All Blacks blitz Pumas to book place in Rugby World Cup final

Well, it is not so often that the two finalist teams get an easy training before the final. Both teams will come fully rested new week

Some wonderful plays by AB’s. Really, their defence never looked like conceding a try. Was one AB try that should not have been though. The Jordan kick and chase. The pass from Ardie was forward. Looked clearly that in the ground level footage, and a spider cam sequence showed very clearly it was indeed forward.

If SAF are in the final, World cups don’t get any better, the ole foe from way way back, it will be an awesome Test Match. NZ vs SAF both can adapt there defence, and apply pressure. They both have scrummagers Line out skills speed in traffic and at the top end - and both reserve benches are capable and experienced.
But the English could spoil it, yeah right - slim possibility. Best team on the day wins

Well done AB’s . . . We all know that Foster had a lot of help from “Legends of the game” including the players. Schmidt and Ryan, huge! The fact that he had the humility to “accept help” is huge.

Well done Foster, a Semi Final WIN.! There are some “Huge Tactical changes, looks like Wayne Smith to me, not Foster. Yes he’s the coach but a lot of People behind the scenes.

NZRFU “what a bunch of C’s” Treating anyone how they have treated Foster”

It will be forever a “Training example for you not what to do”

I didn’t like his call to banish Razor from being at games. . “And the NZRFU saying, “Nothing to do with us”

As much as I would like to play England, I know deep down South Africa are a “tougher competitor”

It’s about earning the right. I think that a South African final with the All Blacks is the right Final.

I hope England can change my thinking. Poms are really good in tight battles. I loved the 99 call of the British Lions in SA.

They have a tenacious arrogance and grit, that’s where our genes come are from, Jesus don’t write them off and the worst part NZ still have that Union Jack as our flag.

We have seen the two best games so far in R W Cup games history.
SA V France and NZ v Ireland.

WOW ! Two have gone! Great teams just “short”

Suddenly NZ have changed 15%. Only person I can think of with that “Rugby Brain” is Wayne Smith.

All though you don’t see him, he’s always there.

The most humble man in New Zealand Rugby and that is why he is a the “Rugby Genius that is “Wayne Smith”

We can all see the All Black team that has “suffered the worst loss in “All Black History” is in the final.

I don’t think the AB’s are as “phyiscal” as as S.A .

Mind you “Thinker’s beat Jinkes”

Ritchie Mounga best 10 at the World Rugby World Cup 2023.

The best 10’s win World Cups.

Remember Johnny Wilkinson at 24. . against Australia ‘fkn Genious”

No Johnny Wilkinson in this World Cup or Dan Carter.

Ritchie Mounga will WIN this World Cup.

How many dumb penalties can Scott B commit in a year?

Great game Gus Gardiner. Nice and clear and didn't buy any dummies. ‘Youre holding him in, let him go’. That's what I like to see …

Taking care of business. BD but NBD.

Nervous start and not quite clinical but convincing! Well done ABs! One more huge one to go!!!

I think my pre-match on how NZ might play proved accurate enough. A key characteristic that should also be mentioned was the composure and calmness of NZ firstly in defence and also in attack. There will be more pressure in the final, a lot more, but you’d wonder if this ultra composure might get them the try or save them the try they need in a final.
It has to be said that Argentina butchered a try at 10-3. They were never going to win, this was a mismatch, but it could have taken more out of NZ to end the contest.
NZ needed an efficient win and in truth this was the path I hoped for Ireland (QTR win, an efficient semi win, and Fresh against a tired SA/FRA). Well NZ are on that train now. NZ further embedded their composure and they will be daisy fresh for the final. England won’t win tomorrow but they will damage. I think NZ will have real clarity on how they can win a final. That makes the upcoming week easier.

“Article (Justin Marshall issues last-minute warning for the All Blacks) is incorrect about ‘22 Rugby Championship
NZ had two heavy games against SA in SA. Lost the first in a dominant display by SA and won the second in an all out effort. They lost to Argentina two weeks later and hammered them 53:4 the following week.
That would mean primarily emotional fatigue but some physical fatigue from the mini SA tour.
That would suggest it will be very difficult to replicate the effort from the win over Ireland. I watched highlights of the Christchurch match and NZ tried to win economically but couldn’t get rid of a confident Argentina buzzing after scoring 46 against Australia in Mendoza. NZ lost the game in the breakdown essentially giving away penalties and a yellow late in that game.
The 2 week work before the Italy game where Foster implied that the ability to target and adapt to beat individual opponents had worked remarkably well. They must target Argentina’s weaknesses and pick them apart. That’s the most economical way to get dominance in the match. There will be residual fatigue, you need economy.
The NZ set piece is obviously in a very different place and Argentina’s scrum is relatively weak. Keep it simple, target the breakdown set pieces and deploy the greyhounds intelligently when the opportunity arises. They are miles ahead of 2022 and if what Foster says is true and they are excelling in quick match preparation then this will be very different.
With a little luck on their side NZ can win economically and my gut says they will need to win with some economy if they are to go on and win the World Cup. I’m still up for the Pumas.”

You would hope that all of Ian fosters detractors will shut up now… for quite a long while.