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RNZ News
2 days ago
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- RNZ News
All Blacks secure clean sweep over France
The All Blacks managed to wrap up their first test series with a clean sweep over France. Despite back to back losses - a second-string French side piled on the pressure but didn't have enough to secure a win against the All Blacks. Meanwhile there was a tantalising last minute try for the Warriors to stun the Newcastle Knights. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
5 days ago
- Sport
- RNZ News
Hamilton gearing up to host All Blacks vs France
Hamilton is gearing up to host the All Blacks and France tomorrow evening. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Otago Daily Times
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
ABs coach hints at fresh faces for final France test
By Jamie Wall of RNZ All Blacks forwards coach Jason Ryan has hinted at changes to the team for Saturday's final test against France. Head coach Scott Robertson had vowed before the series started that he would use all 33 of his initial squad, and with the attrition rate high already, his hand may be forced anyway. "I think it's an opportunity to have a look at a few, there's been some older players that haven't had a crack," said Ryan today at a wet team training in Hamilton. "They've trained extremely well and done their job setting up the test team that's had the opportunity on Saturday. So I think that that gives us an opportunity to have at a look a few and trust that our whole squad of who we pick can do a job. So we're excited by that." The changes will likely give the team a very Chiefs-like feel, appropriate given that the game is in Hamilton. Hooker Brodie McAlister, midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown and loose forward Luke Jacobson are likely to rotate in. None of those players have featured so far, but the Chiefs connection might be extended with a recall of Quinn Tupaea and a start for Damian McKenzie. Also, lock Naitoa Ah Kuoi may be in line for a test debut after injuries to Scott Barrett and Tupou Vaa'i, and Fabian Holland's heavy workload in the first two matches. Ah Kuoi was brought in as an emergency replacement during the build up to the first test and has been with the squad ever since. Emoni Narawa was in the same boat, with the winger already starting a test and putting in a solid display in the 43-17 win in Wellington. Halfback Noah Hotham and prop George Bower from the Crusaders are the other players to have not featured yet in the series. Meanwhile, one player who will almost certainly back in the starting lineup is Sevu Reece. The winger's first test involvement ended after only a couple of minutes when he was forced from the field with an HIA, but says he is ready to go - which is just as well as the All Blacks have lost Caleb Clarke for up to eight weeks with an ankle injury. "We've got an opportunity now to really put a statement that this is our 2025 season and that's how we're going to roll out, All Blacks 2025," said Reece, who said the team was preparing for anything from the unpredictable French team. "Nothing to lose mindset like, you know, will we let's be expecting anything and everything from them. They'll throw everything at us. So we're preparing like it's the first test. We know how they play, they won't go away and will stick in there till the 80th minute." The test at FMG Stadium Waikato is sold out, the third test in a row to achieve the feat. After this weekend the All Blacks will prepare for The Rugby Championship, where they start their campaign with two tests in Argentina.
RNZ News
11-07-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Double header of rugby set for capital
The capital is set for a double whammy weekend of rugby. The Black Ferns kick things off tomorrow afternoon taking on Aussie's Wallaroos and in the evening the All Blacks gear up for match two of a three test series with France. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Otago Daily Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
All Blacks aim to give TMO a night off
By Jamie Wall of RNZ All Blacks assistant coach Scott Hansen says the team has come up with a simple approach to stop the frustratingly constant interjections of the Television Match Official - give him nothing to do. Three All Black tries were denied by the TMO in their 31-27 win over France in Dunedin on Saturday. And while all were fair calls, the disruption it caused for players and spectators has seen plenty of consternation vented on social media. "We have to improve, the All Blacks have to improve," Hansen said at the team's training base at the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport in Trentham, Upper Hutt, today. "Let's take away that error at the breakdown. Let's take away the ability for him (the TMO) to feel he needs to come in. So our challenge is to give the TMO an enjoyable evening for a cup of tea. (If) we're really clinical and we're executing well, he can enjoy his evening." Two of the All Black tries were scrubbed out for handling errors and the other for an obstruction, with culprit Pasilio Tosi agreeing that "we've got to be squeaky clean in the area". "You know, they're always watching… like my one and I ran into the to the French player, you know, I need to be mindful of, not getting in the way, you know, obviously it looked like that. I did a little push there, but at the at the end of the day… he's going to make a decision. I just need to be better in the area." While the attitude to simply aim for perfection is commendable, two teams playing flawless test rugby for 80 minutes is unlikely. The main frustration with the viewing public is how often the TMO interjects themselves into games, especially after a Super Rugby Pacific competition that saw their roles limited to only the most necessary assistance to the on-field referees. Meanwhile, Hansen said while the All Blacks were unhappy about the amount of points conceded in the first test, they held a great deal of respect for an "outstanding" French defensive effort in Dunedin. "The care in the group, (they're) highly respected around the care that they have. You look at them in the Six Nations, their coaching, the philosophy around defence, the way they recover. "They do defend a wee bit differently than New Zealand teams and what we've seen in Super (Rugby Pacific)… the challenge for us is to be better in how we attack it." The other challenge will be to figure out just what a likely much-changed French team will bring. Coach Fabien Galthié has brought down 37 players for the three-test series and if he is going to use all of them, he will have to roll out a new side for the test at Sky Stadium in Wellington. However, Hansen said the All Blacks will be wary either way. "They're young, they're excited and I've talked around them having no fear. So whether or not they took confidence out of that or not, that's for them to decide. "What we saw was an excited, inexperienced French team that were proud to play for the country. But what we've also been through, and the excitement of the series, is we get to play them again." All Blacks v France Kick-off: 7.05pm Saturday, July 12 Sky Stadium, Wellington
