All Blacks vs England I

[MiketheSnow]

England have blown this

NZ's to lose now

[No Quarter]

I have little doubt that a Blues loose forward trio would have gone better tonight

[Victor Meldrew]

Jeez, I hope what we've seen so far this game is just rust.

[Chris]

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

Good work Scott Barrett

Even if it looked like he was offside and immediately dived on to the ball.

We will take it

[MiketheSnow]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

Jeez, I hope what we've seen so far this game is just rust.

Definitely

NZ getting better by the minute

[KiwiMurph]

@MadGav said in All Blacks vs England I:

@KiwiMurph at some point you do need to credit the defence.

English defence has been excellent. Rieko has had a poor night. Both true

[antipodean]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England I:

Territory must be heavily in England’s favour this half. We really have not spent much time in Englands half.

England's defence has been impressive. They're also more effective at ruck time.

[Machpants]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

Jeez, I hope what we've seen so far this game is just rust.

Last time we had a great first up test was versus Irish

[Frank]

Newell.

[chimoaus]

@Victor-Meldrew I think it’s more a reflection of a well oiled English defence and us not being able to deal with rush defence. Losing lineouts doesn’t help.

[Chris]

Big scrum Newell

[Damo]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

Jeez, I hope what we've seen so far this game is just rust.

AB's are often a bit rubbish in the first game.

I think we haven't been too bad. This England team is playing well.

[Tim]

Thank god for the scrum.

[gt12]

I havent seen the second half, but our attack is not set up for Dmac. We need a much more limited and controlled 10. If we emphasize a carry / clean game we can play to his strengths, but side to side will make him worse.

[Canes4life]

Newell with Aumua next to him is lethal.

[KiwiMurph]

Promising scrum involving Vaai

[Donsteppa]

Do our backs call under the high ball?

[Victor Meldrew]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

Last time we had a great first up test was versus Irish

What happened then?

[antipodean]

Tele'a has not had a good night - his stepping hasn't created room for himself or anyone else. His lack of pace has been a problem too.

[Chris]

Bad from Amua