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Scotty and Mils talk about the benefits of the All Blacks playing in Cape Town, a bit of Mitre 10 Cup and get a surprise call from World Cup hero Stephen Donald.

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J Marc 8 minutes ago
Competing interests and rotated squads: What the 'player welfare summer' is really telling us

I don't know the numbers you are talking about. The study which I was talking about is coming directly from the insurance numbers, so I think FFR have it. I don't know NZ or British laws very well but I think legal responsability is not exactly the same in France. Individual responsability is not enough admited by the courts in France and I think that is why this subject is ,perhaps, more on the table for FFR and LNR.

For the tackler's concussion, they are include in the numbers but I think they are not separate. Does these laws increase the tacklers concussion ? I don't know. But we saw in the last NZ FR séries that with the current rules there are allready some head on the hip and even a head on Woki's knee…

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Howbzr76 11 minutes ago
Leicester Fainga'anuku denied All Blacks eligibility for TRC

I agree- he just got back to nz, and he’s eligible straight away??Building solid combinations takes years, if players want to put profit before championships then honestly each to their own- but don't expect to come back home, when others have been doing the hard grind locally, to just walk into any rep team. The jersey HAS to be earnt on merit, not just some decent form in the past. Winning tests is not everything. Our lads who choose to play here, foregoing the money overseas deserve priority. Do the Hard grind, it’s the k1w1 way.

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J Marc 24 minutes ago
Competing interests and rotated squads: What the 'player welfare summer' is really telling us

In France rugby at school is very rare.

The more often, it's a seven version on a reduce pitch. Sports teachers favorite sport is handball and it's a blessing for it and a problem for the others. So it's hard to compare. I think the NZ school rugby system you describe is close to the french one in lower levels and to what english RFU would have try to copy if the clubs had been OK…

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Sounds lame bro.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
New All Blacks locks squeezing captain Barrett out of contention

Well that’s the counter argument. I disagree. If someone’s available for NPC, they’re eligible.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Wrll I GOOGLED the name ROIGATD as I mis spelt it and surprise surprise!!!!! Up came Cam Roigard, NZ rugby player, as the first option.

Wrll said!

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Like who?

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Yes sure.


Two world cups is far worse.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Wrll, wrll, wrll.


What do we have here!?

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Just 80% is fine.


England did 89% in 2020

France did 100% in 2022

Ireland did 92% in 2022

South Africa did 85% back to back 2023 and 2024.


So +80% has been done plenty.


Only knew Zeland hasn’t done >80% in the last 6 completed seasons. Average of 68% 2019 - 2024.


This year you’ll do it I reckon.

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JH 1 hour ago
Leicester Fainga'anuku denied All Blacks eligibility for TRC

I’d say his plan is play the next world cup, try and get a winner’s medal, then immediately hop the plane back to France and turn out for Tonga in 3031 while also cashing those club cheques.


I don’t agree with the NZR policy as such, because they may as well get their money’s worth while he’s here, but I can certainly see how they’d be viewing his ‘stay’ as a not particularly loyal one.

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JW 1 hour ago
New All Blacks locks squeezing captain Barrett out of contention

Nar, it doesn’t make snse, as that just tells everyone that’s leaves the jerseys theres when they get back.


Exactly the wrong message loyal players want to hear, and would cause to also leave in future.


True though, he could have played wing, I was only thinking of center.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

In your skull cavity?

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

Never tried it. How is it?

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

More than bot naming any u20s in your training squad.


Exactly how f.cken stupid are you?

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JH 1 hour ago
Leicester Fainga'anuku denied All Blacks eligibility for TRC

Exactly. The big ‘fear’ for the NZR around their overseas policy is loss of control over their workload, and that the club and provincial game will suffer because everyone will just go overseas. An easy go-to excuse.


The NZR themselves have done the most damage to anything below their precious Super Rugby/All Blacks by neglecting anything below those levels, then putting out statements that provincial rugby is not ‘sustainable’.


Both club and the NPC, standards wise, is a far cry from what it once was. The NZR only have to look in the mirror to see who's to blame.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

What’s uneducated is how the sarcasm and wit in the thread is lost on you.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

I’m basing it on the seeing the same players being selected and reading in the comments section lists of names I’ve never heard of and not seen them play for the ABs.

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JH 1 hour ago
Leicester Fainga'anuku denied All Blacks eligibility for TRC

More myopic thinking by the NZR. We don’t half like shooting ourselves in the foot and being precious when it comes to overseas players, even Kiwis playing for Aussie teams in Super Rugby. Ridiculous.


From all the noises he’s making, it’s pretty obvious Leicester will be off again in a couple years anyway, so may as well play him while we have him.


He’d certainly be a marked improvement on some of the “experience” only in the squad because they’ve hit the magical 50+ caps for the ABs, whereby selection seems automatic.

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Over the sideline 2 hours ago
Half-back depth is the flaw in 'Razor's' 4-4-4 Rugby World Cup plan

And yet some teams were far more impacted than others.

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