2018 Black Ferns
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@stargazer said in 2018 Black Ferns:
Could see that yellow coming. Who got sent off?
Savage.
Cocksedge needs to take control of the game in these conditions. Her passing has been shit.
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@stargazer I hear you,what a joke..!,something seriously wrong when a local broadcaster tries to influence decisions on the field..!
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Not the best of games, but considering the conditions, it's a good and deserved win from the Black Ferns. The French dominated the first half, particularly with their excellent scrum, but Moore's half time speech must have had the effect he wanted. The Ferns' scrum was better than the French' in the second half, and so was the rest of their game.
Good to see a good crowd turn up. With the stands on the short sides closed, the stands on the long sides were pretty full, despite the constant rain.
FT: France 0 - 14 New Zealand
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Terrible TV camera angles, and confusion between the officals all game. The English ref was good despite that.
I always love it when the French crowd starts whistling as you know their team is losing.
Linda Itunu would be my MOTM. Just as well the reserve hooker gets to lead the haka as she hardly ever plays.
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There was plenty of feeling in this one, the pick and go was definitely our go to today, thought we were a bit naive in terms of game sense,but given the conditions and hostile nature of the crowd I will take this one..nothing like a good big hit to get a home crowd all hot and bothered..!
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@bovidae said in 2018 Black Ferns:
Terrible TV camera angles, and confusion between the officals all game. The English ref was good despite that.
I always love it when the French crowd starts whistling as you know their team is losing.
Linda Itunu would be my MOTM. Just as well the reserve hooker gets to lead the haka as she hardly ever plays.
It looked like they were using fewer cameras than we're used to in most televised games. You see the same in televised Farah Palmer Cup and Heartland games. With the fewer cameras, you just don't get the same coverage. Hence also why they weren't able to check whether that French winger was offside when their halfback kicked the ball (before the winger knocked the ball on).
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@stargazer just shows you how blessed we are in this part of the world when it comes to coverage..
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I really hope the weather in Grenoble will be better for the next test. This was mostly a game for the forwards, and the pick & go the best part of the game. I'd like to see the next match to be played in conditions in which the Ferns can play their running game and see how the French will handle that.
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@stargazer much of their play seemed to stem around the little halfback and to be fair she’s a hell of a player,damn good pass for starters and is not afraid to defend in the first or 2nd channel,bloody good hit in the closing minutes on Fitzpatrick off a short ball..they could be just as dangerous on a dry ground me thinks..
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@stargazer thanks for posting,but I was gonna say I think the local broadcaster replayed it about 12 times..lol
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@bovidae Ha, yes, there are a few videos like that. There's one with Fiao'o Fa'amausili, who's a police detective, and IIRC the other one I saw was with one of the firefighters in the team, Eloise Blackwell. There's also been one on tv with Selica Winiata (I think from Sky Sport), who's also a police woman.
