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Is Beauden now higher on the 10 pecking order than McKenzie ? Will he make the squad up to the next RWC or are you getting Richie back ? Ritchie will be back with Love elevated . I dunno, he will be coming into the team cold in World Cup year won’t he? Not many coaches would pick from that but we k...

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Crusaders players that Scott Robertson could conceivably have selected, but didn't: - George Bower - George Bell - Ioane Moananu - Ethan Blackadder - Christian Lio-Willie - Rivez Reihana - David Havili - Braydon Ennor - Chay Fihaki Everyone satisfied? Will that be the end of that narrative? The fac...

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Having Mo’unga, DMac, BB as options at 10 in 2027 isn’t bad. But what happens if we have a situation like 2011 again, when Carter, Slade and Cruden all got crocked? One of the young 10s needs to be given significant time in the squad before then. What if we develop two more 10s but all five get inj...

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An interesting opinion piece about ways NZR could better promote the game of Rugby and especially increase the interest of youths. https://sportnation.nz/article/as-i-see-it-three-quick-fixes-to-reignite-new-zealands-passion-for-rugby?fbclid=IwY2xjawIGV1pleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRNjlFUXq_viftQVEg0SoqgHyMn...

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Well this thread has taken an entertaining turn the last page or two. From plain old Mounga trolling we've now widened the scope to Sevu Reece, Frizzell, Akira Ioane, Foster, Cane and Ryan. :lol: :thumbup: Did i leave anyone out? BB made an appearance a few post up from this one. A failed attempt, ...

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BB was always the better 10, this confirms it.

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 12:31 am
TEDS wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 12:21 am Unfortunately we have to wait 6 months before we get to try any of this because Stead wouldn't give it a go in a dead and meaningless test
Stead doesn't decide how many tests we play.

Btw, I don't think any test is meaningless.

Correct, no test is meaningless.

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jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 6:33 am What the fuck are the Black Caps doing, why aren’t England batting yet, this is ridiculous

This England team is never batting 2 days for a draw.

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Says he wants to coach England, France, or Ireland - but definitely not Wales :lol: It would be a dereliction of duties if Razor didn't at least extend the invite and see if he was interested. I assume he probably wouldn't accept, but you've got to at least ask. They clearly have a pre-existing rel...

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Top14 has a finals format right? Don’t they get 80k crowds for that?

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Best comment in this entire thread. Read it and weep Ali's Choice and Mr Brownstone. Except it's based on revisionism and with the benefit of hindsight. At the end of the SR season, no-one was calling for Sititi to be our starting All Black no.6. Even the most loathsome of Chiefs trolls weren't cal...

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Bands 1. Queensryche 2. Queens of the Stone Age 3. Taylor swift 4. Noel Gallagher 5. Beyoncé Top 5 songs all from operation mindcrime. I discovered queensryche this year and loved them, thrashing multiple albums but none quite like operation mindcrime. I’m a fan of everything on the list but Taylor ...

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I love Metallica, but their discography is so much weaker than it should be given their status.

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There you go... sounds like he just felt like there were three ahead of him... fair enough. He was probably right... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/harry-plummer-reveals-reasons-for-leaving-new-zealand-rugby-next-year/2P7N4AMMDZCQXD5F2AKJVI4XZI/ Three ahead of him yet one of them isn't even eligi...

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Why are we picking this guy? Wasn’t MacDonald against it? Was he? I don't remember reading any suggestion of this; got a source? There is no source. It was a ridiculous idea dreamt up by a North Island based troll in the Razor Out thread. That McDonald was fired because he took a noble, moral stand...

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Why are we picking this guy? Wasn’t MacDonald against it?

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Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:14 am Dave was always the best guitarist in Megadeth.

That’s quite a take, and I rate Mustaine.

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And the Heralds' team of the year. https://archive.ph/z1WOI Two things stand out to me I truly think the media made so much noise about Jordan being a fullback all year that they had their puff pieces written already before any games were played. He hasn’t set the world alight, and his best tests h...

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And the Heralds' team of the year. https://archive.ph/z1WOI Two things stand out to me I truly think the media made so much noise about Jordan being a fullback all year that they had their puff pieces written already before any games were played. He hasn’t set the world alight, and his best tests h...

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I am quite happy with Robertson’s job to date. I just don’t want to move away from how we currently manage overseas based players.

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This thread is an interesting example of people listing achievements (awards and trophies) vs how well they actually played and how long they were considered number one. It’s interesting how the SH view DuPont as well. We simply don’t see him as often as NH viewers do, and I understand that’s mainl...

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not_english wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:20 pm Not watched NZ cricket for a while, but good God these commentators are awful.

Who is it? And why are they terrible?

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Of course we all know it’s really only about Richie Mo’unga. That’s been transparently obvious from the start. Mr B’s claims that being able to call on Isaac Ross, Richard Kahui and Chase Tiatia would remedy All Black issues were a silly smokescreen we all saw through from the get-go. It’s pretty o...

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This thread is an interesting example of people listing achievements (awards and trophies) vs how well they actually played and how long they were considered number one. It’s interesting how the SH view DuPont as well. We simply don’t see him as often as NH viewers do, and I understand that’s mainly...

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Roberston seems to have been driven in a quest for immediate results without considering the future. Players like Lakai, Love, Kirifi, Proctor, Lam, Holland... et al should all been developed further - yet were passed over to give "reward" to players at the end of their careers. Robertson's fundame...

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I can see the allure of a huge pay check in signing for three seasons. But RMo still could have made a fair bit—and not taken himself out of the NZ picture for so long—by just taking a sabbatical or compromising and just signing up for two years. As AC has already pointed out, these top ABs aren’t ...

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I believe Mo’unga made a bad call to sign up for three years in Japan. Putting aside the whole AB selection debate. It was a silly call for him and his family. Watching the podcast interview with him it’s clear that while there are things about Japan he enjoys (he claims at one stage that he and hi...

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Yeah that's a massive, overlooked factor. It's a lot, lot easier to turn down a massive overseas contract if you were born into a comfortable/affluent/privileged family and are already earning good money in NZ. Maybe you already have a cushy-post rugby career set up in the media/coaching and you'll...

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Star Wars. The originals is the most overrated trilogy in Cinema history, and the others are either mildless dross or actual human excrement. It's not actually sci fi, yet is somehow the poster child for it. How is it not sci fi? It's space fantasy. There is nothing science about it, everything run...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 8:37 pm Star Wars. The originals is the most overrated trilogy in Cinema history, and the others are either mildless dross or actual human excrement.

It's not actually sci fi, yet is somehow the poster child for it.

How is it not sci fi?

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I'd love to see someone like Colin Slade or Tom Taylor playing behind our pack. The way I saw Cruden play in the NPC even he'd potentially be better It's too late now, but I'll forever maintain we jettisoned Cruden way, way, way too soon. He was the best 10 in the world for good chunks of 2012-14, ...

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Got to say I am very disappointed with the All Blacks and Scott Robertson in regards to that haka. The All Blacks are struggling for support in NZ more than they ever have and to allow TJ Perenara to politicize and push his personal opinions on his way out the door to Japan when a large portion of ...

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I like the idea of sabbaticals where they are bespoke to fit the situation. I can really believe the NZRU are f**king this up

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As a coach you don’t want to lose the locker room…

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World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year: 15. Will Jordan (New Zealand); 14. Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa), 13. Jesse Kriel (South Africa), 12. Damian de Allende (South Africa), 11. James Lowe (Ireland); 10. Damian McKenzie (New Zealand), 9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland); 1. Ox Nche (South Afric...

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Some pretty one eyed people here. Giving him a B for fucks sake :lol: He lost to Argentina, lost twice to SA, lost the rugby championship, and lost to France. He also had some weird selections going on. How can anyone seriously give that a B? I'll be generous and give it a C. You’re looking at this...

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I'd argue that this was the toughest schedule the AB's have had in the pro-era. Whilst four losses in a calendar year is always disappointing, the only real disappointment amongst those losses was the Pumas in NZ. The two losses in SA and the loss in Paris were good performances against high qualit...

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These are the key player stats for the year for players who played for more than 200 minutes: Thanks PP. Those are useful stats to know and refer to. If you have any 'average stats per game' or 'per x minutes played' to share that would also be useful. Yes this adds some important context. Oppositi...

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And find a place for Ruben Love... he has something about him. Maybe 15.. and Jordan back on the wing. I know Jordan wants to play fullback but he just hasn't looked as comfortable there as he does on the wing... he seems indecisive when he has time to think.. whereas on the wing he gets less time ...

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I’ll say it again. Robertson wants his best team building valuable minutes on the pitch together. I get a strong sense the team isn’t quite landing his tactics yet so he wants to get the core team humming first. Once that’s working, we can start experimenting more freely with new players like we use...

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