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dk4 wrote:who is out ? whitelock?

Retallick. I'm sure Len is crying into his cornflakes right now.

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Adder wrote:Machenaud (scrum half)has made a few poor decisions although overall he is playing fairly well... I really like Serin (who is on the bench), he is great at supporting a fast paced game.

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I was just thinking it's funny how france seem to pump out good scrumhalves. Junior rugby in france a particularly tough environment for 9s?

Serrin is on. [emoji1]

Can't really answer your question.

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dk4 wrote:who is out ? whitelock?

Tall Barrett is on for Retallick. Ioane is also on for Crotty, I think.

ABs want to go home.

Put the hammer down. Why not eh?

good try...

ABs line speed as gotten slower as the year has progressed. They looked much better defensively earlier in the year

perhaps too early to get TJ out?

Serin is awesome.

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Adder wrote:Serin is awesome.

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Pity about the pass before the scrum . Gorgeous try, mind. Allez!

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Adder wrote:Serin is awesome.

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Pity about the pass before the scrum . Gorgeous try, mind. Allez!

Wasnt that picamoles?

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I'm very confused with some of these scrum laws. Earlier in the season the AB's were often popping opposition front rowers, yet all they got were continued resets. Just about the first time it happens to the AB's, and it's a penalty. Will have to go digging through the laws, I think.

Adder wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Adder wrote:Serin is awesome.

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Pity about the pass before the scrum . Gorgeous try, mind. Allez!

Wasnt that picamoles?

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This is the internet, i'll never admit you were right

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Adder wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:
Pity about the pass before the scrum . Gorgeous try, mind. Allez!

Wasnt that picamoles?

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This is the internet, i'll never admit you were right

Fair enough

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stupid penalty.

Its been a long year. Home time for the lads.

How did Ioane go?

Well the ABs got over the line at last. Geeze they looked tired.

Good work nz. Time for beer i guess. Good work france. Looks like a good 6 nations on the horizon

Not the best performance, but who cares. It was the last match of the year. Any win is good enough. Though Read's tactical captaincy still leaves a lot to be desired IMO.

dk4 wrote:How did Ioane go?

He did make a few good tackles on defence, from what I saw. But he (and the rest of the backs) barely got any ball, so didn't get to feature much on attack. Mostly just short runs into heavy defence.

Mr Mwenda wrote:Good work nz. Time for beer i guess. Good work france. Looks like a good 6 nations on the horizon

Yep, Ireland, England and France all looking good (in that order for me). Has the makings of a classic 6 nations. Haven't seen much of the other teams (other than ABs spanking of Italy) but no doubt they'll be competitive.

NZ looked like they were at the end of a long season tonight, despite that, managed to get over the line. Well done the ABs, time for a well earned break.

Ground that final victory out for sure - they all look knackered. Safe home lads, you've earned a good long rest!

Thanks guys for the links for the EOYT - With only one match on Sky we've managed to catch them all with your help. Have a great summer!

Great defense from your boys, it shouldn't have been enough but our boys are too raw for now to finish their breaks. Hope that time and experience will tell a different story next occasion.

cashead wrote:...

scuzzaman wrote:Well, I get to see my Two Giant Wingers gambit again. This time with a decent tight five.

Ben Smith fractured a finger, they're going with experience.

Yeah, it didn't really prove much. AB's looked a fortnight too tired and a yard too late for most of the game. I'd still like to see it tried but not for its own sake; you have to have the right personnel available on the day, and I'm not convinced Naholo is the real deal.

Not sure about Naholo.

Savea might be criticised but he does show up in games and creates space.


Was trying to find the post by cashead after the WC15 but could not find it.
Where do we think NZ is now after 1 year?
Looks like some good new players have been found (ALB, 2nd hooker) but where do we have gaps?
Should we be looking for a number 8 soon?