All Blacks 2026
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2026:
@KiwiMurph
Interestingly, dark horse Cotter not even mentioned as a possibility.Yes, why is that? Perhaps someone closer to the Blues has a dollop of some spicy sauce.
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@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2026:
I haven’t read the last week or so posts. But this is what I’ve heard. Still rumours but from a very reliable source.
I don’t think the Dalton rumours are true.
Ardie is the main instigator behind all of it.
Not sure if it’s well known in the hurricanes area. But ardie likes to play around. Something happened on tour somewhere and razor found out. He gave him a right serve and Ardie took offence to it and it all started from there. Ardie only hangs with who ardie wants to hang with. Kava session in his room and no outsiders. They were all told to give bad reviews etc and that’s how it all started.
How it led to the sacking I don’t know.
Again just rumours and may not be true.this is my new truth and i will not be talked out of it
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
@Frank said in All Blacks 2026:
@chchfanatic
So the rumor is basically Ardie is a wife cheating, cliquey, devious backstabber.you missed 'manipulative and petty'
Not necessarily great leadership traits , I hope it’s not the case.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2026:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2026:
I haven’t read the last week or so posts. But this is what I’ve heard. Still rumours but from a very reliable source.
I don’t think the Dalton rumours are true.
Ardie is the main instigator behind all of it.
Not sure if it’s well known in the hurricanes area. But ardie likes to play around. Something happened on tour somewhere and razor found out. He gave him a right serve and Ardie took offence to it and it all started from there. Ardie only hangs with who ardie wants to hang with. Kava session in his room and no outsiders. They were all told to give bad reviews etc and that’s how it all started.
How it led to the sacking I don’t know.
Again just rumours and may not be true.this is my new truth and i will not be talked out of it
I'm totally on board with 95% of it, but I'm not prepared to accept that the Dalton rumours are false.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
I thought Sevu Reece had gone overseas ?
Sevu Reece has signed with Perpignan and will link up with them after the Super Rugby season (3 year deal)
What's unclear is what happens if Perpignan are relegated from Top 14 (i.e. does the arrangement cease)
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@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
All fence sitting, middle of the road answers. And I don't blame them for it.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:
@Kiwidom said in All Blacks 2026:
Fourth test vs South Africa confirmed for Baltimore, Maryland in the USA on September 12th
So it effectively becomes a 3 test series with a 4th exhibition test tacked on
Reminiscent of that India v England test series in 2021, where the last test was played way later, yet India claimed a series draw.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2026:
@chchfanatic
So the rumor is basically Ardie is a wife cheating, cliquey, devious backstabber.Sounds about right.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Frank said in All Blacks 2026:
@chchfanatic
So the rumor is basically Ardie is a wife cheating, cliquey, devious backstabber.Sounds about right.
Actually open to him being a bit of a piston wristed gibbon and doing some or all of those things.
But.....David Kirk ain't that dumb.
My bet is Razor and Hansen, when asked how they'd address the unsatisfactory trajectory of the team gave them a bunch of word salad nonsense. You know, just like they do in every interview.
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@Frank said in All Blacks 2026:
But.....David Kirk ain't that dumb.
I really hope not,we will see how smart or dumb he has been when this all plays out.
Maybe a month before a coach is appointed that doesn't seem smart if true.The SR has started before a coach is appointed if that is true it points to someone overseas getting the job.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Maybe a month before a coach is appointed that doesn't seem smart if true.
The SR has started before a coach is appointed if that is true it points to someone overseas getting the job.
I dont see the rush. They key is to get it right. ABs dont play til July. Whilst it may be disruptive to Super the AB role takes more importance.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2026:
@allblackfan2 said in All Blacks 2026:
All fence sitting, middle of the road answers. And I don't blame them for it.
True, although Williams slightly oversold his lack of knowledge, "I just run into people" - yeah, obvously.
I get it though, they are all gonna act like they are totally in the dark about what went down. I would do the same tbh.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2026:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2026:
@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2026:
I haven’t read the last week or so posts. But this is what I’ve heard. Still rumours but from a very reliable source.
I don’t think the Dalton rumours are true.
Ardie is the main instigator behind all of it.
Not sure if it’s well known in the hurricanes area. But ardie likes to play around. Something happened on tour somewhere and razor found out. He gave him a right serve and Ardie took offence to it and it all started from there. Ardie only hangs with who ardie wants to hang with. Kava session in his room and no outsiders. They were all told to give bad reviews etc and that’s how it all started.
How it led to the sacking I don’t know.
Again just rumours and may not be true.this is my new truth and i will not be talked out of it
I'm totally on board with 95% of it, but I'm not prepared to accept that the Dalton rumours are false.
I'm also sceptical of the statement "They were all told to give bad reviews etc and that’s how it all started."
I'm hoping our All Blacks have a little more spine than that!
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The plot thickens, the sauce is stirred a little more. Is Williams a part of or honorary guest of/at the Kava club?
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at least one mentor role may have less candidates. Hooper reckons Joe will mentor the Wallabies from afar: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360893736/australias-players-boss-justin-harrison-takes-aim-joe-schmidts-wallabies-selection-policy
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
The plot thickens, the sauce is stirred a little more. Is Williams a part of or honorary guest of/at the Kava club?
I'm pretty sure Williams was in the god squad/kava video so maybe Ardie's messiah powers are overstated?
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:
I dont see the rush. They key is to get it right. ABs dont play til July. Whilst it may be disruptive to Super the AB role takes more importance.
Neither do I.
All the HC candidates are already employed, and probably more important, all the assistants they’ll be wanting are as well.
Guna take time to work thru all of that; who they can get, and who they can’t.
All the current Assistants are still in place.
NZR don’t really give an F about SR; pulling coaches out of that comp half way thru, won’t bother them in the least.
So long as the new team is in place a few weeks before the first game; I’m ok.
