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@ACT-Crusader said in Current depth at 10:

There was talk of Toeava playing 10 and we ended up bringing those guys in after multiple injuries, plus using Weepu.

Not so crazy in retrospect, Ice debued at 10 for Auckland if my memory/research is correct, scoring 2 tries!
Played there for Auckland and the Blues and then overseas...

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@SBW1 said in "Could Dylan Brown be a Wah or an All Black?":

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the dirty Sanchez mo screams league.
(Nobody mention Paps).

@Kirwan said in Sevu Reece - in trouble again:

Has Robertson made him captain yet?

Insert Patrick Bateman “oooh” meme here.

@Bones said in All Blacks 2025:

@KiwiInLondon oh ok yeah Haig at 6 for the ABs.

Ahh no absolutely not. Another 12-18 months before I'd even suggest it

@mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Italy:

that poll is telling. We played Italy and two of the top 3 are the props and the other is our baby blindside.

I get your point but conversely I'd like to think that's where we should expect our best performers to be: front row and the tight-loosie.

Mark Cavendish wins BBC Sport Lifetime Achievement Award.

Fair enough. A genuine spirit cycling legend and a cool nickname. The Manx Missile.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0475w65054o

@dogmeat said in Italy v All Blacks:

Careful - I got pilloried for suggesting the great one was fucking thick.

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Based on current evidence, stupid is as stupid does

@Nepia said in All Blacks MOTM v France:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks MOTM v France:

Went Roigard, Williams and Vaa'i. Honorable mentions to Reiko, RD and Lakai.

You know you can click on the vote total and it tells you who did it?

EDIT: Quoted the wrong post.
@voodoo

Nobody likes a show off mate

That drop by Ioane, coachkiller.

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM v Ireland:

@MN5 said in All Blacks MOTM v Ireland:

It was awesome seeing my favourite All Black of recent times Cieran Reed at training with the boys I must say.

Celtic for 'sentimental woodwind instrument'.

My favourite now is probably still RD Severe but he needs to improve his form a bit

easy money.

@mariner4life we were top tier on half way for the Bledisloe

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Algerian VPN works

with?

ExpressVPN

No, I meant what are you trying to achieve?

Oh watching the NZ v Ire Squidge vid

Sititi offcial MotM, I see

Although it is hard to judge match to match, against dif teams, at least we will get to see 6 days apart BB and DMac against top 5 teams. It will be also interesting if the game pan changes to be less kick and more chaos, and we see that Razor's big gameplan is 'just go play, boys, and fuck 'em up' - depends on who is ten

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks MOTM v Japan:

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks MOTM v Japan:

Sititi, Tuipolotou, Sotutu.

???

Zero errors

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:

But is it?

Yeah, I think that attitude is there and is important to maintain, so good on England's players there. I think a bit of the PR is overdone, and some player (e.g.Sexton) don't seem to get the idea but it's a key part of the game.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/news/daily-news-1723786396818-f183-1723941497988/chaos-in-all-blacks-untidy-win-against-average-japan-side-in-depth

Same as most people here, they not giving that performance vs 14th ranked Japan a pass at all

@canefan said in All Blacks EOYT:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks EOYT:

France will be tough, tougher than the Irish I suspect. Hope the ABs are up for it.

We are building each week. I expect significant improvement, win or lose

This for me. As long as we build on the Ireland game and don't regress to headless chicken stuff we saw against England, it'll be a really successful tour.

Sititi ALB Jordan. Pretty clear cut for me.