@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Jnr said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Roigard has been pretty meh. Needs to sharpen up

I think he'll pick his moments in the second half.

Ardie looks like he should have been pulled after that collision in the first minute or two, I wouldn't be surprised if he's concussed.

Have you been listening to his motivational speeches?

Meh, there's bigger things in life to get exercised over.

ha ha ha, they've subbed off Jacobson.

Jesus, good luck Anton.

@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@WoodysRFC said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@SouthernMann said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@sparky said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

The quality of this game versus the Super final is night and day.

It's an entirely different game when you have a northern hemisphere ref looking to slow it down as much as he can.

And no punch up front. De Groot, Taylor and Lomax etc aren’t the types to bend a defensive line if we want to play optimistic rugby.

Grooter just carried pretty bloody well then.

He is quality link guy as well. Throws some really nice passes.

Got to get his Canes guys on.

I wouldn’t change De Groot but we need more x-factor in the tight five. It’s way too same same. We need beasts out there to get us going forward continuously.

Yup Samisoni would be a great start for Codie

I reckon it’s a test for Rennie right now , to see if he can change up a few things

At least one change made at half time with Segner on so the coaches might be showing some of that ruthlessness.

Yes boy

That is fucked they take of the one Loosie doing all the work
That us just dumb.

Holy fuck, they've taken off Jacobson for Segner and left the two Ss to continue shitting up the place!

@MacDazzler said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Segner on

Ausgezeichnet!

@gt12 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

ha ha ha, they've subbed off Jacobson.

Jesus, good luck Anton.

I hope Ardie has gone to 7, Sititi to 8 and segner to 6.

Tell you what, Moorby looks very Ben Smithy...

@gt12 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

ha ha ha, they've subbed off Jacobson.

Jesus, good luck Anton.

Must be injured surely.

@Tim said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

The loose forwards in NZ are pretty average. Won't win much with that lot.

And yet we let Devan Flanders, Dalton Papalii and Akira Ioane all go. 🤯

said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

At least one change made at half time with Segner on so the coaches might be showing some of that ruthlessness.

Except it’s for the wrong players so whatever.

That was all class from Moorby

Lovely first touch from the Moorb.

Sititi is having a shocker

Very nicely done by Moorby. Did everything right.

@gt12 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Tell you what, Moorby looks very Ben Smithy...

The very words I've used all season. Put him at 15 moving forward

And the gap between Cameron Roigard and Aaron Smith grows larger.