The Silver Fern

@Crazy-Horse said in Exodus:

@brodean said in Exodus:

@Dan54 said in Exodus:

Shame about Stevenson going, (say the same about anything that takes away depth) but I maybe not as gut wrenched as a few. I always thought he was a bloody good 15 with a good punt, but maybe seemed to go missing big times in quite a few games. Very much like Akira Ioane type player, perhaps had everything but that last 2% in mind department? Just my take, so don't shoot me. I honestly thing Chiefs will be well served with ENS at 15, but I not really a Chiefs man so obviously not deep into it.

Stevenson and ENS are both better than Fihaki and Reece. Reece has had ample opportunities but is a flake under the highball and lacks the pace to be an international winger plus he's a basically a crim that got two free passes.

The double standards of these coaches boggles the mind.

Hindsight is wonderful aye. IIRC, not many were questioning Reece's inclusion this year based on his form in Super Rugby.

Many questioned his inclusion for the EOYT though. He had a fairly average RC.

@booboo said in Exodus:

@Canes4life said in Exodus:

How Fihaki was selected in front of Stevenson I will never know.

Pure speculation but perhaps his move was already signalled and there was no point picking him?

I don't think they would have picked him for the All Blacks XV if that was the case.

@Canes4life said in Exodus:

@brodean said in Exodus:

@Dan54 said in Exodus:

Shame about Stevenson going, (say the same about anything that takes away depth) but I maybe not as gut wrenched as a few. I always thought he was a bloody good 15 with a good punt, but maybe seemed to go missing big times in quite a few games. Very much like Akira Ioane type player, perhaps had everything but that last 2% in mind department? Just my take, so don't shoot me. I honestly thing Chiefs will be well served with ENS at 15, but I not really a Chiefs man so obviously not deep into it.

Stevenson and ENS are both better than Fihaki and Reece. Reece has had ample opportunities but is a flake under the highball and lacks the pace to be an international winger plus he's a basically a crim that got two free passes.

The double standards of these coaches boggles the mind.

Don't forget Reece getting burned in that French game. He's clearly lost a bit of pace.

Apparently experience will magically make up for his lost pace. Razor logic.

Would have solved our exit issues, had easily the biggest boot in NZ. Thanks Razor and Foster for picking your favourite has beens instead of giving Stevenson a go.

McReight with another crucial turnover.

Where was the tmo for that Irish knock on?

McReight is probably the best 7 in the world imo. Outstanding player.

Schmidt>>>>Razor

Wallabies looking good.

We lack ball carriers across the park that can bend the line consistently. You need that against fast line speed. We will struggle until we can address this issue.

@booboo said in Italy v All Blacks:

BB's last touch in tests is a try?

That last try guarantees him another 20 tests.

The last test of the year is meant to be a big improvement on the first test of the year...

Vaai celebrating opposition mistakes is so annoying

@kpkanz said in Italy v All Blacks:

Why is Beauden still on. It's 58th min

2 more minutes to go

See what our experienced players are doing, Razor? Yet your dumbass keeps on selecting them.

@Halfback said in Italy v All Blacks:

A lot of players need to be shown the door to be honest.

If things dont improve next year, then hopefully the coaching team will be shown the door too.

Wow Jordan blew that.

@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:

@mencey said in Italy v All Blacks:

There has to be a serious rethink for next year. We are going backwards FFS.

I think they’re missing some areas of technical/tactical coaching. It’s raw but I actually don’t mind the overall picture. Also not sure Razor is someone who can give a rousing shed speech.

Theming alone is not enough at test level. Razor is finding that out.

Rieko's first line break this year?

Ridiculous yellow lol. Rugby is a joke now.

Thought this game wasn't on till tomorrow and missed it. What's up with these Friday night fixtures?