All Blacks XV v Barbarians

[pakman]

@pakman said in All Blacks XV v Barbarians:

Expect XV to get shunted in scrums, so lineouts will be key.

The La Rochelle 10 isn't someone I've really seen, and much will turn on him.

Seems the lineout also struggled.

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First 5 minutes.

Aumua and Nankivell with some great appearances, Christie walks into a ruck standing up and gets blown out for the turnover, Stevenson then shows ridiculous talent and pumps it 60 odd from the Marler kick.

Then Nankivell and DMac combine smoothly to put Heem over with an accuracy we're dying to see at the next level...

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8 minutes.

I probably won't do much more play by play commentary.

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Hah, Christie binned and Bridge tries to have a laugh with him, Christie too serious to even look at him. It's a festival game fella...

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Funny to see Marler being made to look small at the scrum. Williams is a bloody monster.

A monster that Marler walked backwards at a fast pace... multitasking too, scooping the ball back and demolishing his opposite!

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Robertson seen in the coaching box laughing about it. Disgusting. We can't have a coach for the ABs that delights in foreigners cheating.

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20 minute update. Stevenson still ridiculous, Nankivell and Aumua still looking like very good midfielders.

Thomas looking like he'll be back in the french squad in no time.

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25 minutes, Dickson has also looked handy.

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I found it really funny how Razors masterstroke was to target the weaknesses he knew about of all the Saders players. There's a good reason that Christie has never been mentioned in dispatches until this team and Razor made the most of it.

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Mercer makes Mounga look like a defensive rock.

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30 minutes.

Interesting contrast. ABXV backline looking handy as, forwards getting worked.

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Marler easily walks Williams back again.

Irish git somehow mistakes Aumua for Stevenson. How do you do that without being Nisbo?

Nankivell again showing a step up.

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Love the state of commentary these days.

Nankivell plays under Leon Macdonald at Ta$man.

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Halftime.

The good:
Nankivell and Aumua looking very comfortable indeed,
Dickson with some good aggression.
Stevenson stevensoning.
DMac on attack.

The bad:
Williams and Christie well and truly out of their depth.
Tuipulotu, Jacobson and Faingaanuku invisible.

The where:
Is razor.

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Halftime interview with Codie McAlister.

Codie.

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42 minutes.

How the fuck were half a dozen Baabaas allowed to contest for a ball that went straight up from behind the ruck, without retreating first?

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45 minutes.
Stevenson, ridiculous. Has a really short stride unless he's stretching out eh, makes for some brilliant deceptive running.

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47 minutes.

Bridge in open space but Williams is chasing so ref decides to spare Bridge's dignity.

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51 minutes.

More razor brilliance as Thomas and Marchant freak it up for a brilliant try.

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56 minutes.

More razor brilliance as he glares at Stevenson from the stands just as he's about to pull a ridiculous chip in from the heavens to score. Stevenson, unsurprisingly, drops it.