The Silver Fern

1.De Groot
2.Taylor
3.Newell
4.S Barrett (C)
5.Holland
6.Vaa'i
7.A. Savea
8.Lio-Willie
9.Roigard
10.D Mac
11.T Tavatavnawai
12.J. Barrett
13.Q. Tupaea
14.R Ioane
15.W Jordan
16.S. Taukei'aho
17.O. Norris
18.P. Tosi or T. Lomax
19.D Papali’i
20.S Finau
21.N Hotham
22.B. Barrett
23.R Love

@Bones well they wouldn’t have been any worse than Kirifi or Finau🤷‍♂️

In my opinion the loose forward balance missed Blackadder greatly, either starting or off the bench.

@Toddy exactly, the French did it a every ruck.

@KiwiPie if so that needs to be looked at by the higher powers, thats not on.

No game plan, no continuity, no composure, no coaching, fuckloads of aimless kicking.

Would France have been able to bring in a replacement if the winger didn’t go off with an HIA?

@sparky An England missing all their Lions…

How can someone like B Barrett with so much experience make so many stupid decisions?

@antipodean yes I think he had a very good game.

@antipodean this idiotic and clearly misdirected Grace hatred is really becoming deranged.

@Steven-Harris has probably had the biggest impact of any Maori forward so far, not sure what you’re watching.

@Kiwiwomble Except for the fact that the player they picked as captain is clearly our best lock…

@Mauss it really is shocking to see this sort of lack of skills at this level isn’t it?

@booboo 14-5 to us

Horrible performance, poor skills, poor coaching? Maybe they could put a bit more effort into actual game training and less into haka practice🤷‍♂️

@chchfanatic if that’s true then it makes the decision to bring in papali’i even stupider.

Yes, but id argue that Blackadder has been playing far better and covers exactly the same things.

@Chris-B which makes it very hard to fathom why Blackadder hasn’t been brought in. Something is definitely off there.