All Blacks v France II

[nostrildamus]

@frugby said in All Blacks v France 2:

Paddy Tuips it is. Well and truly confirms they want to have a proper look at Vaa’i at 6.

I haven't had enough coffee, I initially read that as Paddy Tulips and it somehow seemed a good nickname!

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:

@ACT-Crusader course they will, we all know Jordie is right wing cover.

Fuck no. He stank when Foster played him there. 12 or 15 FFS.

Ardie covers 12 though.

Please don't take this one seriously either.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones

10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- Messam

The greatest 10-12-13 that never was

[cgrant]

No many changes because the first goal is to win the series.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Bones said in All Blacks v France 2:

@ACT-Crusader course they will, we all know Jordie is right wing cover.

Fuck no. He stank when Foster played him there. 12 or 15 FFS.

Ardie covers 12 though.

Please don't take this one seriously either.

Yeah well, I couldn't find a decent "Whoosh" GIF either...

[Daffy Jaffy]

France:
15 Léo Barré, 14 Théo Attissogbe, 13 Nicolas Depoortère, 12 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 11 Émilien Gailleton, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Esteban Abadie, 7 Jacobus Van Tonder, 6 Pierre Bochaton, 5 Matthias Halagahu, 4 Joshua Brennan, 3 Georges-Henri Colombe, 2 Gaëtan Barlot (c), 1 Baptiste Erdocio
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Paul Mallez, 18 Régis Montagne, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Cameron Woki, 21 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 22 Thibault Daubagna, 23 Antoine Hastoy
https://www.planetrugby.com/news/france-team-v-all-blacks-10-changes-as-top-14-finalists-bolster-les-bleus-with-six-players-debuting-including-son-of-ex-ireland-forward

[nostrildamus]

Does Brennan have a temper like his old man Trevor?

[cgrant]

It's not a French D team as some have written. Barassi and Depoortere were the incumbents for the 13 jersey in 2025 and 2024. Barré has played this year in the 6N while Halagahu had been in former squads and so had Colombe. Abadie is one of the best lineout specialist in France, as is Bochaton who is a big, athletic loose forward, capable of playing lock. However, they will miss Alexandre Fischer who had a hell of a game last Saturday.

[sparky]

@Daffy-Jaffy Looks like a smaller, more mobile pack. Interesting. France trying to damage the ABs with individual speed.

[booboo]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Bones

10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- Messam

The greatest 10-12-13 that never was

8- Hayman

[ARHS]

No Fickou

[taniwharugby]

@booboo said in All Blacks v France 2:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Bones

10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- Messam

The greatest 10-12-13 that never was

8- Hayman

could be a good idea for a thread....

The 'where they should have played 15'

[BerniesCorner]

Very glad Ioane on the wing.
Backline exciting.
I thought the backline last week looked capable of breaking down defences through good passing.

[Bovidae]

Colombe is a huge person but always seems to struggle in the scrums when I see him play for France. Time for EdG to make a statement.

[nzzp]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v France 2:

I thought the backline last week looked capable of breaking down defences through good passing.

I thought our passing looked noticeably faster than prevoius years. It looked good

[cgrant]

Newell should dominate Erdocio who struggled in the scrums against England .

[BerniesCorner]

@nzzp Proctor will probably have the most scrutiny on him this week. I hope he goes well.
A Barrett-Proctor combo could be a game changer for the backline.
Early days

[brodean]

@BerniesCorner

Main thing for Proctor is to sure up his defence.

Another try like Frances first score last week would not be a good look

[game_film]

@brodean Worst part about that tackle was the couple of seconds he spent in self pity immediately after while laying on the turf. Get up, get back, go again.