RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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Could have been a pre determined sub of our most important player in a meaningless fixture when it comes to the RWC? I'd be surprised if we are subbing Smith in the finals, though I could be wrong.
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@Nevorian said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@BerniesCorner said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Why was A Smith subbed
Agree Smith could have played a full 80, why is there always this need to replace the. Halfback?
Pig headedness?
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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but something I noticed while watching this morning: less replays during play. Less chances for the crowd to "ooh!" and "aah!" for potential infringements.
It was a bit of a blight that hometown broadcasters were pointing the ref towards possible visiting infringements. Didn't seem to happen.
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@stodders said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@antipodean did you see much live that was a positive for the ABs? Or was the score difference a fair reflection of the game?
France had 12-4 penalty advantage. Converted into being about two points better. ABs leaked reasonably meaningless try late when trying to play catch up.
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@stodders said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@antipodean was the French defence offside by much? Was it visible at the ground (always difficult to judge on TV)?
There was one ruck where that phucking winger was almost chatting to Mark Telea he was so far offside. Had Peyper called it, we would have phucked it up anyway such as ghat second half shithousery.
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@Chester-Draws said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
You are sure of your position, based on exactly the same evidence as I am. Unless you do have inside knowledge. You wouldn't go round slighting people when you are doing the exact same thing, would you?
I'm not claiming inside knowledge and that Foster over-ruled Schmidt & Ryan - you are.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This will give you a laugh...
Interestingly, another record today, quickest RWC apparently...
All Blacks ratings: Barretts and Telea shine, props fail in historic defeat
Following their first-ever defeat in a Rugby World Cup pool match, here is how we rated the All Blacks players who lost 27-13 to France.
Oh, fuck me....
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@Nevorian said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Think that our kick chase game is the weakest link in our game plan at the moment, very rarely seems to pay off and normally just backfires with points against us.
I'd put parts of our forward game as being weaker. Little things like discipline, control, set-piece and not going to pieces when under pressure.
Looked to have improved hugely in the RC but seems to have gone backwards.
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@Stargazer said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Tim said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This game really underlined how bad Ryan is. He keeps selecting awful players like Cody Taylor at the expense of genuinely good forwards. Vaa'i would make no other squad.
NZ rugby is rotten.
This is hilarious.
@Tim may be a bit OTT, but have we really progressed that much in the forwards in the last year? Last nite's second half reminded me of the loss to France in '21 and the 35-7 loss to the Boks was probably the worst AB forwards performance I've seen.
Not bagging Ryan for not being a Coaching Jesus, but there's still huge problems there around headspace and handling pressure to sort out.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Nevorian said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Think that our kick chase game is the weakest link in our game plan at the moment, very rarely seems to pay off and normally just backfires with points against us.
I'd put parts of our forward game as being weaker. Little things like discipline, control, set-piece and not going to pieces when under pressure.
Looked to have improved hugely in the RC but seems to have gone backwards.
And you're the one who wanted the team changed every test to find 4 backups to JB.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This will give you a laugh...
Interestingly, another record today, quickest RWC apparently...
Following their first-ever defeat in a Rugby World Cup pool match, here is how we rated the All Blacks players who lost 27-13 to France.
Oh, fuck me....
I’d love to see the ratings at end of first half.
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@pakman said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This will give you a laugh...
Interestingly, another record today, quickest RWC apparently...
Following their first-ever defeat in a Rugby World Cup pool match, here is how we rated the All Blacks players who lost 27-13 to France.
Oh, fuck me....
I’d love to see the ratings at end of first half.
I assumed they were from the first half..
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At the moment Italy is our final.
We need to decide on our top team and play the combos in the pools as much as possible.
Some of these guys confidence must be shot.
Ethan is arriving. -
@BerniesCorner The Italy game is now the most important All Blacks game since 2011 World Cup final. If we lose (and if we play like we have in the last two games that’s a possibility) the reputation of the team will be shot for a decade at least.
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I'm done with reading comparisons, firsts, jokes with this AB team.
Want them to ignore the inevitable shite noise, focus and give it heaps.
Proud of SB last night did exactly that. -
Give over boys
You’ll stuff Italy
