All Blacks 2025
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Frank said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
Any update on BB's injury?
Fracture so could be gone for about 6-8 weeks.
This is a bit of an evil thought, but I hope the AB selectors are forced to look at other 10 candidates and that his hand takes ages to heal.
That's how Wallace got his start, JB at 12 too. Fozz and Razor both seem too dependent on their favourites
To be fair, in JB's case he had excelled at 15 in the previous season and it's understandable for Robertson to stick with known players in his first season/few games.
That said, if I see Havili in the 23, I'll happily join the favourites bandwagon.
Funny what makes some people happy nowadays.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
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@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
Robinson doesn't look like a "just shut the fuck up and so your job" kind of guy
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
Robinson doesn't look like a "just shut the fuck up and so your job" kind of guy
Either that or he was still trying to work thru the PowerPoint pack....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
Robinson doesn't look like a "just shut the fuck up and so your job" kind of guy
Either that or he was still trying to work thru the PowerPoint pack....
Making Steve Tew look awesome
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@Victor-Meldrew Could not agree more with this statement.
It has been bloody embarrassing listening to an AB coach pining for a player who knew when he left NZ for Japan that Razor would be the coach.
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@Jimmy-Jimmy said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew Could not agree more with this statement.
It has been bloody embarrassing listening to an AB coach pining for a player who knew when he left NZ for Japan that Razor would be the coach.
Just do your job Razor.Maybe he left after a discussion or three with Razor though...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
They indulged him by entering in negotiations to bring him back, leaked the news to the press, which upset the club and player thst it was leaked.
Not a great negotiation tactic
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@Machpants said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2025:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Victor-Meldrew I don't think the cupboard is as bare as it was in 2011.
Yeah, but if DMac or BB go down who - with even minimal Test experience - steps in?
NZR and Robertson need a kick up the arse for not developing players like Plummer but instead arguing about Mo'unga's eligibility.
Hardly NZR fault for categorically saying 'he's not eligible and is not going to change' at every opportunity. That's all on razor
I'd argue NZR should have told him to stop wanking on about Mo'unga and do what he'd been paid to do, though.
They indulged him by entering in negotiations to bring him back, leaked the news to the press, which upset the club and player thst it was leaked.
Not a great negotiation tactic
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I don't know where else to put this, but NZR has decided on a national high-performance pathway for U18s. This will align neatly with what Oz is already doing and may just help the U20s in future.
Note this doesn't replace the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby Union (NZSSRU) side.
New Zealand U18 team introduced to high-performance pathway
