All Blacks v France Test #1
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@nepia said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
Great to see big Karl T James come on - the stupid Australian feed cut out just when that winning AB scrum happened, but at least it switched back on in time for the replay.
The only guy who probably enjoyed that scrum less than the French tighthead is probably Tim Perry!
Agree with almost all of that
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@wreck-diver said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@bovidae Im sorry but that is just fence sitting. I'm glad you are a fan of hindsight. I back the ref in all those decisions he made them from what he saw end of story F the TV. The TMO has added nothing to rugby but long winded reviews of nothing and FFS George Ayoub is the shitist ref ever why do you think he's a TMO they don't trust him on field.
How's life living under the rock?
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@rapido said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
TMOs out. Let refs make mistakes. It's not that big a deal.
Until NZ lose, then the sky falls in
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@mikethesnow that happens regardless of how
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@mikethesnow sky falling when we lose...whether on a shitty TMO call, poor ref decision or just ran out of time...
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@mikethesnow sky falling when we lose...whether on a shitty TMO call, poor ref decision or just ran out of time...
This is true, but it falls quicker when you just haven't played badly
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All this moaning about the yellow card. Remember when we played England and we got two yellows and were down to 13?
We still won.
All the French can control is how they react when a call goes against them. Not our fault their heads dropped. They should have fired up.
We were starting to build just before that incident anyway. All that changed was the margin.
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@Nepia can't say I agree with you re: Jordie. Thought he was all class, particularly under the high ball and also injecting himself into the line. BFA had an error riddled game and IMO it looks like his age is finally starting to catch up with him. He does still offer a lot, but I am starting to wonder if the next WC may be a bridge too far.
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Looking at the stats was impressed with Squires efforts, did lots of dirty
work re lineouts, carries. same with Luke W, is defensively strong and thats all he needs to do in this team. we did look very rusty though which you could put down to individuals lack of game-time, especially in the forwards.
I think we missed SBWs go forward and ability to open gaps out wide but can't complained. I think everyone one who got on the park did their job and can be happy. more interested to see what they do in the next cple tests. I think next week team will be same and if they win changes for test 3. Maybe Naholo in but that is it. My backline I would like to see for interest sake is A smith, Mounga, ABL, Goodhue, Reiko, Smith and B Barrett at the back. -
Which stats are you looking at @98blueandgold?
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BFA needs to be playing at fullback so I wasn't surprised he looked a little rusty on the right wing.
I'm with @Nepia about Jordie. He played well enough but his big brothers both played better.
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@nepia said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@tim said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@nepia You gotta read the thread dude.
Do you mean I need to read the thread as in all the posts or read the thread as in the tone of it?
I just wanted to rattle of my thoughts on the game.
I think he's referring to this post ...
@tim said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
Williams will probably wear the No12 jersey in Dunedin, with Crotty moved to centre. It's good news for the All Blacks and Hansen, and it comes on the back of confirmation that neither Ofa Tu'ungafasi nor Sam Cane will be cited following a high tackle on France wing Remy Grosso that left him with a fractured skull.
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The yellow card was poor refereeing but also poor captaincy from Bastareaud. He could have asked the ref to look at the replay. I think the ABs would've won anyway.
Cane should've got a yellow, but unsure about Tuungafasi.
It was interesting to see more attacking kicks. One pretty obvious tactic to negate the rush defence. It'll be really interesting to see what else they come up with. Maybe more pick and goes to keep the defensive line on its heals? -
@bovidae said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
BFA needs to be playing at fullback so I wasn't surprised he looked a little rusty on the right wing.
I'm with @Nepia about Jordie. He played well enough but his big brothers both played better.
Seems you guys are being very harsh on Jordie, perhaps to offset some of the hype which I agree has been OTT. But he oozes class, was MOTM against the Lions and was all class again last night. The kid is made for test footy.
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@kirwan This. Fairly sure there was a match last year where we got a red card, controlled most of the remainder of the match and very nearly won (not to mention the match against England you mentioned). The reason why the score blew out is because the French gave up - not because they were reduced to 14 men.
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@Nepia can't say I agree with you re: Jordie. Thought he was all class, particularly under the high ball and also injecting himself into the line. BFA had an error riddled game and IMO it looks like his age is finally starting to catch up with him. He does still offer a lot, but I am starting to wonder if thr next WC may be a bridge too far.
Sounds like a plot line for a Chris Rattue article...
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@tim said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
Hansen also confirmed Crusaders loose forward Jordan Taufua, who was not considered for the test, was out of the series after scans revealed a tear in his calf, while there was better news on midfielder Sonny Bill Williams who had been cleared to resume training this week after his minor knee procedure and could be available for the third test against France.
Really disappointing news for Jordan Taufua. He's having a stellar season, is finally called up by the AB's and then he's ruled out of the series due to an injury. I wonder whether this is the same injury he suffered during the first ABs camp? I hope he'll get another chance soon.
