RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks

[Tim]

Ha ha ha! This idiot thinks that our forwards coach is shit just because we got destroyed for the second game in a row. He must be a drunk idiot!

[Stargazer]

@Tim No, you sound drunk because you're trying to blame a guy because he either plays for the Crusaders or has coached them. On second thought, that is an Blues' fanboy's second nature, so maybe you're sober after all.

[Tim]

35 - 7, 27 - 13. How dear I blame the forwards coach and the shit hooker he keeps picking.

[Rangi]

@broughie I agree mate and it really pisses me off as he clearly has not learnt a thing.

[canefan]

@Jimmy-Jimmy said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@akan004 I loathe Mark Robinson just as much

More. I don't blame Fozz for wanting the job. Robinson chose him

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Or that Nepo was one of the best carriers in the tight forwards. Hardly his strength

I'm not the only one who has constantly said that we get nothing from our props as ball-carriers. The Aust props are so much more effective by comparison.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae our current props work around the park are like most other international teams were a decade or so back while ours were running, passing, offloading, cleaning...now ours are battling, everywhere.

[george33]

@Tim alot of crusaders players are coached to play super not many step up to next level ,

[Chris]

@george33

Aye every player who plays in SR is coached to play SR,

[nzzp]

@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Jimmy-Jimmy said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@akan004 I loathe Mark Robinson just as much

More. I don't blame Fozz for wanting the job. Robinson chose him

Agree.

You can argue the first appointment wasn't totally unreasonable. THE FUCKING REAPPOINTMENT PARTWAY THROUGH YEAR TWO PISSES ME OFF, AND EVERYTHING SINCE THEN MAKES ME RAGE WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND SUNS

Fuck the board, fuck Robinson, fuck Silverlake

[mencey]

@nostrildamus

Yep, well said that man. Age has caught up with some of these players.

[Rangi]

@nzzp this and more. Reappointing a guy ahead of a planned review smacks of arrogance and dodginess.
If the review had been done at the agreed time Foster probably would have been gone after the 2021 EOYT.

[Chester Draws]

@Tim said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Stargazer You should watch some Crusaders highlights again, and keep ignoring test rugby. AB forwards gave away penalties at a terrible rate the last two games. He is selecting Taylor over Taukei'aho. He is clearly not up to test rugby level.

Foster consistently played Taylor and even Coles ahead of Taukei'aho. He did that until injury forced him otherwise. He did it even when Taylor's form was dreadful.

Foster clearly prefers Taylor.

We have no idea of which hooker Ryan would prefer.

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Bovidae our current props work around the park are like most other international teams were a decade or so back while ours were running, passing, offloading, cleaning...now ours are battling, everywhere.

Look at the positives.

Nepo Laulala caught the ball in tough sweaty conditions AND made a few metres.

The learnings are clearly working

[akan004]

@nzzp That Ellis Park win sure has come back to bite us. I had mixed emotions after that game, was stoked that we had beaten the old foe but had a sick feeling that it would mean the retention of Fozz. A more professional board would have still sacked him and not given in to the demands of the players.

[Chris]

@Tim said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

35 - 7, 27 - 13. How dear I blame the forwards coach and the shit hooker he keeps picking.

Taylor did not play in the 35-7 loss Coles did.

[Machpants]

My wife was asking why we were playing the entire second half in our half.

[Chris]

@Machpants said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

My wife was asking why we were playing the entire second half in our half.

Ask Beauden and Fozzie , surely it was a team tactic,

[Frank]

@Bovidae said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Duluth said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Or that Nepo was one of the best carriers in the tight forwards. Hardly his strength

I'm not the only one who has constantly said that we get nothing from our props as ball-carriers. The Aust props are so much more effective by comparison.

I think Williams and Ofa would be the best impact props.

[taniwharugby]

@Chris loathe this short kicking game we have employed, they have determined territory is irrelevant.