All Blacks 2025
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@upthelanders said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean I 100% agree with this, Leicester at 12, Jordie to 15, Will and Carter on the wings.
I actually don't mind Leicester at 12. Good shout. Then again I feel like Tupaea deserves a good run there.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@upthelanders said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean I 100% agree with this, Leicester at 12, Jordie to 15, Will and Carter on the wings.
I actually don't mind Leicester at 12. Good shout. Then again I feel like Tupaea deserves a good run there.
Unless we play with better tactics whoever we put in there is going to look less than their best
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Read one earlier where Richard Loe was questioning SB as well, form and leadership.
Said when watchign several times in the 'huddles' too many people were talking, he wasnt the 'leader'
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2025:
Read one earlier where Richard Loe was questioning SB as well, form and leadership.
Said when watchign several times in the 'huddles' too many people were talking, he wasnt the 'leader'
I'm not disagreeing, but I think that captain change suits the media. It seems incredibly hard for them to even consider that Razor isn't the right guy for the role.
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I can't believe people are calling for Jordie back to 15.
Do people forget how slow and laborious he was on the counter? Or trying to link up in the line to feed the wingers??
And he isn't that much better than Dmac in the air so why would we want to sacrifice so much offensive capability for near zero gain on the aerial side of the game?
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2025:
I can't believe people are calling for Jordie back to 15.
Do people forget how slow and laborious he was on the counter? Or trying to link up in the line to feed the wingers??
And he isn't that much better than Dmac in the air so why would we want to sacrifice so much offensive capability for near zero gain on the aerial side of the game?
how many games did we actually get out of him? i dont actually feel it was that many and if im not mistaken mainly during the covid season, i think everyone needs second chances as it was pretty messed up
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
how many games did we actually get out of him? i dont actually feel it was that many
26 starts at fullback
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The NZRU aren't as rich as an epl team but players there on huge locked in contracts get sat down constantly. Why should we be any different - if the player is cooked - stand him down and if he isn't getting better or his replacement is knocking the cover off the ball offer yhe star a present value pay off (plus you are probably replacing him with a player that you have contracted at a lower rate?).
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
how many games did we actually get out of him? i dont actually feel it was that many
26 starts at fullback
damn really? starts? ignore me then, felt it was only one season so less than 10, 26 is a good run
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@Old-Alleynians said in All Blacks 2025:
The NZRU aren't as rich as an epl team but players there on huge locked in contracts get sat down constantly. Why should we be any different - if the player is cooked - stand him down and if he isn't getting better or his replacement is knocking the cover off the ball offer yhe star a present value pay off (plus you are probably replacing him with a player that you have contracted at a lower rate?).
i think you answered your own questions....NZR would say they cant afford to pay players not to play
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2025:
I can't believe people are calling for Jordie back to 15.
Do people forget how slow and laborious he was on the counter? Or trying to link up in the line to feed the wingers??
And he isn't that much better than Dmac in the air so why would we want to sacrifice so much offensive capability for near zero gain on the aerial side of the game?
how many games did we actually get out of him? i dont actually feel it was that many and if im not mistaken mainly during the covid season, i think everyone needs second chances as it was pretty messed up
He was a test fullback back in 2018, then his brother relegated him to the bench in 2019, he was mostly a wing in 2020., then fullback 2021.
I really don't understand what Covid has to do with anything, everyone played under the same circumstances.
If they want to give him a third chance based on his maturing as a player then fine, it's the overhyping his previous times there that is a bit on the nose.
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@Nepia ive just said above i had forgotten how many games he'd had there as it felt like it was only a few during 2020 and that might be important as it was very messed up with lockdowns and quarantines etc, didnlt think it was a crazy idea to think it might effect people and that different people would handle it differently, but as @Duluth has said looks like he had a good run outside that (where you think that matters or not) and so not an issue
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia ive just said above i had forgotten how many games he'd had there as it felt like it was only a few during 2020 and that might be important as it was very messed up with lockdowns and quarantines etc, didnlt think it was a crazy idea to think it might effect people and that different people would handle it differently, but as @Duluth has said looks like he had a good run outside that (where you think that matters or not) and so not an issue
I think I must have posted my message just after your second one.
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@Nepia I have deja vu, pretty sure we've had this debate before, I think you are massively under selling how effective he was at the back for us. Superb under the high ball, rock solid defender, long kicking game and good passing game are all attributes that led to him being MOTM on a number of occasions. He's absolutely saved our bacon when teams were barraging us with high balls more than once, that could have been useful on the weekend.
They moved him to the wing because they still wanted him in the back three while being able to keep Beauden on the park, but that was an absurd decision given the one thing he lacks is acceleration.
When he was moved to 12 he was our first choice FB and it wasn't close, and I'd like to see him moved back given how poor our back three have been lately.
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@BorderJB said in All Blacks 2025:
Have players become protected due to their brand power for the All Blacks brand??
It's like its no longer a NZ rep team but a club/franchise.i dont feel anyone we currently have has the brand recognition of former players, yeah they can get sabbatical gigs but non of them are getting the rig out for a toffee pop add
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2025:
I can't believe people are calling for Jordie back to 15.
Do people forget how slow and laborious he was on the counter? Or trying to link up in the line to feed the wingers??
And he isn't that much better than Dmac in the air so why would we want to sacrifice so much offensive capability for near zero gain on the aerial side of the game?
I think JB would be top 3 in the air from the squad. Clarke being the best.
None are as good as Jane, Dagg, Kahui or Smith in the air. Its like we forgot the reason we went to those players.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:
@BorderJB said in All Blacks 2025:
Have players become protected due to their brand power for the All Blacks brand??
It's like its no longer a NZ rep team but a club/franchise.i dont feel anyone we currently have has the brand recognition of former players, yeah they can get sabbatical gigs but non of them are getting the rig out for a toffee pop add
The current stars are spoiled rotten. Buck was one of our greatest captains, he got unceremoniously dumped. Now they just give caps away to some of the older guys
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@BorderJB said in All Blacks 2025:
Have players become protected due to their brand power for the All Blacks brand??
It's like its no longer a NZ rep team but a club/franchise.Maybe but more than anything winning protects the brand and when its a loss its a close loss. Capitulation is completely unacceptable to the brand.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2025:
I can't believe people are calling for Jordie back to 15.
Do people forget how slow and laborious he was on the counter? Or trying to link up in the line to feed the wingers??
And he isn't that much better than Dmac in the air so why would we want to sacrifice so much offensive capability for near zero gain on the aerial side of the game?
I think JB would be top 3 in the air from the squad. Clarke being the best.
None are as good as Jane, Dagg, Kahui or Smith in the air. Its like we forgot the reason we went to those players.
something ive noticed, they all try and take high balls on their chest....and i know thats taught as the safer option...but i also cant help but think the best in the world should be able to do better than the safe option, especially when we see the regular situation of it bouncing off their chest forward...... when i look at AFL taking marks above their head...yes a smaller ball but also one without any grip....i wonder.....
