All Blacks 2025
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
because his reasoning about the slight drop in pace was sound.
I don't think it was sound at all. He was still the best fullback in the country at the time. If there were better fullbacks then his reasoning might have been sound. Blanco had a number of good years for France after his pace and flair had a slight drop.
Can someone please remind me who played 15 when we lost to Australia in 2003? IIRC MacDonald was chosen as first choice but he played in the MF.
Mils was at fullback. What was extra silly about that was that Mils played most of the season for the Blues at centre, yet they put Rangi in the centre and kept Mils at the back.
Was it that silly though when Mils had played most of the AB season at fullback and they wanted to keep the Blues back 3 in tact. @canefan Rangi wasn’t first choice fullback in 2003. Him being played at centre wasn’t an issue against the Boks in the QF
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:
Another obvious area that needs fixing is the defence coach
Craig McGrath has been the Blues defence coach for 4 seasons. Tackle success compared to the other NZ franchises in that period: 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st
would love to see the AB;s become a brick wall
something that ive noticed for the last couple of year...we dont hit the ball at pace, everyone is trotting or even stationary...same on defence, we're very passive on the advantage line
England were throwing them selves into contact fearlessly
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:
Another obvious area that needs fixing is the defence coach
Craig McGrath has been the Blues defence coach for 4 seasons. Tackle success compared to the other NZ franchises in that period: 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st
But can he speak gibberish?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
because his reasoning about the slight drop in pace was sound.
I don't think it was sound at all. He was still the best fullback in the country at the time. If there were better fullbacks then his reasoning might have been sound. Blanco had a number of good years for France after his pace and flair had a slight drop.
Can someone please remind me who played 15 when we lost to Australia in 2003? IIRC MacDonald was chosen as first choice but he played in the MF.
Mils was at fullback. What was extra silly about that was that Mils played most of the season for the Blues at centre, yet they put Rangi in the centre and kept Mils at the back.
Was it that silly though when Mils had played most of the AB season at fullback and they wanted to keep the Blues back 3 in tact. @canefan Rangi wasn’t first choice fullback in 2003. Him being played at centre wasn’t an issue against the Boks in the QF
Yes, it was. Mils was a better centre than Rangi and Rangi was probably as good a fullback as Mils.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
because his reasoning about the slight drop in pace was sound.
I don't think it was sound at all. He was still the best fullback in the country at the time. If there were better fullbacks then his reasoning might have been sound. Blanco had a number of good years for France after his pace and flair had a slight drop.
Can someone please remind me who played 15 when we lost to Australia in 2003? IIRC MacDonald was chosen as first choice but he played in the MF.
Mils was at fullback. What was extra silly about that was that Mils played most of the season for the Blues at centre, yet they put Rangi in the centre and kept Mils at the back.
A cautionary tale
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
because his reasoning about the slight drop in pace was sound.
I don't think it was sound at all. He was still the best fullback in the country at the time. If there were better fullbacks then his reasoning might have been sound. Blanco had a number of good years for France after his pace and flair had a slight drop.
Can someone please remind me who played 15 when we lost to Australia in 2003? IIRC MacDonald was chosen as first choice but he played in the MF.
Mils was at fullback. What was extra silly about that was that Mils played most of the season for the Blues at centre, yet they put Rangi in the centre and kept Mils at the back.
A cautionary tale
Nonsense. We should move Jordan to 13 and Proctor to 15.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
because his reasoning about the slight drop in pace was sound.
I don't think it was sound at all. He was still the best fullback in the country at the time. If there were better fullbacks then his reasoning might have been sound. Blanco had a number of good years for France after his pace and flair had a slight drop.
Can someone please remind me who played 15 when we lost to Australia in 2003? IIRC MacDonald was chosen as first choice but he played in the MF.
Mils was at fullback. What was extra silly about that was that Mils played most of the season for the Blues at centre, yet they put Rangi in the centre and kept Mils at the back.
A cautionary tale
Nonsense. We should move Jordan to 13 and Proctor to 15.
That would be awesome just to see how @Bones would react
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
Id love to have to scroll past bullshit posts about 25 fucking years ago that have been done to death annually is how I'd react.
Did you hear the one about Bob Deans? He scored.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
Id love to have to scroll past bullshit posts about 25 fucking years ago that have been done to death annually is how I'd react.
Did you hear the one about Bob Deans? He scored.
Id really like to hear more about Thorne if you don't mind.
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@Grooter said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones I'm buying what you're selling bones Jordan could be our version of Huw Jones
Really, really good player. If he played against the ABs Scotland would have.......
....more than likely still found a way to fuck things up and lose.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Net impacts per 80 minutes
( Postive impacts minus negative impacts )
11.42 Dalton Papali'iA productive 15 minutes for Papali’i - 4 carries for 19 metres, 1 defender beaten, 1 tackle (it was deemed dominant), 2 passes, 1 lineout win, 0 turnovers won or lost,
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Net impacts per 80 minutes
( Postive impacts minus negative impacts )
11.42 Dalton Papali'iA productive 15 minutes for Papali’i - 4 carries for 19 metres, 1 defender beaten, 1 tackle (it was deemed dominant), 2 passes, 1 lineout win, 0 turnovers won or lost,
And he hasn't been sighted in a test match since.....
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Net impacts per 80 minutes
( Postive impacts minus negative impacts )
11.42 Dalton Papali'iA productive 15 minutes for Papali’i - 4 carries for 19 metres, 1 defender beaten, 1 tackle (it was deemed dominant), 2 passes, 1 lineout win, 0 turnovers won or lost,
And he hasn't been sighted in a test match since.....
His try scoring and kicking metres are atrocious. Needs to be both sides of the ball.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2025:
Net impacts per 80 minutes
( Postive impacts minus negative impacts )
11.42 Dalton Papali'iA productive 15 minutes for Papali’i - 4 carries for 19 metres, 1 defender beaten, 1 tackle (it was deemed dominant), 2 passes, 1 lineout win, 0 turnovers won or lost,
And he hasn't been sighted in a test match since.....
His try scoring and kicking metres are atrocious. Needs to be both sides of the ball.
Social media presence is shit too.
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
It will be interesting to see how that Razor sycophant Bryn Hall spins the Twickenham debacle on ARP shortly. Parsons is also generally loathe to put the boot in
I looked at the youtube comments and saw: "Parsons sounds just like the coaches."
