Ugly La Rochelle clearout on Ruan Ackermann has resulted in citing

AA 23 minutes ago

Guys,

Had Borethwick not dropped a huge clanger and stuffed the team by bringing his big mate ford on and also next game moving Marcus out of the way again for ford , we would all be basking in 2 wins ,probably, and looking forward to the Boks.

Yes the team made lots of errors but were still there at the death .

Borthwick / ford issue is the problem

It will still be until the 2 Smiths are given proper games .

Regardless of the France result Razor's All Blacks have proved something

GrahamVF 26 minutes ago

While the All Blacks look a much better side than the one that went down at home to Argentina, the success of the tour cannot be judged on two games. England ara mediocre side which lost to a side which got thumped by more than 30 points four times in the rugby championship. The value of the Irish win is much bigger but it will be put in perspective by the Ireland Argentine game this weekend. Ireland are nowhere near the team that won 17 tests in a row having only scraped a five out of nine wins in including wins over Italy and Wales starting with the WC QF. Scotland are a way better team than England as their comprehensive win last time out showed. The game against France is vital for the AB's to judge their progression.

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CE 39 minutes ago

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

Australia improved from the R.C and are spreading that ball around like Rama on toast. How's the weather loooking for Saturday? If its Kak and it likely will be how do you not see a close game knowing Englands style.

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

GrahamVF 43 minutes ago

Another SH clean sweep?

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

GrahamVF 45 minutes ago

He's not a typical Kiwi. He's an embarrassment.

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

GrahamVF 46 minutes ago

I didn't believe the suggestions that the NZ education system was in total disarray - you are the living proof of that. I don't know where you went to school but you should ask for your money back.

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

GrahamVF 51 minutes ago

It won't be close. Did you watch the England Australia game? Australia haven't miraculously gone from a team that shipped sixty six points to 19 in the last two games against the Boks and also got 66 points against them from Argentina to a team beating a genuine top four team.

Ex-Ireland legend slam players' 'showboating' against the All Blacks

GG 55 minutes ago

The masters of that showboating are England and especially the Saracens lot- Earl as the leader. Bloody ridiculous.

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GrahamVF 57 minutes ago

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

He has to handle Etsebeth and JG Strydom hmmmmmmmmmm in any event Etsebeth had played France while England scraped home against Fiji big difference on Saturday but if he had to substitute a lock PSDT would go to lock and a flank would replace him.

Veterans return for All Blacks as team to play France named

Tim 1 hour ago

In Ratima's defence he didn't get much protection from his forwards. Also the Irish forwards spent a considerable amount of time on the NZ side of the ruck. Fair play if you get away with it. By the time Roigard was on the pitch the ref was wise to the Irish cynical play.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago

Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

Rookie woiuld be more accruate.

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Bull Shark 1 hour ago

5/3 split it is 😎

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Bull Shark 1 hour ago

Ireland player ratings vs New Zealand | 2024 Autumn Nations Series

Fair comment. My initial reaction was Berry made bad calls. And the balance seemed to Ireland’s detriment.

But it was a Friday night and couple of whisky’s in.

Either way, NZ outplayed the Irish and deserved the win. So thankfully the refereeing didn’t decide the outcome.

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JB 1 hour ago

Wales 'in one of their deepest holes for a long time'

I think one of the reasons the squad ends up as it does is that Gatland looks for players who are playing the way he likes but doesn't adapt his ideas to players who don't fit that mould so ignores them. As Mark Orders says, Jarrod Evans has long been a Wales outsider but then not many people ever saw him as a Wales player, despite being very good for his club, and I think the reason for that is that he didn't fit the narrow style being imposed by the coaches, where the coaching team should be crafting a game plan to fit talented players in if possible.

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AA 1 hour ago

Four talking points as England name team to host the Springboks

So bye bye to settled team .

Two more leicester players shoehorned in .

I do wish them both well and can see the point of large full back .

But Spencer/ Furbank not even in the 23 is madness.

Vdp has not done enough to earn his place compared to Spencers form at Bath this year ,but I hope he can do ok .

If Borthwick is picking on form then how the dickens can ford keep his place after 2 very poor games.

Poor Fin Smith must be wondering how much better he has to play to get in if Ford can give tries away and still get picked.Also, At least Furbank could play 10 or 15 or 11/14 if needs but ford only has the skill to play 10 .this limit the option really badly by picking ford . No speed . No skill at tackling .

I do hope Marcus comes through the 80 mins unscathed

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Angela Patrick 1 hour ago

Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

JPM 1 hour ago

It is clear that you really don't like Antoine Dupont !! But you should be careful not attacking him on the personal side as it is also clear that you don't know him at all. Treating him of greedy and disrespectful is a bit too much. He is always very appreciated by his team mates in particular because he is humble. When he joined the rugby 7 team he came with a low profile stating that he had a lot of things to learn and was clever enough to stay at the right place despite his superstar profile that all the media wanted him to be.

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Tom 1 hour ago

Well not sure all the political references or even NFL ones were necessary...

But as Bull Shark as eluded to below, England are poor, their ability to dig out wins at the death is the least of their problems. The defence is awful, the attack is entirely dependent on Marcus Smith and our scrum is bad. We need to figure out how we want to play before we worry about putting the icing on the cake.