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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:
That's a fascinating article - confirms a lot of what has been suspected.
Mainly that Mark Robinson has a lot to answer for. That simpleton has singlehandedly ruined NZ rugby.
100% this
@Duluth said in All Blacks 2025:
Another quote from the article @tim linked to
But Robertson’s vision was never for him to undertake the tasks that most would agree constitute the role of head coach – setting the overall playing vision for the team and then overseeing the delivery of that plan. Instead, Robertson pitched himself as a culture coach, responsible for theming campaigns, communicating one-on-one with players to manage their expectations and career progression. As Robertson confirmed to the Herald this week in Cardiff, it is his assistant, Scott Hansen, who effectively operates in the role most would recognise as the head coach.the question needs to be asked that if Hansen had applied to be the head coach in 2023, would he have been given the role?
That is one of the most bullshit things I have ever read. Head Coach FFS.
@antipodean said in All Blacks XV v Uruguay:
This must be the expertise we're paying Silverlake for.
Isn’t this the exact game for the NZR+ app?
@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
Watching the post match. I always found Goldie to be an AB fan bois, but both he and Mils are increasingly critical of this team
Mils looked like he was chewing a wasp in the post match
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
@game_film said in England Vs All Blacks:
@MN5 I think Beauden is smart enough to go out on his own terms. I reckon he calls it when he lands back home.
Beauden Barrett was awful today. He was totally outplayed in every facet of Outside Half play by George Ford.
He looked like he knew it when he went off.
@game_film said in England Vs All Blacks:
Razor needs to be coached how to coach at the international level. Shouldn’t be getting sacked…. Yet…. but needs someone to come in as a sounding and challenge every decision from selection all the way down.
Isn’t Wayne Smith meant to be doing some of this?
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2025:
LOL that's
The sheep were probably thinking "We walk together..."
We walk with a lot of care
@DaGrubster said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@DaGrubster said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Jet said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
@Bovidae said in ALL BLACKS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA 2026:
Two of the three confirmed tests are in Johannesburg. Durban or Pretoria for the 4th test?
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour fixtures 2026
Friday 7 August: Stormers v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tuesday 11 August: Sharks v New Zealand, Kings Park, Durban
Saturday 15 August: Bulls v New Zealand, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Saturday 22 August: South Africa v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg (first Test)
Tuesday 25 August: Lions v New Zealand, Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Saturday 29 August: South Africa v New Zealand, DHL Stadium, Cape Town (second Test)
Saturday 5 September: South Africa v New Zealand, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (third Test)
Saturday 12 September: South Africa v New Zealand. Venue to be announced (fourth Test)Thats a harder schedule than the British and Irish Lions face and they have 4 countries to pick from.
Its suicidal
8 games in 37 days. A game every 4.6 days with lots of travelling cris crossing the country, in and out of altitude.
4 tests in 4 weeks. Travel in between and a long haul flight to London between weeks 3 and 4.
We have signed up to a brutal schedule. And are they expected to go on a EOYT 5 weeks after this tour finishes?
Yes its great to have a tour but im afraid we have set ourselves up for massive failure
And will the Bledisloe be in between this tour and the EOYT?
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Just learned a fact that astonished me.
Listening to Jamie Wall talking to Devlin and in the introduction he made mention of the fact that the Wallabies haven't beaten the All Blacks since 2020! Looked it up and it's TEN straight wins to the ABs. (And as an aside I was at that game in Brissy.)
So they are due then…
I am over in Perth for work this week and next, heading along tonight. Hope the win one lose one cycle is broken.
@NTA said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Why am I so worried that Robertson's squad will spend most of the week "having fun in Perth"
The west coast surfing is good I hear.
Not so much in Perth.
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
As long as no one mentions how much ‘care’ they want to prepare or play with I am fine.
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
As Karl Dickson is the ref, you know what speed the game will be played at.
Bloody Hell
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2025:
ANALYSIS: Scott Robertson oversaw his fifth loss since taking charge of the All Blacks on Sunday, as they went down 29-23 against Argentina in Buenos Aires. The defeat came in Robertson’s 19th match since replacing Ian Foster at the helm of New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team at the start of last year.
He has now overseen five losses faster than the last four men to be in the hot seat before him – Foster, Sir Steve Hansen, Sir Graham Henry and John Mitchell.
Yes but as James Parsons said if we had kicked all our shots at goal the All Blacks would have won, so all is grand.