RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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I am pumped for this game.
Jaco Peyper ref - bit more of a known quantity to many of the ABs - and usually pretty good.
My main concern is #3 and the combined loose trio - individually 6 7 8 are good players.... just not convinced of the mix of all them at once - bit like Aussie ideas a few years back....
All that said 1st 20mins of the game will be key - hope we have accuracy and urgency in equal measures.
GO THE ABs
@Mattasaurus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I am pumped for this game.
Jaco Peyper ref - bit more of a known quantity to many of the ABs - and usually pretty good.
My main concern is #3 and the combined loose trio - individually 6 7 8 are good players.... just not convinced of the mix of all them at once - bit like Aussie ideas a few years back....
All that said 1st 20mins of the game will be key - hope we have accuracy and urgency in equal measures.
GO THE ABs
I absolutely agree we need to start well. I'm not sure we have the ability to dig ourselves out of a hole
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@dogmeat said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
You can tell everyone is nervous about this game.
This thread is a tough read
I think one thing that hasn’t been mentioned is the pressure on France. Disappointment after disappointment at RWC’s. Jekyll and Hyde type form within the same Cup campaign.
Has expectation ever been so high for a French team heading into a RWC with recent form and it being in their backyard?
I can only imagine (and I wish I was there) that the place will be buzzing but from what I’ve read so far there is an air of “if we can’t win this one, will it ever happen” undertone.
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I think one thing that hasn’t been mentioned is the pressure on France. Disappointment after disappointment at RWC’s. Jekyll and Hyde type form within the same Cup campaign.
That is a good point - I can't help but think that a wily old coach like Eddie or Hansen would have been doing their darndest to help"all the pressure is on France" to the international (and French!) media!
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@Tim said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Big challenge for Ryan tomorrow. His forwards have been very poor in the last two games. Are we finally going to see some connection between ball carriers and cleaners?
I’m less concerned about the forwards and more concerned about the likes of ALB throwing intercepts and rushing out of the line. Have him and Ioane ever met before….
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I’m less concerned about the forwards and more concerned about the likes of ALB throwing intercepts and rushing out of the line.
Havili excels in both of those.
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The Economist writing the ABs’ obituary today.
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/09/07/new-zealands-rugby-supremacy-is-over-good
@His-Bobness said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
The Economist writing the ABs’ obituary today.
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/09/07/new-zealands-rugby-supremacy-is-over-good
This is good I refer to Simon Barnes c.2004 ...
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader notice they havent picked up the choker tag, despite being 0/3 in finals...
They're like clockwork, runners up every 12 years.
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@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
NZ is having France for breakfast?
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@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
AB Le petit dejeuner demain:
@pakman said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
AB Le petit dejeuner demain:
Taste like chicken
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@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
NZ is having France for breakfast?
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
NZ is having France for breakfast?
Works for me ..
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@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
Coles Croissant and choc au pan?:face_vomiting:
@Machpants said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@booboo said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
Le petit déjeuner chez moi ...
Coles Croissant and choc au pan?:face_vomiting:
Nothing open fresh here 5am ...
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I’m less concerned about the forwards and more concerned about the likes of ALB throwing intercepts and rushing out of the line.
Havili excels in both of those.
@Bovidae said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I’m less concerned about the forwards and more concerned about the likes of ALB throwing intercepts and rushing out of the line.
Havili excels in both of those.
Ooh let’s play that game. Or a card from ALB…
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Billy-Tell said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@dogmeat said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
You can tell everyone is nervous about this game.
This thread is a tough read
I feel less enthusiastic about the start of this RWC as any one. Ever. Another thing Fozzie has taken from me. fluffybunny
Suggest you don’t watch. You aren’t enthusiastic and want foster to lose so he doesn’t have a legacy to his name. Even if no one thinks foster is a great coach I’d still take the win thanks.
Well fuck me, another visit from the thought police. I'm sure I'll be fine once the games start. And the Fozz statement was glib. Mainly...
You need a chill pill. And cheer up!
Funny, that's what I was thinking about you and Dan. Just because I feel a certain way that isn't consistent with your own view, no need to tell me that I'm wrong
@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Billy-Tell said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Billy-Tell said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@canefan said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@dogmeat said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
You can tell everyone is nervous about this game.
This thread is a tough read
I feel less enthusiastic about the start of this RWC as any one. Ever. Another thing Fozzie has taken from me. fluffybunny
Suggest you don’t watch. You aren’t enthusiastic and want foster to lose so he doesn’t have a legacy to his name. Even if no one thinks foster is a great coach I’d still take the win thanks.
Well fuck me, another visit from the thought police. I'm sure I'll be fine once the games start. And the Fozz statement was glib. Mainly...
You need a chill pill. And cheer up!
Funny, that's what I was thinking about you and Dan. Just because I feel a certain way that isn't consistent with your own view, no need to tell me that I'm wrong
I’m sorry to have to do this, but you’re wrong again.
Tough day, finding out you’re not a proper supporter of the legions of evil AND that you’ve fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of the Fern. Suggest you watch the start of the RWC to console yoursel… nevermind.
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They're like clockwork, runners up every 12...
And SA only win every 12 years so ..
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
They're like clockwork, runners up every 12...
And SA only win every 12 years so ..
But we also win every time Bill is contested in France. And whenever the RWC is in the Northern Hemisphere (except on those poxy islands off the coast of Europe.)
But most of all, we win whenever we have the best team that wins all its knockout games.
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I've never been less enthused for the start of a RWC, if it was a really early start I would just miss it. But I will get up with a sense of foster induced dread. Yes we will be chip kicking from our 22. Sigh.
@Machpants I really don't know how good this AB team is.
I am hoping for calm accuracy. Any dinks inside our half and I may turn the TV off. -
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
They're like clockwork, runners up every 12...
And SA only win every 12 years so ..
But we also win every time Bill is contested in France. And whenever the RWC is in the Northern Hemisphere (except on those poxy islands off the coast of Europe.)
But most of all, we win whenever we have the best team that wins all its knockout games.
@Smuts said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
They're like clockwork, runners up every 12...
And SA only win every 12 years so ..
But we also win every time Bill is contested in France. And whenever the RWC is in the Northern Hemisphere (except on those poxy islands off the coast of Europe.)
But most of all, we win whenever we have the best team that wins all its knockout game
Your team is in a good place to win this, no denying from me.
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I've never been less enthused for the start of a RWC, if it was a really early start I would just miss it. But I will get up with a sense of foster induced dread. Yes we will be chip kicking from our 22. Sigh.
@Machpants said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
I've never been less enthused for the start of a RWC, if it was a really early start I would just miss it. But I will get up with a sense of foster induced dread. Yes we will be chip kicking from our 22. Sigh.
I’ve never been more enthused
