Unlucky and it’s saved a lot of embarrassment
Telea being exposed again on the previous play

@KiwiMurph Especially when we have a big size advantage in this game.

@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:

England, Ireland, France and Ireland will be watching this and kicking their lips.

After they clean up the mess in their pants from watching the 1st 20mins.

NPC teams defend better than this...they should be fucking embarrassed

@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Japan:

DMac’s out that back pass has been picked off twice. Too predictable.

As I said earlier, we keep going too wide too early. Punch it up more.

Since 2017

Wayne Smith loves it tho, is our DNA

Now known as losing rugby at test level

Billy Proctor in.

Nice try.

Yes Billy.

Fuck no one bothering to defend

ABs just need to stand deeper on attack.

17-12 to the ABs. Defence is optional in this game.

@Machpants Everyone forgets that he was a disaster as AB head coach, and made the "powderpuff basketball rugby" cliche real.

@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks v Japan:

Unlucky and it’s saved a lot of embarrassment
Telea being exposed again on the previous play

What? Where? When he was left defending 3 men?

No release in the tackle from the Japan #3

It's becoming apparent to me that careers have been made on the back of Sam Whitelock.

DMac runs sideways taking the space from Tele'a. Thankfully Cane was there.

We score a messy try in the corner. Razor will be ecstatic

We should crack 60 points today.

Has a mid table Super Rugby match feel to this fixture so far. Like a game of touch.

@Tim said in All Blacks v Japan:

We should crack 60 points today.

And Japan should crack 30

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:

DMac runs sideways taking the space from Tele'a. Thankfully Cane was there.

Jesus that was so bad, DMac took up all the space, bloody crab

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:

DMac runs sideways taking the space from Tele'a. Thankfully Cane was there.

But clearly Plummer, who allows his outsides space to play, is not the answer

Cane in. ABs well ahead now.

We will learn fuck all from this. This aint a rugby match.

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:

DMac runs sideways taking the space from Tele'a. Thankfully Cane was there.

not often I read that in an attacking play.

@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:

We will learn fuck all from this. This aint a rugby match.

Well not real man's test rugby anyway

@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:

We will learn fuck all from this. This aint a rugby match.

This offers zero preparation for playing England, Ireland and France away on consecutive weeks.

It's also kinda boring if I'm honest.

Great falcon by our captain.

@Jet Yeah, trying to score of every play isn't much of an examination.

our big men won't like the humidity.

We're all about the highlights reel. All icing, no cake.

That pitch

He was so offside

9 foot Warner Dearns

Dearns is showing us his potential

@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:

We will learn fuck all from this. This aint a rugby match.

Doesn't help that it looks like the squad has been doing sightseeing instead of training.

How can they look so disjointed after weeks together?

No guard at the ruck.

Gregor Paul's radio voice has all the excitement of dying house plants.

McKenzie had plenty of support to put it through the hands there, the cut out pass killed momentum

we keep going for massive passes when we don't need to. DMac had guys on his shoulder but throws an average pass

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Japan:

Gregor Paul's radio voice has all the excitement of dying house plants.

Cos the game is so dire