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This is now just becoming embarrassing. I now live in Canada and I have neighbours who don't know shit about Rugby telling me that the All Blacks are not the same team anymore.

Foster may be a great bloke and all that but he should never have been given the job in the first place. We have just gone to shit under his tenure. We won't get out of the quarters if we are even lucky enough to get out of this pool.

Some of the players should have gone to Japan for good for the payday already. Where is the backup game plane if things are not working? This nonstop kicking the ball away is just a joke.

Richie and Dan must be in total disbelief in the stands. That is the second game in a row that was just sickening to watch. The French can play way better that that. Thank F### they didn't or we would have been in for another hiding.

I haven’t particularly been looking forward to this WC as I knew we weren’t going anywhere but the match at Twickenham and now this defeat has confirmed my worst fears.

All I can say is, I hope Razor can turn things around next year and make me want to watch this team play without a sense of how badly we could lose when I am watching. I am not a Crusaders fan but you have to give it to that man Scott Robinson. His record speaks for itself as does Fosters I am afraid to say.

I wish that I still drank as I could at least drown my sorrows. Yes this is negative but how else are you supposed to feel. My old man was Irish born so that’s who I now hope win if we can’t produce an absolute miracle. Enough said.

I have to say that I really thought that BB was past his sell by date. I just watched the game again and to say the he turned the game for us is an understatement. He may have lost a yard or 2 of pace but the game management when he came on was fantastic. I sound like a fan boy but at 60 I have been watching and playing rugby all my life and that performance from BB was special, one of the best that I have seen in recent times. Anyway enough said and fuck we need the experience players to step up and share their wealth. Hats off to Ratima also. Not bad for a first cap. I C a bright future. time for bed me thinks. Been up for quite a while watching here in North America. Roll on the Rugby Championship.

@canefan said in All Blacks v England:

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v England:

Happy enough with that. Would not have DH and ALB on the bench though.

Think that’s the end for Akita just has not taken his chances.

Delighted for Telea. He did take his chance and gets a deserved start.

Akira is far too loose for England IMHO

The only one I would swap is David Havili for a winger. I would have Shaun Stevenson personally and cannot believe that he has not been picked for the Full AB's. That or Sevu Reece. Any body but DH. He has shown fuck all at this level. I hope to fuck Will Jordan get better for next year. I think ALB is just rusty and I rate him. Akira Ioane has so much promise. Cannot understand why he has not made the step up.

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@Stargazer said in All Blacks 2023:

@Bones The win % says more than the total number of wins.

He's no Laurie Mains, but everyone's gotta have goals.

John Mitchell done so dirty by that graphic

Foster seems like a guy a little out of his depth, Mitchell has always seemed like a KHunt. So not done dirty at all in my book.

At least Foster's players genuinely seem to be fond of him. Not sure any of Mitch's players would lay on a grenade for him. I dislike the man for clear reason. His only redeeming feature is that he has a son that plays cricket for NZ and does it very well

He gave some pretty clear reasons for why he dropped Cullen but by Christ they went down like a shit sandwich.

I guess that comes down to was a case of was a 80% Cullen as good as 100% MacDonald/Blair ?

……so many on here have had a go at Foster for NOT dropping guys that are that tiny bit past it so it kinda proves you can’t win as an AB coach no matter what you do.

Not sure why you're implying the problem with Mitchell was merely Cullen (and yes his reasoning was utter b/s).

I’m not I’m just using one example and even the biggest fans ( of which I was one ) have to admit he wasn’t the player he was.

To engage you in your one example, even if he wasn't the player he was he was still the best 15 in the country in 2003. France managed to get performances out of Blanco after he wasn't the player he was.

Quite frankly Mitchell got lucky with the Blues centre after early trying a Blues winger at fullback.

Yeah but Cullens whole game relied on extreme pace and mobility which he didn’t quite have anymore. It’s debatable whether that version of Cullen was better than MacDonald/Blair. Fully fit from a couple of years back ? No contest.

I’m not defending Mitchell but I can see his point.

That's revisionist mate. Cullen was still one of the two best FBs in NZ, if not the best that year. I remember at one presser John Mitchell tried to explain that CC used poor technique when running with ball in hand, which was a ridiculous way to seemingly try to humiliate him

Mitchell is just a C### amd a complete joke. . Cullen was the greatest full back in the history of the game IMHO.

Not on here that often anymore. Life is just busy but have to say that I am just amazed that Ian Foster is the All Black coach. This team has looked mundane for the last few years. I am not from Canterbury but I am amazed that they chose him over Razor Robertson. Not sure how he has been recently as I have not watching the domestic game but he was a hell of a coach. Ian foster has never been any good IMHO. We are in for a few more years of shit and look nowhere like world cup winners. Anyway it's just a thought.

Cannot believe D Havili is even near this team. Until we get rid of the dead wood we are never getting anywhere. I hope to fuck next year we pick totally on form and not just the coaches favourite player.s Terrible !!!

The Foster press conference was a joke This Fucking guy is delusional. If we get through the quarter finals of the Wold cup I will be amazed. Just admit that you are not up to it and resign gracefully. Any other coach in any other sport would be sacked by now. This is not about U Foster, it is what is best for the team and you may be a good bloke and all but you are not it. Enough said..

David Havili should never be seen again in an All Black Jersey. Absolute Shit .

I do not know of any other sport or any other team for that matter that would have allowed the coach to stay on with the record that Foster has in the last couple of years. The rot starts at the top and the whole NZ board should have a look at themselves and there decisions. It is just a good old boys club that needs to cleared out. If they Robinson and Foster do not go then we could be in for a few years of heart ache. I do not care if Foster is s good bloke. If this goes on and he does not resign then he has no shame.

The worst half of All Black rugby I have ever seen. Embarrassing

@WillieTheWaiter said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

Will Jordan only person that can walk off that field holding his head high

Ardie as well. Time for a few retirements me thinks !!

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks vs Wales:

@Steve Clark very poor tonight.

Rico to the wing and ALB to the mid field. Simple as that. ..

Ardie Savea, Dalton Papali'i, A Smith for mine, in that order.

@stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:

@victor-meldrew We need someone like Robertson. He knows how to get the best out of players.

I cannot believe that they did not appoint Robertson as coach. The current one just has not got what it take. Look how well Canterbury and the Crusaders have done under him and I do not like either but admire both. Foster never had what it takes. The whole forward pack needs to toughen the fuck up while I am on this rant.

Hate to say this but this is just pathetic. Getting outplayed and out muscled everywhere. Got up at 3 in the morning for this. A changed at the top is needed 4 sure.

This team needs wholesale changes. Not even sure why cane is in the team let alone captain. To take Ardie off was a joke. Foster must go.....

What the fuck Happened. AB went to sleep

I hate to say this as the man over the years has be fantastic but BB may have to go. He has made way to many errors this year. RM was not brilliant today either. You cannot afford to miss touch finders. We have to keep this mid field though and MT has been great. Even CC was good in this match. When RC "GOAT' was there we would never have drawn a game like that.

I am still in fucking shock. This has left a bad taste in my mouth for sure. I hate when we fuck a game up like that for the last game of the season. England looked average and we looked great for the first 60. Now we just look likes bunch of chokers. !!

Fucking ruined my day !!!

@sparky said in All Blacks v England:

@LagerLout said in All Blacks v England:

You know what, I don't give a shit about the World Cup. I care that our mana is being damaged here every other test by Foster and co. Test matches are important. It was all lovely and fluffy to hear Richie talk about the team culture, but what the hell happened to the AB coach that put the fear of god into you that losing is just not acceptable. If you play badly, kiss your position goodbye. You're not AB material. This woke world of accepting failure is destroying the All Blacks. We will be just another team in less than 2 years if this crap keeps up.

You've put your finger on what I've hated about the later Hansen and Foster eras. Accepting failure. A Grizz Wylie or Laurie Mains team would have been terrified coming off the paddock after blowing a lead like that knowing the utter bollocking that was coming their way. Tomorrow morning would be tackling practice until they passed out.

To fucking wright. That gave me a laugh. I hate fucking mediocrity. The reputation of the All Blacks has taken a total beating in the last few years. At least I now live in Canada where not 2 many people gives a fuck about rugby. I would be losing my voice if I was the AB coach after that pile of shit. But Foster will just come out with his usual bull. We will lose Razor at this rate and then who will coach after next years debacle which is all I can C at this rate.

Christie and Nepo must be out. Dmac was shit but will go. Just a bad game. Anton Lienert-Brown has lost a bit IMHO Yep I would go with all the young props