Sullivan being very unselfish with another try assist. Nankivel the try scorer this time.

6 - 31 NZ

Cameron misses again 6-31 13 to go

Beautiful pass by Love.

Great offload.

Not the option Akira

Jesus Christ Ioane.

Hopefully Gilbert will take over the kicking duties, now that he's on the field.

@Steven-Harris said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

Not the option Akira

Awful option and poor execution

Apparently ioane has had an outstanding game today.

Lol commentator saying Ioane has had an outstanding game. Aye?

How did they miss that pass lol

Harmon should have started

Now the ref sees an offside?

Strange and Ah Koi still going strong, both starting locks with 5 to go

@Machpants its a scary thought that Ah Kuoi kept Josh Lord out of the Chiefs running into the playoffs

Good kick and chase.

@Jailbreak7 said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

Harmon should have started

Yep odd decision.

Team got better as the game went on. Hopefully they'll click, and be more direct next week.

@Jailbreak7 said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

Harmon should have started

I reckon that he and a few others who didn't get the start or aren't on the team sheet at all, tonight, will start next week.

20 secs to go and Ah Koui steals the ball

@Canes4life said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

I’m loving Sullivan on the wing.

He's been good all game.

God he's good

Yesss, that's the Fakatava we know!!

Based on Bryn Halls lense ,everybody has played an awesome game ‍️

@FakatavaABXV said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

God he's good

Haha yeah that was awesome.

Nice. Wouldn't mind seeing him start next week.

@Tim may aswell start him. Weber is leaving so better to give Fakatava a shot. Lovely try.

Fakatava sooo much better than Weber

Weber showed some real experience and grit but was slow and indecisive for most of it

6-38 FT

@Canes4life said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@Tim may aswell start him. Weber is leaving so better to give Fakatava a shot. Lovely try.

Weber’s box kicks were very average.

@kev said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@Canes4life said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@Tim may aswell start him. Weber is leaving so better to give Fakatava a shot. Lovely try.

Weber’s box kicks were very average.

I think they averaged about 7m

@Bones said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@nostrildamus said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

I would have swapped some of the bench (eg Harmon) for some of the starters.

I think that's generally the idea of the bench, yeah

I would have had them start instead smarty pants.

Is he a mate of ioane? What bollox

How's the depth? Not bad eh.

@Canes4life said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

Should we be really worried that both McDonald and Holland are in the ABs coaching setup next year.

Isn't that the alternative AB coaching team in the other box?

Good victory for the NZ XV given the conditions and the new combinations
Took the lads a while to deal with the line speed,glad we had some experienced heads out there making good decisions when it counted

I noted that both Bell and Dyer are part of the squad. Jager injured again?

Ah Kuoi was my MOTM.

@Bones said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

How's the depth? Not bad eh.

Massive improvement in the 2nd half, althoooouuugh it was only Japan XV.

@Machpants said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@kev said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@Canes4life said in Japan XV v All Blacks XV:

@Tim may aswell start him. Weber is leaving so better to give Fakatava a shot. Lovely try.

Weber’s box kicks were very average.

I think they averaged about 7m

He kicked into the wind, Fakatava with the wind (which was massive). Still, Fakatava had a much better game than Weber, helped by more secure ruck ball, also.