RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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Hmm. Two big turn points cost us. Substitution of Aaron Smith and a howler from Finlay Christie totally lost momentum. Brain explosion from Dalton Papalii in front of the ref cost us heavily and he could have been pinged a couple of minutes later.
Tactics seemed daft in second half. What on earth did Havili bring? Can't quite figure out average kicking game. Mounga saved his day with the glorious try saving tackle. Beauden and Will Jordan were a real mixed bag for me.
Pluses were Mark Telea with his energy, the form of our locks with Brodie back and the work of Ardie in the second half.
Jacobson did a lot of good stuff when he came on. Was Vaii the right selection at 6?
French were great with Mauvaka Alldritt and Penaud standouts for me. Thought Jaco Peyper was very good.
Final comment is why the hell do you sub Telea in that situation when Will Jordan is so rocks and diamonds.
Correction. 3 turn points with the stereotypical high risk turned bad moment from Will Jordan -
@Stargazer he had a great game 👌🏽
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@Steve said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Just seen Fosters interview.
What an uninspiring, insipid, wet blanket.
An empty blazer.
He’s an absolute fucking fluffybunny. A useless piston wristed gibbon.
But my real anger is for the numpties who appointed him and re-appointed him.
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What a disappointment - again. I was pissed off from early in first half when Ardea decided to take a shot at the posts when France were clearly under the pump and puffing! Watching the kicks this way and that way just too frustrating for words. Be sure to beat Italy in the pool, Ireland in the QF and pull off a miracle against whoever in the Semi-Final and then to see France in the Final?
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@nzzp said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ARHS said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Hmm. Two big turn points cost us.
no mention of WJ's brain explosion?
Finally I was right
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It was a weird game in the heat. Fozzie said "the hotter the better" for us, so I suspect we felt the French would run out of steam. And that absolutely was the case in the first 40, we were excellent and both Beauden and Mo'unga won multiple kicking duals with them, and by the final 10 minutes the French were out on their feet. We really needed to capitalise here but we failed to put on enough points.
I'd say the French would have been unhappy at how much Beauden and Mo'unga were allowed to dictate play in the first half, so came out in the 2nd 40 with a very clear plan to return to basics and pin us in our own half as much as possible. We didn't adapt to this, and got suffocated out of the game - that's the biggest concern, as SA and Ireland will try and do exactly the same thing, so we have to figure out a way to counter it.
However, if we can get some key players fit by the quarter we are every chance. We've always said our depth was thin coming into this, so the number of injuries has obviously hurt.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Shit way to start the weekend
That bad started last night for you with the Broncos win!
Was a disappointing loss, but with our high risk tactics, we have to be super accurate. Time to look ahead at the next match.
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The ABs remind me of Scotland these days. Mostly lose against the good sides but capable of the odd upset.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@gt12 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Two people who need much greater criticism: Schmidt and Ryan.
They continue to select for and play this game.
I thought the forwards were OK for much of this game. The backs, Telea excepted, were crap.
Define non-entity: Tupou Va'ii: 2 runs, no metres, 6 tackles, 1 missed, 1 turnover.
But no Finau selected in the squad. That sort of shit is on Ryan (selector) and the player.
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@Bull-Dusta said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Be sure to beat Italy in the pool,
Really? I’m anything but sure about that game now.
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Play well, lose and it can't be helped. But we have had this crap for a long time now and as fans, we'll be painted as bad losers for complaining about the shite the ABs keep dishing up.
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@nzzp said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ARHS said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Hmm. Two big turn points cost us.
no mention of WJ's brain explosion?
That was a real costly9and poor), and I thought we never recovered, as soon as he went on French started attacking that side of field. Just didn't get it right in second half, I felt a bit for Papali'i , he tries hard, but struggles to make an impact at this level. We certainly struggles to get cleaners to rucks etc, Telea was left exposed on ground a few times after tackle.
