All Blacks 2026
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To Europe hopefully where the standard of the game is tougher than the rugby in Japan.
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@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2026:
So might be off topic but where does Razor go if he's sacked? Japan? Another international team?
Creative director and head of ambience at Te Kaha Stadium
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2026:
Is there an actual presser/news release due from NZR tomorrow?
Yes it came out on Monday, quoting the end of year review will be released on Thursday .
Unless it has all changed since Monday.A source I chat to occasionally insists no such media release exists.
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2026:
When was the last time we had an interim coaching group for the national team?
A recruitment process is long and difficult.
Could we see an interim group in place for our biggest tour in decades?
Never? I can't ever recall an ABs HC being let go. Another first for Razor?
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@zedsdeadbaby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2026:
Is there an actual presser/news release due from NZR tomorrow?
Yes it came out on Monday, quoting the end of year review will be released on Thursday .
Unless it has all changed since Monday.A source I chat to occasionally insists no such media release exists.
Yeah it does I think Martin Devlin also mentioned it on his podcast with Mark Watson about the coming rugby year
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@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2026:
So might be off topic but where does Razor go if he's sacked? Japan? Another international team?
Imagine how Hoss will feel if Razor and Ryan go coach England.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2026:
@Yeetyaah said in All Blacks 2026:
So might be off topic but where does Razor go if he's sacked? Japan? Another international team?
Imagine how Hoss will feel if Razor and Ryan go coach England.
Candidate for Post of the Year in the 2026 Fernies...
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Perhaps name them - there were a fair few non Crusaders who in my view (this season) put in great shifts.
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@Old-Alleynians said in All Blacks 2026:
Perhaps name them - there were a fair few non Crusaders who in my view (this season) put in great shifts.
Name what
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The mon Crusader ABs that didn't display Crusader virtues...
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Non
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@SouthernMann said in All Blacks 2026:
When was the last time we had an interim coaching group for the national team?
If Robertson has got the chop, it's possible they'll do a version of what they did with Foster - announce he stays on but a new coach will take over before August for the SA series.
Utterly dumb idea, but then again, this is NZR managing the AB coaching gig......
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@mohikamo said in All Blacks 2026:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2026:
No wonder NZ Rugby is in such a mess when senior dudes can't even do the basics like treating their employees with respect. What a shit-show
The 21st century work place is so f'n huggy, you'd wanna be careful even using "firm" words to a co-employee.
NZR HQ will be no different, the office politics will be the same as everywhere.
Leaking something anonymously to the public in what is a very high-profile (NZ) business is probably about the only nasty course of action on the table.Anthony may have even enjoyed putting his scathing (supposedly) report together, as he walked out the door.
He may have wanted to do something like that for a long time; but couldn't of couse; cant be upsetting anyone!The player employees get treated with kid gloves imo.
Disagree. There's taking a tough approach and treating people with respect - they're not mutually exclusive.
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@Old-Alleynians said in All Blacks 2026:
The mon Crusader ABs that didn't display Crusader virtues...
Savea
B B
Finau
McAlister
Ratima
Christie
Proctor
Reiko
Kirifi
Parker
Sititi at timesOff the top of my head All were shit at particular times and didn’t put in as they should have.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Old-Alleynians said in All Blacks 2026:
The mon Crusader ABs that didn't display Crusader virtues...
Savea
B B
Finau
McAlister
Ratima
Christie
Proctor
Reiko
Kirifi
Parker
Sititi at timesOff the top of my head All were shit at particular times and didn’t put in as they should have.
And if you come back and defend them you are taking the pissDisagree re Christie. Not a huge talent and shouldn't have been picked (esp. for the EOYT), but played his heart out.
Maybe not a Crusaders virtue.....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Old-Alleynians said in All Blacks 2026:
The mon Crusader ABs that didn't display Crusader virtues...
Savea
B B
Finau
McAlister
Ratima
Christie
Proctor
Reiko
Kirifi
Parker
Sititi at timesOff the top of my head All were shit at particular times and didn’t put in as they should have.
And if you come back and defend them you are taking the pissDisagree re Christie. Not a huge talent and shouldn't have been picked (esp. for the EOYT), but played his heart out.
Maybe not a Crusaders virtue.....
No being ginger maybe though
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Just looked back Devlin mentioned the press release on his podcast All black Review and six nations Predictions he mentions Jan 15th as marked in every Jurnos diary as the day the review will be released to the public.
@zedsdeadbaby maybe your source is not in the know.
Someone showed me the press release on Tuesday the day after he received it on Monday.
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@sparky said in All Blacks 2026:
So, what do we know for certain?
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There clearly was a lot of division in the All Blacks camp last year. We could work that out from the on-field performances and the body language off it. Laurie Mains came out and said that in an interview and he'd clearly spoken to some of the current players.
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Ardie Savea and Dalton Papalii are clearly deeply pissed off. So are about four or five other players. The NZ Herald clearly has multiple sources on that.
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Parts of the review are going to be scathing.
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Multiple ABs have heard something about a change in the coaching set up. But no one's gone on the record to say for certain that Hansen and Robertson have gone.
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There is a bit of a "circling the wagons" to defend the reputations of Hansen and Robertson, but from people close to the Crusaders, not NZR. If they are staying on, I'd expect them to receive public backing soon.
So, yeah, I suspect they've probably gone, but not definitive proof yet.
For once your statement of the obvious is actually bang on. Good work Sparky
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