The Silver Fern

he's turning up a heap on my socials recently. seems to be leaning in to his profile.

@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2026:

Aight cool good replies

don't listen to them, they are in the annual "Highlanders will be good this year" phase like every single january. Reality is still 7-8 weeks away

simple really. think Indecent Proposal. One night with her and you're in as skipper

psych!!

(this post was satire don't come looking for me)

@Donsteppa said in All Blacks 2026:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2026:

For what it's worth I've heard second hand from a source that Razor is gone and Joseph is being lined up.

7 upvotes in three minutes is a pretty damning indicator of how much TSF likes Razor these days.

my theory is that he's the victim of expectation

After Hansen's reign got stale, then Foster was seen as nothing more than a mediocre continuation that didn't exactly sparkle, Razor was supposed to come in like a breath of fresh air and shake it all up. We were promised so much, and there was an air of optimism.
Then year 1 was business as usual really, but he was given the "a bit of continuity while he finds his feet" excuse.
Then year 2 was more of the same, combined with some really ropey performances, and everyone turned far harder than i think anyone expected, including NZ Rugby.

i for one call for a Stalin-esque 1937 purge. NO ONE IS SAFE!

@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:

@george33 said in All Blacks 2026:

@Chris apparently only short term tho must change methods .
I'm not even sure that's true tho a lot what him out 50/50 .
Camp going ahead with which coaches?

Razor and Ryan fitness trainers and medical staff.I am not sure if Hanson will attend depends if he agrees to certain things.

Maybe a new coach to be added soon to replace Holland.

so according to you the outcome of this review is... nothing

@KiwiMurph said in NFL 2025:

@mariner4life said in NFL 2025:

Hilarious that the only guy in that Division to keep his job is Taylor at the Bengals!

Cheapest owners in the league not wanting to pay out a coach

that's a crowded field

Hilarious that the only guy in that Division to keep his job is Taylor at the Bengals!

insane off season.

good move for Tomlin and the Steelers. Pitt definitely needed to try something else (and be comfortable with a couple of losing seasons in order to build for actual success) and Tomlin will get his pick of available jobs.

you know what? fuck this bitch ass, punck ass, fuck ass "competition" there isn't even a pretence at parity or a salary cap.
Fucking Sydney just signed Torrey Craig. Fuck you Torrey. One of my favourite Taipans ever. Turning out in that shit fucking uniform.
Meanwhile the Taipans have the two worst imports in the league (and Andrew Andrews who is bottom 5), Waardenburg is hurt AGAIN, Reyne Smith has been broken since November, and it's just fuck us i guess? We can't send shit imports home and get new ones like other clubs (how come Adelaide suddenly have money?) we just suffer in our jocks and get hammered ever 2nd week.

And somehow we aren't the worst team in teh comp.

fuck yeah, even if it's all bullshit it filled in a boring tuesday.

@xman said in All Blacks 2026:

If Robertson is sacked, the pressure on the next coach will be enormous to get better results. If the next coach loses the South Africa tour, loses the Bledisloe, loses the Eden Park streak, then what does NZR do? Don’t just assume Jamie Joseph will be the saviour of the All Blacks. Coaching Japan where you’re not expected to win, versus coaching the All Blacks where you’re expected to win every game is different level of pressure.

disagree, Razor has done the next coach a massive favour.

Once it turned out surf jesus wasn't the messiah, the general narrative changed to we don't have the cattle, and other teams have got so much better. Whoever gets the gig next has his excuses written for him.

@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2026:

It would be a ruthless (and expensive) move by Kirk and co.

however if the review laid out that it was a complete shitshow then this is the most high-performance move made by NZRU in a very long time,

@Kirwan said in All Blacks 2026:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2026:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2026:

assuming its true....really just for the purposes of a chat

im conflicted.....i didn't want them to drag things out like they did with fozzie...but also....getting rid of razor and keeping all the players that have been there through these poor performances and possibly seeding the toxic environment is also not good

i was about to post "I will absolutely crack up if they sack the coaches and then the same players get picked in July anyway"

If they win, and play well, we'll know what the problem was.

But I think it's clear that there is a good 20% surfing in on the back of the provincial cabal currently in charge.

if it was me?
The skipper moves to a squaddie spot
I am looking at 3 new starting loose forwards, Ardie to the bench.
BB to the paddock, DMac promoted and the most promising young 10 to the bench.
I am looking very hard at both midfield spots, definitely a new (or even returned) centre.
A new fullback, Jordan back to a wing.

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2026:

assuming its true....really just for the purposes of a chat

im conflicted.....i didn't want them to drag things out like they did with fozzie...but also....getting rid of razor and keeping all the players that have been there through these poor performances and possibly seeding the toxic environment is also not good

i was about to post "I will absolutely crack up if they sack the coaches and then the same players get picked in July anyway"

these "leaks" make no sense

The guy that, from the outside anyway, looks to be at the heart of our struggles when we have the ball, is not only locked in the jersey, he's actively running the team?
A guy who plays every minute of every test with what appears no accountability for any of the weaknesses in his game won't play for them any more?

I am many confused.

@Dan54 said in Super Rugby 2026:

@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2026:

last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.

They did that a few times when I there too mariner, even with average crowds. I wondered if they thought their supporters were so dumb they needed coaching on cheering.

they were too busy blaming the ref to cheer

last time i went to a Reds game at Suncorp the crowd was so shit they were piping crowd noise over the PA when ever the Reds got in the 22. Hilarious.

@booboo said in All Blacks 2026:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2026:

@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:

winner gets head

deal!!

How did I know it would be Mariner that picked up on that.

@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:

winner gets head

deal!!