RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks

[Yeetyaah]

Codie Taylor take a bow

[KiwiMurph]

Why are we so afraid to go open?

[canefan]

French look tired

[Stargazer]

HT: France 9 - 8 NZ

[Stargazer]

@canefan Not used to speed?

[canefan]

The heat and pace is killing them. Crush them in the final 20

[Gunner]

To many bloody mistakes when we get into the French 22.

[Tim]

How did we not score at the end there?

[chimoaus]

I think if we cut the errors, sure up the scrum and lineout we can do this.

[No Quarter]

We finished the half much stronger there. The final 10 minutes of this match will be interesting, I think we handle the heat better than them.

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph that 1 or 2 phases each way BS, that was screaming for an extra couple open then swing back

[Steve]

Rieko looks like a scalpel out there. They can't deal with him at all.

[akan004]

Should be up by 10. Dropped ball and some silly decisions keeping France in this game.

[Mattasaurus]

Jaco been largely good.

French cyncial with time wasting but Jaco appears to be on to it.

cleaning out needs a big improvement!

We need tot run them from touch line to touch line.. not constant short side....

[taniwharugby]

@chimoaus don't think the actual scrum is an issue, EDG footing however...

[hydro11]

Just a few too many mistakes when we get down into the 22. We should have scored at least one more try. The positive is that we are finding lots of space.

[canefan]

We lack accuracy in important moments. But generally we are competing very well. Opportunity will come and we just need to seize it

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Why are we so afraid to go open?

The French have their first up tackler rushing, even on the short side. There is opportunity there if we can be clean with the ball.

We have certainly created enough opportunities. Cut down the errors and we are making metres.

Field position is critical in these conditions.

[chimoaus]

How many seconds after the ref calls use it does the 9 have. Du pont seems to take an age with the caterpillar.

[The Irishman]

Disappointing game, from both sides. These never seem to live up to the expectations. Don't get the whinging about peyper. From a neutral perspective he's given the French nothing.