All Blacks vs Springboks II

[Tim]

@barky1 Absolutely not a 7. Same as with the loss to Argentina. He plays 8 or on the bench.

[His Bobness]

@Stockcar86 Yes, but his answer involves dropping soap in the shower.

[Kirwan]

@barky1 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Canes4life Ardie spent most of the game watching

Must be tiring doing all the work. Sititi is complete shit, Kirifi even worse, and Parker made one nice flick pass, rest of the time he was just missing.

The loosies are small and shit.

[sparky]

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Rassie = believe the hype

Ruthless bastard who loves winning and turns his players into ruthless winners.

We used to have people like that in the All Blacks coaching set up and management. But not anymore.

[antipodean]

@jimmyb said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Also doesn’t help our “spiritual captain” is bum boys with the captain of our supposed arch nemesis. Ridiculous how soft and friendly this team has become

Five percent of the viewing public thought he was one of the best on field. Is there a mental health crisis in NZ? Ardie had a shit game. He was mostly recognisable for fucking up.

[Jet]

@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@stodders said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Give it to him Reado

Haha. He’s a sycophant. Part of the problem.

Yeah, but that’s about as hardball as I’ve ever seen Read

His legacy is being trashed. He’s angry

TBF, he was captain of the ABs when the legacy started being trashed ... this rot started under him and Hansen.

SBW's red card in test 2.

Ground Zero.

[Darth Sader]

Razor between a rock and a hard place now… can’t drop too many players because he absolutely needs to win next game. Does he have a come back in him?

[Stockcar86]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Is Alan Jones still available?

He could be in jail by years end (allegedly)

So might be OK for the end of year tour as an interim coach then

[Darth Sader]

@Jet said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@stodders said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Give it to him Reado

Haha. He’s a sycophant. Part of the problem.

Yeah, but that’s about as hardball as I’ve ever seen Read

His legacy is being trashed. He’s angry

TBF, he was captain of the ABs when the legacy started being trashed ... this rot started under him and Hansen.

SBW's red card in test 2.

Ground Zero.

Crazy isn’t it. You can actually pinpoint the exact moment the All Black’s legacy turned.

[MiketheSnow]

Cracking start to the day

[kidcalder]

He has given the keys to BB to drive his team bus...and its been driven off a cliff

[Jet]

@jimmyb said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Also doesn’t help our “spiritual captain” is bum boys with the captain of our supposed arch nemesis. Ridiculous how soft and friendly this team has become

"Uncle Siya, Uncle Siya".....Ardies daughter was filmed exclaiming.

Ardie Savea shouting "this is my house" after the turnover last week tell you all you need to know.

Like the attempted chip and chase at the end of this game.

Ardie Savea's favourite player is Ardie Savea.

The perfect player for the cult of personality age we live in.

All fur coat and no knickers the lot of them.

McCaw didnt even have social media for most of his career.

[Victor Meldrew]

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Ain't gonna happen after the way he and Foster were treated

Who needs to be fired to get him to come back?

From reading Whitelock and Foster's book, Start with the whole board and the comms staff.. NZR seems to have been taken over by ego-centric managers who have completely lost the plot and what's important to NZ rugby

Kirk taking over is a good thing. Businessman who's been around and clearly knows how to build management teams and bring people with him.

[Tim]

I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.

[Landers92]

This has probably been said.

What an absolute disgrace. Biggest loss for the All Blacks in history.

Time for Razor to get the Ian Foster treatment. It is fully justified. No more excuses for him. Never seen an All Blacks team so inconsistent.

[Victor Meldrew]

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

If they get rid of Roberston and Holland I fully expect Mark Robinson to replace them with Rob Penny and Matt Todd

Robertson is Robinson's boy. Too much invested in him.

Isn't Robinson leaving?

Thankfully. May take some time to clean up what seems to be an almighty mess.

[NTA]

I was watching one of the sky NZ Rugby shows earlier in the year where one of them pundits said the Wallabies were likely to finish no better than third.

Now we've got this crazy bullshit

[No Quarter]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Ain't gonna happen after the way he and Foster were treated

Yep all the eggs are in the Robertson basket and he just chucked them all on the floor and stamped on them

[Kirwan]

@Landers92 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

This has probably been said.

What an absolute disgrace. Biggest loss for the All Blacks in history.

Time for Razor to get the Ian Foster treatment. It is fully justified. No more excuses for him. Never seen an All Blacks team so inconsistent.

I'm struggling to remember watching an AB team give up.

Great "culture" Razor is building.

[Landers92]

@Landers92 said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

This has probably been said.

What an absolute disgrace. Biggest loss for the All Blacks in history.

Time for Razor to get the Ian Foster treatment. It is fully justified. No more excuses for him. Never seen an All Blacks team so inconsistent.

I’m not expecting to hear anything out of camp after a result like this but if I hear anything worthy of sharing you better believe I’ll be posting it. Will throw it in the 2025 thread if so.