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Despite some positives Razor's first Rugby Championship was a failure

GP 4 minutes ago

Exactly , what was gained by playing Cane ahead of anybody ? Well said.

Johnny Sexton: 'I offered my hand. He told me to f*** off'

Terry24 5 minutes ago

I had been led to believe that Argentinians had a cutting sense of humour. What happenned to you? Just a little b1tch for SA and NZ?

Despite some positives Razor's first Rugby Championship was a failure

GP 5 minutes ago

I disagree. It is archaic thinking re TJ, Cane , Beauden.Ardie yes. But Ethan Blackadder's time is now, Will Jordan has shown he IS the fullback , as for the 9's , Perenara is yesterdays man,Ratima , Noah Hotham and soon to return Roigard , the NOW players.Are in form and better.

TT 12 minutes ago

In reply to your questions,

Did other Aussie players abuse other Kiwi supporters?

Did Aussie players abuse NZ supporters further after the match??

Did Australia's captain and manager double down on this abuse??

Are you kidding me/us??

Have you heard the legend of the Oz potty mouth??

Pre & post Bledisloe, especially on ARUs social media. Full bore. Use to be bigger than the match. Now less so with all their losing. More shhhhh. Heck, don't want to be around when / if they ever win again. 25, 30, 40 years of pent up frustration.

But it's words mate.

Who cares.

You shouldn't need cuddles after each match.

Don't need to be so precious about, of all folk, meat head rugby players not being gentleman.

EG eg love beating the Oz's because often they were a team of Ioanes & Sextons.

All those actually acting like tools, ie Ioane, Sexton, etc. No one's surprised. It just adds to the entertainment they're there for. Then retired. Next Gladiator please.

Despite some positives Razor's first Rugby Championship was a failure

GP 12 minutes ago

Well said. By the way, I have completely disagreed with some of Razor's decisions since taking over , but I simultaneously believe in him re He went back to Beauden at 15, but ultimately Will Jordan was given the rightful chance at 15 and in the last two tests shown that is where he belongs. But your reply to "To"is utterly correct, Reuben Thorne was one of the most under appreciated in terms of his contribution to All Black rugby. 80% record as captain etc. A great player with the Crusaders he was big contributor to 7 titles , was part of the famous first title winning team in 1998 and was captain of the only unbeaten team thus far, ( I believe that will never change), in Super Rugby in 2002 re the Crusaders."Reuben Thorne , Reuben Thorne, Reuben Thorne " forever !! A fantastic person as well.

Johnny Sexton: 'I offered my hand. He told me to f*** off'

BP 13 minutes ago

No real surprise here -all they good for is choking and whining!

BP 19 minutes ago

You just proved my point!

I am not even from NZ nor do I support the AB's. Ireland started the abusing when they played in NZ & Sexton the worst abuser of all of them! Can dis it out but cant take it! Anyway, Ireland can & will keep on choking- all they good for anyway :) 🤡

Does Joe Schmidt need to change his Wallabies captain?

AD 21 minutes ago

I think too, that if McReith does get the gig, he is very, very likely to keep it long term...injuries permitting.

Now is a good time for this sort of change.

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Ed the Duck 23 minutes ago

Yep and there’s another floater around going by the name of teddy who is of (very) similar ilk!

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Werner 24 minutes ago

Undoubtedly a very talented individual. However I think him at 15 only makes sense with the proper 10 and 13 combo to link him in. Feel like him and DMAC haven't quite gelled on attack or defence and Ioane seems to have an aversion to passing to him (or in general). Like Caleb he just feels under utilised at the moment

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AD 27 minutes ago

Does Joe Schmidt need to change his Wallabies captain?

Thanks Nick.

Yes, I've thought it should be McReith for a while.

Joe hasn't minded changing the captain multiple times, often forced by injury &/or form.

From memory McReith was injured at the beginning of the Rugby Championship. I think that if he had been fit, he would have got the gig over Wilson.

At that time Schmidt had clearly decided it couldn't be AAA or Slipper, because both Tuopo and Bell just had to start once available.

If Liam Wright had stayed fit, it might have been him all along,.....but,....just like Wilson, he was/is no selection certainly.

McReith is a certainly for selection, AND an experienced captain, AND a successful captain. The other SR captains in the squad aren't successful captains, but that's not because they can't captain, it's because their teams are poor.

I really don't think it is too big of a jump to switch captains at this stage, as it's been going on all year.

This switch though, might be the really telling one

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RedWarrior 31 minutes ago

I have a feeling Ireland will have kept the receipts from Ioane's actions and will be cashing them in Dublin in November in fine style. Ireland as victims? World number one in rugby? Well done on NZ as #3, well at least until the November series? Ejected our oppressor a century ago. You still have their flag squatting on yours I believe? The King of New Zealand is Charles II correct? World Rugby should really crack down on subject dominions masquerading as Independent nations.

Johnny Sexton: 'I offered my hand. He told me to f*** off'

Ed the Duck 33 minutes ago

“I’ve spent a lot of time apologising for that moment…I’m actually glad that I did it. I was just being me.”

So in summary; sorry, not sorry.

Total cnut.

Despite some positives Razor's first Rugby Championship was a failure

Longshanks 35 minutes ago

Rueben Thorne was selected by no less than 4 different All Black coaches, starting with renowned Cantabrian John Hart. His value may not have been widely appreciated by all but those in charge definitely did.

RedWarrior 39 minutes ago

Neither POM nor Sexton said anything to NZ players after the series or matches in NZ. All that happened was that POM sledged Cane after some handbags broke out involving Cane and an Irish player. That's all. There are numerous animosities in rugby but when the final whistle goes you shake hands. If everyone did as Ioane did then the final whistle would be met by a mass brawl. The problem is that Ioane targeted the Irish captain. You can make excuses for that. But then he targeted the Irish supporters at the stadium. What was that about? You can hardly blame Irish players and supporters from believing that this was disrespect deliberately shown towards Ireland after a shattering defeat.

Joe Schmidt’s candid take on whether Wallabies are trending the right way

AM 42 minutes ago

Wallabies wont win without selecting OS players and forming better relationships with OS clubs like Rassie did with SA. The blueprint is there but Joe seems too daft to do it. They have tried the policy of supporting domestic players for a decade too long.

A team with Skelton, Philip, Arnold Bros, Samu, Kerevi, Hodge, Ainsley, Sio, Latu and others far more durable and can win more often.

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Carlos 46 minutes ago

Does Joe Schmidt need to change his Wallabies captain?

Sorry for no prior comments on your pieces, I barely had time to read them. We drove from Brussels to Poland and then Lithuania, in search of my roots, and back through Poland. Visited some very sobering places too.

I told you ALbornoz was good. Once Felipe figured out that a proper 10 is easier to train than a make believe on, the Pumas backs started to play better.

Now, if we could only get more props.

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Longshanks 47 minutes ago

Despite some positives Razor's first Rugby Championship was a failure

Foster's winning record in the TRC includes 2020 when South Africa didn't play. The All Blacks under Foster played only 2 games in the Republic winning one. I'm not sure which Crusaders Ben Smith thinks played poorly this year but I thought Scott Barrett was probably the weakest of the bunch. Apart for Sotutu which Blues does Ben Smith think would have made a difference? Ta'avao? Christie? A number of the blues players Robertson selected were injured at different times during TRC, Tuipolutu, Papali'i, Perofeta. While Tu'ungafasi and Tele'a hardly made a positive impressions. Love was also injured while Numia has only just came back from injury in the NPC.

Johnny Sexton: 'I offered my hand. He told me to f*** off'

Carlos 49 minutes ago

Two winging guys who couldn't get their teams past a QF in the RWC, fighting with handbags...