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Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
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Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
It's not just his height but his heft. Ability to stop big attackers close to the line. Heart of a lion but he just doesn't have the mass to be an international 15.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
Kolbe is small but phenomenal in the air.
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@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
I've felt Holland has been out of his depth ever since he automatically got the head coaching gig at the Canes, was even more baffled when Razor wanted him on his team.
Holland was assistant coach to Canterbury at the same time as Razor. Razor seems to be a relationship guy - he trusts people he has known for some time. It's great, but only if they are actually really good coaches.
Which Holland has proven he’s not.
Holland is the strike play coach, no? Out of all the coaches this year, he’s been earning his corn off first phase. Not a great deal he can do if the team can’t win good first phase ball. They did in the first test against Boks and they carved them open for 2 tries. That suggests some degree of good coaching, no?
Bryn Evans has been responsible for most of the All Blacks tries off set-piece this year, there was a recent article that detailed the difference Evans has made to the strike plays, which were a real weaknesses for us last year & Razor bringing in Evans is the best thing he's done all tenure - that wrap around try off the back of the scrum in Wellington was a play Evans used previously at the Hurricanes.
I am not sure about that Evans is in charge of the line outs and they have not been great.
Holland was also involved in that strike move as it was from a line out involving the backs..
And that is really the only strike move I have seen that has come off in the last 4 tests.@Chris said in All Blacks 2025:
@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
I've felt Holland has been out of his depth ever since he automatically got the head coaching gig at the Canes, was even more baffled when Razor wanted him on his team.
Holland was assistant coach to Canterbury at the same time as Razor. Razor seems to be a relationship guy - he trusts people he has known for some time. It's great, but only if they are actually really good coaches.
Which Holland has proven he’s not.
Holland is the strike play coach, no? Out of all the coaches this year, he’s been earning his corn off first phase. Not a great deal he can do if the team can’t win good first phase ball. They did in the first test against Boks and they carved them open for 2 tries. That suggests some degree of good coaching, no?
Bryn Evans has been responsible for most of the All Blacks tries off set-piece this year, there was a recent article that detailed the difference Evans has made to the strike plays, which were a real weaknesses for us last year & Razor bringing in Evans is the best thing he's done all tenure - that wrap around try off the back of the scrum in Wellington was a play Evans used previously at the Hurricanes.
I am not sure about that Evans is in charge of the line outs and they have not been great.
Holland was also involved in that strike move as it was from a line out involving the backs..
And that is really the only strike move I have seen that has come off in the last 4 tests.Are you sure about that?
It’s a try Roigard has scored before for the Hurricanes, which blindside flanker Tupou Vaa’i noted after the match when he credited Evans as the mastermind behind the move.
“We honestly stole that from the Hurricanes eh,” Vaa’i said. “We saw it early on, actually here [in Wellington], against the Highlanders. They did that trick play around the front.
“Bryn is such a creative guy and we’ve been saying for years we need a lineout coach and he’s definitely bringing a different flavour to the lineouts and it’s obviously paying off.”
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2025:
@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
I've felt Holland has been out of his depth ever since he automatically got the head coaching gig at the Canes, was even more baffled when Razor wanted him on his team.
Holland was assistant coach to Canterbury at the same time as Razor. Razor seems to be a relationship guy - he trusts people he has known for some time. It's great, but only if they are actually really good coaches.
Which Holland has proven he’s not.
Holland is the strike play coach, no? Out of all the coaches this year, he’s been earning his corn off first phase. Not a great deal he can do if the team can’t win good first phase ball. They did in the first test against Boks and they carved them open for 2 tries. That suggests some degree of good coaching, no?
Bryn Evans has been responsible for most of the All Blacks tries off set-piece this year, there was a recent article that detailed the difference Evans has made to the strike plays, which were a real weaknesses for us last year & Razor bringing in Evans is the best thing he's done all tenure - that wrap around try off the back of the scrum in Wellington was a play Evans used previously at the Hurricanes.
I am not sure about that Evans is in charge of the line outs and they have not been great.
Holland was also involved in that strike move as it was from a line out involving the backs..
And that is really the only strike move I have seen that has come off in the last 4 tests.Are you sure about that?
It’s a try Roigard has scored before for the Hurricanes, which blindside flanker Tupou Vaa’i noted after the match when he credited Evans as the mastermind behind the move.
“We honestly stole that from the Hurricanes eh,” Vaa’i said. “We saw it early on, actually here [in Wellington], against the Highlanders. They did that trick play around the front.
“Bryn is such a creative guy and we’ve been saying for years we need a lineout coach and he’s definitely bringing a different flavour to the lineouts and it’s obviously paying off.”
@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
“Bryn is such a creative guy and we’ve been saying for years we need a lineout coach and he’s definitely bringing a different flavour to the lineouts and it’s obviously paying off.”
Well its not paying off our line outs were a mess last test.
Yes if you hear Jordan speak he also credited Jason Holland with that move. -
I’m not sure why we are so wedded to the coaching team needing to be NZers, the Boks have Tony Brown and Jerry Flannery, other countries lean on Kiwi talent or overseas coaches - I feel like we are too closed shop.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
It's not just his height but his heft. Ability to stop big attackers close to the line. Heart of a lion but he just doesn't have the mass to be an international 15.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
It's not just his height but his heft. Ability to stop big attackers close to the line. Heart of a lion but he just doesn't have the mass to be an international 15.
I'm not sure we pick our fullbacks based on their performance stopping players that other people should have already stopped. I've always preferred someone with the courage of DMac in defence rather than size and lacking that courage.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2025:
@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
@stodders said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2025:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:
I've felt Holland has been out of his depth ever since he automatically got the head coaching gig at the Canes, was even more baffled when Razor wanted him on his team.
Holland was assistant coach to Canterbury at the same time as Razor. Razor seems to be a relationship guy - he trusts people he has known for some time. It's great, but only if they are actually really good coaches.
Which Holland has proven he’s not.
Holland is the strike play coach, no? Out of all the coaches this year, he’s been earning his corn off first phase. Not a great deal he can do if the team can’t win good first phase ball. They did in the first test against Boks and they carved them open for 2 tries. That suggests some degree of good coaching, no?
Bryn Evans has been responsible for most of the All Blacks tries off set-piece this year, there was a recent article that detailed the difference Evans has made to the strike plays, which were a real weaknesses for us last year & Razor bringing in Evans is the best thing he's done all tenure - that wrap around try off the back of the scrum in Wellington was a play Evans used previously at the Hurricanes.
I am not sure about that Evans is in charge of the line outs and they have not been great.
Holland was also involved in that strike move as it was from a line out involving the backs..
And that is really the only strike move I have seen that has come off in the last 4 tests.Are you sure about that?
It’s a try Roigard has scored before for the Hurricanes, which blindside flanker Tupou Vaa’i noted after the match when he credited Evans as the mastermind behind the move.
“We honestly stole that from the Hurricanes eh,” Vaa’i said. “We saw it early on, actually here [in Wellington], against the Highlanders. They did that trick play around the front.
“Bryn is such a creative guy and we’ve been saying for years we need a lineout coach and he’s definitely bringing a different flavour to the lineouts and it’s obviously paying off.”
@restofit said in All Blacks 2025:
“Bryn is such a creative guy and we’ve been saying for years we need a lineout coach and he’s definitely bringing a different flavour to the lineouts and it’s obviously paying off.”
that aged well
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2025:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks 2025:
Can we at least agree that DMac is too small to be put back at 15 against top sides?
Yeah, we can't have him competing with Kolbe in the air.
This discussion has been a bit odd, of all the ABs on the field on Saturday, DMac was the one who had me least worried about taking the high ball.
Dagg cursed Jordan by talking him up to attack RI a few weeks back and now he can't catch shit, and even worse can't score a try that is usually his bread and butter.
It's not just his height but his heft. Ability to stop big attackers close to the line. Heart of a lion but he just doesn't have the mass to be an international 15.
I'm not sure we pick our fullbacks based on their performance stopping players that other people should have already stopped. I've always preferred someone with the courage of DMac in defence rather than size and lacking that courage.
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@Nepia we pick them using the same criteria as our midfielders and locks/loosies, i.e. how we can fit them in amongst the Barretts.
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@Nepia we pick them using the same criteria as our midfielders and locks/loosies, i.e. how we can fit them in amongst the Barretts.
Uncomfortable truth
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This video helps confirm what I suspected
@antipodean ‘We had a game plan to kick to Folau.’….. all the game plans in the world and that was the one they picked. Jeeez
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https://www.rugbypass.com/news/jake-white-we-need-to-talk-about-the-all-blacks/
White would know how this one feels. Boks lost 5 in a row in 2006, with the infamous 49-0 loss to Oz being the nadir. 18 months later, Boks won the World Cup.
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Jesus Christ. I just watched Ardies post match chat in the huddle after the loss. He thinks he’s in a fucking Hollywood film. Has he completely lost the plot?
@jimmyb social media seemed to love it, which is great for Ardie.
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Jesus Christ. I just watched Ardies post match chat in the huddle after the loss. He thinks he’s in a fucking Hollywood film. Has he completely lost the plot?
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@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2025:
Jesus Christ. I just watched Ardies post match chat in the huddle after the loss. He thinks he’s in a fucking Hollywood film. Has he completely lost the plot?
Can you elaborate please ? I’d stopped watching by then
@MN5 said in All Blacks 2025:
@jimmyb said in All Blacks 2025:
Jesus Christ. I just watched Ardies post match chat in the huddle after the loss. He thinks he’s in a fucking Hollywood film. Has he completely lost the plot?
Can you elaborate please ? I’d stopped watching by then
Endless cliches, sounded like something from an NBA interview. Was uninspiring and underneath a veneer of “leadership”, the words of someone who hasn’t won anything since the 2016 super rugby season
