New Zealand Rugby Team Watch

[zer0]

Might as well go for another winger.

Rieko, for instance.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Rieko taking his sabbatical option from this December, essentially replacing JBar at Leinster:

All Blacks centre Rieko Ioane to make shock move to Leinster

Rieko Ioane will attempt to switch from foe to friend by joining Irish club Leinster.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[zer0]

Make him the social media manager while he's there as well.

 

[Dan54]

Rieko taking his sabbatical option from this December, essentially replacing JBar at Leinster:

All Blacks centre Rieko Ioane to make shock move to Leinster

Rieko Ioane will attempt to switch from foe to friend by joining Irish club Leinster.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Like this WOB, NZR have obviously got a relationship with Leinster, and like Jordie will work in with NZR on playing times etc.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Razor will be relieved his Cantabs are back on top and he wont look so biased when he picks the whole lot for test 1.

Tamaiti Williams
Codie Taylor,
Fletcher Newell,
Scott Barrett,
Vaai
Finau
Glassbladder,
Ardie
Roigard
BB
Sevu Reece,
"Dave"
RiekoLOL
Chay Fihaki,
Will Jordan

 

[Dismal Pillock]

The Let's Not Die Wondering About These Guys In 2025 Before 2027 RWC Players.

6 Papalii
7 Ardie
8 Hoskins. i have to know if this trio will work goddamnit Razor you biased ****

12 Tavatavanawai/AJ Lam
13 Narawa. these 3 guys can really play. they aint no tenured ALB/Jordie/Rieko/"Dave" types who get brainlessly picked year after year due to the circumlocutious logic fault of "experience". The incumbents here are hardly setting the world on fire ffs

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

NZR has dodged the NRL expansion bullet...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

1news reporting that AL-B will miss Super Rugby next year to take up a sabbatical in Japan.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

1news reporting that AL-B will miss Super Rugby next year to take up a sabbatical in Japan.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

In other AL-B news he's broken a collar bone so you'd have to think won't be playing v France in July.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Billy Proctor has re-signed through to RWC 2027.

 

[Derpus]

In other AL-B news he's broken a collar bone so you'd have to think won't be playing v France in July.

Is that ALBs All Blacks career pretty much done then? If it wasn't already

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Suspect he'll be in the mix for TRC & EOYT squads.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Details are behind NZHurld paywall (& nothing on allblacks.com) but they're reporting that Toyota are replacing Ineos as AB training gear sponsor.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

It's now on allblacks.com

"As part of the three-year sponsorship agreement, Toyota will become the Official Mobility Partner of the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori All Blacks, All Blacks Sevens, Black Ferns Sevens, All Blacks XV and New Zealand Under 20s, with Toyota branding to appear across training jerseys and various training kit for all national teams, as well as during test match experiences."

I assume Official Mobility Partner means AB etc will now be getting around in Toyotas rather than Fords.

Toyota NZ joins the NZ Rugby whānau as Official Training Kit Partner

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Toyota New Zealand (TNZ) are proud to announce an official new partnership, marking the beginning of a relationship that brings two iconic organisations together to support Aotearoa’s national rugby teams.

www.allblacks.com

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Pasilio Tosi has re-signed with NZR & 'canes through to 2028. Thought he might have gone elsewhere to get more game time.