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<blockquote data-quote="scuubasteve" data-source="post: 150638"><p>To beat the free flowing AB's game, tactically you would have to play a no-frills type of rugby.</p><p></p><p>Play the territory percentages and hope your defence can hold out.</p><p>Kick deep. Attack using lineouts and try to force turnovers. And hope the referee picks up some breakdown infringements.</p><p></p><p>France have gone with a kicking 5/8 and Fullback. So they're obviously aiming to play this kind of game. Carter's recent inaccuracy in the goalkicking department must make Laporte feel more comfortable in taking this approach.</p><p></p><p></p><p>However, what happens if NZ play a territory kicking game? Carter, Kellher, McAlister, Muliaina and McDonald are all very talented kickers, so a conservative gameplan is well within the ability of the AB's</p><p></p><p>To beat the All Blacks you generally will need at least 25points. This means you need at least 2 tries.</p><p></p><p>If the AB's play a forwards orientated + kicking game, like Bledisloe Cup Game2 this year, they are nearly impossible to beat as not many teams score tries against the AB's from distance.</p><p></p><p></p><p>France will be very hard pushed to better the All Blacks in the quarter.</p><p></p><p>Since 2002, in 7 games, France has scored 6 tries against the AB's.</p><p>Since 2002 Joe Rokocoko has scored 6 tries against France.</p><p>And the All Blacks have scored 37 tries in total.</p><p></p><p>France will need more kind bounces of the ball than the 1999 team got if they want to score the tries necessary to defeat the AB's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scuubasteve, post: 150638"] To beat the free flowing AB's game, tactically you would have to play a no-frills type of rugby. Play the territory percentages and hope your defence can hold out. Kick deep. Attack using lineouts and try to force turnovers. And hope the referee picks up some breakdown infringements. France have gone with a kicking 5/8 and Fullback. So they're obviously aiming to play this kind of game. Carter's recent inaccuracy in the goalkicking department must make Laporte feel more comfortable in taking this approach. However, what happens if NZ play a territory kicking game? Carter, Kellher, McAlister, Muliaina and McDonald are all very talented kickers, so a conservative gameplan is well within the ability of the AB's To beat the All Blacks you generally will need at least 25points. This means you need at least 2 tries. If the AB's play a forwards orientated + kicking game, like Bledisloe Cup Game2 this year, they are nearly impossible to beat as not many teams score tries against the AB's from distance. France will be very hard pushed to better the All Blacks in the quarter. Since 2002, in 7 games, France has scored 6 tries against the AB's. Since 2002 Joe Rokocoko has scored 6 tries against France. And the All Blacks have scored 37 tries in total. France will need more kind bounces of the ball than the 1999 team got if they want to score the tries necessary to defeat the AB's. [/QUOTE]
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