All Blacks coach Scott Robertson set to be axed by New Zealand Rugby

If you’ve listened to Ardie he’s not the most intelligent voice, assuming that you’ve given him the label of best player?

Sad thing is reports are the Leon could be one coming back, when he wasn’t even deserving of having being selected by Razor (as a ‘mate’).

Lol we could be a lot worse. Going to be hilarious if all those “if were losing we might as we be selecting new players” start crying about how bad were losing by. Still I’d like to see someone in who wants to try. That was the frustrating thing about Razors reign. He had great squad selections that promised so much but in the end when it came to game day he seemed reluctant to try anything.

TB would obviously have a clause, I doubt SARU would have denied him that request, they know what it’s like and are good buggers.

Schmidt taking over from Wayne Smith would be great, should see a lot more involvement from such a key role in an environment.

lol he and Razor to take over Ireland if Farrell gets sacked after 6N?

You mean he’s the only one with balls to walk around the field in a match against his countries greatest rivals. He is part of the problem (hard to imagine as much as all the coaching issues though).

If Ardie is honorable enough to continue being an All Black after getting dropped, I’d respect his decision, but at the moment it appears both just are the people with the two biggest egos.

He clearly wasn't the only one to speak up. Looks like lots spoke up.

Yes it definately looked like Razor had lost the group.

I don’t blame them. Every loss was blamed on player execution and every win on game plan.

Bingo

Jamie (Japan)

Rennie (Australia)

Vern (Scotland)

Ryan (All Blacks)

This is actually a decent team.

My vibe koe is that he wasn’t prepared to deal with the require changes, so resigned. All the signs I see is his dyslexia makes him very different to deal with, and he tailors his environments to adapt to that. The sacking of say, your right hand man, might just be too much.

I don’t know a lot about the illness, so I’m happy to accept he do whats right for him, or that the situation would be nothing like the feeling I got.

Tony Brown is under contract with South Africa until after RWC in 2027. The SARU are not going to let Brown out of his contract and bring all that IP about Springboks to the All Blacks.

Jamie Joseph’s record at Highlanders without Tony Brown as his attack coach has been abysmal.

Rennie and Umaga may be assistants

Yep, he needs to go. We need a coach that is not going to take that attitude, and Ardie needs to be his first example.

Strongly disagree. Every AB loss was blamed on player attitude and execution. Every win claimed as a great plan. He has clearly lost the group and it showed in there play. Atdie cannot be the only player disgruntled as 1 player doesn’t decide this decision. Razor is a very arrogant man. It comes thru in his interviews. Players, assistants and fans do not like that arrogance without success to back it up. The coaching group looks confused and disjointed. The players look lost.

Has Savea publicly dogged him? Or has it been ‘Reported’ that Savea could be unhappy.

ABs have been abysmal in some very basic things though, that’s the issue.

There is a whole debate about how much is forced on that by NZR policy, this includes playing certain players etc.

I’ve seen a few interviews with Razor, and with his circumstances it appeared to me he liked his own particular, tailored environments, so has decided to walk than attempt to do the role outside his comfort zone.

I’d expected him to change his approach to the above basic things, good on him if he refused. Can only respect that. I agree the results were still in that area where more positive outcomes could possibly be just around the corner. This is the ABs though, so the judgment can only about what is most likely the best way forward, not being accepting of a certain ‘chance’.

There is an obvious replacement. Jamie Joseph has finished coaching Japan and committed to NZR when he applied for the All Black job, and is now leading a Super Rugby team, first as director and now as head coach. There could be no more obvious a choice as him and TB.

This has to be something further - e.g. sentiment within the camp is worse than we think rather than results alone. Yes they could have been alot better but we did lose was it 13 players after the WC? It has been a serious rebuild. If it’s true I’m all for it but wow, pretty savage.

Hands off to our Tony. I hope he has the integrity to stay to 2027 with us. And hope he signs the deal to 2031 (if he hasn’t already).

#partyattonybrowns

And two world cup wins with two different countries.

Hahahah true