The Silver Fern

@Old-Alleynians they have their moments where it seems to click but not consistent enough
Think we have pretty much settled on the playing group so hopefully the consistency comes next

@Richie8-7 springboks in auckland was good
But seems like some think we only win when the opposition play bad so that game probably doesn't count either

@nzzp you realise Scott Barrett is out, not BB

@kpkanz we scored 3 with him, so why not?

@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:

We could use the PI player excuse that gets trotted out frequently - that he has to go and earn money to provide for his family ....

And there is nothing wrong with that if had that chouce but still after 1 season of new world cup cycle he leaves.

Maybe he is smart enough to realize that his overseas stocks where as good as they were going to get

But I struggle to get on the bandwagon that he is international quality because he leaves without giving it a few seasons

@ShaquilleOatmeal that's how it works in school sports, but professional rugby is a complete different level
If we bring in newbies every game then they would be abused for not working on combinations which is ultimately where the best team is developed from
With Plummer, he must be the only player under 30 who has been capped and left in the same year in a very long time, maybe just being an all black was more important than being longterm or he already made his mind up

@Frank we have capped 8 players this year, that is a fair amount. You can't just change every one

@Canes4life The idea is good but given Carter doesn't perform that role at super level it is a massive risk to try it in test rugby though

@chchfanatic that is big blow, he has found his groove in the ABs for the last 2 years

@stodders Barrett and Holland both started the first test

I don't understand the desire of some to move Jordan to wing to accommodate love. Jordan is one of our few world class players and needs as many minutes at 15

Love on the right wing is definitely worth a try though

@taniwharugby what was wrong with Barrets form, he had 40 min of test rugby after finishing the super season in good form

@SouthernMann think it's crusaders Friday night and 2 games Saturday Sunday

@mariner4life What? So Barrett is now not even worthy of starting? Dont see that myself. I cant remember when a player hasn't been selected following injury (not withstanding how well PT played)

@brodean that stat is more about the teams he started against as much as his performance.

@SouthernMann is he signed up to the highlanders? Every other franchise will be sniffing around if he is a unsigned player

@brodean why does that matter? Razor has never coached him so don't see any connection

@Victor-Meldrew Because the rest of our 10's aren't much different/better?