The Silver Fern

SBW and Crotty both injured.
Fuck me, that's never happened before.

The lesson I took from this is Foster is a shit coach.

Not bad for a shit Richie McCaw.

@Tim said in All Blacks 2022:

If Smith is unavailable, who wants Christie to start?

The Irish.

From GAGR -
"It's pretty inspirational that the Boks are even playing in this tournament. Seems Etzebeth and many of their forwards suffer from serious chronic medical conditions, severe forms of arthritis, perhaps, and struggle to go more than 14 seconds without being attended to by a legion of medical staff for a minute or two. Leaving the care home -- whence I assume they all reside, what with all this constant need for medical attention -- must be a pretty daunting experience. They have displayed true courage simply by turning up to Australia, let alone finding the willpower to partake in a match of rugby union football."

+1 for No Christie
-1 for Havili

51 players.
Unlucky Akira, you were the 52nd.
Honest mate.

@frank said in AB EOYT 2018:

51 players.
Unlucky Akira, you were the 52nd.
Honest mate.

Fuck, I was taking the piss Steve.

Made it back from having to pretend I have any original rugby opinions that aren't directly copied from this forum - nightmare

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

I’m hearing that ALB is going to be unavailable for this test due to a delayed concussion.

Someone smacked him after that performance????

@stargazer said in All Blacks 2021:

@frank I don't see the need to add skin colour. Just keep it to "safe".

Nah - safe white boy is way funnier.

Thanks everyone!!

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks & All Blacks XV EOYT Squads 2025:

ALB and Reece - squaddies at best. The next best midfielder and winger will be starting for the ABXV and if they go well will feature in 2026.

That's just an excuse to cover up his fear of taking chances on new guys.

Reece over Tangitau is mind blowingly retarded.
Reece had already been dropped.
Tangitau is rough around the edges, but the upside is immense.

An underwhelming Lord over proven test performer Darry, also retarded.

Cue some c.unts on TV that the results are good for the competition.
Fuck off. I want us to dominate and everyone else to be depressed.

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:

@ARHS said in All Blacks 2025:

Not sure why Christie is so vilified on here.

Slow service
Inconsistent passer
Poor option taker
Slow option taker
Struggles with messy ball
Has poor feel for the position
High error rate
Tries to do too much

There's a few reasons

Ginger

The sweet, sweet tears of Phil Kearns.

@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.

Damn that Roigard try was a great individual effort! He beat three or four players.

@frugby said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:

If McKenzie is NZ's best first five, we have serious problems.

What has he done wrong?
His forward pack has been pumped.

Plummer should have been there in the first place.