2025 All Blacks v France series
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@hikastags said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Rieko Ioane posted a photo today from training with Ah Kuoi in the background.
I wonder what number Ioane was wearing..
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@reprobate said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
The coaches say a lot of shit, not much of which seems very consistent to me. Versatility is key, then pick Kirifi etc. If we want explosive carrying loosies, then why is Barrett covering 6? Are Jacobson and Dalton really fitting that bill if you look at your own stats?
Dalton is covering for Sititi; he's an emergency pick.
I suspect the locks are emergency cover only for the loosies. Cover, as you say (and it might be the younger and more athletic(?) Tupou Vaa'i who really covers 6).
Jacobson, ah, arguably, more explosive than Blackadder but still behind Sititi and (possibly) Lakai. -
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@No-Quarter said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@reprobate regardless, he's still behind players that are not even AB material in the aspects of the game he's meant to excel at. When you add that to the fact he has all of the impact of a wet blanket ball in hand, "busy but ineffective" definitely fits. When you also add how injury plagued he is, meaning he was being selected with no form at the level down, and it actually does beggar belief that he was selected at all for test footy. That's why he's been the focus of so many discussions, no other player stands out as not deserving a spot like he does, well apart from Fihaki and Bell which were also extremely biased selections.
But anyway, thankfully Razor reads the Fern and realised some of his Crusaders stars may not actually cut it at test level.
Or perhaps he doesn’t given he rates Ioane as a centre…..
He's kept Rieko, dumped Havili, Blackadder and Christie. I'm fairly fucking certain he subscribes to my posts.
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According to the Breakdown last night Proctor looks to be the favoured to start at 13. Great news.
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@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
They seem to be more explosive than Blackadder:
Dominant Carry %
43.8 Luke Jacobson
34.3 Dalton Papali'i
29.4 Tupou Vaa'i
27.8 Scott Barrett
13.8 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 201 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to have the same amount of dominant carries )Gainline %
65.9 Tupou Vaa'i
65.8 Luke Jacobson
63.0 Dalton Papali'i
54.5 Scott Barrett
34.1 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 158 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to get over the gainline the same amount of times )Tackle Evasion %
22.8 Dalton Papali'i
19.5 Luke Jacobson
11.6 Tupou Vaa'i
8.1 Scott Barrett
2.5 Ethan Blackadder
( has to carry 324 times to Scott Barrett's 100 to evade the same amount of tackles )In that interview today Razor mentioned footwork as being important and it seems like Blackadder doesn't really have any footwork.
You're either missing or evading the point bro: these guys just aren't explosive players. If that's actually what we want, none of them should be selected - so it's a bullshit argument.
It's like saying Scott Barrett is being selected over Delaney because we want our locks to be lineout targets. -
@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
You're the one ignoring the obvious.
They're all explosive compared to Blackadder.
Btw you can't compare Blackadder to McCaw. McCaw had played 100 tests by Blackadders age to Blackadders 14.
Finau is explosive. Jacobson, Papalii (as cover for Jacobson), Barrett and Vaai simply are not - so it's pretty hard to take the statement seriously.
You can keep your McCaw straw man too thanks. -
@antipodean how do you get those stats???
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@mikeyyy said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@antipodean how do you get those stats???
They're @brodean's - he's says where he gets them from here: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/1056306
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@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Tamaiti Williams is ruled out for the French series. Bower called in
Likely to be one other ruled out as well.
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Explosiveness isn't binary. It's a spectrum.
All of those players have various levels of explosiveness to their carry - even Blackadder. They're all more explosive compared to Blackadder.
The selectors have said they want to see more explosiveness.
We will have to agree to disagree.
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Newell?
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Tamaiti Williams is ruled out for the French series. Bower called in
Likely to be one other ruled out as well.
who?
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@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Tamaiti Williams is ruled out for the French series. Bower called in
Fuck.
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@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Tamaiti Williams is ruled out for the French series. Bower called in
So shouldn't have played the final.
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@Landers92 said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Tamaiti Williams is ruled out for the French series. Bower called in
Hopefully they are just being cautious with an understrength French side and have him rearing to go vs the Boks.
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