All Blacks player ratings vs Argentina | The Rugby Championship

Razor inherited a dysfunctional team, who were coached by a dysfunctional team, who were mismanaged by a dysfunctional NZRFU.

It's kind of like a Fraudster has been banged up for 6 years and some kind soul gives him a job at an accounting firm and wonder why he still steals.

Up until Saturday the band aids have worked. No it's time to "amputate"

I could hear the arthritis creaking, as at least 5 of the All Blacks tried desperately to beat father time. I hope Razor has a few "Farewell speeches and at least 5 gold watches at Tuesday's training session.

I am sure the Godfather, (Silver Lakes) won't be happy.

Blackadder played like Baldrick. No room for journeymen. Lets blood the young guys, Sititi etc. Could handle some losses now fast tracking talent, but losing games with stop gap plodders is not acceptable Razor

Some more accurate scores

Ardie 5, TJ 3 DMac 2, Jordie 3 ALB 5, Sevu off early for good reason 3, Razor 1

All the inside backs were poor. TJ was laboured, two steps and a loopy pass. Dmac played first five like we feared he would, no control. Jordie was anonymous, he may be tall but doesn't make any use of it. All 3 of them just shuffled on pressure to the players outside them. The wingers never got the ball in space. Also BB turning his back on Dmac's pass, which resulted in the 5 metre scrum was just amateurish.

Havnt a clue what razor has been doing, but we struggle to throw a ball straight into a line out, Tj is about as slow as a guy going to the bathroom with no legs, Mackenzie looks like he needs medication with that silly grin and worst of all what is Barret doing in the centers, he looks so out of place . Cmon Razor make the hard calls, if they arnt performing put someone else in. This is a much harder job than coaching ya mates at the crusaders.

Need a coach rating? On that performance Joe S might be thinking of winning the Bledisloe?

Narawa was outstanding for BOP yesterday. "Yesterday"

would probably be a good song for Robertson right now.

Bring Back Fossie :)

Usually don't mind Ben's articles but he's right off the mark with his ratings here. In general he appears to be directing the poor performance at the feet of the replacements.

Our loosies are being outgunned and we need to acknowledge this and change our whole philosophy about what it is, we are seeking from them individually and collectively. Ever since we have adopted the NZ Cricket's policy of playing all rounders in key positions ie; loose forwards, we have had a number of middling displays and results.

So this is my solution, Ardie to seven - our best loosie without doubt for years now, Sititi to eight - on evidence to this point the best ball carrier / line bender out of the lot and our other world class forward Scott Barrett to number six. I know everyone says that he was one of the reasons we were done over by England in '19 WC semi final but we were totally out muscled and out enthused from the kick off and were on the back foot throughout the match. No one player was going to change that. Ardie once again was our best on the day and he couldn't.

Barrett will give us that big bodied ball carrier we want at six, he has a huge engine that goes all game, he is one of our most reliable defenders and he is a world class lineout option that will effectively give us three locks to throw to.

But we have to be brave and give them time to come right as a unit because I believe with our 2 world class forwards acting in tandem leading the way, we will become far more effective.

That's my five cents worth anyway. Go the ABs.

Do Rugby Pass actually pay Ben Smith for this article. It's a continuation of the rubbish he invariably produces. It can't be too difficult to find someone with some credibility and who has some basic knowledge of the game to do these player ratings.

What game was Ben watching, 9 10 and 12 need to be dropped out of squad hopefully the Dmac experiment is over.

Ben Smith 0 for all the Bok bashing. That's what you get for being a d!ck.

Ben, what game did you watch to give Ardie a 7 when he cost us the game. With Cortez right behind him, he picked up the ball behind a loose scrum and threw a wild pass that lead to the Argentine winning try

Let’s review Ben’s performance on this article.

For starters… “Added eight carries and “

You can’t end a sentence with “and” or without punctuation. That’s basic grammar.

Or he didn’t proof read his own article. Either because he couldn’t read properly through the tears he was fighting back. Or worse because he is just lazy. Either reason unacceptably unprofessional.

If he is going to give Dalton Papali’i a 7 - he should provide more than just a one liner. Like “he won a big turnover”. Papali’i must have done more than that to be one of the best AB players on the field tonight. As an accountant, I would expect Ben to know that he needs to provide context to the numbers he produces.

I could go on - but instead I’ll save time and give Ben a 3/10 for this article. Ideally he should be benched as a RP writer.

Jordie was a 4 on other sites. Invisible. Please bring back Havili. We need his creativity.

Ben Smith’s Poophol must be itching.