All Blacks 2023
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@Nepia you're wrong, Crosswell played for the Canes aswell.
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@Bovidae pretty sure that isn't Kade Poki. Looks more like Nigel Hunt, but not sure it's even him either.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Nepia you're wrong, Crosswell played for the Canes aswell.
So the guy who hadn't been identified at the time I posted also played for the Canes. Sweet.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2023:
The last 4 years under Foster would have massively aged everyone.
He looked 40 when he first started playing for Canterbury, same with his brothers.
You Cantabs will blame anything on Fozzie. I'm surprised he hasn't been retrospectively blamed for the earthquake.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bovidae pretty sure that isn't Kade Poki. Looks more like Nigel Hunt, but not sure it's even him either.
I think that photo includes players from the Manawatū area schools. Poki went to Hato Paora College, near Feilding.
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Nice to see it confirmed, still stuck in a defensive time warp
Why All Blacks' near-century won't have Ireland or South Africa sweating
The All Blacks' 79-point win over Italy confirmed what New Zealand's main rivals already know.
You would think that beating a team from the Six Nations tournament by a margin of 79 points would be enough to make any World Cup-winning hopeful sit up and take notice. In fact, New Zealand’s demolition of Italy will only confirm what the likes of Ireland, France and South Africa already know: that if you give the All Blacks the gilt-edged opportunities they want, and play right into their hands, they will score a hatful of points.
Question and answers alike circle like vultures over the New Zealand defence. Its fundamental shape and philosophy has not changed much for the better part of 10 years, and in the knockout stages of World Cup 2023 it will be challenged like never before.
The All Blacks will operate their Venus flytrap, dragging the opposition attack wide with the honey of easy pickings, then the jaws will clap shut at the least sign of weakness at the ruck, and the counter-attack begins. It is a formula devised by ‘The Professor’, Wayne Smith, and it has proved its value and stood the test of time.
But the times have moved on, and the ghosts of the three wise men, Sir Graham Henry, Sir Steve Hansen and ‘Smithy’, stand in the dim distance. The spectres of a decade of Kiwi dominance may just be ripe for exorcism.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2023:
Nice to see it confirmed, still stuck in a defensive time warp
Why All Blacks' near-century won't have Ireland or South Africa sweating
The All Blacks' 79-point win over Italy confirmed what New Zealand's main rivals already know.
You would think that beating a team from the Six Nations tournament by a margin of 79 points would be enough to make any World Cup-winning hopeful sit up and take notice. In fact, New Zealand’s demolition of Italy will only confirm what the likes of Ireland, France and South Africa already know: that if you give the All Blacks the gilt-edged opportunities they want, and play right into their hands, they will score a hatful of points.
Question and answers alike circle like vultures over the New Zealand defence. Its fundamental shape and philosophy has not changed much for the better part of 10 years, and in the knockout stages of World Cup 2023 it will be challenged like never before.
The All Blacks will operate their Venus flytrap, dragging the opposition attack wide with the honey of easy pickings, then the jaws will clap shut at the least sign of weakness at the ruck, and the counter-attack begins. It is a formula devised by ‘The Professor’, Wayne Smith, and it has proved its value and stood the test of time.
But the times have moved on, and the ghosts of the three wise men, Sir Graham Henry, Sir Steve Hansen and ‘Smithy’, stand in the dim distance. The spectres of a decade of Kiwi dominance may just be ripe for exorcism.
So it has stood the test of time and it hasn't. Glad that was cleared up
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there is a difference between "not allowed" / "Barred" and asked not to attend to avoid being a distraction....would they cancel his contract if he did go?
in saying that....would the team have any idea if he was in the crowd of tens of thousands?
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2023:
there is a difference between "not allowed" / "Barred" and asked not to attend to avoid being a distraction....would they cancel his contract if he did go?
in saying that....would the team have any idea if he was in the crowd of tens of thousands?
i would say its the latter ,
I would guess the conversation went something like , can we ask you a favour , I think it would be better for all parties if you didnt attend the games live until you take over or the gossip media will have a field day ,
The cameras will find you etc etc ....
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He is not allowed trainings or anywhere near the AB's a bit more than your post was indicated to him.
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@kiwiinmelb but are the team watching the coverage?....i cant imagine they're whispering to each other in the changing room..."razor is here....25 rows back and 10 in from the aisle....no, the other aisle....no....aisle 54...54 is the one on the 10m line...no, the other 10m line"
just seems weird
@Chris said in All Blacks 2023:
He is not allowed trainings or anywhere near the AB's a bit more than your post was indicated to him.
thats fair enough...that WOULD be a distraction
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Updated: Razor returns to NZ after Marshall claims he was barred from ABs
