All Blacks v France II
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@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.
@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...
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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 -
Does Brennan have a temper like his old man Trevor?
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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.
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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@Daffy-Jaffy Looks like a smaller, more mobile pack. Interesting. France trying to damage the ABs with individual speed.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- MessamThe greatest 10-12-13 that never was
8- Hayman
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- MessamThe greatest 10-12-13 that never was
8- Hayman
@booboo said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
10- Dagg
12- Ardie
13- MessamThe greatest 10-12-13 that never was
8- Hayman
could be a good idea for a thread....
The 'where they should have played 15'
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Very glad Ioane on the wing.
Backline exciting.
I thought the backline last week looked capable of breaking down defences through good passing.@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
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@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
@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.
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@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 daysMain thing for Proctor is to sure up his defence.
Another try like Frances first score last week would not be a good look
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Main thing for Proctor is to sure up his defence.
Another try like Frances first score last week would not be a good look
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@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.
Well he'll need to up his body language game too then.
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I played centre and wing in my younger days obviously at lower levels.
But I used to think the most demoralising thing to happen to you in those positions is being beaten on the outside.
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I played centre and wing in my younger days obviously at lower levels.
But I used to think the most demoralising thing to happen to you in those positions is being beaten on the outside.
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
I played centre and wing in my younger days obviously at lower levels.
But I used to think the most demoralising thing to happen to you in those positions is being beaten on the outside.
Attissogbe at 20 looks like he's going to be a special player so maybe forgivable however you'd have to say that Rieko probably makes that tackle.
There may have been a couple of times where Rieko got beaten in the last five years but I seem to remember him recovering and catching them in the end.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
I played centre and wing in my younger days obviously at lower levels.
But I used to think the most demoralising thing to happen to you in those positions is being beaten on the outside.
Attissogbe at 20 looks like he's going to be a special player so maybe forgivable however you'd have to say that Rieko probably makes that tackle.
There may have been a couple of times where Rieko got beaten in the last five years but I seem to remember him recovering and catching them in the end.
@brodean said in All Blacks v France 2:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
I played centre and wing in my younger days obviously at lower levels.
But I used to think the most demoralising thing to happen to you in those positions is being beaten on the outside.
Attissogbe at 20 looks like he's going to be a special player so maybe forgivable however you'd have to say that Rieko probably makes that tackle.
There may have been a couple of times where Rieko got beaten in the last five years but I seem to remember him recovering and catching them in the end.
I’d need to watch it again, only watched it the once, but he also seemed to be moving up from the inside almost inviting a guy with pace to go on his outside
