RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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@Nepia said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@1kiwi said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Jordie Barrett didn't train yesterday. Has a calf issue
Even though he was part of the collective Barrett whanau shitting the bed last match I fucking hope he's right for this match and we don't go into it with Havilli.
You mean he was part of the collective team that shit the bed last time don't you? Though I di tend to think (like you) Havili will be his replacement, got a bit of a kicking game and played a bit with RMo and Ioane.
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@pakman said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@sparky said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Looks a bit like a young Tom Hanks with wild hair?!
Honey Badger with racist 'banter'?
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@sparky said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Sounds like he had a beef with two fluffybunnies who were black
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wait, generally if you do press you're in the 23 right?
fucking shit. really?
I'm trying to be positive i really fucking am, but jesus selectors you are making it real fucking hard to take your side.
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@mariner4life you and me both. That press conference has me reducing our win margin to just 15+ now.
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@MiketheSnow said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@sparky said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Sounds like he had a beef with two fluffybunnies who were black
Iâve got no problem with this. At least he didnât shoot his wife.
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@Frank said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Dallas Mcleod should have been selected ahead of Havili for the reason that a lot of our plays rely on our 12 being able to truck it up. Best like for like replacement.
Yep. Ditto Finau as a like for like Frizell.
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Of course to be fair to the ABs coaching staff, they didn't budget for this many injuries when they picked the squad... and nor should they have. We could get smoked by France and it won't make a jackshit of difference as long as these guys are good to go for the knockouts.
If we win the RWC, Fozzy will be a hero. If we don't win the RWC, Mark Robinson will need to resign, Fozzy will be stupid, inept, the worst ABs coach ever, and certainly worse than Ken on the coach at home.
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@frugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Of course to be fair to the ABs coaching staff, they didn't budget for this many injuries when they picked the squad... and nor should they have
while there is an element of truth here, the fact is they gave themselves very little wiggle room, especially going in with Retallick hurt
But there is no defense to picking Christie and Havili, two players shown not to be to standard repeatedly.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@frugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
But there is no defense to picking Christie and Havili, two players shown not to be to standard repeatedly.
No arguments here.
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As much as I don't believe we will win, how can we win? Ball retention will be vital. Kicking the ball out if we're going for territory? What scares the shit out of me is France will attack from anywhere but it's better if they are forced to play from their own half. Don't play from our own half unkess there's somethings really on. No fancy shit from our 22. Need an 80min dominant tackling performance. D-Mac may play a viral role in this game of he's selected.
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@Stargazer said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@1kiwi said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Jordie Barrett didn't train yesterday. Has a calf issue
According to these French articles, it's his left knee. He did train, but not with the group.
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Oh Fuck.
Havili and ALB just can't get over the advantage line. Ive seen this movie before.
