NPR

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:32 am Who’s the NZ 12? Been dipping in and out and he has been fantastic every time I’ve seen him

Biffer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:33 am If they hadn’t scored there a yellow card was due.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:32 am Who’s the NZ 12? Been dipping in and out and he has been fantastic every time I’ve seen him

stunt_cunt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:55 am Pretty scrappy and shit from the All Blacks. Woeful last 15min. Woeful barely describes it, have to give the wobs props for forcing it though and should have been a lot tighter with a decent goal kicker.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:50 am Can someone tell him we’ve already seen it? Or shall we keep it as our joke?

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:52 am

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:50 am Can someone tell him we’ve already seen it? Or shall we keep it as our joke?

I know. No one replies when I post live so it makes no difference to me if I do it three hours later. Plus it’s a way to vent.

Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:50 am That'll do.

Devilish wind. How many points did the Wallabies leave out there?

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:52 am

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:50 am Can someone tell him we’ve already seen it? Or shall we keep it as our joke?

I know. No one replies when I post live so it makes no difference to me if I do it three hours later. Plus it’s a way to vent.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:52 am

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:50 am Can someone tell him we’ve already seen it? Or shall we keep it as our joke?

I know. No one replies when I post live so it makes no difference to me if I do it three hours later. Plus it’s a way to vent.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:20 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:52 am

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:50 am Can someone tell him we’ve already seen it? Or shall we keep it as our joke?

I know. No one replies when I post live so it makes no difference to me if I do it three hours later. Plus it’s a way to vent.

No commentary on the second half?

All Blacks running the ball from inside their 22... imagine if Gatland became NZ coach... he'd soon coach that out of them... new haircuts and box kicks...

Aaron Smith was genuinely delightful post match as he talked about his childhood friendship with Samuel Whitelock carrying on to see them become test centurions. Whitelock had told us the story of the day they'd first met, when Smith asked him on the first day of school if he was attending Feilding High School, to which Whitelock observed their identical school uniforms and gruffly replied "well of course I am".

Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:39 pm

Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:20 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:52 am

I know. No one replies when I post live so it makes no difference to me if I do it three hours later. Plus it’s a way to vent.

No commentary on the second half?

All Blacks running the ball from inside their 22... imagine if Gatland became NZ coach... he'd soon coach that out of them... new haircuts and box kicks...

Gatland somehow managed to coach the Chiefs to a winless season last year, and he'll back there next year. Not really expecting much improvement from him second time round, tbh. I think his chance of ever coaching the ABs has long gone.

Mohed Altrad's construction logisitcs firm bearing the same name, recently beat Amazon to secure a sponsorship deal with rugby's most famous team, in a move that could be worth around £60m over the next six years.

And the company's owner, who's also the power behind Montpellier Herault Rugby has now revealed that the move will also carry a number of other conditions.

As part of the deal, New Zealand will play four games in Montpellier between 2022 and 2026, while there will also be a number of coaching partnerships between the two parties.

“In the contract, a partnership between the MHR and the All Blacks is also planned: exchanges of skills will take place in particular at the level of coaches, training and, in addition, four matches of the All Blacks will be played in Montpellier between 2022 and 2026,” Altrad told French rugby website rugbyrama .

“It will then be necessary to find a credible and international opposition. We will not make them face the MHR, in plain language. Four games over the term of the contract: All Blacks, All Blacks B, Maori and Black Ferns, New Zealand women’s team.”

The deal will also offer a gateway for Kiwi stars looking to ply their trade in France.

“This is provided for in the contractual clauses. They [New Zealand Rugby] will do their utmost to facilitate contacts between the All Blacks who are no longer selected and our club.

“Please note, the players are obviously free to choose, and we are talking about All Blacks who no longer play in the national team. But we will have an easier approach, indeed.”