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

@98blueandgold I think there are a few things not working that well for us ,

Even our super rugby comp playing Australian and pacific teams in a style that we are very comfortable with , doesn’t prepare us well for test rugby , it’s like stepping away from that to a crash course in a fortnight camp to play a different code of football .

@chimoaus said in Springboks v All Blacks I:

What also concerns me is my total lack of emotion over the result, yes, I am disappointed but nowhere near how I used to feel when we lost. I think I have come to terms with the fact that we just aren't good enough.

I was listening to an interview with tawera Kerr - Barlow on senz,

He was saying you have to be over here in France to see what they are brewing, so much depth and talent , putting all their kids through coaching academies , they now have a mental edge that is very different to what we are used to with them , basically saying in his opinion, they now are on a different level to us and everyone else, clearly number 1 ,

If he is right , it gets worse , we are losing to Ireland and South Africa right now , not France .

On a you tube comments section ,

It goes deeper than just sacking the coach , you have no ruthlessness left ,

Jacinda has turned you all into a bunch of leftist softies 😀

I was about to post when was the last time we went try less in a test

Wtf was he doing there

Same old feeling ,

Hoping for someone to pull a bit of magic out of their arse to keep us in the game

A million scrums already , just want you want when you have the inferior scrum

Foster at the press conference,

“We have never been a great July team “

Well thank fuck it’s August then

@Machpants said in Springboks v All Blacks I:

@kiwiinmelb said in Springboks v All Blacks I:

What time is the team named ?

I think they are doing their lazy arse 1230 local shit, so whenever that is

Ahh of course, so a it’s wake up and find out Friday morning job then ?

What time is the team named ?