NZ v France series thread

Swiwi.

duckysauce wrote: »

class tap

You can't teach those things! It wasn't luck, you could see it was premeditated. Nonu has really come back into form in this test series. Tales looks decent enough at 10.

thomond2006

Poor attempt from JMD

Swiwi.

thomond2006 wrote: »

Poor attempt from JMD

Can anyone else placekick in that team, t2006?

LeeroyJones

Sucker punch for the French.

Good try Ben Smith

sydthebeat

Jaysus those kiwi commentators don't have a clue... Never a chance of a knock on there..try abs

Swiwi.

sydthebeat wrote: »

Jaysus those kiwi commentators don't have a clue... Never a chance of a knock on there..try abs

Yeah, shocking. Give me Nugent any day. Ben Smiiiiith.

sydthebeat

at least nugent wouldn't claim that there was a 'mini maul' happening behind a bigger one lol..

duckysauce

The Hask is a nut job

accidentprone1

Not sure if I'm a fan of these half-time interviews with the captain and member of coaching team. To me it seems that they simply don't want to be there.

Swiwi.

accidentprone1 wrote: »

Not sure if I'm a fan of these half-time interviews with the captain and member of coaching team. To me it seems that they simply don't want to be there.

...or subs after 40.30s of game-time. Why not change in the dressing room

uRbaN

accidentprone1 wrote: »

Not sure if I'm a fan of these half-time interviews with the captain and member of coaching team. To me it seems that they simply don't want to be there.

Agree. They are pointless and possibly even a distraction...1 minute to half time and the captain is wondering what to say that gives nothing away but fulfills his obligation.

accidentprone1

Le vieux renard wrote: »

...or subs after 40.30s of game-time. Why not change in the dressing room

Think they wanted time for the subs to get a quick run to warm up maybe?

DDC1990

Excellent use of the Video Ref by Nigel.

Swiwi.

Kick for the lead. No pressure now.

DDC1990

Carter has the Yips!

35m out nearly straight in front! Tougher to miss.

DDC1990

And then bangs over the kick near the sideline.

Swiwi.

Svarverski on to shore up the French lineout.

matthew8

NZ commentators absolutely right about the French kicking. Aimless and getting no distance either.

Kiwi_knock

Kerr-Barlow should stop working the blindside, it is not working at all

DDC1990

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Kerr-Barlow should stop working the blindside, it is not working at all

Haha is that his name.

Watching the NZ coverage, hadn't heard of him before and thought his name was Cerballo or something like that.

leakyboots

Ulster's pool for the HEC next season just got a lot tougher with Ranger joining Montpellier

Swiwi.

DDC1990 wrote: »

Haha is that his name.

Watching the NZ coverage, hadn't heard of him before and thought his name was Cerballo or something like that.

I dont rate TKB. Briefly warming the jersey for someone else. Luatua on the other hand...

.ak

Score, time?

DDC1990

Heaslip kneed McCaw, wasn't a headbutt boys.


EDIT:
14-9 AB's, France down to 14. Yellow for Maistri for an attempted "headbutt" at the end of a maul.

Under 10 to go.

EDIT2: 17-9 Carter slots the penalty. Game over effectively.

leakyboots

14-9 to Kiwis, down to 14 now. 5 leading with the head when a maul went down. Carter has the penalty. 9 mins left.

Swiwi.

Ah, that famous French discipline. Tough now to win.

leakyboots

17-9 now, game over, can't see the French getting two scores

matthew8

And that's pretty much it. Has to be said France have offered nothing in attack.

Swiwi.

matthew8 wrote: »

And that's pretty much it. Has to be said France have offered nothing in attack.

French defence generally excellent. But have never remotely looked like scoring a try.

duckysauce

nice try