All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour

[Steven Harris]

@chimoaus old boys club who sat in on the interview and appointed Foster are just as culpable

[gt12]

Bower playing for the ABs says it all really.

[nostrildamus]

the saddest thing is the glaring mistakes are still there, the AB coaches don't or won't fix them.

[Damo]

@gt12 said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:

Do we need to start picking players from Europe?

If the best players are playing there, we might need to recognize it.

Definitely not. That would kill our game both domestically and for the All Blacks as well.

Besides our best players are by and large still in NZ.

[Tordah]

Well, that was likely the worst end of year tour ever, wasn't it? Fister out

[mofitzy_]

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[kev]

That wasn’t a penalty?

[Duluth]

@steven-harris said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:

@duluth would have still had him on the bench

Same. Asking Cane to play 80 was tough

[chimoaus]

Bring on 2024.

[gt12]

@damo said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:

@gt12 said in All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour:

Do we need to start picking players from Europe?

If the best players are playing there, we might need to recognize it.

Definitely not. That would kill our game both domestically and for the All Blacks as well.

Besides our best players are by and large still in NZ.

I agree with that, but the competition isn’t preparing them for test rugby.

[mofitzy_]

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[Billy Tell]

What makes NZ great is selecting people on merit. Not class, school, university, who your dad is etc.

The foster selection is just not that.

[broughie]

@canefan it would also be an admission that they screwed up.

[sparky]

Huge win for France, congratulations!

[MN5]

I think the most galling part is all the British scribes becoming French fans overnight just like 99 and 97 and writing a bunch of wank about how amazing they are.

[booboo]

@mofitzy_ keep it seemly or I will

[Donsteppa]

We also need to stop pretending that the current version Super Rugby is producing decent international level tight forwards. Or that Brodie is still “BBBR”, he hasn’t been at quite that level since 2016, and has barely been sighted in Super Rugby since about the 2017 season.

[mofitzy_]

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[nostrildamus]

37-25 to France and really they were easily the better side.
The ABs...apart from some shocking individual plays (worst 3 ABs would be an interesting poll) ... overall our combos have got WORSE as the season wore on...

[Old Samurai Jack]

Jeez, 40-25. Same old problems.