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You aren't gonna get run over by this AB bench.

Razor confirmed he has a hamstring injury. You would think teams would be able to put together an accurate injury list (just have a permanent spot for Blackadder....)

Perenara Reece Jacobson and ALB live a charmed life. They get chance and chance and continue to add nothing. Give the youngsters a chance.

Given how poor the bench has performed in The Rugby Championship I wouldn't be too quick to label Newell first choice. Tosi has a chance to make a bench role his in my view.

It seems a bit redundant to have them both on the bench. The actual ideal candidate for the 23 jersey here would be Narawa as he can cover centre, wing and fullback but the genius coaches dropped him and stuck with Reece and Telea.....

The issue is we have an unbalanced loose forward trio. Savea hasn't played much 7 for a long time now. He's basically been an 8 for 5 years. Papalii has been tried at 6 before and found really wanting. Sititi made a good fist of 6 - given that Savea is unlikely to be moving from 8 I'd like to...

There's more to hard work than just making tackles He's ineffective and quite frankly lazy at ruck cleaning - watch him - he hangs back waiting for a ball run. He poaches in defence where he hangs back and tries to time ruck turnovers. I believe he did get one steal on the week but I also...

Speaking of BB Scott Barrett said in his captain's run speech that BB was disappointed to be benched A couple of thoughts 1. BB was awful last week. 2. How is this attitude that the bench is somehow lesser still prevalent in 2024? Our bench sucks. The move to strengthen the bench makes...

ABs really need to move on from a number of experienced players. What good is experience when these guys add fuck all or worse they shit the bed? I would mark never play ABs again to Perenara, Reece, Telea and Ofa. With a few others on thin ice. The youngsters are going well. Keep the youth...

A really tough ask for Sititi. Playing out of position against the best team in the world away from home in his first test start. Hopefully he adds some impact in his hits and ball running - Blackadder has a high workrate but wasn't particularly effective with his runs or hit ups last week.

Late to the party but well done Wallabies and Wallaby fans. Impressive stuff. Really something to build on in the Schmidt era. Seriously impressive performance by the tight 5. Rolled the sleeves up and were effective. Must be tempting to keep this same team together and build. Wilson looked...

Enjoyed the test match - felt like the one that got away for the ABs. Should have closed it out. The leaders were nowhere to be seen in the last 20 minutes. Worrying. I don't see how ABs fix their issues in the last 20 minutes. Perhaps Beauden to the bench would be a start. Clarke was...

A good summary here https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/41032263/leon-macdonald-all-blacks-appointment-was-doomed-fail-now-new-zealand-rugby-pay-hefty-price

Ding ding ding Eben named on the bench.

So Leon MacDonald was on a 4 year contract and it all lasted 5 tests. It's supposedly going to cost NZR over $100k for a settlement payout for MacDonald. I'm not a huge fan of Leon and I think ABs are better off without him but it's a messy situation. Razor has coached with Leon before - it's...

I wouldn't worry too much from a Blues point of view For a couple of reasons 1) Auckland were shit last year 2) There are a lot of non Blues players in this team - in fact most of the team that played Canterbury is non Blues. By my count of only 5 of the starting XV are 2025 Blues players and...

Leon: "I fixed the Auckland Blues" Razor: "You couldn't even make the final of Super Rugby Aotearoa in 2021 in a 5 team competition" Leon: "I made the final in 2022" Razor: "That was the one season Joe Schmidt was involved" Leon: "We made the semi finals in 2023" Razor: "LOL I beat you 52-15"...

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Yeah the 9-10-12 axis on attack is offering very little for the Wallabies. White did offer a kicking option though. Argentina could be a good time to introduce Lynagh. I wonder if it's worth giving Stewart a go at 12 as another playmaker to open things up. At the moment the wallaby backs are...

It's not just you. Jordan is a better test wing than fullback. He's a strike player not a playmaker or link player.