AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Ardie Savea was named as All Blacks captain on Monday, chastised by Newstalk ZB for not being an inspiring interview on Tuesda…
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Classic NZ Rugby – make a guy captain on Monday, tear him down Tuesday, and his team folds Wednesday. Efficient.
Poor Ardie. Just wants to play footy but the whole system's a mess. Moana Pasifika was doomed from the start tbh.
nah get stuffed. It's been mismanaged from day one. They knew the money wasn't there.
What a load of shit. How you gonna have a Pasifika team and not back it properly? Absolute joke.
also Ardie signed with them knowing the risks. Can't feel too sorry for him when he took the money.
is no one gonna talk about how Newstalk ZB actually called him 'not inspiring'? jfc the media here is brutal
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lol cope. It's the truth. Media here loves tearing down our own.
Honestly feel for the bloke. Being captain is pressure enough without all this drama around your super rugby club.
Worked in rugby admin for years. Moana Pasifika was never gonna survive without proper funding. But hey let's build another stadium in Auckland instead.
exactly this. Priorities are all wrong. Let's fund grassroots instead of another concrete jungle.
Ardie deserves better tbh. He's one of our best players and they just keep piling it on. Hope he goes overseas and gets paid.
at this point just go to Japan and get the bag. NZ doesn't appreciate what they've got.
ffs can we just let the man play rugby without all this soap opera crap. Not his fault NZ Rugby can't organise a piss-up in a brewery.
The timing of this announcement is wild. Literally the week they name him captain. Someone in the boardroom has it out for him.
This. NZ Rugby is a boys club. Ardie's too real for them probably.
RIP Moana Pasifika. Never even got a fair crack. Classic NZ Rugby – talk big about diversity then pull the plug.
never wanted it to work. Just a token gesture for the Pacific Island community.
