Hamish Bidwell
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3 days ago |
theroar.com.au | Hamish Bidwell
I was a victim of clickbait once again, in recent days. Rieko Ioane had apparently sent the rugby world into ‘shock’. Yes, in a ‘stunning’ development, it turns out the All Blacks centre is taking up his contracted sabbatical. I wasn’t to know that at the time. No, like the lemming I sometimes am, I rushed to click on a headline that said Ioane was off to Ireland.
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1 week ago |
rugbypass.com | Hamish Bidwell
I wouldn’t pick Mark Tele’a in the All Blacks this year. It’s nothing personal, nor a judgement on his ability. If fit, Tele’a is the best wing in the country. No, I wouldn’t pick Tele’a for the same reasons I wouldn’t have picked Sam Cane and TJ Perenara a year ago. And there’s the rub. All Blacks coach Scott Robertson did pick Cane and Perenara in 2024, despite them both having signed deals to play in Japan. Had it been a Rugby World Cup year, I wouldn’t have had a problem with that.
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1 week ago |
theroar.com.au | Hamish Bidwell |Tony Harper
The Mark Tele’a case is a curious one. Media reports have surfaced that the off-contract All Blacks wing has agreed a deal to play in Japan. Telea has been one of the better-performed All Blacks backs of recent seasons, but might have had his full of rugby in New Zealand.
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2 weeks ago |
rugbypass.com | Hamish Bidwell
Sam Whitelock’s greatest feat was to play Super Rugby like he cared. I mention that in light of talk among rugby’s chattering classes that All Blacks captain Scott Barrett isn’t playing to his absolute potential. It’s one of those discussions you have when you’ve run out of anything meaningful to talk about. All Blacks, particularly seasoned ones on the Crusaders’ books, who pace themselves through a Super campaign are not new.
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2 weeks ago |
theroar.com.au | Hamish Bidwell
I want to commend the Blues, and Beauden Barrett in particular, on a job well done. It’s not something I’m usually in the habit of, but I’ll make an exception here. It almost goes without saying that you shouldn’t have to praise people for doing something for which they’re handsomely paid. But, such is the infrequency with which players justify their salaries, you are sometimes compelled to compliment them when they do.
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A bit of Barrett-related relief for beleaguered Taranaki fans ahead of Friday's clash with Wgtn..."I'd love to [play], so would Scooter, so would Jordie. I'd think at least one of us will be [playing],'' Beauden B said in Pretoria today
Am hearing Dane Coles might have done a calf...might be shut down for the year, you’d assume