2025 All Blacks v France series
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@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Played Wednesday nights for midweek beers as well!
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@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Played Wednesday nights for midweek beers as well!
@mariner4life said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Played Wednesday nights for midweek beers as well!
Like we needed an excuse for Wednesday beers…
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@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Will never forget it. Just 4 days after the second test at AAMI Park, Melbourne went into lockdown #5, having been off the leash for just a month.
And the first test was moved from Sydney.
Least we had some rugby to help us through that disgraceful time.
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The other element of improvement for Jordan this year is in his leadership and communication.
Probably easier to see whats going on from FB rather than wing.@Lancaster-Park said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
The other element of improvement for Jordan this year is in his leadership and communication.
Probably easier to see whats going on from FB rather than wing.Played fullback most of last year I thought?
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@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Will never forget it. Just 4 days after the second test at AAMI Park, Melbourne went into lockdown #5, having been off the leash for just a month.
And the first test was moved from Sydney.
Least we had some rugby to help us through that disgraceful time.
@ACT-Crusader yeah over and above the super important Wednesday beers
The rugby was incredibly entertaining. It sort of brought me back to the game.
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@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
@DMX said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
Don't think he will. Probably be Roigard/BB/JB/RI/WJ with Caleb Clarke & Reece on the wings to start Frog 1. Maybe Ratima/DMac will start. Conservative for first Test
Hopefully see Proctor& QT given plenty of game time and start in Frog 3
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@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Will never forget it. Just 4 days after the second test at AAMI Park, Melbourne went into lockdown #5, having been off the leash for just a month.
And the first test was moved from Sydney.
Least we had some rugby to help us through that disgraceful time.
@ACT-Crusader said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@voodoo said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Last time Lions did a tour in 2021 France sent a weakened squad to Australia and nearly won the series with 3 tests that all went down to the wire.
That was an absolute ripper of a series
Will never forget it. Just 4 days after the second test at AAMI Park, Melbourne went into lockdown #5, having been off the leash for just a month.
And the first test was moved from Sydney.
Least we had some rugby to help us through that disgraceful time.
Dan Andrews is a fluffybunny.
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I asked Google Gemini to get the player attributes and positions of the squad.
I have not verified for accuracy but have asked for links to all.rugby pages.
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Player Club Position Age Height Weight Props Demba Bamba Racing 92 Prop 27 1.85m 124kg Giorgi Beria USA Perpignan Prop 25 1.75m 108kg Georges-Henri Colombe La Rochelle Prop 27 1.88m 135kg Baptiste Erdocio Montpellier HR Prop 25 1.83m 115kg Paul Mallez Provence Rugby Prop 24 1.83m 120kg Régis Montagne ASM Clermont Prop 24 1.87m 120kg Rabah Slimani Leinster Rugby Prop 35 1.78m 115kg Hookers Gaëtan Barlot Castres Olympique Hooker 28 1.84m 107kg Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle Hooker 27 1.84m 108kg Guillaume Marchand Lyon Rugby Hooker 26 1.83m 105kg Locks Hugo Auradou Pau Second Row 21 2.00m 100kg Tyler Duguid Montpellier HR Lock 24 2.01m 120kg Mickaël Guillard Lyon Rugby Lock 24 2.04m 115kg Matthias Halagahu RC Toulon Lock 23 2.02m 116kg Romain Taofifenua Racing 92 Lock 34 2.03m 135kg Théo William Lyon Rugby Lock 24 2.02m 118kg Flankers Esteban Abadie RC Toulon Flanker 27 1.88m 105kg Alexandre Fischer ASM Clermont Flanker 27 1.83m 97kg Killian Tixeront ASM Clermont Flanker 22 1.93m 100kg Jacobus Van Tonder USA Perpignan Flanker 27 1.93m 105kg Cameron Woki Racing 92 Flanker 26 1.96m 108kg Backs
Player Club Position Age Height Weight Scrum-halves Thibault Daubagna Pau Scrum-half 31 1.76m 80kg Baptiste Jauneau ASM Clermont Scrum-half 21 1.75m 78kg Nolann Le Garrec Racing 92 Scrum-half 23 1.77m 80kg Fly-halves Léo Berdeu Lyon Rugby Fly-half 27 1.95m 95kg Antoine Hastoy La Rochelle Fly-half 28 1.80m 85kg Joris Segonds Bayonne Fly-half 28 1.80m 85kg Centres Léon Darricarrère ASM Clermont Centre 20 1.95m 100kg Gaël Fickou (c) Racing 92 Centre 31 1.90m 95kg Émilien Gailleton Pau Centre 21 1.85m 90kg Théo Millet Lyon Rugby Centre 27 1.85m 95kg Wings Théo Attissogbe Pau Wing 20 1.80m 80kg Alivereti Duguivalu USA Perpignan Wing 23 1.80m 90kg Cheikh Tiberghien Bayonne Wing 24 1.80m 85kg Gabin Villière RC Toulon Wing 29 1.80m 90kg Fullbacks Léo Barré Stade Français Fullback 22 1.91m 87kg Tom Spring Bayonne Fullback 22 1.85m 85kg -
Overall there seems to be some height and weight in the locks/backrow.
The backs don't seem particularly big.
There are not too many very young players. There are a lot of players in their mid twenties which should be hitting their peak.
@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Overall there seems to be some height and weight in the locks/backrow.
The backs don't seem particularly big.
There are not too many very young players. There are a lot of players in their mid twenties which should be hitting their peak.
Actually I thought the flankers look on paper tall but light and apart from locks and some props that looks like a very light team. Probably very fast though
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@DMX said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
Don't think he will. Probably be Roigard/BB/JB/RI/WJ with Caleb Clarke & Reece on the wings to start Frog 1. Maybe Ratima/DMac will start. Conservative for first Test
Hopefully see Proctor& QT given plenty of game time and start in Frog 3
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@DMX said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
Don't think he will. Probably be Roigard/BB/JB/RI/WJ with Caleb Clarke & Reece on the wings to start Frog 1. Maybe Ratima/DMac will start. Conservative for first Test
Hopefully see Proctor& QT given plenty of game time and start in Frog 3
You may be right but it would be disappointing to me. I think this is the perfect time to give him an extended run.
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@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Overall there seems to be some height and weight in the locks/backrow.
The backs don't seem particularly big.
There are not too many very young players. There are a lot of players in their mid twenties which should be hitting their peak.
Actually I thought the flankers look on paper tall but light and apart from locks and some props that looks like a very light team. Probably very fast though
@nostrildamus said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@brodean said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Overall there seems to be some height and weight in the locks/backrow.
The backs don't seem particularly big.
There are not too many very young players. There are a lot of players in their mid twenties which should be hitting their peak.
Actually I thought the flankers look on paper tall but light and apart from locks and some props that looks like a very light team. Probably very fast though
Irrelevant. The game is played on a field, not on paper.
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@DMX said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
Don't think he will. Probably be Roigard/BB/JB/RI/WJ with Caleb Clarke & Reece on the wings to start Frog 1. Maybe Ratima/DMac will start. Conservative for first Test
Hopefully see Proctor& QT given plenty of game time and start in Frog 3
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@DMX said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Victor-Meldrew said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@Bovidae said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:
The pressure will be on Robertson and the ABs to win 3-0.
Hopefully people/press see the series as a real opportunity for Robertson to put his stamp on things and chance his arm a bit. Ideal scenario is getting 2-0 up and having the confidence to give people like Proctor & Love plenty of game time.
I would really be hoping that Proctor is in pole position and starts all three tests.
Don't think he will. Probably be Roigard/BB/JB/RI/WJ with Caleb Clarke & Reece on the wings to start Frog 1.
That's most likely, but it wouldn't be too surprising if Proctor played centre and they pushed Rieko to the wing. I think that's the only way they can cover every position effectively against injury - assuming ALB isn't fit.
QT can probably cover midfield otherwise, but if Rieko (at centre) got injured in the first 10 minutes, you're asking plenty of him to play most of a test at centre.
Similarly, with Billy Proctor covering 2nd five. I recall last year vs Oz they didn't want to do that.
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Well this makes the loose forward mix for the first test very interesting.
It would be perhaps unlikely Jacobson will play too.
So are we looking at Finau, Kirifi, Savea with Lio-Willie off the bench?
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Well this makes the loose forward mix for the first test very interesting.
It would be perhaps unlikely Jacobson will play too.
So are we looking at Finau, Kirifi, Savea with Lio-Willie off the bench?
@zedsdeadbaby said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Well this makes the loose forward mix for the first test very interesting.
It would be perhaps unlikely Jacobson will play too.
So are we looking at Finau, Kirifi, Savea with Lio-Willie off the bench?
Or does Vaii start at six..
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id be happy i they wanted to be brave and give CLW a run, we're talking about a light French team
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@zedsdeadbaby said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Well this makes the loose forward mix for the first test very interesting.
It would be perhaps unlikely Jacobson will play too.
So are we looking at Finau, Kirifi, Savea with Lio-Willie off the bench?
Or does Vaii start at six..
@SouthernMann said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
@zedsdeadbaby said in 2025 All Blacks v France series:
Well this makes the loose forward mix for the first test very interesting.
It would be perhaps unlikely Jacobson will play too.
So are we looking at Finau, Kirifi, Savea with Lio-Willie off the bench?
Or does Vaii start at six..
That could happen…Holland debut off the bench at ‘home’
