All Blacks 2025
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@akan004 said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet I'd add Murrayfield too. Great opportunity for the Scots to pop their cherry after 120 years of trying.
Makes Marshall's prediction of an unbeaten year look really silly now. I think we will win at Eden Park and definitely against Wales, but the other games are 50/50 at best.
Carrying water for his former team-mate? What a surprise.
On the evidence of Sat night the Eden Park record is under threat in 2 weeks.
I think we might fare ok against Australia, at least at Eden Park anyway. They are still pretty passive on D so we will have a lot more space to work with, and you would expect our scrum to hold up against theirs. Will probably have Roigard and Ratima back for that game too. It will just paper over the cracks though, we have some serious problems.
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it's funny to me that a year ago the coaches were getting dragged for picking Sam Cane to do the shit work that Savea doesn't do all because he was getting a bit slow in the foot. And now the realisation has sunk in why he was getting picked.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
it's funny to me that a year ago the coaches were getting dragged for picking Sam Cane to do the shit work that Savea doesn't do all because he was getting a bit slow in the foot. And now the realisation has sunk in why he was getting picked.
Very true, but he still shouldn't have been getting picked over Dalton.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
Very true, but he still shouldn't have been getting picked over Dalton.
his efforts in teh republic beg to differ. Will admit he probably wasn't suited to Bledisloe rugby though, which is a completely different animal.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
Very true, but he still shouldn't have been getting picked over Dalton.
his efforts in teh republic beg to differ. Will admit he probably wasn't suited to Bledisloe rugby though, which is a completely different animal.
True that, he was very good against the boks. Not sure how a lack of pace would have gone in this last game though.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
it's funny to me that a year ago the coaches were getting dragged for picking Sam Cane to do the shit work that Savea doesn't do all because he was getting a bit slow in the foot. And now the realisation has sunk in why he was getting picked.
Post mccaw , three different allblack coaches picked him to start at 7 when he was available, he had his haters but he must have been doing something right.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
Very true, but he still shouldn't have been getting picked over Dalton.
his efforts in teh republic beg to differ. Will admit he probably wasn't suited to Bledisloe rugby though, which is a completely different animal.
True that, he was very good against the boks. Not sure how a lack of pace would have gone in this last game though.
at least he would have sat a forward on their ass a few times. but yes, sam cane stationed in the wide channels doesn't sound like a winner to me.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks 2025:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
it's funny to me that a year ago the coaches were getting dragged for picking Sam Cane to do the shit work that Savea doesn't do all because he was getting a bit slow in the foot. And now the realisation has sunk in why he was getting picked.
Post mccaw , three different allblack coaches picked him to start at 7 when he was available, he had his haters but he must have been doing something right.
Well for one thing I don't think you'd ever have people questioning whether Sam Cane gave up.
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I’d love Razor to just bite the bullet and chuck this backline out against the Wallabies (assuming Hotham is out injured again)
- Kyle Preston
- Ruben Love
- Leroy Carter
- Quinn Tupaea
- Leicester Fainga’anuku
- Will Jordan
- Jordie Barrett
Would like to see how Jordie would go at fullback.
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With a forward pack of:
- Ethan De Groot
- Codie Taylor
- Pasilio Tosi
- Tupou Vaii
- Fabian Holland
- Peter Lakai
- Ardie Savea (c)
- Wallace Sititi
Three years out from the World Cup who gives a fuck if we have to go backwards to go forwards. Try shit out, get the young talent in for experience.
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oh you are absolutely kidding yourself with that loose forward trio.
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@mariner4life okay “Simon Parker”
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I’d rather have 3 midgets than a guy that moves in slow motion.
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lol and people like you will keep supporting Razor and his poor “Simon Parker” selections lmfao. Let me guess you love the Barrett’s aswell smh
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One thing that has to be said - in terms of giving some praise where praise is due - is that.defensively this year Jordie Barrett has saved the ABs asses time after time.
He had a try saver in Wellington v France, another try saver in Hamilton the week later. He stopped Kolbe scoring in the first half on Saturday and stopped Kolisi after he trucked over Will Jordan in the build up to Kolbe's try early in the second half.
Jordie is bailing this defence out in every test.
