Scotty and Mils discuss the upcoming France test, and get a double dose of All Blacks on the phone – Colin Slade calls in from Pau, while Wyatt Crockett pauses his Paris dinner for a chat.
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I deleted my account so as to avoid the possibility of commenting.
It’s a bit sad really. I was quite attached to it 5-10 years back.
187 Go to commentsWeaker comp so should suit SA sides better.
2 Go to commentsYou are not allowed to dive on a ball that has left the ruck.
I think you are the troll longshanks, theres absolutely no way you shouldn’t know that ruling. Also, even if you don’t think they could have scored a try, they easily would have taken three if all they were concerned with was you perception of how bad they were. So that would only be a 4 point difference in the result. So come on now, think for a bit or stop trolling me, you’re hopeless at it.
34 Go to commentsHe’s a little like Lonergan, his opposite last night, a small and nifty decision making half that suits the situation he had last night best, but if was thrust into big minutes against teams like the Lions, France, or SA, you might be worrying about ball security a lot more.
10 Go to commentsDefinitely not fusitua he’s a liability he’s tackling is poor
10 Go to commentsHis defence and breakdown work were exceptional, and his core roles were solid AF.
10 Go to commentsScums are only interesting for me if teams use them to do some attacking back play.
You just about want to run the poor wingers out a hot chocolate and a woolly hat half the time.
Scrums are… well it’s each and to their own I guess.
187 Go to commentsAll Blacks backline for France:
Roids, Dmac, Leroy, Jordie, Billy, Reece, Jordan.
Bench: Cortez, Ollie Mathis, Quinn.
1 Go to commentsProof of the pudding - the vast majority of top All Blacks have stayed out.
298 Go to commentsJames Ryan wasn’t the captain, Conan was. Porter had a sensational game. Another half-arsed piece.
1 Go to commentsWould love to see Kirifi in there.
34 Go to commentsRassie made it clear that the decision was due to financial necessity, not because he wanted his players to get European experience or anything like that.
“I have no doubt we wouldn’t have been able to keep the players in South Africa as we just don’t have the money to. It is reality, and the moment you accept reality and we work with this and we find creative ways around that.”
That’s a direct quote from this very website. He’s a board level director with a full understanding of the finances of the union and the overall strategic state of the game. He knew that the board was financially unable to keep a critical mass of players at home and enough of his fellow directors agreed with him to make the policy change happen despite the compromises on the playing side that he said they had to work around.
The New Zealand situation is very different. A critical mass of top All Blacks has not left and no board member has called for a new policy on financial grounds. It simply isn’t sound logic to say that New Zealand should follow South Africa’s lead because so far it’s been a success for them.
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