All Blacks v France II
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@Sprig said in All Blacks v France 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks v France 2:
Rieko creates a bit of debate around here, but these injuries to Reece and Clarke are showing his huge value to the team. To be able to play 11, 14 and 13 provides such flexibility for us, and even if he’s not the strike force he once was, he never really has a bad game in black.
His resistant to injury is probably his greatest asset.
Well Nic Gill said he was the best overall athlete in the team - speed, strength, endurance. So there is that.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v France 2:
So what's the consenus on this team? I'm surprised at the apathy here at us nearly getting tipped up by the French B team.
I don't think this a strong All Black squad, I think four years of Ryan as forwards coach and the same problems in the loosies (if anything we've gone backwards there) is pretty damning.
I can see us relying on individual brilliance, from newish players like Roigard, to paper over these cracks.
The typical first game issues, compounded by three tries going begging suggests we'll be better second time around.
If we're not, alarm bells should start clanging.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v France 2:
I don't think this a strong All Black squad.
I can see us relying on individual brilliance to paper over these cracks.
doesnt sound much different to what people have been saying for about 6-8 years now.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
Far too early. The kid hasn't even played a full season starting for the Canes. We have plenty of MF options to explore already
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France 2:
ABs have confirmed
Caleb out
Narawa 14
Rieko 11Give him the kicking tee too
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
One of the great Fern motto's, the less you play, the higher you get rated.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
One of the great Fern motto's, the less you play, the higher you get rated.
Otherwise known as Charlie Ngatai syndrome
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Saw this stat online , Beaudy has 72 more test caps than the entire French team
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v France 2:
So what's the consenus on this team? I'm surprised at the apathy here at us nearly getting tipped up by the French B team.
I don't think this a strong All Black squad, I think four years of Ryan as forwards coach and the same problems in the loosies (if anything we've gone backwards there) is pretty damning.
I can see us relying on individual brilliance, from newish players like Roigard, to paper over these cracks.
Robertson rolled the dice on selections and is sticking with it one more time - which is a good thing. If it is a France B team (still strong) then it's the ideal time to do it. Kudos for that.
Discipline has been better, I think and the forwards have been pretty good when they have a sniff of the tryline and a lot of player development in the last 2-3 years is starting to pay off.
But....our kicking is still poor, we go to sleep at times and I'm still convinced we need to handle pressure way better.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
I assumed the post was a sarcastic dig at a certain poster
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
Saw this stat online , Beaudy has 72 more test caps than the entire French team
We really should send these fluffybunnies into the abyss
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@brodean said in All Blacks v France 2:
Main thing for Proctor is to sure up his defence.
Another try like Frances first score last week would not be a good look
Are you shore?
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
@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
Squidge identified a second French attack pairing. The first pair runs a hard straight line. That focusses attention of defending centres. When they look up the second attack pair has drifted 3 metres.
Clever from French.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
Saw this stat online , Beaudy has 72 more test caps than the entire French team
And 400 more hospital passes..
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v France 2:
We could be without Sititi, Scott Barrett, Clarke and Williams for the test against SA at Eden Park. Fuck.
It might be the perfect occasion to unleash Riley Higgins on the international stage.
Yes because we need another midfielder in the squad
Far out this kid gets better the more we don’t get to see him play
Hey that is trademark Blackadder and Ennor material..
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Higgins isn’t half the player Ennor is. At least Ennor has a hard shoulder.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
Higgins isn’t half the player Ennor is. At least Ennor has a hard shoulder.
Shame about his wrist, hamstrings, ACL, knee, respiratory system... but them's the breaks...
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