All Blacks v France I

nostrildamus

France have amazing depth and organization.

sparky

ABs got the win and thank the McGod for that.

France made that so tough though. Huge credit to them.

taniwharugby

Well done France, put a few commentators in thier box about disrespect.

An ugly win win is still a win, some very promising stuff, but equally some concerning stuff too

Darth Sader

Well played France. A young, limited team showed us how different test rugby is different to Super fluff.

KiwiPie

Would France have been able to bring in a replacement if the winger didn’t go off with an HIA?

Seemed a bit dodgy. Spring was limping.

ACT Crusader

Too many errors and the way we started the 2nd half with Ioane dropping one cold sort of summed up that 40 minutes.

Entertaining test match nonetheless - other than the long TMO reviews.

Frank

Jordan talks as fast as he runs.
Machine gun delivery.

AmberArmy

No game plan, no continuity, no composure, no coaching, fuckloads of aimless kicking.

Tim

3 points in the last 33 minutes. Really struggled.

Good signs on backline attack, and Jordan's lines were great.

Defence passive, loose forwards weak there. Any real test team would look forward to that selection.

Tordah

Bring back Fister

Tim

Finau and Kirifi should be nowhere near test rugby.

MN5

Jordan talks as fast as he runs.
Machine gun delivery.

He should really slow down when talking to someone like Wheeler

Frank

Bring back Fister

We're not that kind of forum

KiwiMurph

So Scott Barrett was subbed?

Just make Ardie captain

ACT Crusader

Liked the tactics though and the opportunities we did create but too many errors.

Old Samurai Jack

Tactic problem. Our kicking game is too short. They stayed in the game because they kicked long.

canefan

Kicking game poor, lacked tactical control with the ball in hand. Look to play too much in our own half

AmberArmy

@KiwiPie if so that needs to be looked at by the higher powers, thats not on.

Mr Fish

The three front row replacements were good.

Roigard was good when he didn't kick. Similarly McKenzie and Tupaea.

Might just be a bad strategy from the coaches.

Tim

@KiwiMurph Savea is a luxury selection at 7. He can be a brilliant player, but tackling and hitting rucks are the core roles of a seven.

The Silver Fern