All Blacks 2025
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Sixteen members of the All Blacks Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship squad will represent their Provincial Unions in the Bunnings Warehouse National Provincial Championship this weekend.
Friday 29 August
North Harbour v Bay of Plenty – North Harbour Stadium, 7.05pm
Bay of Plenty: Emoni Narawa; Leroy Carter, Tevita MafileoSaturday 30 August
Canterbury v Manawatū – Rangiora Showground Oval, 2.05pm
Canterbury: Brodie McAlisterCounties Manukau v Taranaki – Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe, 2.05pm
Taranaki: Josh LordTa$man v Otago – Trafalgar Park, Nelson, 7.05pm
Ta$man: Timoci Tavatavanawai
Otago: George BowerSunday 31 August
Wellington v Auckland – Porirua Park, 2.05pm
Wellington: Kyle Preston; Peter Lakai; Ruben Love; Asafo Aumua
Auckland: Caleb ClarkeWaikato v Southland – FMG Stadium Waikato, 4.35pm
Waikato: Anton Lienert-Brown; Luke Jacobson; Samipeni Finau; Ollie Norris.Clarke's return will be important given the average performances of the incumbent wingers.
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@Bovidae bet southland would have loved to get Groot and Reece back.
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@taniwharugby It's not like DMac or Tupaea played many minutes either.
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ALB needs to go back to the NPC to practise his card-generating plays.
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Now I know how Wales must have felt when they went into decline after their golden era of the 1970s. We seem to be getting further and further from the peak as Razor's tenure goes on. At this rate we will likely suffer a QF exit in a couple years time, if indeed we make it out of the group...
Of course fortunes can change in the space of a game. But we are a rabble right now
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
What worries me most after that horse shit performance (it was smellier than the Springboks' turd at Ellis Park) is the acceptance of an utterly abysmal All Blacks performance as something normal.
Standards have fallen. Our decline was not inevitable.
I still think we have the makings of a strong team. But the coaches are letting us down in terms of selection, preparation, and tactics. I think that's what you call an epic failure...
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Now I know how Wales must have felt when they went into decline after their golden era of the 1970s. We seem to be getting further and further from the peak as Razor's tenure goes on. At this rate we will likely suffer a QF exit in a couple years time, if indeed we make it out of the group...
Of course fortunes can change in the space of a game. But we are a rabble right now
George Ford hit the post with a pen from right in front, and subsequently missed a drop goal on the hooter to win the game for England.
England "lost" that game. It was in their hands and we were spectators. We didnt "win" it.
Razor is very lucky the ledger is as "good" as it is.
Even in our wins we go life and death with everyone.
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@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Now I know how Wales must have felt when they went into decline after their golden era of the 1970s. We seem to be getting further and further from the peak as Razor's tenure goes on. At this rate we will likely suffer a QF exit in a couple years time, if indeed we make it out of the group...
Of course fortunes can change in the space of a game. But we are a rabble right now
George Ford hit the post with a pen from right in front, and subsequently missed a drop goal on the hooter to win the game for England.
England "lost" that game. It was in their hands and we were spectators. We didnt "win" it.
Razor is very lucky the ledger is as "good" as it is.
Even in our wins we go life and death with everyone.
We always give the opposition chances don't we? I'd like to see us throttle the life out of an opposition, just so I can believe we still have it in us
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Victor Matfield made a comment this week about wanting savvyest players on field at end in a tight match.
I totally agree.
So who are our savvyest players? A few off the top of my head:
Codie, [Scooter], Patty T, Jacobson, [RD], [Christie], [BB], [ALB].
It’s not a pleasant thought.
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@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:
Victor Matfield made a comment this week about wanting savvyest players on field at end in a tight match.
I totally agree.
So who are our savvyest players? A few off the top of my head:
Codie, [Scooter], Patty T, Jacobson, [RD], [Christie], [BB], [ALB].
It’s not a pleasant thought.
Reading that list, I need the definition of savvyest described.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Now I know how Wales must have felt when they went into decline after their golden era of the 1970s. We seem to be getting further and further from the peak as Razor's tenure goes on. At this rate we will likely suffer a QF exit in a couple years time, if indeed we make it out of the group...
Of course fortunes can change in the space of a game. But we are a rabble right now
So 2007 again…..
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bovidae It.'s a shame they are not all playing NPC this weekend.
Yes, because that has always happened in previous years when there has been a break.
That’s a pretty healthy number going back to play NPC.
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@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:
Victor Matfield made a comment this week about wanting savvyest players on field at end in a tight match.
I totally agree.
So who are our savvyest players? A few off the top of my head:
Codie, [Scooter], Patty T, Jacobson, [RD], [Christie], [BB], [ALB].
It’s not a pleasant thought.
Tangential reply to your post.
Using RD when referring to Ardie needs to be a bannable offence.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:
Victor Matfield made a comment this week about wanting savvyest players on field at end in a tight match.
I totally agree.
So who are our savvyest players? A few off the top of my head:
Codie, [Scooter], Patty T, Jacobson, [RD], [Christie], [BB], [ALB].
It’s not a pleasant thought.
Reading that list, I need the definition of savvyest described.
We could start by spelling it properly.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
Now I know how Wales must have felt when they went into decline after their golden era of the 1970s. We seem to be getting further and further from the peak as Razor's tenure goes on. At this rate we will likely suffer a QF exit in a couple years time, if indeed we make it out of the group...
Of course fortunes can change in the space of a game. But we are a rabble right now
So 2007 again…..
what happened in 2007?
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@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:
Victor Matfield made a comment this week about wanting savvyest players on field at end in a tight match.
I totally agree.
So who are our savvyest players? A few off the top of my head:
Codie, [Scooter], Patty T, Jacobson, [RD], [Christie], [BB], [ALB].
It’s not a pleasant thought.
Reading that list, I need the definition of savvyest described.
We could start by spelling it properly.
Ohhhh... silent e at the end?
Savvyeste
