All Blacks v France

[sparky]

Big tackle on Sititi and 10m back.

[sparky]

Side to side stuff. I'm afraid.

[akan004]

Damn. Would have been great to have scored then.

[KiwiMurph]

We were going nowhere there

They've defended Sititi very well

[sparky]

Barrett misses a drop goal and that's half time.

[booboo]

@sparky said in All Blacks v France:

NZ struggling to get quick ball.

Standing flat footed

[MajorRage]

French defense strong. Need to do some kicking.

Don’t think I’ve ever written that.

[KiwiInLondon]

There’s a few moments on an attack where they look disgustingly slick. Some dumb decisions ruin it but you can see where Robertsons trying to take them

[Bones]

It's fucked up listening to a pom and a potato cheerleading France

[KiwiInLondon]

@Bones said in All Blacks v France:

It's fucked up listening to a pom and a potato cheerleading France

The short man syndrome O’Driscoll has is nuts. Was a good player in possibly the worst era of NH rugby.

[MN5]

@Bones said in All Blacks v France:

It's fucked up listening to a pom and a potato cheerleading France

Brian Moore did it in the 1999 QF. Absolutely unforgivable

[booboo]

Well. Score flattering France.

Keep that up lads.

[Jet]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France:

We were going nowhere there

They've defended Sititi very well

is Ardie playing 6 now?
Seems to have had loads of open field carries compared to recent games.

[KiwiMurph]

Lakai can be very happy with his first half

[Tordah]

Lakai, Vaa'i and Roigard going pretty well (and the set piece, so the whole pack)

[Victor Meldrew]

Ruck is good but too many phases going nowhere. Need some variation.

[Mattasaurus]

Pretty good first 40 mins.
We need to stay direct and keep the structure.. don't want to see Wallace doing that silly Ardie stutter step ... just hit it up hard.

French lucky to not get pinged at the back of a few rucks late in the piece.

Lakai looking good, tight five have been excellent and if you aint on the Cam train yet you better get to the next station asap

[Tordah]

Is Reece playing? Only saw him get beaten in the air by an admittedly awesome jumping France FB

[KiwiMurph]

@Tordah said in All Blacks v France:

Is Reece playing? Only saw him get beaten in the air by an admittedly awesome jumping France FB

In the positive column he got an excellent intercept inside our own 22

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France:

Lakai can be very happy with his first half

As unfortunate as it was for Finau to get injured so early, it was more beneficial to have Lakai out there as Ardie wouldn't have been able to play as wide as he has been.

There will be a few nervous loose forwards back home injured watching their international careers get numbered by the day.