The Silver Fern

Have these blokes even trained all week? Judging by the socials it's all been promo bullshit.

Hanging with the Chicago Bulls, hanging with the Chicago Bears, doing content with Barstool and other influencers... Complete clown show.

Still a bit unsure why we persist with Lord. Lord failed his HIA in the weekend and Darry just returned…

Good final and great to see the stands full.

Would've loved to see Zach Gallagher stick around in NZ. Bit annoying he's signed to the Toyota Verblitz by Steve Hansen & Fozzie, who are helping drain NZ talent.

Fakatava hard done by. Would have liked to see his commitment to playing in NZ be rewarded.

Somebody mentioned Ah Kuoi training with the All Blacks…

Rieko Ioane posted a photo today from training with Ah Kuoi in the background.

@taniwharugby No, we have a good side. Not an over-achievement by any means.

Caleb Clarke said post-match that the squad put rugby aside for the week to "re-gather as a group after a long break"

Give me a break. This group is a circus.

Leicester needs to be starting every game in the midfield through to 2027.

The opposition spam the blitz D with huge success against us since Fozzie took over. Think it's because we moved to more playmakers in the midfield instead of proper ball-carriers. It's much harder to use blitz D when you have a tank charging at you instead of a lanky Jordie B, ALB, Rieko, Proctor coming at you.

Big ball-carrying backs with skill are part of NZs DNA... and we've moved from it to our own detriment. It'll straighten our attack, hesitate the defensive line, give our forwards extra time to clean, and take a ton of pressure off the playmakers.

Wasting time with Rieko again... And at 13, where the shit coaches made it clear wasn't his future...

With ENS only extending in NZ by one year... he needs to be bought into the ABs as soon as he can

Believe the Rugby Championship Twitter account has leaked the team an hour early

@pakman said in All Blacks 2025:

@hikastags said in All Blacks 2025:

Leicester should be straight back in the squad. He killed it in France at centre and is better than all of our current wings.

He was pants against Lions.

I'm not going to base him much off a shit invitational side who got on the piss 2/3 times during the week of.

Plus he had the unfortunate task of playing outside David Havili that day.

Holland MOTM... WTF???

Ok let's do 6:

Lineouts for Season ( won + steals )
41 (2) Samipeni Finau
39 (2) Cullen Grace
31 (1) Brad Shields
25 (6) TK Howden
23 (5) Anton Segner
17 (3) Brayden Iose
14 (7) Devan Flanders
14 (3) Cam Christie
14 (0) Simon Parker
2 (0) Ethan Blackadder

Dominant Carry %
43.1 TK Howden
39.4 Brayden Iose
39.2 Simon Parker
37.2 Cam Christie
36.1 Samipeni Finau
35.3 Oliver Haig
30.8 Anton Segner
27.1 Cullen Grace
13.8 Ethan Blackadder

Gainline %
71.1 Samipeni Finau
69.6 Simon Parker
68.2 Anton Segner
66.2 TK Howden
64.7 Oliver Haig
55.8 Cam Christie
50.0 Brayden Iose
48.6 Cullen Grace
34.1 Ethan Blackadder

Tackle Evasion %
15.8 Oliver Haig
15.1 Samipeni Finau
14.1 TK Howden
12.2 Simon Parker
9.8 Cam Christie
9.4 Cullen Grace
9.2 Anton Segner
2.5 Ethan Blackadder

Kid's going to be very good.

@Chris-B Possibly. I think i'd go Springer personally, but he doesn't offer much of a kicking game.

Fihaki will be quite an underrated loss. He was very solid last night and his clearances will be missed.

Real shame Zach Gallagher is leaving for the Verblitz.

@Chris I'm not sure why Chiefs fans are all upset.

Maybe don't bottle your home QF vs the #6 seed and you could host the playoffs and ring your cowbells as much as you like.

The Myth of Damian Mckenzie facebook page sure likes to be taking credit for the "leaked" backline.

Razor and his coaching staff are a complete joke

Bell is much better than Brodie Mcalister