All Blacks v France II

[Bones]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France 2:

mixed results

Does that mean the second half will all be valuable kicks?

[Kruse]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Duluth said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Chris the volume of kicks you tard

TBF it doesn't matter who his coach is, BB kicks a fucking lot, with very mixed results.

But so many tells me he's the controller we need

I've always thought BB would be better if there was no coach involved. He always plays his best when grinning and playing like he's in the back field with his brothers just pulling trick kicks out of his ass.
Just let him loose, and say "play rugby".
Perhaps not a viable strategy at his current age, and at this level, but...

[nostrildamus]

When Jordie plays at 10 we are so much more direct.
Can't believe BB missed that easy conversion and he is still passing way too early.

[nostrildamus]

The thing is they ripped out the French B spine from last week. Not enough leadership. Not sure what we can take from this.

[booboo]

@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:

Nisbo's going to be 75 in December. Surely time to hang up his mic.

Would like to be that sharp and getting paid to watch Tests when I'm 75.

[Damo]

ABs playing a bit better this week.

Not sure if it's because the French are a rabble. They look out on their feet.

I think the kicking strategy has put a lot of pressure on.

Some of the kicking has been rather good

[nostrildamus]

@booboo said in All Blacks v France 2:

@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:

Nisbo's going to be 75 in December. Surely time to hang up his mic.

Would like to be that sharp and getting paid to watch Tests when I'm 75.

So greedy. I'd just be happy to be paid to watch tests

[sparky]

@ACT-Crusader Yeah, fingers crossed we don't go to sleep in the second half.

[nostrildamus]

So good to have an aggressive running threat at 9.

[MajorPom]

@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks v France 2:

Time for Nisbo to move on ..Ardie now Jim

Yeah that was shocking. They don’t look similar in the slightest.

We are playing well. BB option taking the only real thumbs down.

This half time panel is awful. Very origin like.

[booboo]

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

Proctor more indecision on defence.

Still don't see what our Canes contingent sees.

[African Monkey]

@Duluth said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Chris said in All Blacks v France 2:

Fuck still kicking away the ball BB kills our attack every time.

It’s the game plan. Blame the coach

Yes it is. It's easy to blame Barrett, but it's all part of the gameplan, turn the French forwards around and get them working to get back onside, and then open them up which creates holes should we look to run once the French forwards get tired.

[Yeetyaah]

@booboo said in All Blacks v France 2:

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

Proctor more indecision on defence.

Still don't see what our Canes contingent sees.

Don't get them started this thread will become a Canes 2026 thread.

[sparky]

It's looking like a bad call by the French not rolling out more or less the same team as last week.

[nostrildamus]

@booboo said in All Blacks v France 2:

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

Proctor more indecision on defence.

Still don't see what our Canes contingent sees.

When Proctor first appeared in the ABs his distribution looked very sharp. Haven't seen enough of that yet (this season).

[chimoaus]

Wayne Smith in the coaching box any correlation to performance?

[taniwharugby]

We really need to put them to the sword in the 2nd spell...so far under Razor we have let things slip if we get a lead, especially the last quarter

[nostrildamus]

I think Tupou V has been enjoying playing at 6 this half.

[Frank]

Reado not a natural TV man.

[Damo]

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Duluth said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Chris said in All Blacks v France 2:

Fuck still kicking away the ball BB kills our attack every time.

It’s the game plan. Blame the coach

Yes it is. It's easy to blame Barrett, but it's all part of the gameplan, turn the French forwards around and get them working to get back onside, and then open them up which creates holes should we look to run once the French forwards get tired.

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Duluth said in All Blacks v France 2:

@Chris said in All Blacks v France 2:

Fuck still kicking away the ball BB kills our attack every time.

It’s the game plan. Blame the coach

Yes it is. It's easy to blame Barrett, but it's all part of the gameplan, turn the French forwards around and get them working to get back onside, and then open them up which creates holes should we look to run once the French forwards get tired.

And it's working well. Lots of negativity about the kicking but a lot of it has been bang on into the corners.