All Blacks 2026
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@JA said in All Blacks 2026:
@sparky said in All Blacks 2026:
@Kiwidom said in All Blacks 2026:
John " we are all on a journey". Mitchell ? No thanks
Wouldn't mind a Schmidt/ Rennie duo as coaches for now
Joseph and Brown to then takeover from 2028I hate him forever for ending Christian Cullen's All Blacks career.
My memory is hazy but wasn't CC kind of average after his knee (?) injury? I remember when he went to Munster or one of the Irish clubs thinking it wasn't a massive loss.
Sacrilege as is he still is one my favourite players ever.
don't start this again, they won't budge. The narrative is Mitch sacked 1996 CC
Mitch is quite clearly a very good coach, who has a very definite shelf life with every team he takes charge of. Like Razor, he seems like a lovely guy when you meet him, but some part of his method obviously gets old.
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@Kiwidom said in All Blacks 2026:
John " we are all on a journey". Mitchell ? No thanks
Wouldn't mind a Schmidt/ Rennie duo as coaches for now
Joseph and Brown to then takeover from 2028As I understand it Dave and Joe have not worked together but the former advised the later on the Wallabies when replaced so that was nice of him. They could make a decent complementary coaching team. It makes me wonder if NZR want something similar to the Wise Men situation rather than a single HC...
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@george33 said in All Blacks 2026:
So hearing that new coaches will be announced around Thursday week.
That must be 29th January or around that day give or take couple.
That's all Ive got for now.29 January is not that far away...
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
Was what we got actually Crusaders rugby? I don't recall our forward pack being anywhere near as physical as the Saders packs of my memory. I also seem to recall Saders teams playing with more structure, something we can't accuse this latest ABs team of
Thats the point. They were trying to but it failed because the players he picked weren't suited to that approach
Trying to? Then why did he pick looser players instead of DP, and even Hoskins who had both demonstrated they could win playing a forward dominated game? Akira too
They were 'trying to' pick a bunch of players across the country to play their Crusaders style game plan and it failed.
The Crusaders play a high energy game with a strong forward pack and with width. They still scored a lot of tries out wide.
The Blues had success playing a very narrow game. Foster and Schmidt narrowed the game plan up a lot when Schmidt came in.
Robertson said he wanted to move away from that.
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Gee I just had a look at coaching history of JJ, and all the talk he only good with Tony Brown? Best figures were MABs in about 2012 where he has 83% winning record, no Tony Brown , and last year's ABXV .
They kind of make a fallacy of him needing Brown to coach.
And sorry Tim, just saw your post mate, and these figure aren't 20 years out of date,
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@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
What about the other John i.e., Plumtree - for one of the assistants roles? I see he has left the Sharks earlier than contracted due to 'personal reflection and intense pressure of the role'. Maybe an assistant coach role may be more suited to him? He's an ex player and has coaching experience outside of NZ.
He already had a go and got sacked. Pur forwards weren't up to much with him there last time.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
Was what we got actually Crusaders rugby? I don't recall our forward pack being anywhere near as physical as the Saders packs of my memory. I also seem to recall Saders teams playing with more structure, something we can't accuse this latest ABs team of
Thats the point. They were trying to but it failed because the players he picked weren't suited to that approach
Trying to? Then why did he pick looser players instead of DP, and even Hoskins who had both demonstrated they could win playing a forward dominated game? Akira too
They were 'trying to' pick a bunch of players across the country to play their Crusaders style game plan and it failed.
The Crusaders play a high energy game with a strong forward pack and with width. They still scored a lot of tries out wide.
The Blues had success playing a very narrow game. Foster and Schmidt narrowed the game plan up a lot when Schmidt came in.
Robertson said he wanted to move away from that.
He threw the baby out with the bathwater. Ignored the number one rule of rugby, you have to earn the right to go wide.
