All Blacks 2025
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Who is Ardie Savea's agent? They did a great job of absolutely screwing NZR over and Ardie gets huge big-ups from the NZ media every week when he was mediocre for the ABs last year and his team this year while doing better than expected still missed out on the Super Play Offs and got their arses kicked by the Chiefs.
Shannon Frizzell is another player whose agent does an amazing job. Jeff Wilson bangs about how what great news a Frizzell return would be so often that I almost suspect he's on commission.
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@sparky pretty sure he negotiated his own contract in 2022. I remember he was on John Isaac pod and telling iice that.
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So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
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Okay I'd go with:
Props: Williams, De Groot, Bower, Lomax, Newell, Tosi
Hookers: Taylor, Taukei'aho, McAlister
Locks: S Barrett (c), Vai'i, Tuipolutu, Holland
Back Row: Blackadder, Finau, Jacobson, Savea, Papalii, Lakai, Sititi
Half Backs: Ratima, Roigard, Hotham
First Five: Beauden Barrett, DMac, Reihana
Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Reiko Ioane, Billy Proctor, Tavatavanawai
Back Three: Reece, Jordan, Love, Carter
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So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
@Canes4life said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
I would love to see them roll the dic for the French - Dmac and BB are both known quantities so lets have a look at one of the young fellas
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So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
Reihana might push Love out.
Though I don't want to see it. -
Okay I'd go with:
Props: Williams, De Groot, Bower, Lomax, Newell, Tosi
Hookers: Taylor, Taukei'aho, McAlister
Locks: S Barrett (c), Vai'i, Tuipolutu, Holland
Back Row: Blackadder, Finau, Jacobson, Savea, Papalii, Lakai, Sititi
Half Backs: Ratima, Roigard, Hotham
First Five: Beauden Barrett, DMac, Reihana
Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Reiko Ioane, Billy Proctor, Tavatavanawai
Back Three: Reece, Jordan, Love, Carter
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
So who still has DMac starting for the ABs? Massive worry for the ABs when Beauden’s been average as well. Maybe time to starting blooding guys like Love and Reihana.
Reihana might push Love out.
Though I don't want to see it. -
Okay I'd go with:
Props: Williams, De Groot, Bower, Lomax, Newell, Tosi
Hookers: Taylor, Taukei'aho, McAlister
Locks: S Barrett (c), Vai'i, Tuipolutu, Holland
Back Row: Blackadder, Finau, Jacobson, Savea, Papalii, Lakai, Sititi
Half Backs: Ratima, Roigard, Hotham
First Five: Beauden Barrett, DMac, Reihana
Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Reiko Ioane, Billy Proctor, Tavatavanawai
Back Three: Reece, Jordan, Love, Carter
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
Okay I'd go with:
Props: Williams, De Groot, Bower, Lomax, Newell, Tosi
Hookers: Taylor, Taukei'aho, McAlister
Locks: S Barrett (c), Vai'i, Tuipolutu, Holland
Back Row: Blackadder, Finau, Jacobson, Savea, Papalii, Lakai, Sititi
Half Backs: Ratima, Roigard, Hotham
First Five: Beauden Barrett, DMac, Reihana
Midfield: Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Reiko Ioane, Billy Proctor, Tavatavanawai
Back Three: Reece, Jordan, Love, Carter
Will be hard to leave Reihana out after that. Will be intriguing to see if they make any last minute changes. I don’t think Carter makes it after tonight, wasn’t great under the high ball and was left in no man’s land on a number of occasions. I think Narawa gets in ahead of him.
Would love to see this backline at some point: 9. Roigard 10. Love 11. Clarke 12. Tupaea 13. Proctor 14. Reece 15. Jordan.
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@Frank Maybe. I think they will have Ruben Love as he can cover First Five, Wing and Full Back. It's probably a straight choice between Clarke, Narawa and Carter though. Reiko Ioane and Jordie Barrett might see some time back on the wing.
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@sparky I think that hotham isn’t quite ready for test footy yet - I honestly think that Christie has come back and played his best footy of his career this year and could/should make his way back
@jamsb said in All Blacks 2025:
@sparky I think that hotham isn’t quite ready for test footy yet - I honestly think that Christie has come back and played his best footy of his career this year and could/should make his way back
Get off the forum Finlay.
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Waiting for super rugby form to be key this year...
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:
Waiting for super rugby form to be key this year...
Now that's brave
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@KiwiMurph It ain't pretty, but he can do a job there.
Quinn Tupaea Vs Jordie Barrett for the 12 jersey is a very tight call. Both very good players.
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
@KiwiMurph It ain't pretty, but he can do a job there.
Quinn Tupaea Vs Jordie Barrett for the 12 jersey is a very tight call.
Razor prolly still loves DH...
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I'd like to see QT but Jordies boot and utility might give him an edge
