RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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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?
@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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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 powersPrime BB coming off the bench.
It's a ridiculous comparison that doesn't really say anything about this team.
@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 powersPrime 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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@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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@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.
@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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@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.
:thumbs_up:
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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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Narawa ruled out of the RWC. Here's your chance Foster to undo your initial fuck up, pick Finau as a replacement.
@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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@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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@akan004 I cannot come up with new ways of describing the incompetence. A player who was completely expendable for this campaign.
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That seems very strange.
It’s not as if he is a world class player with 50 tests behind him and you know what you are getting.
Finau or Lord to be named replacement
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If they are bloody minded and go like for like maybe Stevenson, or maybe Blackadder leapfrogs Finau to reinforce the Loose forwards?
