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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in AB Blindside - past, present & future:

After watching Blackadder's performance last night, I was wondering what kind of mental gymnastics people would perform in order to criticise his play. I have not been disappointed.

His main criticism is that he is always injured for long periods. This prevents both him and another player reaching their true potential for the AB's when the coaches continually try to bring him back into the AB's.

Durability is an attribute of a player worth considering when you're wanting to build a cohesive team.

@ACT-Crusader said in Current depth at 10:

There was talk of Toeava playing 10 and we ended up bringing those guys in after multiple injuries, plus using Weepu.

Not so crazy in retrospect, Ice debued at 10 for Auckland if my memory/research is correct, scoring 2 tries!
Played there for Auckland and the Blues and then overseas...

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so we lost Ineos and gave gained toyota and gallagher, is it basically just those two are covering what we got from Ineos or has this been a net gain?

@SBW1 said in "Could Dylan Brown be a Wah or an All Black?":

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the dirty Sanchez mo screams league.
(Nobody mention Paps).

@Kirwan said in Sevu Reece - in trouble again:

Has Robertson made him captain yet?

Insert Patrick Bateman “oooh” meme here.

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:

@Tim said in All Blacks 2025:

Spend three years away, come back for the world cup. Absolutely get fucked.

100% agree, no one should ever be an automatic selection after being away that long playing micky mouse rugby in Japan.

Especially having played in one of the ABs least successful eras.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

I get your point but conversely I'd like to think that's where we should expect our best performers to be: front row and the tight-loosie.

Mark Cavendish wins BBC Sport Lifetime Achievement Award.

Fair enough. A genuine spirit cycling legend and a cool nickname. The Manx Missile.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0475w65054o

@dogmeat said in Italy v All Blacks:

Careful - I got pilloried for suggesting the great one was fucking thick.

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Based on current evidence, stupid is as stupid does

@Nepia said in All Blacks MOTM v France:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM v France:

Went Roigard, Williams and Vaa'i. Honorable mentions to Reiko, RD and Lakai.

You know you can click on the vote total and it tells you who did it?

EDIT: Quoted the wrong post.
@voodoo

Nobody likes a show off mate

That drop by Ioane, coachkiller.

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM v Ireland:

@MN5 said in All Blacks MOTM v Ireland:

It was awesome seeing my favourite All Black of recent times Cieran Reed at training with the boys I must say.

Celtic for 'sentimental woodwind instrument'.

My favourite now is probably still RD Severe but he needs to improve his form a bit

easy money.

@mariner4life we were top tier on half way for the Bledisloe

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Algerian VPN works

with?

ExpressVPN

No, I meant what are you trying to achieve?

Oh watching the NZ v Ire Squidge vid

Sititi offcial MotM, I see

Although it is hard to judge match to match, against dif teams, at least we will get to see 6 days apart BB and DMac against top 5 teams. It will be also interesting if the game pan changes to be less kick and more chaos, and we see that Razor's big gameplan is 'just go play, boys, and fuck 'em up' - depends on who is ten

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM v Japan:

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks MOTM v Japan:

Sititi, Tuipolotou, Sotutu.

???

Zero errors

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:

But is it?

Yeah, I think that attitude is there and is important to maintain, so good on England's players there. I think a bit of the PR is overdone, and some player (e.g.Sexton) don't seem to get the idea but it's a key part of the game.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/news/daily-news-1723786396818-f183-1723941497988/chaos-in-all-blacks-untidy-win-against-average-japan-side-in-depth

Same as most people here, they not giving that performance vs 14th ranked Japan a pass at all