All Blacks v France, 2021 NH Tour

[Duluth]

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

Was Papalii injured or just not selected ..?

Not injured. They said he was ‘a bit beaten up’ though

[canefan]

@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.

No

[taniwharugby]

Unless Foster steps down he is here to stay out his time, no way do NZR sack him.

Even at the end of a long tour, there is no excuse for some of the shit that's been thrown up.

[mofitzy_]

@gt12
How about picking the best coach instead of jumping to an inevitable surrender.

[gt12]

@canefan 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.

No

It might not be the coaching. It might be the cattle.

[Steven Harris]

@duluth would have still had him on the bench

[chimoaus]

I think this quote sums up Foster perfectly. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

[broughie]

@gt12 wouldn’t do that before we get a decent coach.

[mofitzy_]

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[akan004]

Meg's right. Where was the urgency?

[canefan]

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

Unless Foster steps down he is here to stay out his time, no way do NZR sack him.

Even at the end of a long tour, there is no excuse for some of the shit that's been thrown up.

The NZRFU are not into firing early. That should change now because Fozz isn't going to walk on his own

[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.