RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks

[Duluth]

Result and Margin poll is in the first post of this thread:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6231/rwc-france-v-all-blacks/1

[nzzp]

@Nepia said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Opener:

@Frank said in RWC Opener:

@Chris said in RWC Opener:

@Crazy-Horse
we can play 5 wingers in the QF though that is a bonus.

Fozzie innovation, the 1 - 7 bench.
The "peewee squad" they'll call it.

Lose our front row , have uncontested scrums, and throw it around Fiji style

The Scots College tactic.

Yeah but don't we default our next game?

[Machpants]

I've put the ABs to win it, but that is totally heart over head.

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants McCaw is in Paris, thats a 3 point assist.

[KiwiMurph]

Looks like it will be hot and humid - even factoring in the 9pm local kickoff time

[booboo]

Always vote with your heart!

Which I see 13 of the 18 who have votes so far have ...

[Kirwan]

@booboo That's exactly what I did, head says France 1-8 but couldn't pick that.

[chimoaus]

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Looks like it will be hot and humid - even factoring in the 9pm local kickoff time

Why the fuck would they start a game so late?

[KiwiMurph]

@chimoaus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Looks like it will be hot and humid - even factoring in the 9pm local kickoff time

Why the fuck would they start a game so late?

Well for an opening game you've got an opening cemerony for an hour or so beforehand

From memory the 2011 RWC in NZ there were games kicking off at 9pm local.

[nzzp]

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@chimoaus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Looks like it will be hot and humid - even factoring in the 9pm local kickoff time

Why the fuck would they start a game so late?

Well for an opening game you've got an opening cemerony for an hour or so beforehand

From memory the 2011 RWC in NZ there were games kicking off at 9pm local.

There were, but the aim as I understood it was to enable TV audiences in Europe.

[KiwiMurph]

I can't wait til Finlay Christie is named on the bench.....

[Canes4life]

@KiwiMurph yuck.

[mariner4life]

we'll win by 2 scores

[taniwharugby]

I reckon we will sneak it, 6 points...Think the pressure on the French will be immense, but by the same token I think they will see this as a better path to victory.

[sparky]

I’d so love to be wrong but I think France will pip this. They’ve won 12 in a row at home. The injuries to Retallick and Frizzell and a lack of forward power are exposing weaknesses in the All Blacks that a ruthless side led by a great player like Antonie Dupont will expose.

[KiwiMurph]

I'd suggest Lomax is a bigger loss than Retallick these days.

[Nepia]

I've gone ABs 1-8 as I'm both mentally and physically unable to pick against the ABs.

The mention of Frizzell being missing in this thread is making me chuckle though, one swallow ....

[bayimports]

Bad guys by 9 plus setting us up to play SA again in the quarters (yes I'm also making other predictions)

[booboo]

@chimoaus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Looks like it will be hot and humid - even factoring in the 9pm local kickoff time

Why the fuck would they start a game so late?

Because France

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph sure is, although I expect there has been alot of work done in the last 9 days on scrummaging and having a full pack will no doubt help, ball in ball out, no fucking around we should be sweet.