AB Test Team v France.

booboo

@taniwharugby said in AB Test Team v France.:

Haha mark Watson going off....after the wobbly loss he was demanding an apology now he says NZR is the most well resourced and poorly run organization in the world.

Hearing Mark Watson genuinely makes me pine for Murray Deaker

This.

Deaker could actually recognise good performances.

booboo

@crash said in AB Test Team v France.:

The english comms kept saying how well France had played how valiant they were pulling off some beautiful moves etc etc - yeah but they still lost the game...

By 20

Bones

That English fluffybunny commentator. What a grade A fuckwit! Reminded me of those English "fans" that you got popping up around 2003, probably thinks anyone brown in the ABs is poached. Among other doozeys, a couple of standouts for me:

Calling for Ofa to be sent off for cleaning out Vaamahina. Ignoring the fact Vaamahina just did the exact same thing.
Momentarily starting to ponder who had played well for the ABs when MOM was raised, only to immediately state no it has to go to a French player. They just had their score doubled you dickhead.

If we have too many more games with DMac and SBW both starting I'm going to need a new TV.

Todd shits on Savea at the moment.

Thought Taylor was excellent, massive improvement in him this year.

Pretty ghastly reading the amount of whinging about the ref in this thread. Had some not so flash moments but otherwise good. Funny to read people call SBW dumb for not knowing the rules, then immediately in uproar at a penalty try being awarded...is that irony?

booboo

@rotated said in AB Test Team v France.:

@crash said in AB Test Team v France.:

Why can't the commentators say Ioane properly? Fed up with hearing eyeohniii

Because Euro commentators and pundits don't watch the SH game so their only experience is when Digby Ioane was on the massively on the radar for Australia in the 2011 RWC before he straightened out the pronunciation of his name.

Serious answer, not even being facetious.

Going back to the early 80s ... yes I'm nearly fifty ... when we properly learned how to pronounce:

Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo
Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo
Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo
Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo
Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo
Ah - ay - ee - oh - oo

We've also subsequently learned to pronounce each vowel.

Non-Kiwis and non-Polys still struggle with "i" being prounced anything other than "eye".

Tim

@bones said in AB Test Team v France.:

Todd white on Savea at the moment.

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Bones

@tim hah! Autocorrect seems to have changed "shits" to "white". Kudos autocorrect, you done me good.

Billy Tell

If it's any solace, our own coach admitted he didn't know the laws around penalty tries either...

canefan

Sonny is going to cost us a big game some day

Tim

@canefan He already has.

Samurai Jack

@canefan Haha but his play up to that was the best I have seen from him in a long time.

ARHS

Just wondered if the French player was behind the kicker before the SBW slapback. I was expecting they might double check that before awarding the penalty try, but maybe my eyes deceived me.

I also wonder if TKB will be captain on Tuesday, as the choices seem limited.

pakman

@rancid-schnitzel said in AB Test Team v France.:

@taniwharugby said in AB Test Team v France.:

@rancid-schnitzel was he the one lauding the French 9 for dummying from the base of a ruck and getting away with it, calling us 2 time RWC champs amongst other unknowledgable calls?

Yep. And he somehow mistook TJP for Smith 5 minutes after he was subbed.

Rankings for today's commentators: 1. Reflink; 2. Justin Marshall (even if just talking to himself somewhere out there!); ...3. Dumb and dumber.

pakman

@booboo said in AB Test Team v France.:

@tregaskis said in AB Test Team v France.:

See ya Slimani.

About here in the thread posters are askjng who the beIN commentators were:

Good question: do we know yet?

I'm pretty sure I heard the antipodean comments dude call Slimani "the best prop in the world". Can those up North or who follow NH footy more than me comment?

TBF Slimani is usually technically better than any of the British (Isles) THs, with the possible exception of W P Nel. And also one of top two or three in France (not that I get to see enough Top 14 to be able to be sure). I don't think Gardner really knew what was going on. French were trying to tell him that Hames was pushing up and in (he was at 45 degrees in some scrums), which forced Slimani to push down to counter. His usual tactic is to bore in and lift.

DMX

@booboo

I am wondering if we give Cane a run at 6 then? He kind of plays like 6.5 anyway. Physically punishing, may lose a little at line out and with ball carrying but I think those would be minor losses.

Kruse

@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:

@mikethesnow said in AB Test Team v France.:

@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:

@taniwharugby said in AB Test Team v France.:

Not sure who the 2 comms are for Rugby pass, but they are muppets

Possibly the same ones we are getting in the UK for Premier Sports (which I had to sign up to just for one game, the fuckers).
For the first 20 minutes we just had the refs mike which was more entertaining

He sounds posh Welsh

Any ideas?

Is there such a thing?

If you're an 18 year-old girl, with no kids = posh welsh.

Billy Tell

@pakman said in AB Test Team v France.:

@booboo said in AB Test Team v France.:

@tregaskis said in AB Test Team v France.:

See ya Slimani.

About here in the thread posters are askjng who the beIN commentators were:

Good question: do we know yet?

I'm pretty sure I heard the antipodean comments dude call Slimani "the best prop in the world". Can those up North or who follow NH footy more than me comment?

TBF Slimani is usually technically better than any of the British (Isles) THs, with the possible exception of W P Nel. And also one of top two or three in France (not that I get to see enough Top 14 to be able to be sure). I don't think Gardner really knew what was going on. French were trying to tell him that Hames was pushing up and in (he was at 45 degrees in some scrums), which forced Slimani to push down to counter. His usual tactic is to bore in and lift.

Really? WP Nel has to be one of the most overrated players. And I’d take Irelands Furlong over Slimani any day.

Gardner was a bit average alright though. Luckily our own kiwi ref had a decent game in Dublin.

Kruse

@bones said in AB Test Team v France.:

That English fluffybunny commentator. What a grade A fuckwit! Reminded me of those English "fans" that you got popping up around 2003, probably thinks anyone brown in the ABs is poached. Among other doozeys, a couple of standouts for me:

Calling for Ofa to be sent off for cleaning out Vaamahina. Ignoring the fact Vaamahina just did the exact same thing.

Momentarily starting to ponder who had played well for the ABs when MOM was raised, only to immediately state no it has to go to a French player. They just had their score doubled you dickhead.

Adding in some pedantic complaints:

Mixing up the terms "inside" vs "outside" twice in the same play
A moment when they referred to "Read off Barrett", or similar (can't remember the actual players), when it was actually "Barrett off Read"
"dark science"... when talking about scrummaging. The term you're looking for is "dark arts", you fucking morons

And generally, as others have already mentioned

A constant flow of bullshit from their mouths, through RugbyPass, into my ears - which started bleeding about 10 minutes in - so I was struggling to hear the ref when he was having an interesting chat with the front rows at some point - due to the shit-and-blood clogging my eardrums

pakman

@billy-tell said in AB Test Team v France.:

@pakman said in AB Test Team v France.:

@booboo said in AB Test Team v France.:

@tregaskis said in AB Test Team v France.:

See ya Slimani.

About here in the thread posters are askjng who the beIN commentators were:

Good question: do we know yet?

I'm pretty sure I heard the antipodean comments dude call Slimani "the best prop in the world". Can those up North or who follow NH footy more than me comment?

TBF Slimani is usually technically better than any of the British (Isles) THs, with the possible exception of W P Nel. And also one of top two or three in France (not that I get to see enough Top 14 to be able to be sure). I don't think Gardner really knew what was going on. French were trying to tell him that Hames was pushing up and in (he was at 45 degrees in some scrums), which forced Slimani to push down to counter. His usual tactic is to bore in and lift.

Really? WP Nel has to be one of the most overrated players. And I’d take Irelands Furlong over Slimani any day.

Gardner was a bit average alright though. Luckily our own kiwi ref had a decent game in Dublin.

To be clear, I do think Furlong is clearly best (overall) TH in North. But in pure scrummaging terms I'd rate Ryan ahead, and Slimani. W P Nel was voted TH in last RWC XV, but haven't seem him playing in last year or so, much of which he's been injured for. Very much a scrummager, though: not seem too often in loose.

nostrildamus

@higgins last 9 and 10 was Preston..you mean for ABs? As France had a 9/10 switcher at last RWC I vaguely recall..

kiwiinmelb

@canefan said in AB Test Team v France.:

Sonny is going to cost us a big game some day

Dont come too much bigger than the second lions test

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AB Test Team v France.