All Blacks 2021-2025 Thread

[Kiwiwomble]

Not created yet - feel free?

exactly what i was going to say, ive got sick of creating thread for one or two people to post in

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

How good is Tuipolotu? Where would he rank in all the locks of the last 30 years?

 

[Kiwiwomble]

All blacks locks? personally?...not even top 10

 

[Umaga's Witness]

How good is Tuipolotu? Where would he rank in all the locks of the last 30 years?

he is big. he is experienced. he captains the blueswho won the super rugby ***le. he is respected. he is old but the best hes ever been, or at least he was before his injury. who is to say now. how does he rank compared to jones, brooke, , jack, wilkiams, thorn, robinson, romano, retallick, whitelock, barret. he doesnt but his form now is up with others

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

NZR suing Ineos for allegedly walking away from their sponsorship deal half way through.

Despite recent form the ABs are still the sport's biggest brand, so this is pretty seismic.

Although may also reflect wider issues in the Ineos sporting portfolio, which hasn't wholly gone to plan.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

dont think its allegedly, INEOS had said they are waking away due to cost saving activities...you kind of wonder what the point in an agreement is

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Yeh they are gonna do the same to Man U with their "cost savings." Whilst still being able to afford a new 100k capacity new Old Trafford? Better not ask for tax payers' money.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Post from All Blacks

He would have been 50 years old today. A man who changed the game of rugby. Forever in our hearts and minds, Jonah ð¤

youtube.com

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I see Bryn Evans has been added to the ABs coaching staff as Lineouts and Restarts coach

Loved him as a player, one of the best lineout forwards I've seen

 

[Bada-Bing!]

 

[Kiwiwomble]

a couple of surprises (although had heard the rumours last week) , no blackadder, no havili, no Papalili. reece and clarke probably luck that guys like Tangitau have been injured

stoked for Tavatavanawai (Big Jim), seems like a top bloke and has been playing better since being captain of the Highlanders which i think is telling when so many people wilt under that extra pressure.just hope we actually see him and hes not just there to hold tackle bags

 

[BrokenWing]

Thought it was five-eighth? Eight makes no sense…. Well, even less sense.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

a couple of surprises (although had heard the rumours last week) , no blackadder, no havili, no Papalili. reece and clarke probably luck that guys like Tangitau have been injured

No Tele'a. Injured?

 

[Flankers' paradise]

gutted for Aumua and Lakai being injured

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

No Tele'a. Injured?

Leaving for Japan.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Razor has said that Ioane is there as a centre/wing, he hasn't made that distinction before and given the depth in midfield and lack of it on the wing i expect to see him on the wing quite a bit

 

[Flankers' paradise]

Razor has said that Ioane is there as a centre/wing, he hasn't made that distinction before and given the depth in midfield and lack of it on the wing i expect to see him on the wing quite a bit

Especially with Proctor the in form 13 it gives Ioane a chance to re focus on his game a bit more, have some fun wide wide

 

[Kiwiwomble]

i do have this feeling that even with some new blood in the squad....we'll see a lot of the sam old selections in the backline

its going to be Dmac, clarke JB, Ioane, reece with Jordan and BB fighting for 15

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

That was a great trick play for the Roigard try. It fooled me even on the replay. Codie Taylor deserves an Oscar for his acting pretending that the ball was coming his way.

 

[Which Tyler]

Kiwi comm.s are just a touch biased - that deliberate knock-on isn't deliberate, because it's instinctive and trying to knock it backwards - which both contradictory, and wrong in both aspects (I'd have allowed "instinctive" - which doesn't change the offence - but it's also an instinct that every pro rugby player should have suppressed years ago)