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'Single handedly carried that team': Ex-All Black questions Damian McKenzie's selection in world XV

SM 19 minutes ago

Please let the Dmac,Tj,Cane and Reiko nightmare be over, we need better selections.

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SadersMan 21 minutes ago

'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

It's about making the future Moungas available to be fair. A restricted adjustment to allow specific players under certain circumstances to be eligible makes sense. Doing nothing does not.

'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

SadersMan 23 minutes ago

It's actually about the future Moungas. As long as we don't open the floodgates, there must be some workable solution. Doing nothing is no longer an option imo.

Can Will Jordan avoid the All Blacks curse of turning 27?

YeowNotEven 24 minutes ago

If he evolves to be a player that works hard for everyone else around him, he will be here for a while.

If he only ever gets A into G when it’s on for him personally then he’ll get over taken.

Probably by Rueban Love who will play possessed next year.

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SadersMan 26 minutes ago

'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Yeah, nah, I clearly used the word restricted. Which is the opposite to "open up". The "do-nothing" option is no longer viable.

'He's a fighter' – Johann van Graan on England discard Ben Spencer

AF 33 minutes ago

Van Graan for England manager!!

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YeowNotEven 55 minutes ago

'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Ten years ago we were discussing how

Australia had made the Giteu Law and how we didn’t have to to do anything like that because NZ produced more talent than Australia.

The current model only works if you are constantly producing players good enough to take over when players leave.

New Zealand will struggle to do this as time goes on because rugby is dying here at the grass roots level.

Rugby league, football, basketball are where young kids are choosing to go more and more.

Even combat sports such as jiu jitsu are rapidly gaining in popularity all the time.

Picking players from overseas will give us a sugar hit of success for a wee while…. But the crash

afterward could be Wales-like.

Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

RedWarrior 1 hour ago

You see BS when you white Saffers (and you're white drop your ruse) make xenophobic comments, they are just flagging themselves as the type of white South African who would have been a defender of your despicable State back in the day. You are just too stupid too see it. When you say these things in front of non whites from your own country they will think you're just the type of Kant who would have them in chains a few decades ago. And you are that Kant.

Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Bull Shark 1 hour ago

What I find strange is why you would block me, Turlough, and then create a new profile and then engage with me?

Bit weird.

You’ve literally a made a whole host of Xenophobic comments about white Afrikaners. You’ve even called me an Afrikaner as if to insult me.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you were a British person pretending to be Irish. I wouldn’t put anything past you, Turlough.

What do you call a bullet proof Irishman?

Rick O’Shea!

Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

RedWarrior 1 hour ago

"What makes you think I’m white, Turlough? Stop pretending. We know it’s you"

Fvck off with this utter sh1t NOW please. Enough!

I've Never heard a black African seriously make several xenophobic jokes about other nationalities for obvious reasons.

Before you get all righteous note that I could be a British person from Northern Ireland and support the Irish rugby team. How do you know I'm not?

Now go back to copying and pasting Irish jokes you a$$hole.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

Bull Shark 1 hour ago

Wiese weighs more than him. 🤷‍♂️

There’s not too much in that, 3cm?

Just ask Turlough. 3cm isn’t very big at all.

Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Bull Shark 2 hours ago

What makes you think I’m white, Turlough?

Stop pretending. We know it’s you.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

The fact that Du Pont is not there shows the limitations of this selection panel.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

The limeys and their disciples will never admit that the French are better than all of them. They will show they are the best in the Six Nations.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

Double World Cup winners are outplaying everything in their way, including overrated Aki. The only other centre in their league is Gail Ficou.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

Me too, but Wiese lacks the size of Doris.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

How many tackles must Frans Malherbe make and crush the likes of Lomax to be considered the best? I smell some bias here from Kiwis on the panel.

Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

DV 2 hours ago

DMac? Brave young man but Beauden was brought back to flyhalf to rescue the ABs. None of them have the reality of double World Cup winner Pollard.

'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

SC 3 hours ago

I think that any NZ player who has been on a full SR contract with a NZ franchise for 7 seasons or more (regardless of All Black caps) has demonstrated great loyalty to NZR and therefore should be free to make the big dollars overseas (it is a profession with a limited shelf life) and be eligible for All Black selection.

This policy encourages NZ players to play in Super Rugby until age 28-29 when their market value is at its highest and very likely to leave NZ anyway as NZR can no longer afford them unless they are core All Blacks.