All Blacks 2025
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@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
Maybe if he converted a few years ago.
Still only 28, no reason why he couldn't get another half a decade in if he's a hard worker.
Oh, I agree that he could have 5 plus years in Union.
But he is 28 now and won’t make a super rugby debut until he is 30 at the earliest so I think there would be a reluctance from AB selectors to pick someone like that
If he's a proper athlete ala SBW and better than the rest I don't see why not.
I think he's a potentially a better bet than Benji and RTS who made the change late in their careers. Of the three I think he's more suited to rugby and like all I guess it depends on how he transitions back.
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2025:
If he was smart, he would sign for the crusaders then!
Nah, he should skip that and just go straight to the Chiefs to become a proper rugby player.
Nah ("if he's a proper athlete ala SBW") he should just skip that and go to the Blues like what SBW did
This is not the 1980s. It’s not like all league converts are athletes compared to the weedy union players. They’re all athletes now.
I point you to my use of ""....
Aw ok, my bad.
All this ‘SBW is such an amazing athlete’ compared to everyone else is just nonsense
Sonny Bill was an amazing athlete though when compared to any one, be it union or league. I’m not a fan boy by any stretch and I thought the ABs used him well as the occasional starter but more impactfully in that bench role.
There were not many players that were able to produce at the highest level with his combination of skills and physicality.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2025:
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
Maybe if he converted a few years ago.
Still only 28, no reason why he couldn't get another half a decade in if he's a hard worker.
Oh, I agree that he could have 5 plus years in Union.
But he is 28 now and won’t make a super rugby debut until he is 30 at the earliest so I think there would be a reluctance from AB selectors to pick someone like that
If he's a proper athlete ala SBW and better than the rest I don't see why not.
I think he's a potentially a better bet than Benji and RTS who made the change late in their careers. Of the three I think he's more suited to rugby and like all I guess it depends on how he transitions back.
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2025:
If he was smart, he would sign for the crusaders then!
Nah, he should skip that and just go straight to the Chiefs to become a proper rugby player.
Nah ("if he's a proper athlete ala SBW") he should just skip that and go to the Blues like what SBW did
This is not the 1980s. It’s not like all league converts are athletes compared to the weedy union players. They’re all athletes now.
I point you to my use of ""....
Aw ok, my bad.
All this ‘SBW is such an amazing athlete’ compared to everyone else is just nonsense
Sonny Bill was an amazing athlete though when compared to any one, be it union or league. I’m not a fan boy by any stretch and I thought the ABs used him well as the occasional starter but more impactfully in that bench role.
There were not many players that were able to produce at the highest level with his combination of skills and physicality.
yeah SBW was freakish, but the ABs didn't get the prime version.
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@nonpartizan said in All Blacks 2025:
Why did Piutau end up leaving NZ? I seem to recall he was an absolute stud.
Was it just a case of the ABs being stacked with back 3 talent or did he fall out with the coaching staff?
Was basically the highest paid player in the world for a good 5 year period. Ulster, Bristol and Wasps paid him top dollar.
And he also left prematurely, which wasnt the norm.
He had loads of good rugby left in him.
Thats why I was comparing Toeava to him.
Charles eked out a great career, albeit not on these shores.
Toeava was a gun but his body failed him. Could have been an all time great.
Could do it all (and maybe that was part of the problem).
His ommision from the 2015 RWC was contentious wasnt it? Because I think he did not leave for the NH until after the tournament.
Obviously Ben Smith & Savea were nailed down starters but I think Naholo was coming off an injury and NMS was like an up and comer but a bit of an unknown quantity.
I could be wrong on the above but I just remember thinking it was crazy that such a talent could not get into the squad.
I remember talk from the coaches , something about his skillset , they thought he played left better than right ,
Jules was the incumbent there and was automatic , and they picked NMS and Naholo to have a shoot out it to play right ,thats how i remember their reasoning ,
But yeah a great talent and one that got away , I remember the omission of Dagg at the time to be a bigger shock to most though
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couple of "oh fuck another year of this shit?" pics in there
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Hi Mr Havili thanks for offfering absolutely nothing in 2024 - here's an invite to 2025 camp
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Hi Mr Havili thanks for offfering absolutely nothing in 2024 - here's an invite to 2025 camp
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@KiwiMurph everyone else wearing t-shirts, Jordan wearing a hoodie. Quelle surprising.
I'll let Blackadder off as the long sleeves are probably hiding a protective bodysuit.
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph everyone else wearing t-shirts, Jordan wearing a hoodie. Quelle surprising.
I'll let Blackadder off as the long sleeves are probably hiding a protective bodysuit.
Jordan hurt himself playing cricket the other night. He needs to hide the bruises
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@KiwiMurph Amazing that they want to persist with a player who is poor at the core roles - ball carrying, defence.
@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph Amazing that they want to persist with a player who is poor at the core roles - ball carrying, defence.
Yeah but he covers fullback and first five
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Anybody have a clue who these two guys are that Jordan's talking to? I have a hunch about both but that hunch just seems unlikely so maybe I'm just not seeing who they actually are.
@Mauss said in All Blacks 2025:
Anybody have a clue who these two guys are that Jordan's talking to? I have a hunch about both but that hunch just seems unlikely so maybe I'm just not seeing who they actually are.
Two more visitors from Christchurch?
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Unsure who those guys with Jordan are, but these camps almost always only involve players who were in squads in 2025 (generally guys who actually played) and don't tend to exclude anyone who was picked in the most recent squad.
I wouldn't read too much into who was there.
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Anybody have a clue who these two guys are that Jordan's talking to? I have a hunch about both but that hunch just seems unlikely so maybe I'm just not seeing who they actually are.
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones The right one is Hotham
Another strike against Jordan, he's a fucking midget.
@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:
@frugby said in All Blacks 2025:
@Bones The right one is Hotham
Another strike against Jordan, he's a fucking midget.
Hotham is listed at 1.81cm, so not quite 6ft
Must make Jordan about 4 ft 11 in that photo
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@Trig said in All Blacks 2025:
I had thought that it was Sam Darry left and Noah Hotham standing on a box
I guess this makes the most sense? The box-thing's a little weird, though.
@Mauss said in All Blacks 2025:
@Trig said in All Blacks 2025:
I had thought that it was Sam Darry left and Noah Hotham standing on a box
I guess this makes the most sense? The box-thing's a little weird, though.
too slim to be Lord?
