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All Blacks v France I

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  • Victor MeldrewV Victor Meldrew

    @His-Bobness said in All Blacks v France I:

    @Victor-Meldrew It’s a good read. And it’s ghost written by Gregor Paul, who had been one of his biggest critics. I was impressed by his insights. But he was clearly undone off the field by some very political operators at NZ Rugby who were all about maximising value from the Silver Lake private equity funders and on the field by the perennial second guessers at World Rugby

    Not going to get into any Foster discussions, except to say I hope Robinson isn't treated as shabbily by NZR as Foster was. Utterly unedifying and a symptom of something rotten.

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    @Victor-Meldrew Something rotten starts with M and ends with Y.

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    • antipodeanA antipodean

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      There was no contact

      You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

      Have checked

      It’s not me

      But thanks for asking

      I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      There was no contact

      You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

      Have checked

      It’s not me

      But thanks for asking

      I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

      I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

      But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

      Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

      That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

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      @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      There was no contact

      You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

      Have checked

      It’s not me

      But thanks for asking

      I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

      @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

      There was no contact

      You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

      Have checked

      It’s not me

      But thanks for asking

      I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

      I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

      But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

      Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

      That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

      That'd be a brilliant retort if I ever made that claim.

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      • BonesB Bones

        @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        There was no contact

        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

        Have checked

        It’s not me

        But thanks for asking

        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        There was no contact

        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

        Have checked

        It’s not me

        But thanks for asking

        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

        I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

        But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

        Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

        That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

        That'd be a brilliant retort if I ever made that claim.

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        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        There was no contact

        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

        Have checked

        It’s not me

        But thanks for asking

        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

        There was no contact

        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

        Have checked

        It’s not me

        But thanks for asking

        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

        I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

        But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

        Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

        That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

        That'd be a brilliant retort if I ever made that claim.

        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

        That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

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        • antipodeanA antipodean

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          There was no contact

          You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

          Have checked

          It’s not me

          But thanks for asking

          I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          There was no contact

          You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

          Have checked

          It’s not me

          But thanks for asking

          I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

          I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

          But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

          Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

          That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

          That'd be a brilliant retort if I ever made that claim.

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

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          #991

          @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          There was no contact

          You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

          Have checked

          It’s not me

          But thanks for asking

          I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

          There was no contact

          You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

          Have checked

          It’s not me

          But thanks for asking

          I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

          I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

          But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

          Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

          That's a sad way to tacitly admit your claim it changed the defence from being able to cover off Beauden's pass is as bullshit as the TMO's adjudication.

          That'd be a brilliant retort if I ever made that claim.

          @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

          That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

          Well thanks for the clarification I didn't make that claim, I guess?

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          • BonesB Online
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            Well....I guess this is why I don't often frequent rugbypass.

            https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-player-ratings-vs-france-lipovitan-d-july-series/

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            • BonesB Bones

              Well....I guess this is why I don't often frequent rugbypass.

              https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-player-ratings-vs-france-lipovitan-d-july-series/

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              @Bones Stuff's player ratings were only slightly saner.

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                #994

                Apparently this was the All Blacks 500th win in Test Rugby. Grateful to have witness more than few of those.

                Here's to the next 500!

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                • BonesB Bones

                  500 wins though I guess.

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                  @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                  500 wins though I guess.

                  @sparky oh no you don't

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                  • BonesB Bones

                    @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                    500 wins though I guess.

                    @sparky oh no you don't

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                    #996

                    @Bones Honestly, I normally read all your posts.....

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                    • antipodeanA antipodean

                      @KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

                      @Canes4life said in All Blacks v France I:

                      @KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

                      @Canes4life said in All Blacks v France I:

                      @sparky said in All Blacks v France I:

                      @Canes4life Generally true, but even I thought Billy Prcotor was poor tonight.

                      Surely you start him again, it’s literally his first start. He’ll only going to get better as he gets more comfortable.

                      He started vs Fiji last year didn't he?

                      Oh yup you’re correct. He just needs time, he’s classy enough to bounce back. He’s shown he’s the best centre in New Zealand, just needs to put it all together. No better chance at home next week.

                      He's shown he's the best Super Rugby centre in NZ. Test wise jury is still out

                      I would start him next week too. There will be enough changes already with Reece out.

                      He's been poor 100% in Tests. Terrible defender and created absolutely nothing tonight - the very thing Rieko gets shit for.

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                      @antipodean said in All Blacks v France I:

                      He's been poor 100% in Tests. Terrible defender and created absolutely nothing tonight - the very thing Rieko gets shit for.

                      That's not true. He didn't have a great game but he was involved in Jordie's try just before halftime and several other clever passes. But his blunders were huge blunders.

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                        Super Rugby is no longer the premier competition without the Saffas it's becoming harder and harder for the ABs to build enough depth to field a dominant test side when they're only playing against themselves and the Aussies, the deck is stacked against it.

                        All of the top 14 basically has 2 teams, the likes of Toulouse and Bordeaux go away from home in a top 14 game and make 16-17-18 changes to the 23, they have about 70 players who can play at test level.

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                        • nostrildamusN Online
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                          21-13 at halftime and a yellow card and tiring Frenchies in the second half. Not sure what happened but our bench weren't much of an improvement perhaps. But I'm not sure where the weakness on the bench was.

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                            I'm watching delayed.

                            I'm at the 30 minute mark. We played excellent excellent attack. Proctor chucks a shocker. We lose a turnover, field a kick in our own end, try running it out, then kick a cross field kick to touch just outside our 22.

                            We've looked so good, but we compound errors with trying something shit to remedy the error. Shit pass? Throw a 2nd risky pass to try and get out of it. Just be pragmatic FFS.

                            Contrast Fikou picking up a shit pass and then just trucking it back to his forwards for a reset.

                            It's the whole team as well, our first score was struck off because we tried yo turn a shit pass into a miracle

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                            • BonesB Bones

                              @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                              @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                              I thought the obstruction call was much clearer than the knock on by proctor

                              Get outta here. I’m with @antipodean here

                              Innocuous contact on a player that had no chance to make a tackle. Worst thing about it is that it encourages all defenders to just take a dive in similar situations. Just ludicrous.

                              The TMO should be forced to watch the last 10 years of Ireland tests

                              That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

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                              @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                              @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                              @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                              I thought the obstruction call was much clearer than the knock on by proctor

                              Get outta here. I’m with @antipodean here

                              Innocuous contact on a player that had no chance to make a tackle. Worst thing about it is that it encourages all defenders to just take a dive in similar situations. Just ludicrous.

                              The TMO should be forced to watch the last 10 years of Ireland tests

                              That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

                              Bones, you’e talking shit

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                                @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                I thought the obstruction call was much clearer than the knock on by proctor

                                Get outta here. I’m with @antipodean here

                                Innocuous contact on a player that had no chance to make a tackle. Worst thing about it is that it encourages all defenders to just take a dive in similar situations. Just ludicrous.

                                The TMO should be forced to watch the last 10 years of Ireland tests

                                That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

                                Bones, you’e talking shit

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                                #1002

                                @DaGrubster said in All Blacks v France I:

                                @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                I thought the obstruction call was much clearer than the knock on by proctor

                                Get outta here. I’m with @antipodean here

                                Innocuous contact on a player that had no chance to make a tackle. Worst thing about it is that it encourages all defenders to just take a dive in similar situations. Just ludicrous.

                                The TMO should be forced to watch the last 10 years of Ireland tests

                                That was my initial take, but replays showed it was a full on block, BB clearly ran behind him and the defender could have pressed forward and put pressure on the attack if he wasn't obstructed. He was full on checked by Tosi.

                                Bones, you’e talking shit

                                Well thought through, pity about the video showing I'm not.

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                                • DuluthD Duluth

                                  If BB was over ruling the coaches he wouldn’t be starting so often. As @reprobate said it seems clear it’s the ABs game plan. If you don’t like the tactics blame Robertson

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                                  @Duluth said in All Blacks v France I:

                                  If BB was over ruling the coaches he wouldn’t be starting so often. As @reprobate said it seems clear it’s the ABs game plan. If you don’t like the tactics blame Robertson

                                  Which is a great concern not just because it is a shit tactic, but also because the previous two coaching regimes tried the same tactic with the same player and it proved to be an utter failure.

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                                    nostrildamus
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                                    We have a problem at 13, and we have a question at 6 (does Tuopu V stay there? Worked hard, did well, worked hard, great in lineout (like Holland), but looked a bit like a lock trying to work out how to play and where as a 6) and we have a speed problem on both wings (if Jordan stays at 15). I'm not sure that Rieko should stay in the squad.
                                    But we really have a problem at 10 when you compare field kicking and management to France. BB kicked his penalties and conversions very well but he just doesn't draw his man or make snappy passes like DMac. I feel we still don't know who our 10 should be.
                                    nB at 51:20 Jordan was wrapped in the air by Gabin Villière-yellow card, ref! (Me, biased?)

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                                    • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                      I'm watching delayed.

                                      I'm at the 30 minute mark. We played excellent excellent attack. Proctor chucks a shocker. We lose a turnover, field a kick in our own end, try running it out, then kick a cross field kick to touch just outside our 22.

                                      We've looked so good, but we compound errors with trying something shit to remedy the error. Shit pass? Throw a 2nd risky pass to try and get out of it. Just be pragmatic FFS.

                                      Contrast Fikou picking up a shit pass and then just trucking it back to his forwards for a reset.

                                      It's the whole team as well, our first score was struck off because we tried yo turn a shit pass into a miracle

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                                      @mariner4life said in All Blacks v France I:

                                      I'm at the 30 minute mark. We played excellent excellent attack. Proctor chucks a shocker. We lose a turnover, field a kick in our own end, try running it out, then kick a cross field kick to touch just outside our 22.

                                      I thought Jordan played very well throughout this game but at that point, when he was alone in possession inside his own 22, he just needed to kick and find touch around the halfway line and allow the team to reset.

                                      They're improving in their decision-making but they're still susceptible to some silly errors. It's like the famous Shakespeare line: "My kingdom for some relatively intelligent backs."

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                                      • BonesB Bones

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        There was no contact

                                        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

                                        Have checked

                                        It’s not me

                                        But thanks for asking

                                        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        There was no contact

                                        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

                                        Have checked

                                        It’s not me

                                        But thanks for asking

                                        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

                                        I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

                                        But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

                                        Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

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                                        #1006

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        There was no contact

                                        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

                                        Have checked

                                        It’s not me

                                        But thanks for asking

                                        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        @voodoo said in All Blacks v France I:

                                        There was no contact

                                        You might want to double check who's talking nonsense.

                                        Have checked

                                        It’s not me

                                        But thanks for asking

                                        I checked out of reading the rest as you started with a blatant lie. Are you really saying Tosi didn't make contact? It makes anything else you try to say, redundant.

                                        I said innocuous originally. No material contact. Nothing that impeded him sufficiently to change the play. As Antipodean said, it didn’t even change their coverage

                                        But I’ve been on this forum long enough to know the futility of arguing with you so I’ll leave it at that

                                        Well that's one way to concede, glad we agree there was contact.

                                        Yes, there was contact but rugby referees apply the materiality* principle in so many other aspects of the game, why couldn't they apply it here? Why do the TMOs never apply the materiality* principle?

                                        *For those who are hard of thinking, the materiality principle holds that only those infringements that have a material impact on the game should be penalised - see each and every ruck for how this principle is and generally should be applied.

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                                        • O Old Samurai Jack

                                          There will be nashing of teeth and blaming of players (on here), but unless the ABs get into a test match mindset, they will struggle tactically. Focus on basics, protect the ball, kick long for territory, put it in front of your forward pack, and play percentages. The strikes will come from that.
                                          There must be a mathematical formula for building pressure that equates to winning percentages. At the moment, we seem to be wayward artists, but I think we need engineers (Do you know what I mean?)

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                                          @Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v France I:

                                          There will be nashing of teeth and blaming of players (on here), but unless the ABs get into a test match mindset, they will struggle tactically. Focus on basics, protect the ball, kick long for territory, put it in front of your forward pack, and play percentages. The strikes will come from that.
                                          There must be a mathematical formula for building pressure that equates to winning percentages. At the moment, we seem to be wayward artists, but I think we need engineers (Do you know what I mean?)

                                          Dan Carter could be plenty boring at the best of times.

                                          We could just chip away. 3 points ahead, 6 points ahead, 11 points ahead..........next thing you know we have walloped the opposition.

                                          The current iteration of the Allblacks goes life and death with EVERYONE.

                                          Drawing with England in 2022, A George Ford missed droppie away from losing to England last year.

                                          Beating England by 1 point in Razors first game.

                                          Bledisloe 1 last year 31-28 victory. Losing 38-30 to Argentina.

                                          There is a body of work building that we are complacent, wild and unclinical.

                                          The gap has closed between tier 1 nations granted, but we only have ourselves to blame for most of it.

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