All Blacks 2025
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2025:
The biggest issue i see if RM is, as expected in Razors RWC plans, he comes back, pushes someone out, then gets multiple chances to wear the jersey, isn't upto it, then he has taken someone else's opportunity for further development, or, as with the likes of Plummer, they bail seeing no pathway.
Can you not use the same logic for the persistence of Barrett and Dmac at 10 even though they fairly produce the goods?
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm far from delighted about this deal.
Watching two World Cup failures where we built the team around Richie Mo'unga was depressing enough. His limitations were ruthlessly exposed by England in Yokohama in 2019 and the Springboks in Paris in 2023. I doubt he's learned to manage limited time on the ball against an extremely organised rushed defence since.
I do not wish to see us lose a third World Cup because of Richie Mo'unga's average game management skills.
If he really is our best First Five and worth all the money NZR is throwing at him, then why aren't we making him available for the five-week tour of South Africa next year?
Mo’unga is pretty low on the list of reasons for the losses in 2019 and 2023. Neither result would have been different with a different first five leading the team. Reality is we’re not winning 2027 with Dmac or Beuden at first five, so what is the alternative?
If he makes his last kick we win the trophy....
Same with Jordie
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm far from delighted about this deal.
Watching two World Cup failures where we built the team around Richie Mo'unga was depressing enough. His limitations were ruthlessly exposed by England in Yokohama in 2019 and the Springboks in Paris in 2023. I doubt he's learned to manage limited time on the ball against an extremely organised rushed defence since.
I do not wish to see us lose a third World Cup because of Richie Mo'unga's average game management skills.
If he really is our best First Five and worth all the money NZR is throwing at him, then why aren't we making him available for the five-week tour of South Africa next year?
Mo’unga is pretty low on the list of reasons for the losses in 2019 and 2023. Neither result would have been different with a different first five leading the team. Reality is we’re not winning 2027 with Dmac or Beuden at first five, so what is the alternative?
If he makes his last kick we win the trophy....
Same with Jordie
Indeed. But at least Jordie stayed....
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@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2025:
The jersey doesn't have the pull it used to
Only if you look at certain individuals. Which has always been the case.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2025:
The jersey doesn't have the pull it used to
Only if you look at certain individuals. Which has always been the case.
thats fair but to me it seems to be getting less as money elsewhere gets more
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what concerns me more is that, in 2027, the age of 60% of the starting 10s in Super Rugby will be 36, 32 and 31. They will also have pretty much every cap at 10 for the past three world cup cycles.
They will also all leave NZ rugby at the end of that year.
If this was a club side the list manager would get fired.
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@mariner4life yep, ideally, only 1 of BB, Dmac or RM would be in the 2027 RWC because we have other more suitable options, but seems we aren't even interested in developing them, our eggs are in the BB, Dmac, RM basket, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dmac or BB bails before 2027 anyway (and as it would seem the coaches prefer BB, it is more likely to be Dmac)
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@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
I'm far from delighted about this deal.
Watching two World Cup failures where we built the team around Richie Mo'unga was depressing enough. His limitations were ruthlessly exposed by England in Yokohama in 2019 and the Springboks in Paris in 2023. I doubt he's learned to manage limited time on the ball against an extremely organised rushed defence since.
I do not wish to see us lose a third World Cup because of Richie Mo'unga's average game management skills.
If he really is our best First Five and worth all the money NZR is throwing at him, then why aren't we making him available for the five-week tour of South Africa next year?
Mo’unga is pretty low on the list of reasons for the losses in 2019 and 2023. Neither result would have been different with a different first five leading the team. Reality is we’re not winning 2027 with Dmac or Beuden at first five, so what is the alternative?
How about one who kicked all his goals in 2023?
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Love and Reihana will have to content themselves with building their case for AB 10 ready for post RWC27 I guess
Or joining DMac on the plane
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Love and Reihana will have to content themselves with building their case for AB 10 ready for post RWC27 I guess
Or joining DMac on the plane
That will be a crime
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
Rancid.
The crest on the front is bigger than any name on the back.....or at least it used to be.
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So you fuck off to fill your wallet while the rest of the loyal lads put their shoulders to the wheel.
We get touched up by the Springboks on the regular, lose to Argentina again and could quite possibly lose the Eden park record in your absence.
You then swan in just before a World Cup to feather your own nest, and no sooner have you arrived we need to succession plan for your imminent exit again post tournament.
Nah fuck off.
The Allblacks should not be a half way house for contractors at a loose end.
We are turning into the Dubai of Rugby.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
what concerns me more is that, in 2027, the age of 60% of the starting 10s in Super Rugby will be 36, 32 and 31. They will also have pretty much every cap at 10 for the past three world cup cycles.
They will also all leave NZ rugby at the end of that year.
If this was a club side the list manager would get fired.
His shadow will also be cast over this years NPC and next years Super Rugby.
We already have our bolter......currently playing in Japan.
Whats the point.
The whole affair is really deflating.
So whats the trend now?
Establish yourself early doors if you can, get your Allblack cap and then dip your toe in and out every World Cup cycle?
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
We did something similar with Sonny Bill Williams which turned out alright, even if the circus around him was nauseating at times.
We did it again with Roger Tuisava-Sheck who never really seemed at home in Rugby.
SBW was a crazy athlete - if he got the positioning and skills he was going to succeed in some format.
Was he really ? Great beach muscles but was he noticably faster, fitter, stronger than others ?
Ma’a Nonu blasted through tackles better than he did, J Savea, R Ioane etc were quicker.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2025:
What a terrible precedent for a very average player. I wouldn't even have wanted a mercenary deal like this for Carter, and Ritchie is no Dan Carter.
The disparity between the headlines Mounga generates and his playing ability is quite immense
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Don't love what this signing signals to other 10s but don't think it's a bad thing that Mo'unga is returning. If he comes back and he's the best 10 option then he should be selected - no different to any other player coming back.
The issue lies with Robertson, especially if he selects Mo'unga when he's not performed.
