All Blacks v France Test #2
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Apparently first time in 3 years the same 23 named on consecutive weeks (some big tournament we did it in last)
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
Apparently first time in 3 years the same 23 named on consecutive weeks
Don’t want to make it hard for the refs now we have them in our pocket.
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Gah, boorrinng. Was hoping for something controversial like picking Luke Whitel... oh wait.
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Would love to blow up, but all the players i was so pissed about last week were actually really good so...
Now I'll blow up about the French. Last week was their best chance and we fucking murdered them. I can't see us winning this by less than 20. Next week will most likely be a bloodbath unless we rotate everyone. The part of me that misses the feeling of "shit, i hope we win this weekend" leading up to tests is growing every year. The rest of the world might be right, there is skulduggery going on, we shouldn't still be winning like this.
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@mariner4life didn't they have some more players arrive that were not available to last week due to French finals, so theoretically, they could be stronger?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life didn't they have some more players arrive that were not available to last week due to French finals, so theoretically, they could be stronger?
so, only 15 points? Probably all club bench players anyway, behind a bunch of semi retired tri-nations players...
C’est des conneries!
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life didn't they have some more players arrive that were not available to last week due to French finals, so theoretically, they could be stronger?
so, only 15 points? Probably all club bench players anyway, behind a bunch of semi retired tri-nations players...
C’est des conneries!
When did we last lose a game? Can we ressurect the unbeaten thread now?
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@hooroo said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life didn't they have some more players arrive that were not available to last week due to French finals, so theoretically, they could be stronger?
so, only 15 points? Probably all club bench players anyway, behind a bunch of semi retired tri-nations players...
C’est des conneries!
When did we last lose a game? Can we ressurect the unbeaten thread now?
Hang on a bit. England have only just started their record losing streak. Let that one go first.
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@hooroo not that long ago. We dropped one to the Wallabies last year. Might be a bit early, because surely we will drop another one or two this year. Surely.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@hooroo not that long ago. We dropped one to the Wallabies last year. Might be a bit early, because surely we will drop another one or two this year. Surely.
Did we?? I have no recollection of that?
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weren't the French the last team to beat us in NZ or was that just last team to win at EP?
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@taniwharugby Eden park. We lost to the Lions last year. Before that, South Africa in 2009 (our annus horribilis).
Australia hasn't won in NZ since 2001 according to espn stats.
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They beat us in Dunners in 2009 (before the SA loss).
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@antipodean Lions don't count, that's 4 teams
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
Would love to blow up, but all the players i was so pissed about last week were actually really good so...
Now I'll blow up about the French. Last week was their best chance and we fucking murdered them.
After they fell apart following a horrendous yellow card...
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
Would love to blow up, but all the players i was so pissed about last week were actually really good so...
Now I'll blow up about the French. Last week was their best chance and we fucking murdered them.
After they fell apart following a horrendous yellow card...
I'm just going to go ahead and assume you are just parroting the rubbish narrative created (yellow card was shit though)
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@mariner4life My point is that before the yellow card it was an absorbing test and for the first 50 minutes I don't think AB fans would have been thinking "shit, this is boring".
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v France Test #2:
@mariner4life My point is that before the yellow card it was an absorbing test and for the first 50 minutes I don't think AB fans would have been thinking "shit, this is boring".
It was absorbing for sure, close enough for me to question San Whitelock 's captaincy credentials even.
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@kiwimurph I'm not sure that really responds to anything i have said.
Did you think we were going to lose? It was only close because we kept fucking up the opportunities we were creating. The rugby itself wasn't great either.
We scored 50 points. Do you think a yellow, no matter how harsh, is a reasonable excuse for a so-called top level team to ship 50 points in a test? Especially when the opposition play like shit for half of the game.
Do you think this week will be much different?
