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@Crazy-Horse said in West Indies tour of NZ:
On a side note I am disappointed, but not surprised, Stevenson is in trouble for calling the Chirst College guys 'syrup suckers'. It was just a bit of banter and sadly as usual nowadays there seems to be people lining up to be offended on behalf of others. So much for sticks and stones.
I'm an old boy and thought it was funny. 
The headmaster should have just ignored it.
@Dan54 said in All Blacks 2025:
@Jet said in All Blacks 2025:
Over to you Mr Kirk.
Do what needs to be done, or are you a waste of a salary too?
What do you expect Kirk to do?
Hopefully he's not as emotional as all the menopausal women on here.
@sparky said in Wales v All Blacks:
Cortes Ratima was shit against England. Utterly shit. If he plays that badly again Wales have a great chance of winning.
Replacing roigard with Ratima last week was replacing our best player with our worst,
@Jet said in England v All Blacks:
This is why we are where we are.
There is no edge.
I listened to a podcast recently where Conor Murray told an anecdote from his new book of how he tried to go into the Allblacks dressing room to get a jersey swap and Ma'a Nonu was stood outside eating.
He turns to Murray and says "where are you going?" "eh I was going in to swap a shirt" "you're not going in there mate".
Thats Henry Pollock. Englands youngest player, shithouse in chief, and Cortez Ratima is gurning with him for a photo after a rubbish performance himself.
I know im a dinosaur, but I preferred when our boys were aloof, unapproachable, hard nosed, miserable looking bastards.
You are giving Pollock an inch there. It's all cosy. "These Allblack lads are sound".
Imagine Austin Healy sat beside Tana Umaga in the dressing room...........
Maybe the stupidest post I've ever read on here
Colin meads used to make a point of taking beers into the opposition sheds after the game
@pakman said in England Vs All Blacks:
If they follow her lead they’re going to need a bigger bench.
And a new coach every year
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Worst
Are you a woman?
or just a really emotional man?
So much drama in your posts (I thought you said you weren't going to watch last week?)
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@game_film said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@booboo some idiot has decided to put it on the same time as the AFL grand final.
NRL would never do such a thing. Rugby are amateurs in a professional world
Lol
the NRL did it 2 weeks ago when they scheduled the Warriors quarter final at the same time as the All Blacks
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
stats are great, until they arent.
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that"
Jeez if you're gonna quote Homer then at least get the words correct
@reprobate said in All Blacks 2025:
@SammyC said in All Blacks 2025:
MacKenzie is so overrated on here, he's a liability in big games and was fucking awful on the weekend.
I wish they'd just pick Reuben Love at 10 and let him develop into the role.
Also, fuck Richie Mou'aga swanning back for 1 season and then leaving again.... another one that doesn't want to work for his spot in the team.
Mckenzie didn't play 10 on the weekend, and he was a shitload better than the guy who did.
Oh and he also played a shitload better than the usual fullback, who was godawful.I do agree that Mounga can fuck right off, and that Love should get some meaningful game time.
I'm not comparing Mackenzie to Beauden..... As far as I'm concerned we dont win a word cup with either of them at 10.
Time to move on.
@kpkanz said in All Blacks 2025:
@SammyC said in All Blacks 2025:
MacKenzie is so overrated on here, he's a liability in big games and was fucking awful on the weekend.
'Liability in big games...', like against Ireland last year?
When he led us to our first win in Dublin in nearly a decade? Against the number 1 team in the world?
Or when he came off the bench and led us to a win against England at Twickenham?
Three super rugby finals in a row he's been useless.... and a bunch of test matches last year (he was deservedly dropped)
We won that Ireland game because |reland made a shitload of handling errors..
We were lucky to win that England game, thanks to Mark Telea and England missing that penalty at the end.
Mackenzie was dropped for a reason last year, he's a selfish player who can't control a tight game.
MacKenzie is so overrated on here, he's a liability in big games and was fucking awful on the weekend.
I wish they'd just pick Reuben Love at 10 and let him develop into the role.
Also, fuck Richie Mou'aga swanning back for 1 season and then leaving again.... another one that doesn't want to work for his spot in the team.
@brodean said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Also Tupou Vaa'i's tackle success this season is 77% which is shocking for a loose forward/lock even at NPC level.
All that laughing and clapping looks pretty dumb when you top the missed tackles stat 3 matches in a row
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Does Brodie McAlister get another test after that? Usually not the time to get too carried away but that was seriously a career ending stint from him, Jason Ryan's boy from Sydenham might I add.
No idea how he made the squad,,,,
he spent most of his time at sydenham not playing and nursing (minor) injuries
Has a reputation for being a bit soft
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@SammyC said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
It's not Foster talking, whinging or pushing conspiracy theories - it's Gilbert Enoka, Aaron Smith, Joe Schmidt speaking out.
Apologies, I though the quotes came from Foster's book.
Where did they come from?
Anyway it's still my opinion that he deserved to be under pressure because of poor results..
Fuck foster is a whinging fluffybunny
You were under pressure because you were doing a shit job, not because of some rubbish conspiracy
Razor deserved his chance, but now also deserves the same scrutiny as the failure before him
Happy he dropped Reece, great crusader but he's never been a good all black,
