All Blacks v France II
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v France II:
@Frank said in All Blacks v France II:
Jordie was bloody good again, making great yards on his carries
Reckon it's worth keeping him at 12?
Lol would be crazy to move him.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v France II:
The thought of injuries striking and a loose trio of Savea, Lio Willie and Kirifi on the field at the same time is too ridiculous for words. We know what Ardie brings but the other two will just get rag dolled by bigger teams. They honestly looked like halfbacks out there. Savea is still such an X factor player though. The run to set up Vaai was amazing to see.
CLW is 2cm shorter than So’oialo and the same weight. Perhaps he should grow some dreds and wear shoulder pads in the off test match, might make him seem bigger.
This French side have big bodies. Their forwards are some of the biggest going around in world rugby. From my viewing, CLW had no problem dealing with bigger bodies on both sides of the ball. Was never driven back, stopped ball carriers in their track.
And I see a lot of Rodders in CLW. Grunt work to allow the other two loosies to play their roles - much like Rodders did for McCaw and Collins.
Overall though, I like that they have so far stuck to their plan when injuries have occurred in the lead up to both tests. Opted for the next cab than shuffle others that could play in that position.
If Luke is fit they will likely give him a run at 8, and I don’t think we will see much difference - both similar type of player.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France II:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v France II:
The thought of injuries striking and a loose trio of Savea, Lio Willie and Kirifi on the field at the same time is too ridiculous for words. We know what Ardie brings but the other two will just get rag dolled by bigger teams. They honestly looked like halfbacks out there. Savea is still such an X factor player though. The run to set up Vaai was amazing to see.
CLW is 2cm shorter than So’oialo and the same weight. Perhaps he should grow some dreds and wear shoulder pads in the off test match, might make him seem bigger.
This French side have big bodies. Their forwards are some of the biggest going around in world rugby. From my viewing, CLW had no problem dealing with bigger bodies on both sides of the ball. Was never driven back, stopped ball carriers in their track.
And I see a lot of Rodders in CLW. Grunt work to allow the other two loosies to play their roles - much like Rodders did for McCaw and Collins.
Overall though, I like that they have so far stuck to their plan when injuries have occurred in the lead up to both tests. Opted for the next cab than shuffle others that could play in that position.
If Luke is fit they will likely give him a run at 8, and I don’t think we will see much difference - both similar type of player.
He got driven backwards pretty early on or did I imagine that ?
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CLWs listed height and weight are optimistic at best.
Any player selected for the All Blacks at home should be expected to do better than France B/C players.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks v France II:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v France II:
@Frank said in All Blacks v France II:
Jordie was bloody good again, making great yards on his carries
Reckon it's worth keeping him at 12?
Lol would be crazy to move him.
Whoosh!
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Truth be told JB would probably do at least as well at 10 as Beauden and Mckenzie. With a bit of time in the saddle his kicking for field position could be a real weapon. Especially combined with a lineout including Holland, Tuipulotu/Darry, and Vaa'i.
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Very few, if any, have mentioned our defence, so I assume people are happy with it? Me, I think it is still a weak point. When the French got into a position to score they either did or they came bloody close. It seemed inevitable that our line would be crossed. It reminded me of the Irish in NZ a few years ago.
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@Crazy-Horse It was better than last week, but still a key area of weakness.
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@brodean said in All Blacks v France II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France II:
@brodean Doesn't matter.
Doesn't the first error/infringement take priority except in foul play? After he loses control of the ball forward its advantage All Blacks.
It was both the wrong call and the right call. Be thankful.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks v France II:
Very few, if any, have mentioned our defence, so I assume people are happy with it? Me, I think it is still a weak point. When the French got into a position to score they either did or they came bloody close. It seemed inevitable that our line would be crossed. It reminded me of the Irish in NZ a few years ago.
Second half they seemed to gain easy metres too many times.
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@brodean said in All Blacks v France II:
Truth be told JB would probably do at least as well at 10 as Beauden and Mckenzie. With a bit of time in the saddle his kicking for field position could be a real weapon. Especially combined with a lineout including Holland, Tuipulotu/Darry, and Vaa'i.
After years of kiwis criticising 10 man old school English rugby you want to emulate it?!
I joke, it is good to able to execute it when required!Nb I just realised you left out a lock/captain there...
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@brodean said in All Blacks v France II:
Truth be told JB would probably do at least as well at 10 as Beauden and Mckenzie. With a bit of time in the saddle his kicking for field position could be a real weapon. Especially combined with a lineout including Holland, Tuipulotu/Darry, and Vaa'i.
Definitely a time and place for territory kicking, we don't utilise it much at all. And when we do it, we generally don't do it well
