All Blacks 2026
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2026:
Well isn't there always a drop after first rung of contenders?
heard of Kiwi understatement?
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2026:
Well isn't there always a drop after first rung of contenders?
heard of Kiwi understatement?
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@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2026:
Rumour from a few in the highlanders camp. JJ will be heading off in three weeks from the landers and he likely has the ABs job. Now this source has fed me some accurate information in the past but also some half dud stuff. So take it with a grain of salt
....i was really looking forward to this season....i guess the disappointment has just hit in Jan rather than like April or may
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2026:
@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2026:
Rumour from a few in the highlanders camp. JJ will be heading off in three weeks from the landers and he likely has the ABs job. Now this source has fed me some accurate information in the past but also some half dud stuff. So take it with a grain of salt
....i was really looking forward to this season....i guess the disappointment has just hit in Jan rather than like April or may
Lol, highlander's trajectory can only be better than 2025 (dead last)... and hence we'll never know if Joseph was the problem or not...
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I wonder if we will hear anything today based on the below from earlier this week in a Paul Cully article.
That means that the next coach might not be in place before the start of Super Rugby Pacific, with more details on the process to be unveiled later this week. -
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:
Thanks for that! Seems to me Cotter has the best international record, and Joseph second; Rennie has the best Super record, then Cotter and Joseph tie or Joseph third, but he has that recent NZ XV 3-0 record as a second near AB-level team. At international club level take your pick, possibly Cotter then Rennie then Joseph (how do you judge his coaching the Sunwolves?)
Arguably Joseph has taken the lowest-level teams, but Cotter and Rennie have arguably stronger records except for the thumpingly gigantic Wallaby-sized hole in Rennie's CV.
They are all good at turning teams around quickly, like a bit of discipline, and can work with others but definitely the leaders.Three good candidates, what's not to like? I hope they all get a chance*
The depth of the assistant coach paddling pool perhaps...*Has Cotter expressed any interest? Missed that if so.
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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.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
thumpingly gigantic Wallaby-sized hole in Rennie's CV.
Rennie's 3-2 record vs Boks as Wallabies coach may appeal......
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@KiwiMurph
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@chchfanatic
So the rumor is basically Ardie is a wife cheating, cliquey, devious backstabber. -
@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'
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
thumpingly gigantic Wallaby-sized hole in Rennie's CV.
Rennie's 3-2 record vs Boks as Wallabies coach may appeal......
Yes read that as well but not sure how applicable it is.
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@tubbyj said in All Blacks 2026:
Did Ardie want to play 8 and they told him him was playing 7?
If the rumour was true he's a nonstop player in several positions.
But I don't see how all this gossip is going to improve the ABs. Razor is gone, we have to move on. -
@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.
