All Blacks 2024
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@DaGrubster as far as I can see
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Hopefully he is luring Bridge back.
Comment of 2024 (thus far)! 😂
Otoh, what if Razor does make some really unpopular selections like that? I mean, there are plenty of whacky crusaders ideas that didn't quite work at ABs level, but Razor might believe he can make those work.
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I can actually see Havili playing 10 at some stage...
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@Victor-Meldrew As long as he stays away from the number 12 jumper...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I can actually see Havili playing 10 at some stage...
Me too, and I was told to fuck off.
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Well Razor's got the courage to follow his own path and break the mould.
The guy has enough intelligence to realize that it's not beneficial to weaken SR by making wholesale changes to eligibility rules. -
We have some serious talent still available even after the exodus.
Roigard-DMac-JB-Ioane-Narawa-Telea-Jordan.
Personally I was surprised last year that DMac wasn't running the show as his form warranted it.
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@chchfanatic said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Just curious on others peoples thoughts on this. If Richie Came back after the Japanese season finished in May and played club rugby for Linwood do you think he should be able to be selected for ABs.
Me personally I think Razor is fishing for something or someone else.Well of course he could, as long as he's contracted to NZR and not an overseas club, players can do that now, but just for 1 year.
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@Punch_up so what if he did?
While playing rhe "what if" game, what if someone like Bridge did come back and he had honed his game and became an excellent test rugby player?
As above, I do like a little of the unknown right now, for the past dozen or so years we have been largely "by the book" and for about half of that period we didn't question it cos the results came.
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@taniwharugby I agree with the general premise of shaking things up and looking at things differently.
However, i'm not sure Bridge is the best example.
He's about to turn 29 and has fundamental issues with his game that means he has a ceiling. Issues that are highly unlikely to be honed. One such issue is he lacks footwork which is why he had/has such an issue beating defenders. From memory towards the end even Razor wasn't selecting him in his top 15.
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Fucking pumped that the greatest coach in sport is coaching my team.
Good on him for ruffling a few feathers, including those of a few guys who post here.
I love the idea of him involving the whole New Zealand nation in his themes. The ambition and energy of this guy is something else. It's going to be a helluva a ride watching what he does with the All Blacks.
In Razor we trust!
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@KiwiMurph Bridge was used by someone else and I said "like" Bridge, not specifically Bridge.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@Punch_up so what if he did?
While playing rhe "what if" game, what if someone like Bridge did come back and he had honed his game and became an excellent test rugby player?
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mikedogz said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
If he avoids getting broken, surely he'll be the ABs 9 a lot between now and the next RWC.
Built like a beast, face like a 13 year old choir boy.
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@KiwiMurph yeah one thing that seemed fairly clear about Bridge was he had a great rugby brain, just didn't have the physical ability to keep up.
Can relate.
