France v All Blacks
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When was the last time the ABs had a midfield in which the most experienced player was only 21?
@Stargazer @Tim Taufua looked good at 7 for the Baabaas vs SA. If he has a future at international level, he needs to focus on openside. I think Kaino will come back refreshed next year as the Lions tour is an obvious carrot for the AB veterans. But at 33 next year might be his lot.
Kaino has been near beast mode a bunch of times this season, I'm hoping it was just the injury break early on the tour that effected him (and playing lock) - I'd still take a not 100% Kaino over the contenders.
re: the jersey, I didn't mind it, and if they'd kept everything straigh instead of angled in the top panel I'd actually quite like it.
re: the jersey, I didn't mind it, and if they'd kept everything straigh instead of angled in the top panel I'd actually quite like it.
Same here. I thought it looked ridiculous when they launched it but I didn't mind it once I saw it on the field, probably because I couldn't see the angled emblem/logo.
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This has an easter egg.
Was it the bit that sounded a lot like "F@ck yeah boys! C@nts!" at around the 30 second mark?
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re: the jersey, I didn't mind it, and if they'd kept everything straigh instead of angled in the top panel I'd actually quite like it.
Same here. I thought it looked ridiculous when they launched it but I didn't mind it once I saw it on the field, probably because I couldn't see the angled emblem/logo.
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re: the jersey, I didn't mind it, and if they'd kept everything straigh instead of angled in the top panel I'd actually quite like it.
Same here. I thought it looked ridiculous when they launched it but I didn't mind it once I saw it on the field, probably because I couldn't see the angled emblem/logo.
@Milk the angled bit was a throw back to some of the original Jersie's that had angled sewing on it
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in France:
Those 2 spastic amish prudes who snitched on A.Smith for airport bog rooting should be shot for fucking treason. Hope they were watching the EOYT and were delighted with their highly successful emasculation project.
They wouldn't have been watching. She would have been busy sucking lemons and he would have been busy holding her tampons. Seriously though I'd be surprised if Nugget's mind was completely on the job. The atmosphere at his house must be a bit uncomfortable to say the least, and him being away on tour doesn't give him many chances to build bridges does it? There can't be much worse to look forward to than the daily phone call to a woman you publicly humiliated.
But boy we missed his passing this tour. Hope he gets his head right soon.
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Cane v Todd is now a very real conversation. Todd is better on the ground, and his link play is superb.
Cane is more physical on both sides of the ball, and we've needed that this year with both Read and Kaino being up and down.
Savea is busy, but not physical enough, prone to defensive lapses, not as effective at the ruck, but a good power runner.
I would imagine all 3 are given a solid list of work-ons for next year
@mariner4life said in France:
Cane v Todd is now a very real conversation. Todd is better on the ground, and his link play is superb.
Cane is more physical on both sides of the ball, and we've needed that this year with both Read and Kaino being up and down.
Savea is busy, but not physical enough, prone to defensive lapses, not as effective at the ruck, but a good power runner.
I would imagine all 3 are given a solid list of work-ons for next year
Have we seen Cane and Todd go together in tandem yet ?
I don't believe we have , but I think it could be worth a look late in a game because they play so different , it wouldn't be too much of the same thing IMO . -
@Rocky-Rockbottom said in France:
Those 2 spastic amish prudes who snitched on A.Smith for airport bog rooting should be shot for fucking treason. Hope they were watching the EOYT and were delighted with their highly successful emasculation project.
They wouldn't have been watching. She would have been busy sucking lemons and he would have been busy holding her tampons. Seriously though I'd be surprised if Nugget's mind was completely on the job. The atmosphere at his house must be a bit uncomfortable to say the least, and him being away on tour doesn't give him many chances to build bridges does it? There can't be much worse to look forward to than the daily phone call to a woman you publicly humiliated.
But boy we missed his passing this tour. Hope he gets his head right soon.
@JC I think it would be more he simply isn't allowed to watch it, assuming they are still together after he tried to throw her under the bus...think the NZ Media should find out if they are still together, hound them for comment, afterall, they are like almost famous!
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@pakman Yeah it seemed we won those T/Os with ease, and the French were all at sea at the b/down. From my dodgy stream, it was like we flicked a switch tried a different tactic of putting less bodies in at the b/down just to even things up.
The concern for me was that the French seemed to find space relatively easily and flooded those channels which we found difficult to cope with, our scrambling D saved our bacon on more than one occasion.@Crash Our scrambling D was excellent. Have watched first half again carefully. In a couple of occasions we initially got into some problems because, unlike the Irish's tactics of pressing -- which in Chicago disrupted potentially match winning passes by Moala and Squire out wide at 29-33 -- we (I recall ALB and Naholo) hung back, allowing 20 metres plus to be made. That said, this enabled the drift defence to make what were by then try saving tackles. I think I prefer pressing!
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in France:
Those 2 spastic amish prudes who snitched on A.Smith for airport bog rooting should be shot for fucking treason. Hope they were watching the EOYT and were delighted with their highly successful emasculation project.
They wouldn't have been watching. She would have been busy sucking lemons and he would have been busy holding her tampons. Seriously though I'd be surprised if Nugget's mind was completely on the job. The atmosphere at his house must be a bit uncomfortable to say the least, and him being away on tour doesn't give him many chances to build bridges does it? There can't be much worse to look forward to than the daily phone call to a woman you publicly humiliated.
But boy we missed his passing this tour. Hope he gets his head right soon.
@Rocky-Rockbottom said in France:
Those 2 spastic amish prudes who snitched on A.Smith for airport bog rooting should be shot for fucking treason. Hope they were watching the EOYT and were delighted with their highly successful emasculation project.
They wouldn't have been watching. She would have been busy sucking lemons and he would have been busy holding her tampons. Seriously though I'd be surprised if Nugget's mind was completely on the job. The atmosphere at his house must be a bit uncomfortable to say the least, and him being away on tour doesn't give him many chances to build bridges does it? There can't be much worse to look forward to than the daily phone call to a woman you publicly humiliated.
But boy we missed his passing this tour. Hope he gets his head right soon.
Are you not up with the gossip? Nuggets better half was in Paris with him.
I somehow don't think the dunnys at CDG will be seeing much action -
@Rocky-Rockbottom said in France:
Those 2 spastic amish prudes who snitched on A.Smith for airport bog rooting should be shot for fucking treason. Hope they were watching the EOYT and were delighted with their highly successful emasculation project.
They wouldn't have been watching. She would have been busy sucking lemons and he would have been busy holding her tampons. Seriously though I'd be surprised if Nugget's mind was completely on the job. The atmosphere at his house must be a bit uncomfortable to say the least, and him being away on tour doesn't give him many chances to build bridges does it? There can't be much worse to look forward to than the daily phone call to a woman you publicly humiliated.
But boy we missed his passing this tour. Hope he gets his head right soon.
Are you not up with the gossip? Nuggets better half was in Paris with him.
I somehow don't think the dunnys at CDG will be seeing much action -
@Tim I still think he should be considered. He has shown both in SR and for Counties this year that he has the biggest engine and work rate of them all, runs fast, and can play at 8 well. I wonder whether they'll have 3-day camps again in the weeks before the SR break. That would be a good opportunity to call up all these players and have a closer look at them in the AB environment.
@Stargazer said in France:
@Tim I still think he should be considered. He has shown both in SR and for Counties this year that he has the biggest engine and work rate of them all, runs fast, and can play at 8 well. I wonder whether they'll have 3-day camps again in the weeks before the SR break. That would be a good opportunity to call up all these players and have a closer look at them in the AB environment.
I wonder whether Taufua has set his sights on being the AB super-sub option.
He played most, if not all, of the M10 Cup at 7 for Counties, where I don't recall him playing before. He's already an excellent 6 and a proficient 8 and I reckon the only thing that has him behind Squire and Dixon is his lack of height in the lineout. He's certainly got test match physicality.
But, if he can play all three loose forward roles competently and allow us to have a specialist lock on the bench then it gives us better options ie Barrett/Taufua might be > Squire/Savea.
Hopefully Razor will show a bit more imagination in his selections than Toddy - and vary things a bit more - and give Taufua some time at 7 and 8 for the Crusaders.
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Are you not up with the gossip? Nuggets better half was in Paris with him.
I somehow don't think the dunnys at CDG will be seeing much actionWhat's Colin de Grandhomme got to do with this?
Well according to those dodgy selfies doing the rounds a while back Nugget could also be named "big man"
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I had the cricket going in the other room yesterday and came out to see Tom and Jeet opening the NZ innings and poor old Tommy edged his first ball to slip and I thought he'd got his King Pair.
Luckily just the start of first innings highlights/replay and they were off for rain.
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@Stargazer said in France:
Good rugby genes right there
Posted by BB on FB
That's awesome.
Fark Jordie is huge. He'll be a weapon and a half when he fills out.
How good was Kane before his concussion issues?
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@Stargazer said in France:
Good rugby genes right there
Posted by BB on FB
That's awesome.
Fark Jordie is huge. He'll be a weapon and a half when he fills out.
How good was Kane before his concussion issues?
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in France:
@Stargazer said in France:
Good rugby genes right there
Posted by BB on FB
That's awesome.
Fark Jordie is huge. He'll be a weapon and a half when he fills out.
How good was Kane before his concussion issues?
Can't remember but maybe Blues supporters on the Fern know.
Just wondering, the fifth Barrett brother, Blake, played with the Taranaki U19s in 2014 (see link below). So I guess he's older than Jordie and younger than Scott. Has he ever made the Taranaki NPC squad?
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Kane Barrett didn't really look Super Rugby standard from the little we saw of him. Naholo didn't either in the same season so it's hard to tell whether he would have kicked on or not but from what I saw I doubt it. . Got red carded against the Chiefs in one of his outings.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in France:
@Stargazer said in France:
Good rugby genes right there
Posted by BB on FB
That's awesome.
Fark Jordie is huge. He'll be a weapon and a half when he fills out.
How good was Kane before his concussion issues?
Can't remember but maybe Blues supporters on the Fern know.
Just wondering, the fifth Barrett brother, Blake, played with the Taranaki U19s in 2014 (see link below). So I guess he's older than Jordie and younger than Scott. Has he ever made the Taranaki NPC squad?
@Stargazer said in France:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in France:
@Stargazer said in France:
Good rugby genes right there
Posted by BB on FB
That's awesome.
Fark Jordie is huge. He'll be a weapon and a half when he fills out.
How good was Kane before his concussion issues?
Can't remember but maybe Blues supporters on the Fern know.
Just wondering, the fifth Barrett brother, Blake, played with the Taranaki U19s in 2014 (see link below). So I guess he's older than Jordie and younger than Scott. Has he ever made the Taranaki NPC squad?
It sucks being in a family with over achieving siblings, and you are the odd person out. I know that feeling well. The eldest Gallagher brother of the Oasis duo must also feel it every day.
