@voodoo said in All Blacks v France 2:
Rieko creates a bit of debate around here, but these injuries to Reece and Clarke are showing his huge value to the team. To be able to play 11, 14 and 13 provides such flexibility for us, and even if he’s not the strike force he once was, he never really has a bad game in black.
His resistant to injury is probably his greatest asset.
NZRFU to me, none of this modern marketing slang...
Just to trigger the Jaffa's, Gods gift to the Centres isn't considered a centre anymore.
@Bones said in All Blacks v France II:
@Canes4life wellington based training body while a couple of props are out I imagine.
Tavita has been called up a couple times before. He's not unknown to the squad / Jason Ryan
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v France II:
@brodean said in All Blacks v France 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks v France 2:
@brodean said in All Blacks v France 2:
Robertson's plan was to give everyone a run according to him.
Proctor has very much been a mixed bag.
Kirifi was picked on his ability to win turnovers and his good discipline. He hasn't won a single turnover so far and gave away 3 penalties in 20 minutes yesterday.
Yep, I heard the statement from coach, just saying I hate it.
I’d personally agree on Proctor, but I’d add that the consensus seems to be a decent T2 improvement on a fairly forgettable T1 - so why not give him another go to see if he can build on it? We know what ALB and Rieko offer there, let’s carry on with creating depth.
Kirifi looked so frustrated today arguing with the ref didn’t he?
I'm pretty neutral on what happens with Proctor at the moment but it would seem that Proctor was a big part of their plan. The backline hasn't been great though and we got out to an early lead yesterday by keeping it tight.
I've always suspected that Kirifi would not go well with refs who are not Kiwis or Aussies. I doubt the coaches will appreciate the ongoing dialogue he was having with the ref
And maybe International sides are just better at protecting the ball than domestic sides?
There was an intresting exchange with the ref where he admitted he got one of those calls wrong.
Its was the last penalty, where i can only assume the ref pinged him for no clear release. (Not that we see that reffed much anymore at any level) Ref's words were something like 'crowding him too much' which is not exactly the most clearest call.