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@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@darylmitchell said in Crusaders 2025:
@Winger said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Winger said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Mr-Fish said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Landers92 said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Yeah don’t get me wrong, Penny shouldn’t be there. I just don’t think Mainsbridge should shoulder the full blame. A lot more to it.
No not just Mainsbridge but he runs the ship he has to take some heat for decisions.
You protecting your clubman there ?.Who would you have coaching the Crusaders over Penney?
I would rather they bite the bullet and give it to Tamati Ellison, if we are going to take some pain develop a young coach.
He wasn't great with Wellington. I was happy he left after one year. Unsure if the new coach will be any better but now there is some hope that he might be.
He is highly rated by the Crusader players and Razor,Not sure why he was not good as you say for Wellington maybe assistants ?
His backs selections were terrible for one. For example he keep selecting a HB who made Christie look like a very fast distributor. And he had a much better option (who is now involved with the Canes and in one pre-season game looked the goods - again)
But there were issues at 1st 5 2nd 5 and wing. And Love completely lost form under his leadership. What a massive disappointment he was after the Crusaders hype.
Why do you have such an illogical vendetta against Ellison? Wellington topped the table last season (losing 1 game) under Ellison with a significantly higher points differential than anyone else (151), next best Taranaki (83) with 3 losses in regular season.
that is Wellington's best regular season in over a decade.
and lost their semi final by a single point.
WOW seems like along way from a disaster
To me,better result than the Hurricanes or at least comparable to Laidlaws first year that must have been a disaster as well,
Seems like a bit of hate going on by Winger.Ellison had a team that won it the year before and held the RS. And easily had the players that could have done likewise. But his poor backs selections (forwards were fine) cost us any chance of repeating the 2022 outcome
My view he seems to be a good enough assistant coach. Many are. But few can make step up
And its not hate to access and rate someone. This is nonsense. Just like not rating a player as a great prospect. Or a good wing but not first 5 say
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Winger said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Winger said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Mr-Fish said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Landers92 said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Yeah don’t get me wrong, Penny shouldn’t be there. I just don’t think Mainsbridge should shoulder the full blame. A lot more to it.
No not just Mainsbridge but he runs the ship he has to take some heat for decisions.
You protecting your clubman there ?.Who would you have coaching the Crusaders over Penney?
I would rather they bite the bullet and give it to Tamati Ellison, if we are going to take some pain develop a young coach.
He wasn't great with Wellington. I was happy he left after one year. Unsure if the new coach will be any better but now there is some hope that he might be.
He is highly rated by the Crusader players and Razor,Not sure why he was not good as you say for Wellington maybe assistants ?
His backs selections were terrible for one. For example he keep selecting a HB who made Christie look like a very fast distributor. And he had a much better option (who is now involved with the Canes and in one pre-season game looked the goods - again)
But there were issues at 1st 5 2nd 5 and wing. And Love completely lost form under his leadership. What a massive disappointment he was after the Crusaders hype.
I still think he will become a very good coach from what I hear he is rated by the players he coaches.
Some are great assistant coaches, But not a head coach. I think Tamati is one. Holland is another.
But I don't mind. We have suffered with Hammett (and Holland) so it would be payback if its a disaster
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Winger said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Mr-Fish said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Landers92 said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Yeah don’t get me wrong, Penny shouldn’t be there. I just don’t think Mainsbridge should shoulder the full blame. A lot more to it.
No not just Mainsbridge but he runs the ship he has to take some heat for decisions.
You protecting your clubman there ?.Who would you have coaching the Crusaders over Penney?
I would rather they bite the bullet and give it to Tamati Ellison, if we are going to take some pain develop a young coach.
He wasn't great with Wellington. I was happy he left after one year. Unsure if the new coach will be any better but now there is some hope that he might be.
He is highly rated by the Crusader players and Razor,Not sure why he was not good as you say for Wellington maybe assistants ?
His backs selections were terrible for one. For example he keep selecting a HB who made Christie look like a very fast distributor. And he had a much better option (who is now involved with the Canes and in one pre-season game looked the goods - again)
But there were issues at 1st 5 2nd 5 and wing. And Love completely lost form under his leadership. What a massive disappointment he was after the Crusaders hype.
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@voodoo said in All Blacks 2024:
@DMACForLife said in All Blacks 2024:
dont buy tickettsss..... sky sport is the way to chilllll
Booooo!!!!!
Can't beat live sport. Have to follow up with a rewatch naturally - but the experience of being there with 40-100k people is awesome.
Maybe but not for £350. And the cheaper seats (still often not that cheap) are so far away from the action ...
Arsenal's stadium was brilliant though (maybe a better seat location) but not Twickenham (or Wembley - I preferred the old one). It was a good day out but would sooner watch rugby on TV now.
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Mr-Fish said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2025:
@Landers92 said in Crusaders 2025:
@Chris Yeah don’t get me wrong, Penny shouldn’t be there. I just don’t think Mainsbridge should shoulder the full blame. A lot more to it.
No not just Mainsbridge but he runs the ship he has to take some heat for decisions.
You protecting your clubman there ?.Who would you have coaching the Crusaders over Penney?
I would rather they bite the bullet and give it to Tamati Ellison, if we are going to take some pain develop a young coach.
He wasn't great with Wellington. I was happy he left after one year. Unsure if the new coach will be any better but now there is some hope that he might be.
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@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:
Viljeon is the second best halfback ever so no worries
Whose the best out of interest.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
He wasn’t bad covering Jordie when he was red carded earlier in the year
Higgins was VG in these games. And is likely to improve a lot still
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Loose forwards
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@SouthernMann said in Hurricanes 2025:
The Crusaders are relying on NZ Rugby making 10 staff redundant to pay for Richie Mo'unga
Its kind of pathetic. RM made his choice so work with those who want to be here. But he's a Crusader and Robertson etc
I would like to see Love get game time at 1st for Wellington. But JGB is back so unlikely. But JGB is fine at NPC level (better than Morgan by far) but struggles at super level
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@sparky said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Duluth A log jam of talent, but it makes sense to lose some of the more expensive older guys to keep hold of all the young talent we've got coming through our world-class development system.
> We just need to find a decent Ten.
Essential. This is the key
Barrett leaving for 2025 is an issue due to depth. I rate Higgins highly but not PUJ or Sullivan. Both are only adequate at this level so if one of Higgins or Proctor is rested or injured (or looses form etc) we have an issue
TJ will be a loss if confirmed but we have both Roigard and Viljoen. Viljoen looks an excellent prospect and I want to see more of him But we need another good option. Maybe Kyle Preston. But he really needs more NPC time
Savea we are well covered as noted before
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Captain now that Ardies gone will be a big decision. My view is Shields might be a bit past it now to be captain. Let him focus on fitness and playing
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Winger said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
I see Tyler Laubscher is back with Manawatu this season. He played very well in his one cameo for the Canes before getting injured. If he can stay on the park and show form for the Turbos, he could be an option to replace Savea.
He looked an exciting prospect. But was always injured so a big risk even if he if fine for Manawatu. But might be wortha punt if he can stay the NPC distance
Has Howden re-signed. Also looks promising but Tyler more so
I reckon TK Howden has a very big future, whether that's with the Canes or not remains to be seen as there might not be enough room for him going forward. Unfortunately he was injured for most of the Super campaign but he was our best forward in pre-season.
He'll be 24 by the time the next season comes around and at 1.96m and 109kg, with a bit more weight he could be exactly what NZ is looking for in a 6. He's got all the silky skills and does everything very well, he just needs to mature a bit more and he could be a beast.
I'd like Howden to get more time at 6 next year if they see Delany purely as a lock. I think he's more of a natural 6 than Flanders and now with Ardie gone I think we could start Howden (ahad of the aging Shields) and use Flanders off the bench as 6/8 cover. I wouldn't mind seeing this pack next year at some point with Walker-Leawere and Flanders coming off the bench.
- Xavier Numia
- Asafo Aumua
- Tyrel Lomax
- Caleb Delany
- Zach Gallagher
- TK Howden
- Peter Lakai
- Brayden Iose
I wonder of Iose is a bit of a highlights player and disappear when the going gets tough
Maybe Flanders at 8 instead. I think hes too good not to start. But if we keep Howden and sign Tyler it will give a lot of backrow options
We just need a quality 1st 5. Otherwise we will never be the finals winner
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
I see Tyler Laubscher is back with Manawatu this season. He played very well in his one cameo for the Canes before getting injured. If he can stay on the park and show form for the Turbos, he could be an option to replace Savea.
He looked an exciting prospect. But was always injured so a big risk even if he if fine for Manawatu. But might be wortha punt if he can stay the NPC distance
Has Howden re-signed. Also looks promising but Tyler more so
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@junior12 said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Canes4life I’m hearing the offer is for Lincoln McClutchie but he is on the fence about returning to Super Rugby
Lincoln is hardly what they desperately need. That is an AB or near quality 1st 5 who is out number 1. Cameron is barely good enough to start at super rugby level. But JGB or LM aren't any better
Its a weakness that will cost us titles if it isn't fixed. Maybe Love needs to be tried at 1st to see how he goes
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Winger said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
He played reasonably well against Fiji
So one rating was 9/10. Another 8/10. Don't agree with all rating but maybe you need to understand centre play better. Or watch more closely
Given I played at centre more than any other position I feel I understand it well enough.
Again for the slow: **It was a game destined to make the All Blacks look competent when contrasted against the England series * . The team that played against England would've revelled in the acres of time and space afforded them by Fiji's defence. *
But maybe you need to understand rugby better, or watch more closely.
Can sort of agree with this (but that wasn't the issue). But what about Reece. And even in a game like this players can still show skills they have that others lack. Like Proctor and his distribution and decision making. Maybe these will desert Proctor in a tight match but I hope he starts next match so we can see
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
He played reasonably well against Fiji
So one rating was 9/10. Another 8/10. Don't agree with all rating but maybe you need to understand centre play better. Or watch more closely
13 Billy Proctor: Player of the match on debut and some warning to Rieko Ioane that his jersey is not safe. Proctor looked potent as if he was going to cut through the defence with every carry, beating eight defenders and nearly making 100 metres with the ball. This all culminated in a try and two try assists for a man who has just made Scott Robertson’s selection process a lot harder. A remarkably good start to his Test career. 9
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