All Blacks v France Test #1

[broughie]

@crucial ALB has some dropsies but he was not too bad. Always seems to make yards. First test jitters.

[kiwiinmelb]

Some nice impact off the bench , been lacking in that area the last couple of years

[Tim]

How did the Blues miss Karl Tu'inukuafe? Hanks must be useless.

[NTA]

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[MrDenmore]

The yellow card decision was ropy, but would it have reversed the eventual outcome? An emphatic NO.

[NTA]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

@shadowtrooper said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

@act-crusader How many times have we seen that though (not sying that it is right)

Not many I’d say.

First time I've seen it 5 metres out

[Damo]

@tim said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

Clear no try.

Ref has been good except for failing to use the TMO.

I am afraid that I thought the ref was average. 3 critical decisions that he clearly got wrong. On the plus side, all those decisions went in our favour, so that is a mitigating factor.

[ACT Crusader]

@nta said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

Think the ref had been fairly good overall.

He controls the game pretty well. Did I hear he hasn’t been reffing 1st tier tests for long?

Should’ve gone upstairs to check the high tackle.

[Tordah]

France offered nothing in attack and just gave up on defence when the YC was issued. I don't think the margin flattered the ABs at all. France was shit. Even shittier than the ABs were in the first half, but for the whole game.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@billy-tell said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

In very surprising news, BB has only kicked 4/9.

A tad harsh. They were all on the sideline. Should have nailed at least one of those though.

How good was SB though. I'd written him off this year but he was terrific.

:::

[ShadowTrooper]

@tim said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

How did the Blues miss Karl Tu'inukuafe? Hanks must be useless.

Long may the Blues keep giving the Chiefs their cast-offs...

[Machpants]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

@nta said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

Think the ref had been fairly good overall.

He controls the game pretty well. Did I hear he hasn’t been reffing 1st tier tests for long?

Should’ve gone upstairs to check the high tackle.

First tier one test

[ACT Crusader]

Ian Smith with a cringeworthy post-game interview.

[Machpants]

No yellow cards, that's a change!

[Machpants]

@act-crusader time for him to go tbh

[broughie]

@machpants Good test but one test does not make a ref.

[Kirwan]

That Jordie DMac 15 and sub combination works well. Keep DMac away from 10 though

[Crucial]

@mrdenmore said in All Blacks v France Test #1:

The yellow card decision was ropy, but would it have reversed the eventual outcome? An emphatic NO.

I agree. I would just think the French were robbed of an opportunity to play a full game.
It’s entirely their fault that they waved grandad’s old white flag after the YC but as a spectator I would have preferred the ABs to show what they can do 15 on 15 to get the game going their way.

[ShadowTrooper]

I know we all know this...but seriously, how good is Rieko? England can only dreeeeeam of such wingers....instead they have to make do with Brad Shields...

[MrDenmore]

@act-crusader He just needs to ask simpler questions: “Why do you think you won/lost? What would you have changed? What was the turning point?”