@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks 2025:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks 2025:

@cgrant said in All Blacks 2025:

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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks 2025:

The irony is - picked as a 10 - what runs on the board does Ruben Love have? Half a dozen Super Rugby starts?

Little more at 10 than Rivez. And no trophy to show either. Unless they pick him as a 10/15

A Roigard - Love combo would be logical ...

Laidlaw was an idiot moving Love back to 15. The Canes were on a role with Love at 10 and that decision ultimately cost us from progressing further.

Next year, the Canes have to stick with that combo. They’ll be much better for it.

They also have to stick with the Higgins / Proctor combo which forces Jordie back to 15.

Agree on the Roigard / Love combo. One of the better and balanced 9-10s in super rugby.

On the Jordie take, I’m not sure about that. The season at Leinster highlighted that Jordie’s play at 12 troubled NH defences. Barring some disaster I think he will be our 12 for the run to 2027. I was impressed.

What was clear for me from last season is that the Jordie / Ioane combo doesn’t get us going the way I think the coaches would want.

In RWC 2023 as individual players I thought both were superb and playing a more conservative and narrow game they were okay-ish. But on the face of it I think we could get a lot more with a Jordie / Proctor combination with a guy like QT being the ALB like bench option.

I am thinking the same way on midfield. Jordie can also move one out if he needs to play with QT. I think they should move on from Reiko as starting center but they can use him as a wing or bench cover. Also like AJ Lam for similar.

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