France forced to cut six players from squad

Rivez could be seen as long way off from complete too, but he just stays in his lane and does the basics so well I think he’d be perfect for the ABs, with others like Roigard and Jordie taking on more responsibility how Havili, Hotham, and Preston have done.

Beauden was definitely a handbrake on the Blues in general though, and the observations where that Plummer was much better, but as it gets to one off games that lessons as BB can pull things out of the bag.

Unless they’re injured, no one with over 40-50 caps gets dropped from the All Blacks, no matter if their best years are long behind them. And here we are in 2025, and they’re all still there, mostly on reputation.

You have to go back to 2019 and Owen Franks being dropped to see the last time an AB coach grew a pair and dropped a player, although in that case, it wasn’t for a better one.

When asked what they want from a 6 on the Aotearoa rugby pod the first thing Ryan said was they want a genuine lineout option. He also said the coaches loved what Finau did in camp last year and that he would have got more game time against Italy if not for the concussion in the French game.

Razor literally said

“The big thing for Ethan is he’s just starting to play footy consistently. We look at all parts of the game. He’s very physical, he’s got great stats, high stats, but it’s the actual impact of them. So, converting those stats to post-carry metres, dominant tackles, and being clean and disciplined”

So he’s not a lineout option and he’s busy but not effective enough in contact. Pretty clear.