All Blacks v Tonga

nostrildamus

I'm looking forward to viewing a badly coached, ill-prepared and relatively inexperienced team do battle.

As for the other team, I also hope Tonga do well.

nostrildamus

Saw Jordie in the crowd watching, along with his 12 year old cousin. Oh, no, that's DMac.

Tim

Best hope's for this game:

No injuries.

Some combinations look better than expected.

Nepia

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:

Saw Jordie in the crowd watching, along with his 12 year old cousin. Oh, no, that's DMac.

I liked when in SRA he tried to run over his 12 year old cousin but got layed out.

nostrildamus

@nepia said in All Blacks v Tonga:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:

Saw Jordie in the crowd watching, along with his 12 year old cousin. Oh, no, that's DMac.

I liked when in SRA he tried to run over his 12 year old cousin but got layed out.

DMac's mullet must have builtin "ground effect".

Chris B.

I always enjoy these sort of stressless Harlem Globe Trotters tests. Take them for what they are - entertainment.

TJ

Looks like a really poor crowd. This doesn't bode well for the Moana Pacifica team surely.

KiwiMurph

This tiny crowd perfectly sums up what a farce this game is.

I can't remember a smaller crowd for an AB home 'test'.

antipodean

This game shouldn't have Test status.

Stargazer

I've seen a lot of comments on social media that for many Pasifika families the ticket prices were (still) too high.

Mackerzzzz

What is the point of the all blacks playing a side full of just club players...

Mackerzzzz

@mackerzzzz said in All Blacks v Tonga:

What is the point of the all blacks playing a side full of just club players...

They would be better of playing the maori

raznomore

It's Tonga
It's severely depleted COVID Tonga.
This is MT Smart. If it was at Eden Park more people would have turned up.
Tongans have shifted their focus to League.
If Abs fans can't turn up to see a cricket score the Tongan fans aren't going to turn up to see their team on the wrong end of it.

Stargazer

I read somewhere that NZR offered this game to Samoa, but that Samoa declined and preferred to play the Maori All Blacks, because they saw that as a better preparation of their RWC qualifiers. So basically, because Samoa got the MABs, Tonga could only get this game.

KiwiMurph

Slow renditions of nz anthem is torture.

Machpants

Can I add pose hard singers to shit commentators on my grumpy old guy list. FFS

Mackerzzzz

Faaaaaar to slow....

Stockcar86

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v Tonga:

Slow renditions of nz anthem is torture.

Tordah

that was painful to listen to

Bones

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v Tonga:

Slow renditions of nz anthem is torture.

But if they sing it quicker they don't get as much attention.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks v Tonga