All Blacks 2026
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Rugby Direct Emergency Podcast: Potential changes to the All Blacks coaching environment after a scathing internal review and will Ardie Savea remain an All Black?
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/rugby-direct/rugby-direct-episode-196/
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
We are a laughing stock. But maybe we need to hit rock bottom before things get better. I think Razor's odds of staying are lengthening with articles like this
Or Savea
No one comes out looking good
Sad thing is you are right
There is no doubt if Razor stays Savea can not
Unless Hansons head is the compromise but then Savea runs the ABs either way .I'm okay with Ardie leaving and the coaches all getting fired. BB to assume a largely non-playing ambassadorial role for sponsors
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Razor, Hansen, Savea all have to go. Give Jamie Joseph a clean slate without the baggage of these 3. Savea is turning into a brand like SBW giving ultimatums. Too much Savea worshipping by the fans and media has gone into his head. Razor has brought into his own hype too. While these guys are internally fighting, the All Blacks brand is getting tarnished. Player power should be nipped in the bud. Very dangerous times for All Blacks rugby. This is not a time to celebrate, it’s sad. Sad to see the All Blacks in this situation.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
Rugby Direct Emergency Podcast: Potential changes to the All Blacks coaching environment after a scathing internal review and will Ardie Savea remain an All Black?
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/rugby-direct/rugby-direct-episode-196/
The negative feedback is not just from players, but from support staff too.
Sounds like Savea is one of several senior players who is very unhappy with the coaches.
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@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
Rugby Direct Emergency Podcast: Potential changes to the All Blacks coaching environment after a scathing internal review and will Ardie Savea remain an All Black?
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/rugby-direct/rugby-direct-episode-196/
The negative feedback is not just from players, but from support staff too.
Sounds like Savea is one of several senior players who is very unhappy with the coaches.
but do we think theyre all unhappy because razor was trying to change things and there were too many people that liked things just as they were regardless of poor results
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@Tim and to be fair to Savea, he has played better previously (and done some work) so maybe its the structure they have got him in and the environment that has lead him to giving zero shits (again, Bok test 2 makes more sense now) while having other players struggling with the envionment the cracks that used to be papered over are wide open for all to see
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
All Blacks review: Ardie Savea future in doubt as NZ Rugby faces player revolt
What's that site that posts up free copies?
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One thing that both Liam Napier and Elliot Smith said they'd heard was that after losses senior players were not given much opportunity to give feedback on the attack plan etc. This was cited as an example of the kind of frustrations they had.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
All Blacks review: Ardie Savea future in doubt as NZ Rugby faces player revolt
What's that site that posts up free copies?
Thanks
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
Bok test 2
I watched some of that game the other day. Sititi was consistently going into tackles upright and getting bumped off. It was quite pathetic. How he was getting selected is baffling. I can see that huge drop in standards, and selective consideration of defensive technique etc, really pissing off other players.
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Sounds like Robertson etc having little or no experience at international level, and ignoring the players' experience levels created frustration and lack of confidence etc.
Three senior players mentioned as examples of those with extensive experience were Savea, Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor. No indication if those names were chosen for any reason other than as examples of players with great experience ...
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I guess the question becomes
If you only get rid of Scott Hansen
Who the hell takes over the lead role? Nick Evans? ROG (Who at least has worked with Razor in the past?)?
With a hellish 2026 test season coming up it feels like delaying the inevitable if the trust is gone
