All Blacks & All Blacks XV EOYT 2024

[molman]

Well that was an utter waste of time

Watch a tired re-tread team with no injection of youth or enthusiasm stumble around the field for 80 minutes.

A real missed opportunity to give newer players a go.

The backs in particular are an absolute mess. They looked like they just met before the match.

Another forgettable ALB performance with a yellow card. The same players dishing up mediocrity - Beauden, Rieko etc

I think you need to give the Italians some credit, they were playing with a lot of passion, but I do tend to agree, it wasn't a great performance by the All Blacks.

 

[A mutterer]

Where's my 96-17 you useless pricks?

I thought this was the #1 super duper 1st choice AB team? Beaudy! Perenara! Cane! Ardie!

17 is right though. NZ STUCK ON 17 FOR THE ENTIRE MATCH HAHAHA USELESS SHOWER OF SHIT GTFO

on a scale of 1 to lifelong waratahs supporter, how upset were you when barrett scored?

 

[Dan54]

Well,that's it for the season. I thought test was messy as all buggery, wasn't overly surprised, team looked like they were in sleep mode and on plane home. Shouldn't be switching off like that, but historically we have done same in end of tour games. Still at beginning of tour if someone asked me if I thought coming through that tour with 1 loss was a pass ,I would of said yep. Don't need 70 point hidings, just winning does me.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Fuck me so the 3 wise Cantab cronies are going to finish the tour having decided the backup guys are not ready for this level. And all the tenured incumbents are either off after this game or on their last legs.

Zero development for next season........... and the trusted old guard lost 4 tests this year anyway.

I don't entirely disagree but 10 debutants this year, the most since 2012, albeit a number of them only got picked once.

10/14 for the year giving Razor a 71% win ratio for his first season. Mitchell & Foster both 78% in season one, Ted & Shag both 85% so I think you'd have to say 2024 rates a pass mark but just barely, say 6.5/10?