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

End of the day , the loss is probably a reality check of where we are at ,

A narrow win may have papered over the cracks

Still plenty to work on

That was dumb

Like to see the possession stats for that game and the World Cup game compared to the losses ,

I’m not sure they can beat us unless they get lopsided possession

@broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@kiwiinmelb the question is whether this a real test of our forwards. Just asking for a friend.

We find out later I guess , but this mob have been giving us trouble in recent times so nice to get it over them for now

Rapt in our forwards , at last

Luck of the Irish

His fingertip touched his ear

We have got to make sure we don’t spend long periods defending

Nice kick

Tupaea looks ok

Loving the effort , sometimes I think we overcomplicate the game ,

Going in fucken hard and fast and it’s got them rattled