All Blacks 2026
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@gt12 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim said in All Blacks 2026:
Interesting comment by Sam Casey on SENZ: the constant talk by Robertson about overseas based players really pissed off the squad.
Good fucking job too, that was a moronic and stupid thing to say and he was rightly getting bagged on here by a few for it.
Remember this embarassing shit?
This was cringy and embarrassing to start with, it looks infinitely worse now.
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@Jet said in All Blacks 2026:
The best thing about today is that I can now rest safe in the knowledge that I know my rugby.
All my ranting and raving was spot on , and it just took the chattering classes and officialdom a while to catch up.
If the first training session under the new regime doesn’t include whips, cudgels, blasphemy and furrowed brows you will be in here calling for heads to roll.
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@W32 said in All Blacks 2026:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2026:
The best thing about today is that I can now rest safe in the knowledge that I know my rugby.
All my ranting and raving was spot on , and it just took the chattering classes and officialdom a while to catch up.
If the first training session under the new regime doesn’t include whips, cudgels, blasphemy and furrowed brows you will be in here calling for heads to roll.
We will be seeing you in the summer son. Bring your fucking dinner and all.
Tell all those sunshine boys over in Pretoria we are getting the band back together.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks 2026:
I have been walking around with a spring in my step today. Mrs Crazy is in for one hell of a treat when she gets home.
You found the batteries?
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From quite a few different conversations. This is roughly how things played out, as best I’ve been able to piece together. It’s from a few sources, so there are probably some gaps in here too. Been a bit on the fence about sharing this because can’t confirm a few details but here goes.
@Landers92 you’re very connected to this as well so feel free to add anything I’ve missed.
Players went to Razor with some major culture / strategy / communication concerns and asked if he could work with them to solve them.
He promised that he would.
He then made the exact opposite decisions without consulting or communicating with them.
He then limited (some?) access to himself and directed feedback to more frequently go through Hansen.From that point onwards, players seem to have not only felt like they no longer had a voice, but were dismissed when they approached Hansen with the same concerns. At the same time an islander contingent began to feel they were losing their voice.
At some stage, some staff stepped in to bridge the gap and were rebuffed too, unclear whether by Hansen or Razor. This may have happened multiple times.
Somewhere along the line, you had a strategy camp who had issues with management and direction, and island players who felt directly targeted by non-selections they believed were aimed at them for having expressed concerns rather than based on performance. (It may well have been about performance, but perception often becomes reality.)
A big piece of feedback I’ve heard is that when it came to managing people bringing issues to him, he seemed completely lost. In fact, “lost” is probably too kind. In most instances, he appears to have given the worst possible replies, alienating people who were trying to work with him to solve problems. This especially seems to be the case with Savea, the islander boys and some staff. May be true of wider camp but can’t confirm.
Some people who genuinely cared stepped in to try and work with him, and he just didn’t seem to recognise that they were trying to help him.
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@Jet said in All Blacks 2026:
The best thing about today is that I can now rest safe in the knowledge that I know my rugby.
All my ranting and raving was spot on , and it just took the chattering classes and officialdom a while to catch up.
Perhaps you could wait until the new coaching team is appointed.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
I lot of Hate on Crusaders sites by the public for BB and Savea looks like they will get a great welcome when they turn up in CHCH.
Not that I want to see it,not the way to react.That's a shame. Hung drawn and quartered by rumours. What if some of the senior players with adverse feedback were also Crusaders...
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@handa457 said in All Blacks 2026:
From quite a few different conversations...
Was Ryan mentioned in any of them? The focus seems to be on Razor and Hansen..
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@nostrildamus I’ve heard very little about Ryan in all of this, but will ask those in the know and report back.
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@Darth-Sader It's good to reflect on how poor the performances were, and head off any "hard done by" talk. These were the biggest scores conceded of all time. Addressing these defensive deficiencies must be priority number one.
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i wouldn't mind an overseas defence coach, someone to bring a new approach.
