Care and Marler out as Cunningham-South returns for Quins vs Bordeaux

However the French have never quite done enough to win RWC and they seem to ready to blame the match officials which is the job of armchair supporters not the team and coaches.

This year the Allblacks are better than last year in the tight five but Razors really struggling with the wings and loose forward mix and selection of players carrying injuries.

Sititi was injured and then unsurprisingly mediocre before going back on the injury list, Caleb terribly out of form and then injured, (Allblacks need to be dropped when so obviously out of form).

Beauden rushed back with a hand injury, it's been fractured again, these elections are woeful when combined with small players getting called up like Timoci, at one point last night it looked like a bunch of garden gnomes playing France.

It was no coincidence that once the additional bigger bodies of Dalton, Jordie and Hotham arrived the French got finished off.

Reece is another great example of a guy that's not talk enough or fast enough to be the Allblacks wing but he keeps getting reselected. Until Razor gets more accurate and ruthless with his selecting the losses will flow.

I hop they take the hint and move JAS to wing for Melbourne.

“Maori & First Nations” Nice!

The ABs pack had 30kg on the Lions last night.

Also incorrect. The indicator is a sensor for movement, of head whiplash velocity, so if you’re correct that Solomon didn’t go off it was simply because his head was crushed into the opponent who the SAn play should have bound to. Very dangerous action around the neck in this case and should have received a direct 80 min red, no replacement.

I’m afraid you’re a prime candidate for BH’s comment Graham but we love you just the same as the Frenchmen defending Galthie’s selections!

Nothing wrong with anybody’s tackling in this game, ruck entry is another matter entirely for South African players.

They probably still qualify for being their own worst enemy in that respects but were good enough, and smart enough, to clearly outshine a very weak year of U20s.