@Kirwan said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@1kiwi said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

My concern lies with Beauden at 10. We should be blooding a new 10 with the world cup only 2 years away. I don't believe we can win a world cup with either Beauden or Damien as our 10.

To paraphrase Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones, "Anyone who thinks Richie won't be wearing the 10 jersey at RWC2027 hasn't been paying attention".

Barring injury of course.

Don't shoot the messenger!

Not if I have anything to do with it;

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Doubtful this will be as effective as my Akira and Sotutu dolls….

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Kirwan said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@1kiwi said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

My concern lies with Beauden at 10. We should be blooding a new 10 with the world cup only 2 years away. I don't believe we can win a world cup with either Beauden or Damien as our 10.

To paraphrase Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones, "Anyone who thinks Richie won't be wearing the 10 jersey at RWC2027 hasn't been paying attention".

Barring injury of course.

Don't shoot the messenger!

Not if I have anything to do with it;

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Doubtful this will be as effective as my Akira and Sotutu dolls….

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Why aren’t they wearing any pants ?

@MN5 zero exposure to the AB environment so might as well get maximum exposure elsewhere

@MN5 said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Kirwan said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@Chris-B said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

@1kiwi said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

My concern lies with Beauden at 10. We should be blooding a new 10 with the world cup only 2 years away. I don't believe we can win a world cup with either Beauden or Damien as our 10.

To paraphrase Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones, "Anyone who thinks Richie won't be wearing the 10 jersey at RWC2027 hasn't been paying attention".

Barring injury of course.

Don't shoot the messenger!

Not if I have anything to do with it;

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Doubtful this will be as effective as my Akira and Sotutu dolls….

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Why aren’t they wearing any pants ?

Because they normally get pulled down before they receive a damn good spanking.

@Chris-B said in All Blacks v France I:

@1kiwi said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

My concern lies with Beauden at 10. We should be blooding a new 10 with the world cup only 2 years away. I don't believe we can win a world cup with either Beauden or Damien as our 10.

To paraphrase Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones, "Anyone who thinks Richie won't be wearing the 10 jersey at RWC2027 hasn't been paying attention".

Barring injury of course.

Don't shoot the messenger!

I wanted to take a break from rugby, I guess 2027 is as good a year as any, I wont get any joy seeing the over rated little Super Superstar fail three times a row.

A huge 6-2 bench -

France team to face the All Blacks
France: 15 Theo Attissogbe, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Emilien Gailleton, 12 Gael Fickou (c), 11 Gabin Villière, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickael Guillard, 7 Killian Tixeront, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Tyler Duguid, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Giorgi Beria
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Paul Mallez, 18 Regis Montagne, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Cameron Woki, 21 Jacobus van Tonder, 22 Baptiste Jauneau, 23 Antoine Hastoy

Looks like the first five is pretty quick.

I actually like the size of the scrum, I agree with Mex on this one. I really hope That Tupou Vaii has a blinder, and can be a permanent option there. Funny how we went from looking like a small back row two weeks ago to one that can compete with anyone physically. Happy to see Proctor, hopefully he gets a long run. Weakest point is our wings, I don’t think they will be strong in the air, and not sure if Rieko has retained his pace and from what we have seen at test level Reece is wanting for pace. I expect Tupea and Jordan will finish up on the wings bar injury.

@frugby said in All Blacks v France I:

I’d really like to see Vaa’i given the whole series at 6. If they want to try it, then give it a decent sample size, so we can actually get a read on if it is a good idea.

Yeah, when he has played 6 before he was underwhelming.

But then he had a breakout year last year where he was one of the top performing locks in the world so keen to see if he can bring that improvement and confidence to 6 jersey.

3 tests there will be a good sample size to see if it is worth continuing for the TRC

@DMX

How do you know its a backrow that can compete with anyone physically when it's never played together before, 1 player is a debutant, and 1 is starting a test at 6 for the 2nd time?

@Bones said in All Blacks v France I:

Looks like the first five is pretty quick.

What you did there. I see it.

@brodean said in All Blacks v France I:

@DMX

How do you know its a backrow that can compete with anyone physically when it's never played together before, 1 player is a debutant, and 1 is starting a test at 6 for the 2nd time?

You are not contradicting anything I said. Physically they match up to Test back rows of our rivals , whether they combine as a unit we will see.

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

Christian Lio Willie speaks well. Doesn't sound like an overawed debutant. Excited to see him go at 8.

Isn't he a doctor or something?

@DaGrubster said in All Blacks v France I:

But then he had a breakout year last year where he was one of the top performing locks in the world so keen to see if he can bring that improvement and confidence to 6 jersey.

Worth a shot, but won't have a problem if it doesn't work/pan out. Robertson can always put him back to being one of the top performing locks in the world

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v France I:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

Christian Lio Willie speaks well. Doesn't sound like an overawed debutant. Excited to see him go at 8.

Isn't he a doctor or something?

Qualified dentist

@Frank said in All Blacks v France I:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v France I:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

Christian Lio Willie speaks well. Doesn't sound like an overawed debutant. Excited to see him go at 8.

Isn't he a doctor or something?

Qualified dentist

You'd think he'd be throwing out a few more high tackles then eh.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France I:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks Vs France, Test One, Dunedin:

Hasn't stopped premature celebration before so I don't expect it to disappear now.

hello wife i didn't know you posted here

you were too busy celebrating to notice.

@Frank said in All Blacks v France I:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v France I:

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France I:

Christian Lio Willie speaks well. Doesn't sound like an overawed debutant. Excited to see him go at 8.

Isn't he a doctor or something?

Qualified dentist

Makes sense.

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks v France I:

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A huge 6-2 bench -

France team to face the All Blacks
France: 15 Theo Attissogbe, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Emilien Gailleton, 12 Gael Fickou (c), 11 Gabin Villière, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickael Guillard, 7 Killian Tixeront, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Tyler Duguid, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Giorgi Beria
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Paul Mallez, 18 Regis Montagne, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Cameron Woki, 21 Jacobus van Tonder, 22 Baptiste Jauneau, 23 Antoine Hastoy

Squat props. Scrum will pack low.

@Daffy-Jaffy Is Giorgi Beria any relation to Lavrentiy Beria?