This of course could be a good thing for the wee abs as they ahve so many has beens theyare carrying. RAWs have seen them through but its unsustainable.
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Cape Town - New Zealand could lose a fair amount of experienced campaigners after next year's Rugby World Cup.(OKAS THIS INDICATES ACTUALLY HOW MANY HAS BEEN OUS THEY HAVE)
VIDEO: Carter announces NZ rugby departure (A HAS BEEN OU OF NOTE)
Veteran All Black flyhalf Dan Carter announced on Thursday that he would be joining French Top 14 club Racing Metro after next year's showpiece event in England and Wales.
Carter, 32, signed a three-year deal with the Paris-based club which will basically mean the end of his All Black career.
However, Carter may not be the only one to leave New Zealand shores.
According to the Stuff.co.nz website, skipper Richie McCaw (a HAS BEEN OU A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO!!), midfielders Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith (HOW THSI GUY SQUEESED OUTA RUGBY CAREER IS AMAZING!), veteran front-rowers Tony Woodcock and Keven Mealamu (NOTE THE WORDS VETERAN!!!), loose forwards Jerome Kaino and Liam Messam and even Ben Franks, Cory Jane (WHAT ALOSS IS CAROIL JANE!!!) and Charlie Faumuina could also be considering high-paying, late-career stints overseas. (SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR SOME REAL TALENT - ON SECOND THOUGHTS BUY UP AS MANY OF THESE DUDS AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOUR RAPACIOUS HANDS OFF OUR PLAYERS PARASITIC NH TREAMS!!!!!)
It would be the dawn of a new era for the All Blacks, who employ a policy of not picking players plying their trade outside New Zealand.
A possible loss of several key payers does not concern NZ Rugby CEO Steve Tew though.
Tew made it clear that a cleanout of veteran players would not throw any sort of a wrench into coach Steve Hansen's works for 2016 and beyond. Succession planning, he said, was a big part of the thinking at head office.(SUCCESSION PLANING. SOME ONE SHOULD TELL OU MEYER ABOUT THIS AMAZINGLY DEEP AND REVOLUTIOANARY CONCEPT!)
"I'd like to think we're well advanced in that regard," said Tew.
"If you look at some of the talent backing up some of these jerseys, they'd probably now be 30, 40 or 50 tests in any other country.” (bUT THE QUALITY TEW IS A BIT OF A WORRY SURELY!)
The All Blacks are the defending world champions (cOURTESY OF rawS) and would become the first team to defend a Rugby World Cup title if they emerge victorious in next year's competition.(VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING BARRING A REPEAT OF THE SCANDALOUS NZ RWC)
On balance htough a good cleran out of dead wood has to happen and possibly the wee abs will remain competitive.
I call on all refs to ping the wee abs as they shoud be and give opposition sides a fair go. Lets see the wee abs at 2, 3 or 4 in the rankings where they belong.
The 2015 Rugby World Cup runs from September 18-October 31.
