All Blacks 2026
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth said in All Blacks 2026:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
Super rugby will be interesting with these much maligned players and how they respond and play there (Sititi, Parker, BB, Proctor, SB et a) in thier more comfortable environment.
Remember Scott Barrett has a non playing sabbatical this SR season.
no playing? i didn't realise
So much like 2025 with the ABs then...
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@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
Premediation is fine when picking the captain, as long as the guy is an undisputable pick (which SB was not IMHO). Razor fell into the Taine Randell trap
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
Don't think either Foster or Robertson named their captain until the squads were announced so would be very surprising if the next coach bucked the trend.
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks 2026:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
Don't think either Foster or Robertson named their captain until the squads were announced so would be very surprising if the next coach bucked the trend.
Funny. I recall different.
Happy to be proven wrong though.
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Cane was announced during the COVID lockdowns in rather bizarre circumstances when they didn’t have any games scheduled
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Ah yes was wrong on the Cane front but extenuating circumstances...
Foster said at the time: “We wanted to confirm Sam now because he’ll play a key role helping us plan for whatever the future looks like and will be working behind the scenes with the other leaders."
And yes, Barrett was announced alongside the first squad of the year in 2024.
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim Mark Reason? He still around.
Worst part is I agree with him.
He is still so very British:
"They cost the All Blacks their aura"
England didn't on that one game, that one moment.
Nice try to make England responsible for our fall in form, to puncture that mythical aura. But it isn't true. -
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
That's a good point, the next captain.
Not sure if Codie is in the right head space either.
Black surfer armbands for the next game. -
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim Mark Reason? He still around.
Worst part is I agree with him.
He is still so very British:
"They cost the All Blacks their aura"
England didn't on that one game, that one moment.
Nice try to make England responsible for our fall in form, to puncture that mythical aura. But it isn't true.Did he say that? I missed it. Excellent. One for Aura Watch.
We still got it
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
That's a good point, the next captain.
Not sure if Codie is in the right head space either.
Black surfer armbands for the next game.Hopefully he'll be able to move forward and when he takes time to reflect on Razor's tenure he will come to the conclusion that we were pretty shit
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@booboo said in All Blacks 2026:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
@booboo said in All Blacks 2026:
@Tim Mark Reason? He still around.
Worst part is I agree with him.
He is still so very British:
"They cost the All Blacks their aura"
England didn't on that one game, that one moment.
Nice try to make England responsible for our fall in form, to puncture that mythical aura. But it isn't true.Did he say that? I misser it. Excellent. One for Aura Watch.
We still git it
Yup in the original linked article next to "Cost Scott Robertson his job."
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@nostrildamus jeez, my typing is even worse than Razor's coaching
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
Hopefully he'll be able to move forward and when he takes time to reflect on Razor's tenure he will come to the conclusion that we were pretty shit
maybe the new captain will be a surprise pick. Maybe the new coach will take a chance on new players in general. In fact, given the schedule, they probably will have to. I just hope they rest the injured ones properly.
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Thinking about factions in the ABs, I seem to recall a comment from Sam Whitelock's book where he said he was not present or aware of the meeting that saved Fozzie's job. Does that mean as a senior player he was surprisingly kept out of the loop, or did he just not want to get involved? Is it more evidence of factions that have always been in play?
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2026:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks 2026:
@Duluth could make or break his career i guess.
Comes back refreshed and energised, or, realises that his body doesnt like the grind...I know I have mentioned it before, but with him not playing, Ardie in Japan, is even less reason for the next captain to be announced until the squad is assembled.
That's a good point, the next captain.
Not sure if Codie is in the right head space either.
Black surfer armbands for the next game.Hopefully he'll be able to move forward and when he takes time to reflect on Razor's tenure he will come to the conclusion that we were pretty shit
lol he is fine back at training ready to go.
I don’t know where these rumours come from
Codie is 100% a pro he will get on with it.
