All Blacks 2024
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
I'm picking undefeated ABs for next 4 years and 2027 WC
Post of the Year 2024, 2025, 2026 & 2027
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Clarke looks in superb nick. Fingers crossed it translates...
711K views · 7.4K reactions | Some ticker in those hamstrings! 🔥...
Some ticker in those hamstrings! 🔥 #AllBlacks.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Clarke looks in superb nick. Fingers crossed it translates...
Some ticker in those hamstrings! 🔥 #AllBlacks.
No matter how fit, he needs more of this!
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2024:
@Punch_up said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris He didn't have to say it. All this repeated eligibility talk from Razor was about Richie.
From the Media yes Razor never mentioned Mounga, until they bought it up so can you read Razors mind.
Is Kaino still lacing up?
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@Bones said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2024:
@Punch_up said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris He didn't have to say it. All this repeated eligibility talk from Razor was about Richie.
From the Media yes Razor never mentioned Mounga, until they bought it up so can you read Razors mind.
Is Kaino still lacing up?
If only, at Toulouse skills coach and academy assistant coach.
Maybe it is Lock where they are looking to shore up.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Clarke's problems are mental more than physical - i.e. workrate - be interesting if O'Halloran can make any shifts for Clarke during Super.
His lack of balance might be both mental and physical
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@Nepia said in Crusaders 2024:
Is Fergus Burke really next in line? He's so nondescript that I've been muddling him up with Brett Cameron in my head while reading this thread - until just now when I clicked they're different.
I think that's fair though. Neither are stand up and look at me 10s (thus far).
I think Cameron came back from Japan better than he left, I'm interested to see what he can do in Super rugby this year.
Burke, jury still out but he is at the right team to get a very fucking good chance, so I like his chances with Razor - unless Havili ends up at 10.
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@Chris You don't have to be a mind reader to realise that all this hinting at changes in eligibility rules is about selecting Richie. He's the only player that Razor has publicly stated that he's disappointed is leaving. The rest of the overseas guys are way past their prime or only rated by one member of the coaching team.
It's actually a bit worrying, bc Mounga is just a good international 10 not a great one like say DC. Razor has 4 years to select and develop one or two new 10s. He should just get on with that.
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@Nepia I get what you mean. It seems that for the last 4 years super rugby coaches have opted for rather ordinary options at 10 (when they have more exciting candidates or guys with greater potential in their squad or even wider training groups). It seems like no one wants to take a punt on anyone not 100% unspectacular.
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@Punch_up said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris You don't have to be a mind reader to realise that all this hinting at changes in eligibility rules is about selecting Richie. He's the only player that Razor has publicly stated that he's disappointed is leaving. The rest of the overseas guys are way past their prime or only rated by one member of the coaching team.
It's actually a bit worrying, bc Mounga is just a good international 10 not a great one like say DC. Razor has 4 years to select and develop one or two new 10s. He should just get on with that.
I think it could be someone else,
Another poster a little while back who has a strong connection to Razor mentioned a lock might not be done for the next WC and he is pretty on to what he posts. -
@Punch_up said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris You don't have to be a mind reader to realise that all this hinting at changes in eligibility rules is about selecting Richie. He's the only player that Razor has publicly stated that he's disappointed is leaving. The rest of the overseas guys are way past their prime or only rated by one member of the coaching team.
It's actually a bit worrying, bc Mounga is just a good international 10 not a great one like say DC. Razor has 4 years to select and develop one or two new 10s. He should just get on with that.
The only other player that could be in the group of ‘want haves’ is Leicester, and again, if he is the savior we are well fucked.
Pick Dmac, Beauden, Perofeta, Cameron, or Burke or Ioane. A combination of three of them puts him well in contention with other international teams post a WC.
As surf Jesus coach, he has plenty of talent.
Maaaaaaybe he isn’t quite so surfy? Or so Jesusy? Or so?
And maybe he knows it now that he knows that he doesn’t automatically have the best spine in the competition.
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@gt12 Agree on most everything you wrote (maybe not the name Beauden).
I'll add another question: What if Razor was planning to unveil The Cantablacks 2.0 as his first squad, but without Richie he's going down a more balanced route? Ok, I'm just joking here.
Still, it might just be "wanting to work with players he knows" initially. Anyone know any non-crusaders in their mid-20s that Razor coached at u-19 level?
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