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Rugby Pass Podcast: Who Runs The World?


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This week on the Rugby Pass podcast Scotty reunites with his oldest and best friend Mark Stafford in some godforsaken dark cold corner of New Zealand’s South Island. They talk about the fallout from the grubby Bledisloe Cup test last weekend, and with the Aviva Premiership getting underway this weekend ponder the age-old question: where exactly does the balance of power lie in world rugby?

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JW 14 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

They’re bounce back for sure. This game was the coaching team regressing into the same sort of pattern Razor n Co found themselves doing.

They’ll spot that and it will be back to full bore next weekend.



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JW 17 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

Thankfully the won’t be needed?

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B 17 minutes ago
Wales cling on to end 73-year wait to beat the All Blacks

I’ve seen 320 tackles with 27 missed. On 35% possession and 43% territory

It's seems to be ripped from the Opta stats. If it's true, then it's ridiculous



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JW 19 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

The won some big moments in the last 10 for sure. And the reverse was always expected of players like Moung and Leicester, they’ve got to try to be match winners but it’s far too much to ask of them not coming through Super Rugby (and being injured).

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ColinK 20 minutes ago
Wales cling on to end 73-year wait to beat the All Blacks

Congrats to Wales, hopefully my boys will be better for this. Incredibly courageous defense from Wales and also France yesterday. Wales deserved to win, hats off to them. For my beloved ABs a sad day, but we will judge if its a blip or something more serious next week against a resurgent England. It’s been a long injury-riddled season but no excuse, as all teams face this now days. At least it’s nice to know that there will be many people so, so happy in Wales. Hopefully they will rise again now.

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JW 22 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

Not at all, three times (really only twice looked like scoring though) they held players up over the line, that was the luck they needed.

Also if they hadn’t of stopped those tries they could just have scored again themselves. It was great work don’t get us wrong, but it doesn’t invalid or making it more important than the prio 60min of good threatening rugby. One would even call your take disrespectul of Wales and more anit AB than anything else.



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JW 26 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

That Bok side went on to demolish France in the same fashion using one less player. It certainly wasn’t as bad a performance as this one.

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B 30 minutes ago
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JW 31 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

Even Argentina at home was worse than that following one.

You’d like to call it a D team but the reality is that the coaches consider some of those players as their A team.



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B 33 minutes ago
'Feels like you're playing 16 or 17': All Blacks captain Beauden Barrett on loss to Wales

“couldn’t convert a number of chances” is an incredibly ungracious way of saying “were not allowed to”

None shall pass, as they say in that part of the world



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jclaytonf 35 minutes ago
Dave Rennie's short response on Richie Mo'unga's performance against Wales

Mo’unga is a world class 10 and Rennie needs to persevere. I see the best option as Mo’unga as 10, Jordan at 15 with Love coming off the bench. Beauden Barrett and McKenzie are not consistent, and Barrett has (sadly) past his use-by date.

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GP 37 minutes ago
Dave Rennie's short response on Richie Mo'unga's performance against Wales

Well said. Richie Mo’unga gave it a go and made meters in not always great positions. Opportunistic people blaming him when he actually played well. Kyle Preston should have started as should have Ethan Blackadder. Ethan should have come on way earlier anyway. George Bell made an impact and I believe should be in the Test squad.

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B 38 minutes ago
Wales player ratings vs All Blacks | Nations Championship 2026

Managed to get the full replay without the spoiler alerts!

Incredibly they backed up their jaw dropping response to the haka



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JW 44 minutes ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

Wildkard saying the Scarlets have been really good this year. I wouldn’t put it past Wales putting as much on Aus as we did.

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cnw 1 hour ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

Yeah that was very painful too but losing to the No 10 in the world, is just utterly demoralising - it should never have happened - they only just beat Japan by about the same margin last week - who were then slaughtered by the English today. Its bad JD, very bad.

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OtagomanII 1 hour ago
Du'Plessis Kirifi issues statement after meme posted on All Blacks account after loss

Ok, so who has access to his instagram account? I don’t have one so I’m ignorant on how it works.

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Tom 1 hour ago
England player ratings vs Japan | Nations Championship 2026

Agreed on all points… although I'm not really bothered if Fisilau or Earl start. Earl playing the first 55 and Fisilau and Pollock coming off the bench works well.

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unknown 1 hour ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Wales | Nations Championship 2026

The real question arising is the depth thing-again.While some of our best are missing there is clearly a chasm between best and next best.The depth is everything at WC time. Maybe put less emphasis on exciting but tactically challenged players to less spectacular but savvy heads . Mounga has always been overrated at elite test level and the idea BB was”back" at 30 +was based on softer opposition.Can appreciate Rennie is against time now but looked stunned post match.Wonder if 2 much interference from certain selector?

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Rugby3 1 hour ago
'Not part of our DNA': Mo'unga delivers honest assessment of All Blacks attack

A real Welsh team, full of Welsh passion and commitment, playing for their country, at last.

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Rugby3 1 hour ago
Beauden Barrett left with unwanted history as Wales U20 graduates do the unthinkable

Finally got rid of their kiwi coach and got a coach they can believe in. That is, a Welsh coach. Big surprise !

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