All Blacks v France I

[Victor Meldrew]

Very rusty so far. Expected I guess

[Darth Sader]

France defensive line shaped very well against us so far. We’ll have to get the right mix of kicking and tight channel ball in hand to break them down

[NTA]

Monster kick

[Jet]

Lads getting ball and man simultaneously in midfield.

[KiwiMurph]

Something not talked about enough is how poor NZ players are under the high ball in general.

Not exactly Dagg and Jane

[ACT Crusader]

The ball seems to holding up in the air as every high kick has been misread for both distance and timing.

[Yeetyaah]

Holy shit can we take a fucking kick

[sparky]

Le Garrec's kicking game is outstanding.

ABs very mediocre so far.

[JayCee]

@antipodean situation like this I wish we started Tupaea. Strong carries to get some structure back.

[steelpotato]

Vaai slow off the scrum there

[ACT Crusader]

Put the box kick away. We are getting no distance on them.

[Victor Meldrew]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France I:

Put the box kick away. We are getting no distance on them.

Plus ca change

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader and haven't got 1 back

[canefan]

Our backline is set up way too flat

[ACT Crusader]

Yay we did something.

[steelpotato]

Might be good if we could go through more than 3 phases before kicking

[canefan]

@steelpotato said in All Blacks v France I:

Might be good if we could go through more than 3 phases before kicking

Aimless right now. Just don't seem to have a solid plan of attack

[sparky]

@steelpotato said in All Blacks v France I:

Might be good if we could go through more than 3 phases before kicking

It suggests a lack of confidence in our breakdown work.

[Victor Meldrew]

lots of new players on both sides but France looking more together.

[ACT Crusader]

That’s why the flat backline can work!