AB Test Team v France.
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Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
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@jc Worst 40mins of AB rugby I've seen since RWC2007 v France
Except we'll likely win this one
@victor-meldrew said in AB Test Team v France.:
@jc Worst 40mins of AB rugby I've seen since RWC2007 v France
Not even close. We strung together possession wonderfully for the first 30 mins and the Rodders try was the result of a long passage of strong play.
Both halves of any of the losses in 2009 were worse than this - especially the Dunedin test, but both tests in the republic with Donald at 10 were stinkers too.
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Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
@rancid-schnitzel said in AB Test Team v France.:
Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
Not a test, just a game (I think).
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@chimoaus said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial Any AB 15 should be able to catch and pass and run support. The mistakes and poor decision making he brings is not suited to this level imo.
Looking forward to Dagg and J Barrett being available again.
DMac is one of those players who ends up being very average on balancing his brilliance vs gifting the ball away.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in AB Test Team v France.:
Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
Not a test, just a game (I think).
@hydro11 said in AB Test Team v France.:
@rancid-schnitzel said in AB Test Team v France.:
Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
Not a test, just a game (I think).
Mongo fucker on Gogglebox said second test.
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@donsteppa I also like the look of this Smith guy, accountancy background
@marty said in AB Test Team v France.:
@donsteppa I also like the look of this Smith guy, accountancy background
Ah, that bloke...
(Oops :)).
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@tim said in AB Test Team v France.:
20 point win over a tier-2 team. Ireland or England would’ve done us today.
But @Tim guess what? We weren't playing England or Ireland and the coaches knew that with their player changes and game plans.
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@hydro11 said in AB Test Team v France.:
@rancid-schnitzel said in AB Test Team v France.:
Tuesday's second test in Lyon. Wtf?
Not a test, just a game (I think).
Mongo fucker on Gogglebox said second test.
@rancid-schnitzel was he the one lauding the French 9 for dummying from the base of a ruck and getting away with it, calling us 2 time RWC champs amongst other unknowledgable calls?
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@tim said in AB Test Team v France.:
20 point win over a tier-2 team. Ireland or England would’ve done us today.
Its all relative though isn't it. In the first half we were looking really good.
That second half was just some of the oddest rugby ever from all three teams...starting with SBW forgetting what sport he was playing - Volleyball Scouts sniffing around though which might be a blessing for the AB's.
Was weather an issue? Composure? Foster running the bench? not the same bench-impact as in the past - are we putting more emphasis on the first half/strong starts?
Scott McLeod carrys on the Professors defensive portfolio
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We are simply losing our cool out there.
The upshot is though that when we played well we made more points than we have given when making mistakes.
I know everyone will think I'm simply white knighting DMac but his good plays made more points than his errors gave away. That's a positive return.@crucial DMac was absolutely dire today. From the chip kick with two unmarked players outside him in the first half to his "let's give the ball back to France" chip in the second. Basically he is not reading the game well. His positional play was so poor. Been a fan in the past but tonight he should have been off earlier.
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@rancid-schnitzel was he the one lauding the French 9 for dummying from the base of a ruck and getting away with it, calling us 2 time RWC champs amongst other unknowledgable calls?
@taniwharugby said in AB Test Team v France.:
@rancid-schnitzel was he the one lauding the French 9 for dummying from the base of a ruck and getting away with it, calling us 2 time RWC champs amongst other unknowledgable calls?
Yep. And he somehow mistook TJP for Smith 5 minutes after he was subbed.
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@chimoaus said in AB Test Team v France.:
My wife,” that was more painful than it needed to be”
You shouldn't have been trying it on her while watching the game. Bound to make the odd clumsy move.
@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
@chimoaus said in AB Test Team v France.:
My wife,” that was more painful than it needed to be”
You shouldn't have been trying it on her while watching the game. Bound to make the odd clumsy move.
A leading candidate for the post of the year award.
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@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
Looking like a good scoreboard for a bunch of muppets playing against 16.
Was the 16th player the referee or the TMO? You might have to consider revising your total to 17.
@higgins said in AB Test Team v France.:
@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:
Looking like a good scoreboard for a bunch of muppets playing against 16.
Was the 16th player the referee or the TMO? You might have to consider revising your total to 17.
Ok, so we beat 17 while playing like the Eketahuna Intermediate School 2nd XV.
Yeah, they played shit for some of the game by the high standards we expect but they still won comfortably.
As soon as they scored easily early on the warning bells were there that once the game had a decent margin it would lose focus.
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Plus' for the game...Vaea Fifita getting through the full 80. BB kicking for goal. Probably a few others.
Ioane & Naholo were good/busy. TJ didn't flap his arms. Naholo was busy.
Front row x6 were good at scrum time.
Whitelock immense.
Cane & Todd did some good stuff.
Aaron Smith.When did Beaudy actually become an official vice-captain? When Ben Smith went on vacation? I reckon the experience hes getting captaining at the moment will be the making of him - that extra responsibility might just be the thing that takes him to DC level - all the time.
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Interesting theory by 2003 pom hooker Thomson. He reckons Read was hooked deliberately to give them experience with that scenario. I'm not keen on these games being experiments for world cups, but that sounds like something Hansen would do.
