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50 Comments
Wow! He surely pick favourites rather than the real player to bring home the cup. Old, carry injuries, out of form. Seriously! This the real deal team? We send this oldies ona suicide mission? To geta hiding and come home black and blue? This is a different level not super rugby.
The contrast word for "pencil" as in "pencil in" and "in pencil" is not "pen" but "ink".
I've watched the whole thing but correct me if I'm wrong but I maybe heard Clark's name mentioned once. Why do they not like to criticise him? Debate the positives and negatives about his form and selection? Do they not want to hurt his feelings?
Fozzie said he wants to see more defense on Stevenson but seems to have ZERO concerns on Clarke´s defensive skills? My goodness me, we are in for a painful ride on both the Rugby Championships and the World Cup.
The worst thing about foster-is not him,everyone knows he is dumb,it is the people who first brought him near coaching staff,this person should NOT coach elementary school rugby!And you think he is selected to coach AB!There is something fundamently wrong with NZ coaching process,fire all of the,select pros.This is a joke!
It would be good to have Ma'a Nonu on the breakdown panel till the end of the year….another good eye
Shannon Frizell, Dane Coles no Webber, Stevenson (injury cover 🤨) Amua. Seriously selectors need the boot, well obviously its who you know not on player merit. Lets watch the mass exodus begin!!!
Nz rugby are bunch of pigs or should I say desparate poachers.
If I were France, Ireland, South Africa, England – god even Australia – I wouldn’t be concerned by this team
BRING HOME THAT W.C FOZZY!!
Up da A.B'z! 💪🏾
In reality the two of the three Barretts were picked over Stevenson, which would seem like a loyalty pic over form on top of this they have experience in and around the environment.
But man want to see this guy play / webers absence had me bummed too
Where is JK? He was running his mouth the whole year, and now he's missing. He would have probably complained about Hoskins and Akira because they have x-factor😂
Thanks for Keeping this guy as coach from all the other teams!
Foster goes on about Stevenson and his defence, what about Clarke who is a joke on D? What a clown
Where is JK. He provides a different viewpoint.
if the squad was picked based on form, how come Caleb Clark got selected. Has been pretty average, low work rate and has no clue when defending, will be massively exposed if NZ take him to the world cup. there are far better players.
The kiwi accent is so hard to listen to. From you neighbor over the ditch
Jason Ryan Is The Man
I’m hearing that Fozzie has relied heavily on ChatGPT to help make these selections and I salute his innovative approach to tackling the obvious shortage of rugby talent in NZ at this critical time. Necessity is the mother of invention…
dont agree with all the players picked, but thats normal, Ardie would be my captain and anybody but Foster as coach. still an A.B supporter for over 60yrs and wish the boys all the best
Foster crying about not getting a txt back, what did you expect mate?!
…you Guyz are simply phenomenal ~ the way you are going about your RF Game, Team and intricate business of RF, overcome the adversity of last year (both as Team AND Nation) must surely be totally unequalled in the entire RF / Sports world.
Now to get behind the Coaches, Fozzie in particular.
How lucky a man he is, must be, to have such excellent, clear and honest ‘co-conspirators’…?!!
Go for it, it inspires ~ once again.
What joie to see…👊🔥⁉️
Ndingumlandeli wamabhokobhoko,asithandwa ngabahlalutyi benu tu.
Damm, I feel sorry for Akira Ioane Akl Blues Lock/flanker or No.8 for not being picked again, hes one player who has played his heart out for AKL for Provincial and for the Blues..but yea..ugh
This team lacks size especially in the backs. If they bump into south africa they will get bullied
How could you even pick Clarke & Narawa over Stevenson🤦🏽♂️ even Fainga’anuku he’s not even going to be here next here. Form and skill set I’d go with Stevenson everyday of the week.
"Picked on form" what a load of absolute tosh! Jeff should be in politics with his ability to tell a straight up lie without even flinching. Appalling.
Sean Stevenson not in the squad will be realy sad,his playing a stellar of a season
Full credit to that Brumbies defence but no one is giving the Chiefs credit for their defence. The Brumbies did not get a single line break. Not 1!
Stevenson has the same style of play with Jordan… Clarke is different and he's very physical which is what the ABs needed when play against the Northern teams and SA
Please people,tell Mils to finish off a point ,before starting on a new one ….I love Mils but he is clearly struggling as an analyst,much better live commentator
Ian has a 2 cent cheek…there's life after Allblacks coaching and a couple of downers at your rugby club…
Ardie great tenacity!Better Quality
Jeff big talk on Cane and the coaching but its been the same all these years…
How B.B and J.B made it in is fzxken ridiculous
The cold hard fact is that the All Blacks play better and win more when Papali’i has started at 7 as opposed to Cane.
Foster will not bring the cup back home 🚫🏆
No Stevenson? How perplexing. All blacks will be lucky to make the RWC semi final
Msybe just maybe fozzy … Has been foxing … And we are about to unleash at the world cup …
A Bok supporter here: Super strong selections BUT the question remains: will they gel together? I really think Clarke had a great breakout season a few years back but his defence is not at an AB standard, imo. ALSO Webber is ahead of Christie. It's a hard balance – wanting to build depth and reward but to also go with time-tried-nd-tested players like Beauden…B. really at the end of a long career and it is showing. ABs will always be a force to reckon with. Super excited for RWC! Thanks for the Super Rugby Pacific comp. it is inspiring and offers so much to me as a coach of junior high school teams. Cheers! 👌
I hadn't watched much rugby this year But I'm glad the Crusaders are playing winning rugby. As the ol' saying goes, "When Canterbury rugby is strong, All Blacks rugby is strong." This is critical in RWC year especially.
Credit to the Chiefs for getting up there, on the back of a hungry Sam Cane, fighting for his place in the ABs. He's done well coming back from career ending setbacks for normal players.
My money's on the Crusaders to win only because it's the proven benchmark of All Blacks rugby for ever. Then again, the Chiefs have Sam Cane.
Can't wait.
flyhalfs wins rwc's
Chur
Brayden Iose would have been a worthy bolter.
Everyone will eat their words again. No one beats us. Crusaders… we bring the heat.
Just when we thought this show was gonna be relevant. Just here to please NZR.
I hope Razor picks Canterbury players first unlike Fozzie come on mate back your Chiefs Men
Just let it be known that its only a Rugby Championship squad building depth & or experience for them hard to foresee injuries pre RWC.. regardless of preference at this stage, whoevers left standing, theyre your only option…
🥱…Think Ill go watch some NRL highlights.
Reading between the lines , Hosking didn’t make the 2nd team tells me he wasn’t the one out