its the reality of modern rugby.
This bloke is so sucked off its incredible
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in fact the more i look at that ridiculous graphic the more annoyed i get.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
where the fuck has this vast depth building narrative come from?
The same core guys play nearly every game, and for the most part, changes are injury forced. Chucking toekn minutes to guys or bringing them in because one of the core is hurt is not building depth its the reality of modern rugby.
This bloke is so sucked off its incredible
Look to Rassie if you want to see how to build depth. That annoys me just to type it
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Fuck Rassie. Overrated flog. Absolutely carried to that last world cup by a bunch of shocking refereeing decisions that should have seen them eliminated before the final, and then got them over the line by a ball hair despite us losing two players.
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"oh but he's so innovative, he did a midfield lineout maul, and uses traffic lights". fuck off. If World Rugby had any fucking balls whatsoever he would spend most of the time suspended for ref abuse.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
where the fuck has this vast depth building narrative come from?
The same core guys play nearly every game, and for the most part, changes are injury forced. Chucking toekn minutes to guys or bringing them in because one of the core is hurt is not building depth its the reality of modern rugby.
This bloke is so sucked off its incredible
It's either forced by injury, playing for a rusty B team (usually) against lesser opposition, or a handful of minutes from the bench every now and then. Robertson hasn't actively tried to build depth at all. He's used the bench poorly and hasn't played promising players alongside the core group unless forced to. A lot of the time, he really just says whatever he thinks sounds good at the time, or tries to justify selections however he can.
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@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks 2025:
A lot of the time, he really just says whatever he thinks sounds good at the time, or tries to justify selections however he can.
Like when he said that he picked Vaa'i at 6 because "Test match rugby is a big mans game" but then doesn't apply that logic to the man packing down next to him
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@Duluth for a bloke who's superpower was reputedly man management, I haven't been that impressed at this level.
Tests are a very different beast to Super campaigns. No doubt he's a good coach, but I don't think he's putting it out there at the moment. Both Foster and Penney look better in comparison to 12-18 months ago.
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@Fredsaua12 said in All Blacks 2025:
Saw a post on Instagram yesterday from the mythofdmac account showcasing the depth across NZ at the moment. thought i'd chuck it up here for reference of what Razors trying to build.
- just so no one jumps down their back, the criteria was mentioned as adding in capped players before the uncapped.
Lol nothing against you at all, but I wouldn't be using that idiot's data for anything. He's just a facebook ripoff of that other weirdo legend of marty banks page.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks 2025:
@Fredsaua12 said in All Blacks 2025:
Saw a post on Instagram yesterday from the mythofdmac account showcasing the depth across NZ at the moment. thought i'd chuck it up here for reference of what Razors trying to build.
- just so no one jumps down their back, the criteria was mentioned as adding in capped players before the uncapped.
Lol nothing against you at all, but I wouldn't be using that idiot's data for anything. He's just a facebook ripoff of that other weirdo legend of marty banks page.
The other weirdo who runs TLOMB page has managed to leverage it into a successful professional career. Pretty sure he makes a bit of $$ from the page. Plus has picked up some decent roles as well. Is currently the social guy for the Wallabies.
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They’re both very odd.
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