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RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks

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  • Canes4lifeC Canes4life

    Something to get everyone hyped for Saturday, how good were the ABs in this performance.

    Snakey Smith makes an appearance in the video below, is it me or has he aged quite alot since his playing days?

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    @Canes4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

    Something to get everyone hyped for Saturday, how good were the ABs in this performance.

    Snakey Smith makes an appearance in the video below, is it me or has he aged quite alot since his playing days?

    Savea was so good but by crikey he lives up to the old candle burning twice as bright cliche that seems to befall NZ outside backs like no other nation……

    He was on the scrap heap less than two years after this.

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    • chimoausC chimoaus

      Where do we find these in NZ?

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      @chimoaus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

      Where do we find these in NZ?

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      A country bogan pub with big steak nights.

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        Ofa's in: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/06/hold-them-back-all-blacks-cant-wait-for-world-cup-opener/

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          Now dropped on NZRugby Brendon Nel:

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          • Canes4lifeC Canes4life

            Something to get everyone hyped for Saturday, how good were the ABs in this performance.

            Snakey Smith makes an appearance in the video below, is it me or has he aged quite alot since his playing days?

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            @Canes4life I have very fond memories of this game, the Bus's performance was truly stellar, I almost rate that performance as being similar to Lomu.

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            • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

              can we please stop comparing this team to the 2015 vintage? There are a handful of tema in history that can favourably compare to this team, and certainly no team at this Cup.

              Ben Smith is as good as any AB fullback ever
              Our best ever midfield that includes one of the best 12s ever
              The best 10 to play the game
              The best AB halfback ever
              One of the top #8s in AB history
              The greatest rugby player of all time
              The best AB 6 i've ever seen
              Our best locking compo at the peak of their powers

              Prime BB coming off the bench.

              It's a ridiculous comparison that doesn't really say anything about this team.

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              @mariner4life said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

              can we please stop comparing this team to the 2015 vintage? There are a handful of tema in history that can favourably compare to this team, and certainly no team at this Cup.

              Ben Smith is as good as any AB fullback ever
              Our best ever midfield that includes one of the best 12s ever
              The best 10 to play the game
              The best AB halfback ever
              One of the top #8s in AB history
              The greatest rugby player of all time
              The best AB 6 i've ever seen
              Our best locking compo at the peak of their powers

              Prime BB coming off the bench.

              It's a ridiculous comparison that doesn't really say anything about this team.

              I would also add to this a Coles-Mealamu hooking combination that, collectively, is as good as any hooking combo in the game.

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                Enough of the state secrets, just name the fucking team already.

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                  yep, when is the team being named FFS?

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                  • menceyM mencey

                    yep, when is the team being named FFS?

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                    @mencey According to a graphic I found re: team announcement times and posted in the RWC discussion thread, the AB's are named at 3:30am NZ time, 5:30pm Paris time. Soon.

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                    • Daffy JaffyD Daffy Jaffy

                      @mencey According to a graphic I found re: team announcement times and posted in the RWC discussion thread, the AB's are named at 3:30am NZ time, 5:30pm Paris time. Soon.

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                      @Daffy-Jaffy said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

                      @mencey According to a graphic I found re: team announcement times and posted in the RWC discussion thread, the AB's are named at 3:30am NZ time, 5:30pm Paris time. Soon.

                      THX Mate

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                      • Daffy JaffyD Daffy Jaffy

                        @mencey According to a graphic I found re: team announcement times and posted in the RWC discussion thread, the AB's are named at 3:30am NZ time, 5:30pm Paris time. Soon.

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                        @Daffy-Jaffy

                        :thumbs_up:

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                            About as expected. No Roigard is a bummer.

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                                I can't imagine that team puts a great deal of fear into the French.

                                Will be bloody impressive if ABs can snag the W.

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                                  Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.

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                                    Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.

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                                    @akan004 Long time to wait on it when he's been injured since the first test of the year! He's just a fucking wing FFS.

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                                      @akan004 Long time to wait on it when he's been injured since the first test of the year! He's just a fucking wing FFS.

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                                      @Tim Makes the decision to select him when he was nursing a chronic back injury seem even more ridiculous now. Foster is just so unbelievably stupid.

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                                        Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.

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                                        @akan004 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

                                        Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.

                                        Not that I don't believe you, but where did you get the info (Narawa's injury) from? AB team infos are difficult to get sometimes. Thanks

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                                          @akan004 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

                                          Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.

                                          Not that I don't believe you, but where did you get the info (Narawa's injury) from? AB team infos are difficult to get sometimes. Thanks

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                                          @Tordah https://twitter.com/newstalkzbsport/status/1699439060261982366?t=g3W6bGXXY-YG0Uaz11kR_g&s=19

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