RWC QF 2 NZ v FRA (Millenium Stadium) 18th Oct 0600 AEDT
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Bill Watson (15)
That tackle in the air was nothing really. Loads of people get away with taking the man like that if they're not pulling him down.
That said, it was a poor call by Owens - shouldn't have been a turnover as it was a maul straight from a kick.
Dewald Nel
Cyril Towers (30)
OK well who really expected the French to defend like actual frogs? They were nowhere on defence. It's like they weren't even trying.
Namibia would have put up a better show on defence last night. Oh wait, they already did.
Dewald Nel
Cyril Towers (30)
ACT Crusader
Jim Lenehan (48)
And I recall along with my family thinking the AB defence was powderpuff in that first half.
Second half was something else though.
Beefcake
Bill Watson (15)
Given your knack for wordplay, be mindful of the racial tones and stereotypes your using if this is truly the world cup #nottheImperialistcup
Either #14 is French or he's not, rubbish as he was (i.e. we dont call Poey the world class South African or African more specifically)
And.... you get the point.
ACR
Desmond Connor (43)
2011: 7-40
Though they sent a B team and NZ reciprocated the following week, gifting the Aussies the Tri Nations.
Dewald Nel
Cyril Towers (30)
ACR
Desmond Connor (43)
Dewald Nel
Cyril Towers (30)
Tordah
Dave Cowper (27)
Owens said it was from your own kick, so turnover. Didn't know that rule. Apparently it's only on opposition kicks that you keep the scrum feed
ACR
Desmond Connor (43)
Relance
Herbert Moran (7)
Thanks for the masterclass, ABs. Glad rugby was the undisputed winner. As always when we cope a hiding against your lot, the gap (the abyss?) is collective. Patterns, attitudes in contact, support play, even the set-piece was exceptional. Individually, I thought Aaron Smith in particular was brilliant: has the guy ever thrown a pass that wasn't slick & right on target ?
The worse in all this is that we didn't play particularly badly, at least by PSA's standards. I won't start a wide-ranging assessment of the numerous problems affecting French rugby, don't have enough time on my hands. PSA and co. deserve to be scapegoated though, I've seen too many teams turned around by good coaches recently to indulge in a borderline conspiracist rant on those filthy Top 14 billionaires, prickly clubs blackmailing poor federations etc. Sure, some issues there but not anything to condemn obsessively and with absolutely no clarity whatsoever.
The worse in all this is that we didn't play particularly badly, at least by PSA's standards. I won't start a wide-ranging assessment of the numerous problems affecting French rugby, don't have enough time on my hands. PSA and co. deserve to be scapegoated though, I've seen too many teams turned around by good coaches recently to indulge in a borderline conspiracist rant on those filthy Top 14 billionaires, prickly clubs blackmailing poor federations etc. Sure, some issues there but not anything to condemn obsessively and with absolutely no clarity whatsoever.
teach
Trevor Allan (34)
The laws of the game require all players not part of the front row to bind onto a lock.
That means the two locks must bind onto each other.
Clearly on the photo below Whitelock is not bound to his fellow lock.
The All Blacks only did this on French feeds and did it throughout the game. (They bind correctly for their own put in.)
All I can presume is that Whitlock is effecting a crotch bind on both the loose head prop and the hooker (treating the hooker like a prop) in an effort to develop more power and also attempt a wheel.
It is illegal, dangerous and should be penalised.
It should also be twittered to Jonathon Kaplan so Whitelock, Marlow and Kaplan can all catch up for a coffee!
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I am dubious.
A lock crotch binding on the hooker is going to make it extremely difficult to attempt to hook or strike at the opposition ball.
A lock not binding to the other will make it unstable (which in all fairness explains the whole messy look of the scrum).
It is also quite possible that the lock unbound and is holding himself up.
Without a timestamp to see the scrum, or a replay to look for it, there is no way of knowing what happened. But if I catch a replay I will try and see if it happened more than once.
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
Still stoked with that result (& would be more so but paying the price of breaking my no alcohol before lunch rule by ~7 hours), the second 40 was just brilliant stuff regardless of how poor France were: possibly the worst 40 I've seen from a T1 side & among the best I've seen from an AB outfit. Like I said on the front page, I don't think anyone would've got within 20 points.
Boks will be tough, they always are, and IF we get past them so, too, the Wobblies, they always are, but I'm a lot more hopeful than I was say three days ago.
Boks will be tough, they always are, and IF we get past them so, too, the Wobblies, they always are, but I'm a lot more hopeful than I was say three days ago.
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Actually WOB the second 40 reminded me a little of the first half at Athletic Park in 96, they just got in the zone and noone was going to live with that.
I pleased to see Mark Ella saying the same thing.
But that was last week , and now we got this week!!
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
Match Report
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
I was at the wind tunnel that day & for me it remains the bench mark for AB performance, mostly because despite the atrocious conditions we barely made an error, and IIRC no unforced ones, playing into it.
Cardiffblue
Jim Lenehan (48)
Finally got to watch the game.
Shocked how the kiwis massacred the French forwards in the lineouts
Shocked how the kiwis massacred the French forwards in the lineouts
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Geez I was there too WOB, thought I saw you there!! I went down to it on a bus from Cossie Club!!
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