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The confidence was low, they were in turmoil with a coach who already lost his job. The NZ team the French are going to face is not as weak as the one they faced in the WC.

Smacks of entitlement because of a previous result nearly a year ago. Much has happened since and the AB's from the WC vs the AB's from today is vastly different.

The French is going to get mauled if they put out anything less than their very best players. NZ is just going from strength to strength. Thinking because they lost to Argentina in TRC shows how weak they are, is a mistake. Argentina is playing great rugby at the moment. The Boks didn't underestimated them and still lost in their first game against Argentina.

My prediction is the AB's by 12-15 points winning margin.

You have given me an entre!

Greg Cornelson was a high jump champion too,...he beat me on a count back after a half hour jump off.

He became a backrower!

SA wouldn't be so good if the players wasn't pushed as hard. The Boks are super fit and it's a requirement. Wales players are not fit. At the most you'd get one half out of them. Most teams are 60 min teams. That's why they lose like England too. Except England keep it closer on the scoreline.

With the right coaching staff, Wales can become a very dangerous team again. They don't need weak coaches or coaches that's on their current level. They will get average coaching and they will stay where they are.

With a coach that pushes them out of their skin, one who believes in them, they will in turn believe in that coach and give him more of themselves. They will want to win, which is not the current case. No, what they need is someone new, someone who gets them going and be hard on them.

Valentini, McReith, Ikitau, Wright, Kelleway, Frost all excellent too.

I thought no duds, Tuopo wasn't his best, but wasn't terrible.

MotM for me was Marcus Smith, he single handedly kept England in the game and was by far our best player. Australia split that load between a lot of good performances but Smith was a one man backline... And should once again not have been removed from 10.