All Blacks 2025
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2025:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
Sititi maybe
No. A captain needs to lead by example - not go missing.
Sititi has been severely mis-managed. Wouldn't it be great if they picked the best 8 in the country - Sotutu - and had Ardie on the bench with Sititi in the squad to learn the ropes instead of being thrown in the deep end. That way we get a quality 8 starting, someone that should always have been a bench impact player in his correct position, and Sititi gets to be brought up to speed to end up taking Ardie's bench spot, and in the future the number 8 spot.
Yes
But no, can't have that. Fuck Sotutu for some reason, how dare he be both the best 8 in the country AND a Blues player, the nerve of the bloke. And of course the Ardie stuff has been done to death.
Agreed
What is clear now is that just about any Ferner would make MUCH better AB coach than Razor. I wish I was joking but the issues with the team right now were apparent to 90% of us on their FIRST squad selection.
Steady on, much easier to criticise behind a keyboard. And just about ANY Ferner?
There's a few loose cannons short of a target here.
Although it is probably time for a new thread: "Next AB coaching team"We would definitely be better selectors.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2025:
(broken record) The most dominant loose trio we have had at Super level in the last 5 years is Akira Ioane, Dalton Papali'i and Hoskins Sotutu, and it's not even close. Not one of those players have had a look in due to this weird fucking anti-Blues bias that these idiot Crusaders coaches have. Then we wonder why our loosies get smacked around every test. These morons made their bed, they can lie in it now. A loss to Wales is needed so we can move these clowns on and try and install professional coaches that don't act like fucking children when selecting their teams.
Remember when Akira's detractors used to use he doesn't run on to the ball as a way to attack him despite the fact he most often got over the advantage line?
He'd be fucking perfect for this team as that's what we do with nearly ever attacking phase, no one runs on to the ball because they're just there to set up a ruck.
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 I’d be quite interested in a hypothetical where we lose the series to the Boks, Razor retains his job, and Mo’unga is Beauden level - what happens then?
An absolute plethora of caps that his form doesn't warrant
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 I’d be quite interested in a hypothetical where we lose the series to the Boks, Razor retains his job, and Mo’unga is Beauden level - what happens then?
An absolute plethora of caps that his form doesn't warrant
Richie doesn't want those caps, he wants at most half a dozen WC caps and a fuck-tonne of yen.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 I’d be quite interested in a hypothetical where we lose the series to the Boks, Razor retains his job, and Mo’unga is Beauden level - what happens then?
An absolute plethora of caps that his form doesn't warrant
Smart dude, you used the word plethora. Thank you.
It means a lot.
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oi, to whoever is copying and pasting my posts under their reddit account, how about don't?
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
oi, to whoever is copying and pasting my posts under their reddit account, how about don't?
haha thats gold, whats thier reddit handle?
could be someone using AI for info and is sending it here (I asked chat gpt for somethign earlier in the year on the NPC and it came up with one of my qutes form here) - obviously still shouldnt be using your well thought out posts....
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
oi, to whoever is copying and pasting my posts under their reddit account, how about don't?
Seriously? Got links? (I don't reddit btw)
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my post in to @antipodean word for word. hilarious
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2025:
obviously still shouldnt be using your well thought out posts
nothing i write should be used for anything except light entertainment.
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The 2026 test season should start with Ardie Savea being hanged at Eden Park. His body put on permanent display at NZRU headquarters. A warning to all.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
my post in to @antipodean word for word. hilarious
I just realised he stole one of mine as part of that. Imagine plagiarising one of my rants!
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
oi, to whoever is copying and pasting my posts under their reddit account, how about don't?
Kudos to you having the time and dedication to get busy on multiple forums. Even better you recognise your work, I probably would have argued against them.
I don't quite know how the reddit works, does it say they're a drua fan?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2025:
we do have a forward pack that can compete with anyone
Except England and Sth Africa - and poss. Argentina.
What's worrying is Ryan has done a great job with the tight 5, players selected by Foster have been developed and new talent like Holland brought into the team - yet they still go to shit for extended periods regularly.
There's something very wrong with the headspace/culture of this team - and it isn't getting any better
The coaches and the leadership group are hopeless. Anyone responsible for the loosies, the backline, and defence can fucken give themselves and uppercut and jog on. If I had my way I'd bin the lot of them including Razor who must carry the can for selection. Realistically I'd like to see him kneecapped in a coaching sense, lose all his assistants bar Ryan, water down his authority in areas of selection and overall game plan and philosophy
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My answer to Razor is you're best is not good enough
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
oi, to whoever is copying and pasting my posts under their reddit account, how about don't?
Kudos to you having the time and dedication to get busy on multiple forums. Even better you recognise your work, I probably would have argued against them.
I don't quite know how the reddit works, does it say they're a drua fan?
i do not post on their rugby reddit it's a dumpster fire
reddit is for tits and NRL game day threads
