All Blacks v France I

[taniwharugby]

@Yeetyaah might not be a natural 6 but putting a good shift in so far

[Victor Meldrew]

Loving the pick and go and putting it wide at just the right time.

[Tim]

We should smoke them in last 20 mins. I assume that they will make lots of subs at or near halftime

[KiwiMurph]

CLW and Holland pleasing first half for both.

[steelpotato]

Shit first 15 minutes pretty good after that

[sparky]

Jordie continuing his outstanding form.

Unfathomable still that Leinster benched him for the European Cup Semi Final a few weeks ago.

[JayCee]

Less kicks more pick and goes when we're in their half

[Tanifulla]

Can we stop the BB slander and not forget that Proctor has been the reason for 10 of their points?

[Darth Sader]

@Chris said in All Blacks v France I:

Ffs how many stupid kicks does one player have in his arsenal BB

Must be written into his contract at this point. Luckily he still does brilliant stuff on the side.

[Damo]

A few more players should go to Ireland on Sabbatical rather than Japan it seems.

[Jet]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

CLW and Holland pleasing first half for both.

Holland seems to go to ground a bit easily in the carry for me. Will keep an eye.

As if its minute 79 and we are seeing the game out.

[Donsteppa]

@Tanifulla said in All Blacks v France I:

Can we stop the BB slander and not forget that Proctor has been the reason for 10 of their points?

There's a taco advert in that for "why not both"....

[No Quarter]

@Darth-Sader said in All Blacks v France I:

@Chris said in All Blacks v France I:

Ffs how many stupid kicks does one player have in his arsenal BB

Must be written into his contract at this point. Luckily he still does brilliant stuff on the side.

Receiving a hospital pass and turning it into a try scoring movement is a little bit more than "on the side"

[Tordah]

Love how consistently good Vaa'i has become. Barrett brothers also playing well.

[Frank]

The praise and criticism of various AB players' performances definitely isn't provincially biased!

[Bones]

BP proving to be a bit low octane so far, but getting there.

The three locks and Taylor going great guns. CLW putting in a good shift too.

[Jet]

@Tanifulla said in All Blacks v France I:

Can we stop the BB slander and not forget that Proctor has been the reason for 10 of their points?

True , but he has 135 caps.

That sort of stuff just won’t fly in the big games.

It’s low percentage stuff.

It has to be called out. It’s fundamental.

[ACT Crusader]

Our loose trio playing pretty well. Each playing a distinct role.

Holland’s size and presence in the lineout is great to have.

We’ve created a lot of quick ball which has been pleasing. We haven’t always used it well but it means guys are working hard at ruck time.

[Darth Sader]

I can’t overstate how much I prefer Reiko on the wing. Shame Proctor’s making a meal of it in the midfield.

[sparky]

Half time 21-13 to the ABs. Good game. France organised in defence and kick well. ABs strong on the pick and go, set piece and attacking shape. Some costly individual errors and lack of composure from the ABs but looking good overall.