Dmac , despite his haters , starting to look the goods as an impact weapon

@mariner4life said in Tuivasa-Sheck:

If he switched he would be the AB right wing instantly

Not tall or slow enough

funny interview with Mrs Ioane today with Veitch ,

She met a lions supporter who was sleeping in his van outside ponsonby rugby club ,

Took him home for a feed , made him a bed on a matress on the lounge room floor , told him to make himself at home ,

Sons come home an hour later ( both still live at home and share the same bedroom since they were kids ) introduces her sons Reiko and Akira

Guy had no idea , could not believe it

@Machpants it’s funny listening to the nh analysis,

Listening to Stuart Barnes before the game , Barrett should be playing 10 but they can’t trust his goal kicking, so mounga has been brought into the side. That is a weakness.

They have no idea.

This thread is starting to resemble the good old days around AB selection time ,

All we need is Toeava to make himself available .

Blues are definitely better ,

Listening to them trying to put the daggers into tana today on radio sport was unfair I thought ,

I can see progress even if it isn't reflected in the wins .

After we lost to Australia in 03 ,

Ted and co when taking over , put lots of emphasis back into our forwards , Making them dominant Again,

It’s like we have done the full cycle, and it needs to happen again

@mrdenmore said in All Blacks v France Test #2:

I’m sure there’s a valid reason for the red card, but we know that all it will do is feed the prevailing northern hemisphere media narrative, including its proxies in NZ like Mark Reason, of a conspiracy to nobble the All Blacks’ opposition.

You can never win against those people.

Nh are going to whinge about us no matter what happens providing we are winning ,

Fuck them .

We have gone from being the games innovators to a team struggling for ideas .

Lost to the wallabies and the pumas in successive weeks playing dumb rugby . Really dumb .

Concerning

Any other rugby supporters around the world would look at this and say , those kiwis are fucked ,

Cant believe they are complaining about beuadan Barrett

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@kiwiinmelb back when the pack might weigh in around 850kg...now, most top international packs are over 900kg

yep . but my point was more around how the media hyped them up to be so big and scary , yet they werent bigger at all

@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Can't wait to see how that loose forward trio works together against a bigger Springbok pack.

What?

We're NZ. Bokke, Poms, Lions have bigger forward packs by definition.

Ad an aside, has anyone got size, height, weight stats for us so I don't have to look up myself?

I can remember fairly soon after the 03 wc , we had a series at home against England,

All the talk was how we would go against the BIG English pack ,

When I looked up the stats we were slightly heavier man for man except Kevvie .

Hard to know exactly what South African team will front up ,

While the media are acting like the results against Australia are a shock , The reality is normality has resumed ,

They may have won the same amount of world cups as us , but outside that , have been a pretty hot and cold team in reality , I think they enjoy getting themselves up for a window like a World Cup but struggle maintaining consistency for extended periods

@tj said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Some really harsh opinions on Blackadder. I thought he had a really strong first 60 and then got a bit sloppy in the last 20, but I'm happy to put that down to being absolutely cooked. I was really impressed with him, great squad option

looks to have a future to me even if there are workons ,

Actually I think our depth in loosies is looking excellent overall

@chris said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

D Mac has been good tonight.

Best I’ve seen him at 10 from memory

Some nice play in that buildup

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Whatever else is said, Sotutu’s passing skills are sublime.

Has so much natural talent

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Guess we should give Fozzie and co some credit. ABs have been playing well this year.

Has to get a tick so far

@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

I thought Rieko, did the right thing not passing, just got greedy once tackled.

I think he suspected the defender had tj covered

Some slick ball handling so far