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Tehui wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:27 am So with Caleb Clarke likely out for the England game, who steps into the left wing position? I'm guessing Rieko. The ABs would be fools to forget about him.

DMac to fb and Jordan to the wing, where he won’t need to pass anymore.

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I’d like to see the ruling. I thought it should be red according to irb rulings.

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Josh Lord working overtime.

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Finally caught up on this match, based on the comments I expected the most atrocious performances ever but with no emotion in it and the ability to fast forward all the stoppages it was a really good match and a very impressive performance from the All Blacks. Apart from maybe hot and cold from Bea...

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ANALYSIS: The prospect of a Grand Slam is still alive for the All Blacks, after coming from behind to seal a crucial win over Ireland in Chicago on Sunday morning (NZ time). Despite the Irish copping an early (ridiculous) red card, Scott Robertson’s side did not lead until inside the final quarter,...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:54 pm Best multi-phase period of rugby the entire game.

I wish it was us but I think Ireland are tired and down on confidence

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nabanoba wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:48 pm That's been coming.

NZ can switch to a gear we can't match today.

Need Crowley off

Old nz could. That stuff is rare for this team.

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Harveys wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:44 pm This shite is unwatchable. Made all the more shite by cantab supporters who will happily take an undeserved squeaky win if the cards fall that way.

Speak for yourself. I hate Canterbury but I want to win.

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:23 pm James Lowe celebrating and high-fiving after the opposition mistimes the kick. He really is a knob head.

If it comes from pressure then I get it. I don’t mind players being fired up.

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A lot of “where did he have to go” on Bierne. Why didn’t he lower and prepare to tackle? He looked surprised to be on the field let alone playing defence. If he prepares for the tackle he doesn’t get carded or penalised. Feels harsh but it’s consistent with the punitive rules we have these days. I’...

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I for one enjoyed that half of rugby. Beirne decision was wrong though. Both him and Clark are yellows A lot of “where did he have to go” on Bierne. Why didn’t he lower and prepare to tackle? He looked surprised to be on the field let alone playing defence. If he prepares for the tackle he doesn’t ...

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I for one enjoyed that half of rugby. Beirne decision was wrong though. Both him and Clark are yellows A lot of “where did he have to go” on Bierne. Why didn’t he lower and prepare to tackle? He looked surprised to be on the field let alone playing defence. If he prepares for the tackle he doesn’t ...

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Completely agree

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In all seriousness, I’m BB’s biggest fan and he’s a quality kicker but I think he has a bit of a mental block that he is unlikely to get over before he retires. Just touching back to this, I have a theory on BB. It's about pressure. I think BB is excellent at handling pressure situations that rely ...

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No Beauden Barrett (ACL) and de Groot (HIA protocols) next week. Love to fly half (In your dreams - this is conservative eddie in charge)? I think us north islanders need to temper our Love hype. It’s getting a tad canterburyian. We are known for our impartial judgement and wisdom, let’s not forget...

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DMac's goalkicking was great at the world cup but his kicking is also hot and cold. It's a damn sight warmer than Beaudy's at the moment. It's one advantage of him likely starting in Perth. Did I see on the screen last night that DMac is kicking at 92% in tests this year? He looks very good in the ...

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No Beauden Barrett (ACL) and de Groot (HIA protocols) next week. Love to fly half (In your dreams - this is conservative eddie in charge)? I think us north islanders need to temper our Love hype. It’s getting a tad canterburyian. We are known for our impartial judgement and wisdom, let’s not forget...

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How is this new? Name one season when most posters weren't whinging about something. One of the reasons the All Blacks have been so good over years is that across the country the standards and expectations have been impossibly high. Only excellence was accepted. It's much worse this year. In previo...

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Watched a replay despite not wanting to. Wallabies their own worse enemy. JOC gets that kick and the Wallabies score, they could have won the game. Thought the refereeing was abysmal but not surprised by that. Piardi is just useless and Jonker hates Australia. I screamed a few times at the tellie b...

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Watched a replay despite not wanting to. Wallabies their own worse enemy. JOC gets that kick and the Wallabies score, they could have won the game. Thought the refereeing was abysmal but not surprised by that. Piardi is just useless and Jonker hates Australia. I screamed a few times at the tellie b...

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Looking forward to watching a replay as I'm currently on a flight back to NZ. From what I could gather from the match report and Tribe app, it seemed as though D Mac played an astute hand when coming on, landing some crucial penalties while also kicking nicely for touch when they felt it was on. Mi...

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Just come home from golf and the guys I was playing with didn't know it was a 5pm kickoff. They would have turned on at five to seven to see the post match interviews. :lol: They were grateful I let them know it's a 5pm kickoff. I wonder how many other kiwi fans will be caught out? Apparently NZR h...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:57 pm
ymx wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:37 pm Alarm set.

This is going to be a short sleep.

Wearing my lucky tee shirt, which I wore for the first SA test.
Why the fcuk didn't you wear it for the second!

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Tupaea is hopefully a better defender than two weeks ago.

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I keep thinking back to 2010, I think it was, when the cupboard at 10 was even barer (behind Carter) than it is now. Luke McAlister had gone, Beaver had been tried and found wanting. Henry just said, “Right, we’re going to develop Slade and Cruden” and brought them in. I feel that in contrast, both...

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I wouldn’t say Reihana or Love would set the world on fire. Or that Plummer would have. But my memory of Slade, Cruden and, of course Beaver in 2011 was that they weren’t that amazing . But they were given key experiences that helped them do the business in 2011, even as they fell like dominoes. We...

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There’s more to winning a super rugby title than having a good ten. I often think nzers put far too much of a teams success on the first five’s shoulders.

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Is it controversial to say that in 2025, JOC has been a superior 10 to Beauden Barrett? How has our depth at no.10 fallen so far, so quickly? The difference a good coach can make. I agree, Rob Penney really turned JOC's career around this year at the Crusaders. Glad to hear you think Penney is a go...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 5:18 am Is it controversial to say that in 2025, JOC has been a superior 10 to Beauden Barrett? How has our depth at no.10 fallen so far, so quickly?

The difference a good coach can make.

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How Mushroom and Dmac haven't been dropped after Wellington astounds me. I guess we can look forward to 50 aimless chip kicks into nowhere again this week. Combover obviously praying BB has the one perfect game against the wallabies he has every 7 years. How on earth can we still be persisting with...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:35 am
Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:34 am S Barrett dropped or injured?
Dropped.

On his shoulder? He’s injured…

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It doesn’t help that this whole discussion has become extremely tribal based on one player from canterbury.

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They did initiate something. Sabbaticals. You might not like how they do it but they’ve been doing it for a while. Sabbaticals only allow people already in the ABs to play away for a short while and come back. People who go play for another country do so because they know they are stuck in a system...

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They did initiate something. Sabbaticals. You might not like how they do it but they’ve been doing it for a while.

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Just over a week ago, we were the world's number 1 ranked team and had just beaten the dual-RWC winning Boks at Eden Park. One poor performance does not mean we should hysterically throw the baby out with the bathwater. The hysterics on this thread is just ridiculous. Thank goodness none of the peo...

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Honestly if we lose the Bledisloe it is time to fire both the coach and captain. That's just too much damage in too little time You're being hysterical. Why don't we wait for crises to happen before we start planning how we should respond? Probably what Robertson said when the team asked what they ...

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He demanded the 10 slot and deprived others of a fair chance at it? Did I miss something or did you take one of AC’s rants as gospel?

He definitely should shoulder some of the blame for the loss. No argument there.

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BB is fast turning into the scapegoat for a performance where every player ranged for ordinary to terrible and whatever strategy or game-plan we were following was more than a bit shit.

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ABs badly missed Rieko in Defense. Billy Proctor isnt an international AB player Proctors defense has been amongst the best of the rugby championship. In that game he made the second most tackles of either team, only beaten by Jordie. That he made one poor read in his first game this year doesn't m...

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Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:00 am I hadn't realized in the 6 defeats of Razor, we've never trailed at half time, amd have led in 5 of them,

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/18/anal ... -collapse/

… wow

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