All Blacks vs England 2

[sparky]

@KiwiMurph No, but I know the England boys will be pumped as hell if it's close in the last 20 minutes.

Sport is beyond massive here at the moment with the Euros final this weekend and the England football team trying to defy 58 years of history. The England Rugby boys will want to point them the way with their own bit of history-busting.

[mariner4life]

What I love about the English defence is they are racing up and chopping the legs. Our big guys are standing waiting for the ball (not running on to it) and by the time they catch it, there's a white jersey hitting their legs.
And guys on the ground give turnover opportunities.

[BerniesCorner]

We could have been 12 points ahead

[nostrildamus]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Smith easily MOM in that first half.

Mostly, some questionable decisions. Itoje had great moments.

[kev]

Mark Telea never takes the outside option. It’s an issue.

[KiwiMurph]

The irony is Razor's Crusaders used to pick on Telea under high ball a few years back

[chimoaus]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Smith easily MOM in that first half.

Mostly, some questionable decisions. Itoje had great moments.

1 try saving tackle and 2 try assists, he is the reason England are ahead at the break.

[RoninWC]

Codie Taylor having a shocker, throwing piss poor and that penalty he gave away on the half time buzzer had me blowing a gasket at the TV.

Get Aumua on from the start of the 2nd half!

Want to see Beauden on early as well.

[sparky]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Has Akira bought his flight ticket yet?

Beyond weird that the ABs coaches overlooked Akira.

[gt12]

@mariner4life

I’m surprised we havent tried offloads, quite a few reasonable opportunities and its not like we are protecting the ball anyway

[nostrildamus]

We should have someone on the bench fast enough to replace a winger.

[mariner4life]

I do not want BB on as Perofeta has been fucking good

And I think BB is proper cooked

[BerniesCorner]

McCaw would grab this game by the scruff now.
We are going to find out

[ACT Crusader]

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Naysayers. ABs will run away with this. Keep the faith!

Great opportunity for this group to overcome a little adversity and lift in the second 40

[KiwiMurph]

We selected 4 specialist wings and only pick the same 2 in the 23....

[nostrildamus]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Has Akira bought his flight ticket yet?

Beyond weird that the ABs coaches overlooked Akira.

Akira overlooked for Finau hasn't been a convincing decision given the last 100 or so minutes...

[mariner4life]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Naysayers. ABs will run away with this. Keep the faith!

Great opportunity for this group to overcome a little adversity and lift in the second 40

Also for the coaches to make an early statement with an improved 2nd half

[sparky]

@BerniesCorner Yeah but he retired over eight years ago.

[chimoaus]

Fix the lineouts and exits and it’s a different game. We have been very good at the breakdown defence, Scrum is excellent.

[booboo]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Smith easily MOM in that first half.

Really?

Marcus Smith?

Reckon he's keeping us in it

Sure the two kicks for tries but otherwise less than ordinary