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I think there has been a moving of the goalposts here.people were calling for Robertson to head over seas after he missed out to foster to get overseas experience not international experience. get out of a bubble and coach elsewhere.

for a improvement we will need to see a change in tactics for our attack and defence. at international level you just carnt go around a defence with out forward movement. similarly if you give meters away by not advancing in defence you are giving away options to attack

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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:

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@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:

@Victor-Meldrew I'm optimistic but Kirk. I think he's very able and quietly ruthless. Hopefully, he'll get rid of the bullshitters and the duffers in NZR one by one.

That said I was optimistic about Scott Robertson and look how that turned out.......

In my experience, when a Chairman starts talking about the need for optimal processes and refers to specific ones, it generally bodes well.

I hope he has the balls to take the nuclear option if need be

Might be cheaper contract buy-out wise to give JJ or Joe the Assistant (i.e head ) coach gig and keep Coach Jesus on as de facto media manager

Yes I suggested that earlier. He wants to be a figurehead? Then make it so. And pick someone to rebuild the locker room

ego want allow that

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360894956/difficult-questions-nz-rugby-must-ask-all-blacks-coach-scott-robertson-after-grand-slam-failure

Robinsons publicist hanging Scott Hansen out to dry?

@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:

Laurie Mains suggests the All Blacks coaches aren't on the same page as each other. I wonder what he's heard.

you don't have to be a ex all Blacks coach to see that

@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:

@ploughboy said in All Blacks 2025:

fuck picking on the players .this team is rudderless because of the coaches. swap anyone in or out we will get the same result as tactically we are clueless

Largely, but we do have a senior player missing touch from penalties most weeks.

yeah fair enough he can be the exception

fuck picking on the players .this team is rudderless because of the coaches. swap anyone in or out we will get the same result as tactically we are clueless

@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:

Parker, Finau, Jacobson, Sititi - all complete failures this year from the Chiefs. Same players responsible for their team having a record loss in the 2024 SR final, a loss in the 2025 quarter final, and didn't fire a shot in 2025 final.

Picking all four of them was insane. To make matters worse, the retard coach picked Vaai at 6 too. No imagination, let alone intelligence or analytical ability.

Good lord, what a shit group of players.

chiefs were only team to pick big 6s , next year looks like other teams are going to as well, may the best big win

the robinson years are not going to be remembered fondly

@frugby and why havnt the coaches improve to parts that need working on

the all Blacks were tactically inept ,

that loss is 100% on coaches. not just selection but tactics. no one runs on to ball to get over advantage line and defence gives meters away to easy.

@Kiwiwomble said in NPC 2025:

@Canes4life thats an agent trying to get clients by claiming they can get them into NPC, these have posts for every comp around the world by the looks of it...dont think it means anything

I was curious as have been doing some requitment for my club, the highest level i could see in the NZ placements was North Otago......

lochore cup winners my friend

pretty shit news but common sense would be to pull the plug

most pleasing part of game for me was the performance as a group of the locks. ranked as our 4,5 and 6th locks and none of them looked out of place

for context both Jerry Collins and Rodney sooialo were 6 3

McAllister was 3rd choice at crusaders and probably shopped himself around
but agree a bit of a hypocrite

lakai is 6 1
dup's is not even 6
wally is 6 2
ardie is 6 2
is the context of international rugby they are quartet midgets

so the scots loose forward arnt big so we have picked our smallest quartet to match them. instead of going big to physically extend them. shows you everything about this coaches mindset

@Grooter said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

@hikastags cheers stags, if true what's the point of Luke Jacobson being included in the ABs this year?

on that team too big