All Blacks 2022
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2022:
@Winger you're more forgiving than I, he didn't just give a one word answer to a question and so might have misheard, he said he didn't know this was their first win until the boys were talking about it
I am it seems
. I thought overall Ardie came across well. But I put it more down to the coaches / management. I amazed the history isn't discussed before every tour. For example how many tours of NZ by this team, the win / loss record broken down by tests / provincial etc, years and so on. Use this as a motivational factor -
@Bovidae said in All Blacks 2022:
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
@junior I would argue Sam Whitelock has had a bit to do with the success we’ve had during those winning times.
Possibly another reason why things turned to custard with him absent on the weekend.
That didn't seem to help in Dublin and Paris last year when Whitelock was the captain. It's more about the lack of nous and game awareness from team than just the captain.
Yeah this whole situation is not about one person or one thing. It’s a culmination of several issues.
Whitelock’s presence no doubt makes a difference to our chances of winning in terms of his on field play and experience - 133 tests and only 16 losses. All of our great captains saw losses. It’s all part of the learning process for them.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks 2022:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks 2022:
For all the "Foster bashing", it isn't coming from a very passive media who seem quite subdued. The Breakdown was deliberately obtuse and shallow (Access to AB camp on their mind?). It seems the obvious flaws in the ABs are being analyzed by fans, blogs, and overseas media.
100%
The NZRU must have journalists afraid of access with the ridiculous lack of critical rugby journalism in NZ. It's a tragedy and must be contributing to the issue.
Further, we don't seem to have any rugby journalists who actually can (and/or will) analyse the game.
We don't even seem to have any journalists who are prepared to call on those (ex)players or coaches who could do it.
The access issue is real; you can see the likes of Hinton and Knowler itching to tee-off but holding back enough to remain in good favour. There are journalists/opinion writers who challenge NZR, coaches and individual players (Rattue, Reason) but they tend to get rounded on and dismissed as clickbait merchants by the rugby public, and get disbarred by NZR.
In terms of true rugby analysis, I can't help think this is one consequence of what Dylan Cleaver described as the 'hollowing out' of NZ sports journalism, simply because no money.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
@junior I would argue Sam Whitelock has had a bit to do with the success we’ve had during those winning times.
Don't disagree but after a pretty lackluster NH tour there were plenty on here calling time on his career. At the very least he needs to be managed carefully.
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@Marty said in All Blacks 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2022:
@junior I would argue Sam Whitelock has had a bit to do with the success we’ve had during those winning times.
Don't disagree but after a pretty lackluster NH tour there were plenty on here calling time on his career. At the very least he needs to be managed carefully.
That just goes to show they don't know as much as they think they do.
Whitelock is a key cog in that tight five going forward.
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didnt click in it, cos Reason, but you do wonder if the coaches are utilising these ex players and/or coaches where they can, am sure the likes of DC, Richie, Smith (of the Ben variety) et al would be keen to give thier insights, not saying they need to use what they say, but getting other perspectives is key, but I guess you first need to admit you need help and ask for it!
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
didnt click in it, cos Reason, but you do wonder if the coaches are utilising these ex players and/or coaches where they can, am sure the likes of DC, Richie, Smith (of the Ben variety) et al would be keen to give thier insights, not saying they need to use what they say, but getting other perspectives is key, but I guess you first need to admit you need help and ask for it!
He’s no Rattue but he’s an ok writer, he made some good points.
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Finally the drums are starting to beat.
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Someone has already updated the Wikipedia page:
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@ARHS stopped clock and all...he and @MN5 's dad, Rattue have spouted the same vitriol for years (over a decade?) bet they are grinning ear to ear as they type out thier 'articles' with glee at the predicament the ABs find themselves in (TBF, most is of thier own doing) every now and then they do write some insightful pieces, but like most of thier ilk, they get lost amongst the click bait headlines.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2022:
@ARHS stopped clock and all...he and @MN5 's dad, Rattue have spouted the same vitriol for years (over a decade?) bet they are grinning ear to ear as they type out thier 'articles' with glee at the predicament the ABs find themselves in (TBF, most is of thier own doing) every now and then they do write some insightful pieces, but like most of thier ilk, they get lost amongst the click bait headlines.
Is Rattue still writing ?
Every time there is a NZ Herald article I have to pay for it so I don’t know.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2022:
Someone has already updated the Wikipedia page:
also just changed the captain
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Finally the drums are starting to beat.
Someone is reading the Fern. Lazy journalism
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@Canes4life check with @Chris @Machpants 😉
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2022:
sometime i feel a lot of these players wouldn;t even watch rugby if they weren't getting payed to play
That is absolutely nothing new though. A few pros I've known often were largely uninterested in anything rugby in their spare time. And I'm thinking back as far as twenty odd years.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@Winger said in All Blacks 2022:
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
Its right at the end if anyone wants to hear the comment (7.25 on)
Ardie does say it does hurt. I thought he came across well. Although the coaches should have stressed the never won in Nz before before the first test
Ardie might be too honest.
The coaches shouldn't need to know this. A good culture driven by high performing players would know their history. Not so long ago I remember players playing out of fear of being the first to lose. This lot appear to be free to "express their skills" as they "walk forward and embrace the challenge" and unencumbered by fear have managed to lose to Argentina, Ireland in Ireland and now Ireland in New Zealand on their way to our lowest historic ranking!
What's next on this rocket ship to mediocrity?
It did seem that the dubious (and factually incorrect) media campaign about Ireland never winning in New Zealand may have confused the general public, and some diehard fans.
But, I expect that anyone valuing the culture and history of NZ rugby, including the AB coaches, would have known that Ireland won several matches on their tour in 1976 (including against a Manawatu team with 11 All Blacks and a strong North Auckland team lead by Sid Going.) Maybe Ardie was a bit coy, not wanting to embarrass the media and sponsors on that one. They should have left it as "never beaten the All Blacks in NZ" and not made fools of themselves around the first Maori match.
Good on ya Ardie. Having been to an Origin match live, I get the reference.
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@ARHS said in All Blacks 2022:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@Winger said in All Blacks 2022:
@antipodean said in All Blacks 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2022:
Ardie Savea saying in his press conference today that he didn't know that the All Blacks had never lost to Ireland in NZ before Saturday.
Seriously wtf?
A senior leader in the team and the ABs home record isn't touched upon at all in the leadup to the series?
What the hell is going on with the AB culture?
I look at this interview and I wonder much the same thing. Where's the pride? They talk about it but no one seemed upset to be the player that ruined a legacy in a dog shit performance.
It looks to me that the pendulum has gone too far. Once upon a time there were good men who took ownership and drove high performance within the team environment. Now it seems that's taken for granted rather than delegated based on performance.
"It's like an Origin decider" No fluffybunny. It's much more important than that.
Its right at the end if anyone wants to hear the comment (7.25 on)
Ardie does say it does hurt. I thought he came across well. Although the coaches should have stressed the never won in Nz before before the first test
Ardie might be too honest.
The coaches shouldn't need to know this. A good culture driven by high performing players would know their history. Not so long ago I remember players playing out of fear of being the first to lose. This lot appear to be free to "express their skills" as they "walk forward and embrace the challenge" and unencumbered by fear have managed to lose to Argentina, Ireland in Ireland and now Ireland in New Zealand on their way to our lowest historic ranking!
What's next on this rocket ship to mediocrity?
It did seem that the dubious (and factually incorrect) media campaign about Ireland never winning in New Zealand may have confused the general public, and some diehard fans.
Anyone remotely interested would understand the reference is to Ireland beating the All Blacks.
But, I expect that anyone valuing the culture and history of NZ rugby, including the AB coaches, would have known that Ireland won several matches on their tour in 1976 (including against a Manawatu team with 11 All Blacks and a strong North Auckland team lead by Sid Going.) Maybe Ardie was a bit coy, not wanting to embarrass the media and sponsors on that one. They should have left it as "never beaten the All Blacks in NZ" and not made fools of themselves around the first Maori match.
Good on ya Ardie. Having been to an Origin match live, I get the reference.
Yeah, in messaging to the New Zealand rugby public, he references SoO as if that would explain it to them.
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