Northampton confirm the reasons for Boyd exit and Dowson promotion

Mo’unga was finally going to get the chance to prove he was the better 10 all along - then he decides to go to Japan. He’d probably already earned 3-4 million. The NZRU would’ve given him the best contract they could’ve, probably another million or more a year.

I also agree to those who say that Hansen and Foster never really gave Mo’unga a fair go. They both only gave Mo’unga a real shot when it was clear their preferred 10’s weren’t achieving/available; they chucked him in the deep end at RWC 2019, and Foster only gave him a real shot in 2022 when Foster was about to be dropped mid-season.

By 2026 they next big 10 may have come up through the cracks. It seems like such a wasted opportunity to cement his All Black legacy and to silence his detractors; and to give back to the fans.

You're not even pretending to have self-respect?😂

Are your boys down a chairman now? Ah, lad!!! Reform it all.

Here, have you seen Bert and Ernie are getting into it on twitter? Those MAGA goons.

The obese white supremacist V the ketamine abusing Asperger's lad? Billionaire fight club 🤣 !!

It will be epic.

You’re a walking advert for abortion, chief.

Stop walking into a kicking.

Go well.

If France stick to form and send kids down to it, and Razor keeps it conservative and mines an aging squad, it gets spicy.

If NZ lose one or unthinkably two, it will be the making of the ABs. He'd have to change gears and finally get going with capping youth for the rest of the cycle.

The last time NZ lost a home series their union confirmed the next coach a year ahead of schedule.