NZ v France

Hospital from Love and the French can chase downfield.

Lovely clearance by the ABs

All Blacks really stretching the French defence, just another rushed option has them losing the ball and France recovers again.

Love is looking very good here

If the ABs can find a little more patience and stop forcing passes they'll crack the French open before long. Just falling over the frantic hurdle right now.

My word that was some work in the tramlines from the ABs!

They rumbled ahead 40 meters all inside 15m of space

Knock on the line by the ABs. Pity, that time they kept it close and built as I said and damn near had it.

Finally Roigard toddles over. France is creaking here, ABs looking mighty impressive.

ABs ending the half in the ascendancy

And Cam snipes to dot down down the posts!

Haha suck it, France!!!!

19-13 HT

Yeah, the ABs playing with purpose.

The tour to SA is gonna be monstrous

Boys how do I create a thread on this new forum? I see no option for it.

They rumbled ahead 40 meters all inside 15m of spacebold**
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That sounds like a textbook description of a powerful, compressed forward drive in Rugby. Gaining 40 meters while constrained to a narrow 15-meter channel of the field requires immense physicality, tight clean-outs, and cohesive forward play to break through the defensive line

Great fight back from the ABs. France tried to outpace them and there was a glimpse of panic from the ABs but once the game settled down France didn't seem like they could live with them.

France do look vulnerable to the pick and go.

Will be interesting to see how they adapt in the final 40.

Seeing the half highlights, DMac played some good ball.

French will need to play deeper. They're very flat and the ABs are getting between them and killing their flow and momentum.

I dunno, Paks, haven't made one yet

I tried to posts a pic haha

Here we go...

Brilliant read by Love and the ABs clear their lines.

Oh I see, on the main page, once you go into a forum section you can't. Cheers Plummie.

French leaving acres of space for the ABs all over the place. They're in for some pain if they can't tighten that up.

Dmac fumble!!!

Just when I said he had a good 1st half

Say what you want about France, but they're allergic to boring rugby

Jellybear magic and Hastoy is in. 20-19

I hate France but I love their rugby!!!!

beautiful try

They take the lead

19-20 France

Lovely hands now by the ABs and Roigard in for his second. That was almost too easy. French defense looks very vulnerable, especially out wide.

And the All Blacks hit right back with stunning score of their own!

The hands are on another level

I'm sorry chaps, the Boks are incapable of this type rugby

26-20 All Blacks

And now France are back in the AB 22 and win a penalty...

They go quick, cross kick but it's fumbled!

Dammit that would have spiced things up even more

Jelly goes quickly from the penalty, dabs it into the ingoal and Boirie just had to gather it to score but he can't.

Now Boirie scores from a quick release on the ground. LOL this game keeps bringing it.

And France score!!!!!!

They'll check this but Jailbert scooped that up well.

This try should be cancelled...yeah, knock in the air

Meh, try will be canceled for a knock. Jeez that's unfortunate.

Cam's box kicking hasn't been great today

Ardie you biscuit. Lovely steal!

Try France, no doubt this time. Again that was almost too easy, AB should have had that covered.

France do score now!

Lucu misses the conversion

26-25 ABs

19 minutes to go.

How did the Boks beat these guys with 14 men...in Paris!?

Clinical clearance from the ABs!

Jailbert knocks and the ABs have a scrum inside the French 22

Who's up for frog legs ?

And France are penalised for playing on the ground.

It's a sure 3 points but one feels they should go to the corner and play time and territory.

They take 3

29-25 ABs