RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@gt12 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Two people who need much greater criticism: Schmidt and Ryan.
They continue to select for and play this game.
I thought the forwards were OK for much of this game. The backs, Telea excepted, were crap.
Define non-entity: Tupou Va'ii: 2 runs, no metres, 6 tackles, 1 missed, 1 turnover.
But no Finau selected in the squad. That sort of shit is on Ryan (selector) and the player.
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@Bull-Dusta said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Be sure to beat Italy in the pool,
Really? I’m anything but sure about that game now.
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Play well, lose and it can't be helped. But we have had this crap for a long time now and as fans, we'll be painted as bad losers for complaining about the shite the ABs keep dishing up.
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@nzzp said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ARHS said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Hmm. Two big turn points cost us.
no mention of WJ's brain explosion?
That was a real costly9and poor), and I thought we never recovered, as soon as he went on French started attacking that side of field. Just didn't get it right in second half, I felt a bit for Papali'i , he tries hard, but struggles to make an impact at this level. We certainly struggles to get cleaners to rucks etc, Telea was left exposed on ground a few times after tackle.
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I think the coaching box deserve some of the criticism, the subs were awfual, particularly taking Smith off, or was that simply a concession?
Was daft sending Jordan back on, already on a YC and had already been pinged twice for touching the man in the air, instead you sub off our most dangerous back.
Brain dead tactics on field, dumb off too.
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The ABs remind me of Scotland these days. Mostly loose against the good sides but capable of the odd upset.
Now THAT is how you insult a team !
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@Steve said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
TV analysis here saying New Zealand have no gain line breakers.
We gained just fine in the first half. A combination of tactics and poor performance saw us hand that win to the French who profited off our mistakes and grew in confidence
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@gt12 The tactic seemed to be to use Vaa'i as a passer in the midifeld. The only time he had the ball as a runner he dropped it. Whitelock made the least tackles of any of the starting pack (4 and 1 miss).
But yes, Finau should have been selected.
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@sparky said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Bull-Dusta said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Be sure to beat Italy in the pool,
Really? I’m anything but sure about that game now.
I predict they’ll hammer Italy and paper over a few cracks
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I dont think we tried in that2nd half. They were diving and trying it on all over the place.
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@MN5 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@sparky said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Bull-Dusta said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Be sure to beat Italy in the pool,
Really? I’m anything but sure about that game now.
I predict they’ll hammer Italy and paper over a few cracks
You're assuming that Foster won't select the C team from the squad...
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@Dan54 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@nzzp said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ARHS said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Hmm. Two big turn points cost us.
no mention of WJ's brain explosion?
That was a real costly9and poor), and I thought we never recovered, as soon as he went on French started attacking that side of field. Just didn't get it right in second half, I felt a bit for Papali'i , he tries hard, but struggles to make an impact at this level. We certainly struggles to get cleaners to rucks etc, Telea was left exposed on ground a few times after tackle.
Yeah, but we should have the on-field smarts to deal with that. We haven't since 2016 and Foster isn't the man to bring them back.
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Will Jordan’s tackle of the player in the air that led to his yellow card is one of the most stupid things I’ve seen by an international player. Just incredibly dumb and was always going to be a Yellow Card.
