All Blacks 2026
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2026:
Would love to see Cotter involved, he would help keep some of the more senior players on a shorter leash I think
Cotter, Joseph, and Schmidt.
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@xman said in All Blacks 2026:
If Robertson is sacked, the pressure on the next coach will be enormous to get better results. If the next coach loses the South Africa tour, loses the Bledisloe, loses the Eden Park streak, then what does NZR do? Don’t just assume Jamie Joseph will be the saviour of the All Blacks. Coaching Japan where you’re not expected to win, versus coaching the All Blacks where you’re expected to win every game is different level of pressure.
disagree, Razor has done the next coach a massive favour.
Once it turned out surf jesus wasn't the messiah, the general narrative changed to we don't have the cattle, and other teams have got so much better. Whoever gets the gig next has his excuses written for him.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
I've literally just opened my emails and thankfully it's not true.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
I've literally just opened my emails and thankfully it's not true.
Bugger I was getting pumped up for it.
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fuck yeah, even if it's all bullshit it filled in a boring tuesday.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2026:
fuck yeah, even if it's all bullshit it filled in a boring tuesday.
It's not bullshit, he really is a property surveyor.
Geez.
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Family who live in the Sumner have heard the same rumours about Ardie.
They’ve also told me they haven’t seen Razor in Sumner at all, usually frequents the same cafe. May mean absolutely nothing of course.
Sheesh, this thread has gone wild.
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if surf Jesus does fall off his board and takes his incompetent assistants with him, I'd like to see an honest review into why the Crusaders were successful with the same staff.
I've long suspected many players etc have come through NZ rugby's preeminent high performance unit and by virtue of that association have been made to look better than they were and subsequently elevated to positions well above their level.of competency.
And the sneaking position behind all of this is it was largely the great All Blacks who created that environment.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2026:
if surf Jesus does fall off his board and takes his incompetent assistants with him, I'd like to see an honest review into why the Crusaders were successful with the same staff.
I've long suspected many players etc have come through NZ rugby's preeminent high performance unit and by virtue of that association have been made to look better than they were and subsequently elevated to positions well above their level.of competency.
And the sneaking position behind all of this is it was largely the great All Blacks who created that environment.
Problem with that is many underperforming ABs have not come through that high performance unit.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2026:
if surf Jesus does fall off his board and takes his incompetent assistants with him, I'd like to see an honest review into why the Crusaders were successful with the same staff.
I've long suspected many players etc have come through NZ rugby's preeminent high performance unit and by virtue of that association have been made to look better than they were and subsequently elevated to positions well above their level.of competency.
And the sneaking position behind all of this is it was largely the great All Blacks who created that environment.
Problem with that is many underperforming ABs have not come through that high performance unit.
just as many that have,have not, there is more Chiefs in that squad than any other SR Team.The Chiefs haven't been winning SR ad nauseum. Nor their coaching staff all elevated to the national team.
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@antipodean Definitely way too many Chiefs players in the ABs though. Parker, Jacobson, Sititi, Carter, ALB, Ratima ...
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My dilemma is i cant see NZR firing the lot, while equally cant see the current coaches walk.
Of all of them i still think Ryan has alot to offer, and have wondered if this coaching team just isnt gelling or some seriously.mixed messages given the improvements our pack made when Ryan came in with Fozzie and Schmidt, while largely the same pack has regressed under Ryan since Razor has been at the helm...adds fuel to the fire of a poor environment.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2026:
if surf Jesus does fall off his board and takes his incompetent assistants with him, I'd like to see an honest review into why the Crusaders were successful with the same staff.
I've long suspected many players etc have come through NZ rugby's preeminent high performance unit and by virtue of that association have been made to look better than they were and subsequently elevated to positions well above their level.of competency.
And the sneaking position behind all of this is it was largely the great All Blacks who created that environment.
Problem with that is many underperforming ABs have not come through that high performance unit.
just as many that have,have not, there is more Chiefs in that squad than any other SR Team.The Chiefs haven't been winning SR ad nauseum. Nor their coaching staff all elevated to the national team.
No they haven’t but they have the most players I see a problem there as well.
And a lot under perform so not just a problem from one high performance unit
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If Savea says he doesn’t want to play for coaches he doesn’t like, then he shouldn’t be picked in the squad. He’s not bigger than the All Blacks. No one is greater than the team. Utterly ridiculous to have players telling who should and should not be coach of the national rugby team. Next Savea will demand a coach with a Samoan background be the head coach. You already see religion brought in with him. Next it will be political messages. You play whoever is the coach. NZR should make that very clear to the players. Savea thinks he owns the All Blacks.
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@xman said in All Blacks 2026:
If Savea says he doesn’t want to play for coaches he doesn’t like, then he shouldn’t be picked in the squad. He’s not bigger than the All Blacks. No one is greater than the team. Utterly ridiculous to have players telling who should and should not be coach of the national rugby team. Next Savea will demand a coach with a Samoan background be the head coach. You already see religion brought in with him. Next it will be political messages. You play whoever is the coach. NZR should make that very clear to the players. Savea thinks he owns the All Blacks.
I haven't seen these posts, but is that what's happening? Or is it just Savea saying yeah nah not for me thanks?
In which case, what's the problem? Seems like a very good decision to me. He certainly wouldn't be the first, in fact there's a very recent and prominent example.
