France versus wee abs official thread

weeee abs going nowhere so far.

Go frogs!

 France score!!! It was like slicing throug butter. 7-0

Go frogs!

 I hope Waynr Barnes is not going to try and ingratiate himselves with the Kiwis.

 I hope Wayne Barnes is not going to try and ingratiate himself with the Kiwis. So many penalties against France thus far.

Bent Read turning it over to frogs twice. Crude cracking under goal kicking pressure - has missed 2

 all blacks take lead with forward pass try. Why have touch judges if they cant pick these things up?

 wee ab scum buckles under French power scrum. Unfortunately penalty missed by frogs.

French dominating the second half thus far. What a pity about the ab forward pass try.Hope match result doesnt depend on it.

 Frogs butcher second try!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Should be well in lead.

Go frogs

Hard luck frogs you deserved the result. Forward pass ab try and French knocking the ball on and not scoring were the crtical moments although one other French knock on could also have cost them a try as well.

French dominated much of the second half. First half roughly even.

Strangely it was French handling errors that cost them. Cant see too much in the ab forwards.Back couldnt score once in second half as French shut them down. 

Why am I not coninced about the All Blacks performance in the test?  The All Blacks won - but their game was what I would call a mess.   I would say that the only two All Blacks that made the grade was Ben Smith and Sam Cane - the rest went from being average to really messy.

I forecasted that there are a number of players that should not have been in the team and was very near the mark in most cases.  The one exception was Nonu - but he only had one really significant linebreak - while he alo had a few very weak defensive errors.

If I had to rate the All Blacks - would rate the player as follows:-

  *   Dagg - Very average - nothing much in evidence in attacking play.

  *   Ben Smith - brilliant player - an 8 out of 10 candidate

  *   Conrad Smith - nothing to wrtie about in attack - flawed badly in defence.

  *   Nonu -  one really good linebreak - but making a number of ball carrying mistakes as well and his defence was questionable.

  *   Savea  -  average performance

  *   Cruden - missed penaty kicks (40%) and did very little other than the successful conversions.

  *   Aaron Smith - Good follow-up in respect of the try - otherwise average

  *   Reid - not imp[ressive - but he gave away crucial penalties and can at best be described as average

  *   Cane - very impressive - 7 out of 10 candidate

  *   Messam - was he in fact playing?????

  *   Romano - good in line-outs, some evidence of successful driving play - but gave away penalties.

  *   Retallick  - average at best

  *   Owen Franks -  Average performance - but not the stronger scrummager around.

  *   Cole - did he actually play????

  *   Crockett - Barnes was extremely kind to him - he did not penalize the constant pressing with the hand on the ground.  Not a scrummagers backside - or perhaps he is.

If this is the type of performance the All Blaks are going to produce this year in the Championship - they must prepare themselves for a number of bad surprises.   They were saved from embarrassment by some poor ball handling by the French - so it could even have been a draw or even a win by the French.  

 Poly read this and get some perspective!

Rene Ranger was among the few highlights in New Zealand’s 23-13 win against France in Auckland.

The All Blacks led 17-10 at half time  but France dominated field position for most of the match and enjoyed the greater quality in possession. However they couldn’t translate the advantage in the set phase and at the breakdown into points. (Two knock ons cost them tries)

New Zealand defended well in a match of poor quality.

France lead early through Wesley Fofana’s try and it took Ben Smith’s break to start up New Zealand’s international season.

Smith has been the form New Zealand back in Super Rugby and he looked a class above those around him. Ma’a Nonu started poorly but did produce one break to set up the second try and that was as good as it got on attack for the hosts until Rene Ranger’s introduction for Israel Dagg.

Dagg continued his indifferent form and New Zealand looked more dangerous when (Ben) Smith went to fullback and Ranger played on the right wing.

Ranger added impetus to the attack and he again showed the ability to break the first tackle and give the World Champions go forward. Physically he was New Zealand’s most imposing player in attack and it was a Ranger burst that forced a penalty and sealed the match for the All Blacks.

The French coaching staff erred in replacing both their props midway through the second half. France were the stronger in the scrums but the replacement props, among them South African-born Daniel Kotze, struggled.

France captain Thierry Dusautoir missed the tackle on Smith but was very good close to the ruck and Louis Picamoles’s excellent evening will be overshadowed by his dropped pass with the All Blacks tryline just metres away.

The All Blacks were second in physicality in the contact but they produced the individual moments to win the Test.

Cane is a youngster and played like one. He is no Richie McCaw and Aaron Cruden, for all the media hype, will never be Dan Carter.

The All Blacks have been spoiled to have McCaw and Carter for the last decade and without them the All Blacks are currently a good side but not an exceptional one.

France can’t complain about the refereeing of Wayne Barnes, and neither can New Zealand. The difference was New Zealand maximised two line breaks and France did not take the many chances they created through winning the collisions.

 The sheer DESPERATION of Saffers to see the ABs lose is pathetic! You really have to face facts.....the ABs are a good side so give credit where it's due. Yes, I mean you Hasbeeno and Mike!

So the AB's playing together the first time after almost 5 months struggled against a team who played together the whole 6 nations tournament

Wehe! I see Baboon-ou spent the whole day getting everything wrong!

He started jerking away at his pitifully small little gherkin when France scored early in the NZ vs France game before being reduced to an embarrassed silence after about 20 minutes; then he did the exact same thing in the Reds vs Lions game and then he did it all over again in the Scotland vs Samoa game.

It's honestly embarrassing having this blithering idiot as a fellow Springbok supporter. Baboon-ou, can't you emigrate or something?

You're a Bok supporter Rooinek? That's a surprise!

That would only be a surprise to you, Spazza.

Seriously, if after all this time you haven't worked out that I'm a Springbok-supporting South African then you're even more stupid than I originally thought . . . . but that barely seems possible!

 Hahaha, clever nickname! But it doesn't seem to suit as morphing a nickname just doesn't do.

Relax, I'm just pulling your leg. You don't seem to like it when people make quick jibes towards you and yet you seem to be the one most frequent to use these jibes, food for thought.

"You don't seem to like it when people make quick jibes towards you . . ."

Well, I think it's stretching it a bit to consider your clumsy and ignorant comment a "jibe" in the strict sense of the word but, semantics aside, the fact remains that I certainly considered you stupid enough to take you seriously . . . so I can understand why you're a bit embarrassed.

Just some "food for thought", Spazza . . .

 You think I consider your opinion on myself to be accurate? I really don't, you'd think Stephen Hawkins stupid if he argued against you. I'm far from being embarrassed Redneck.

Frankly, Spazza, I don't really care what you think and I'm a bit baffled as to what made you think I did.

I don't know who Stephen Hawkins is. Did you mean Stephen Hawking perhaps? Pfffffhahahaha! I must admit, you do provide some amusing comedy . . . even if it's unintentional . . . in fact, especially considering it's unintentional!

Typing error, my bad. If you find that funny then you must have a very simple sense of humour, can't say I'm surprised mind you because you aren't the most intellectual person I've come across! You bore me, see you some other time Redneck!

A typing error? Are you quite sure, Spazza? So you aimed for the "g" button but hit the "s" instead?

Wow!

Spazza, if I bore you so much then be a good chap and stop yapping at me like a vey angry little doggie . . . because trust me, I wouldn't normally respond to your tedious and inane drivel and the only reason we're exchanging comments at all is because you had a little snap and snarl at me, not the other way around.

No, I missed the 'g' altogether due to the speed at which I type. You're not very observant if you think I 'snapped or snarled' at you, I was trying to get a rise out of you (I was trolling you) and looks like I did. To be frank it looks like you're the one whose the very angry (and quite touchy) little doggie! 

I know you missed the "g", dumbo, and as I pointed out, you hit an "s" instead

HawkinS vs HawkinG.

Did you notice the letters in bold or must I draw you a flipping picture with little arrows? That's not a "typo", Spazza, that's more like a "braino".

Now please, just go back to being bored and ignoring me and stop trying so hard to be troll. That way I won't have to treat you like a rather stupid child and you won't make an embarrassing fool of yourself. We both win.

See? Good, now run along, little chap . . . and remember, speak when you're spoken to!

Use your head, I meant to spell 'Hawkings'.

i believe it's the other way round, I pity you in a way as you don't have a place here because you barely talk any sense rugby wise and have to feed off people's spelling errors.  

 Good one Jalepeno! You have everyone in stitches laughing. Stop being pedantic. 

RE: France versus wee abs official thread
June 08, 2013, 20:11:06

Wehe! I see Baboon-ou spent the whole day getting everything wrong!

He started jerking away at his pitifully small little gherkin when France scored early in the NZ vs France game before being reduced to an embarrassed silence after about 20 minutes; then he did the exact same thing in the Reds vs Lions game and then he did it all over again in the Scotland vs Samoa game.

It's honestly embarrassing having this blithering idiot as a fellow Springbok supporter. Baboon-ou, can't you emigrate or something?

@ Rooinek - despite all that Bweenos probably down at the TAB as we speak trying to convince them to pay him out .

@ Bweeno hilarious stuff starting all these official threads and then fading out like a team of Stormers.

So this the norm in this forum.

Topic

Comment about topic

Comment about comment

Insult normally someone being called stupid

Comeback to insult

Then some made up crap or someone thinking his opinion is facts

Insult

Insult

Insult

Someone looking for a Toyota engine

Insult

Insult

Some misguided poster trying to get back on topic which is normally killed with a insult 

 and then someone comes along and bores us with his insight, common sense and truth!