All Blacks XV v Georgia

[sparky]

Kurt Eklund has a double. 24-13

[Bones]

That's how you put a grubber into the 22...

[Bones]

And the team score from the resulting lineout. Love teamwork. Great try Kirifi.

[Bones]

Ok maybe not.

[KiwiInLondon]

At the stadium. Holy shit those Georgians hit hard

[Billy Tell]

@KiwiInLondon said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

At the stadium. Holy shit those Georgians hit hard

KiwiInMontpellier

[KiwiInLondon]

@Billy-Tell

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

@KiwiInLondon said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

At the stadium. Holy shit those Georgians hit hard

KiwiInMontpellier

Massive kiwi contingent here

[sparky]

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[Mr Fish]

Nice run by Hotham but no one with him.

[sparky]

ABs XV now lead 31-13.

[Mr Fish]

Georgia's captain's accent is wild haha. Sounds American, Irish and Georgians depending on the words.

[sparky]

It finished 31-13 to the ABs XV. Strong performances by Ah Khoi, Kirifi and Jacomb.

Pleasing for the ABs XV to finish their European tour with two wins out of two.

[KiwiInLondon]

Spoke to a few of them after the game. Apparently the Georgians are more fat than anything so not nearly as physically as it actually looks

[Bovidae]

This was a frustrating watch at times because of the stop-start nature of the game. Hearing the ARs always adds to the spectacle as you understand why penalties were given. MacNeice can fuck off with wanting to check every try.

Numia and Ma’u had problems in the scrum. I hope Naholo's injury isn't serious as it happened in the final seconds.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

This was a frustrating watch at times because of the stop-start nature of the game. Hearing the ARs always adds to the spectacle as you understand why penalties were given. MacNeice can fuck off with wanting to check every try.

Numia and Ma’u had problems in the scrum. I hope Naholo's injury isn't serious as it happened in the final seconds.

Numia has probably had one of the biggest workloads of any player in New Zealand this year, his form started to dip towards the end of the Lions NPC campaign so he is well deserving of a big break. Hopefully he can have a good off-season and come back even stronger next year.

[Bovidae]

Also, I noted that the commentators made a mention of Mohed Altrad, who was standing by the AB XV bench. Playing this game at his stadium in Montpellier was obviously part of his sponsorship of NZ rugby.

[Bovidae]

[Bones]

Some random thoughts.

Odd choice of commentators, how did we end up with a couple of guys who take glee in seeing NZ beaten and can only see NZ mistakes/penalties?

Naholo with his pick and how's - he's really not that good at it and it seems to waste opportunities at times.

"Get ready to use it" - shut up Jordan, it's either use it or not use it.

[nostrildamus]

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks XV v Georgia:

The crowd is amazing. Georgia vs NZ XV in Montpellier in a large stadium and it’s a sellout. No way Georgia vs France A in nz sells out a stadium.

I'm guessing there are more Georgians in Europe? Just a guess.

[Bovidae]

@Bones I think they just used WR commentators who were at the ground. The main commentator is on the Sevens circuit. Sky NZ now do in studio commentary for away games, and I assume no one could be arsed getting up at 2 am to do it.