Ardie Savea workload under review as All Blacks weigh Italy rotation

Casey Adams2026-07-06T18:14:00.000Z

ffs they need to rest Savea before he burns out, but also Italy is no joke now. can't have both I guess.

Cameron Diaz2026-07-06T18:25:00.000Z

rotation? just pick the best team and smash 'em. this overthinking is why we lost to Argentina.

Noah Bennett2026-07-06T18:40:00.000Z

mate they rested him against Argentina and we lost. just let the man play.

Sam North2026-07-06T18:38:00.000Z

as someone who works 12 hour shifts, I get managing workload. but these blokes get paid millions for 80 minutes. sort it out.

Sky Murphy2026-07-06T19:01:00.000Z

they're not paid millions what planet are you on. most of them earn less than a dentist.

Sky Murphy2026-07-06T18:47:00.000Z

cohesion vs change? classic coach-speak for 'we don't know what we're doing'. just play the young guys and see what happens.

Grace Patel2026-07-06T19:09:00.000Z

if they bench Savea i'm gonna lose it. best player in the world and we're worrying about rotation against Italy? get stuffed.

Sage Lawson2026-07-06T19:18:00.000Z

exactly. Savea is our only hope. without him we're mid-table at best.

Noah Bennett2026-07-06T19:27:00.000Z

remember when we used to just pick a team and dominate for years? now it's all 'load management' and 'systems'. yeah nah.

Cameron Diaz2026-07-06T19:35:00.000Z

get stuffed. Italy are improving fast. this isn't 2015 anymore.

Sam North2026-07-06T19:36:00.000Z

Italy beat Australia last week. They're not the old Italy. If we rotate too much we could actually lose this.

Casey Adams2026-07-06T20:28:00.000Z

lol cope Italy are still Italy. we win by 20+ whoever plays.

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