All Blacks v Pumas
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I'm fine with Read as skipper. He suffers by comparison to previous who may well be our greatest ever, and imo McCaw did it with benefit of better leadership class as deputies - Thorn, Carter, Read, Conrad, Nonu, Kev, Kaino, etc. they were battle-hardened veterans.
Coles, Whitelock, Brodie, they'll be everybit as good but might need a year to get there (as leaders; not players). And it could be that a little adversity is what will help galvanize that leadership; so, much as I'd hate to see ABs lose to Boks this year, this would probably be as good a time as any for the learning curve.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in All Blacks v Pumas:
.And it could be that a little adversity is what will help galvanize that leadership; so, much as I'd hate to see ABs lose to Boks this year, this would probably be as good a time as any for the learning curve.
We've already experienced the "loss we had to have" this year. Don't need another one IMO
I will never ever accept a loss to Boks. If we do lose I will not hesitate to ring out accusations of food poisoning and gold Rolex's....
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a loss and a draw is sufficient to learn from in a year thank you very much!
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There's a lot of shitty performances since the last rugby championship
Match Score Date Venue NZL v ARG 39-22 Sat, 09 Sep 2017 New Plymouth NZL v AUS 35-29 Sat, 26 Aug 2017 Otago Stadium, Dunedin NZL v AUS 54-34 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 Stadium Australia, Sydney NZL v LIO 15-15 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 Eden Park, Auckland NZL v LIO 21-24 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 Westpac Trust, Wellington NZL v LIO 30-15 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 Eden Park, Auckland NZL v SAM 78-0 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 Eden Park, Auckland NZL v FRA 24-19 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 Stade de France, Paris NZL v IRE 21-9 Sat, 19 Nov 2016 Lansdowne Rd, Dublin NZL v ITA 68-10 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 Olympic Stadium, Rome NZL v IRE 29-40 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 Chicago -
