How New Zealand beat Ireland and why France will be their biggest test | The Breakdown

[@nicklasprince]

New Zealand and France are and have been for decades, the most beautiful teams to watch, Rugby doesn't get better than France vs New Zealand!

[@Spencer-z6k]

France v NZ, now here's a rivalry for the ages, a rivaly to rival the All Blacks/Springboks rivalry, lol, this clash definitely has a glorious past, the 87 final, the battle of Nantes also in the 80s, France have knocked us out of the World Cup twice and have also lost two finals to us, we love playing France, their silky flamboyance and flair is contrast to our skill, power and pace, be a great game to watch as they all are.....

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

They are Unpredictable always

[@ochoymedio78]

totally agree, and from a neutral (I'm from Argentina) point of view. FRA vs NZ is the best rivalry, and SA vs NZ close second, very close

[@bayamonterenaud8683]

Et pour nous joué les all blacks c'est toujours un honneur . Que ce soit dans la défaite ou la victoire la Nouvelle-Zélande est toujours respectueuse de l'adversaire . Comment on dit chez nous c'est " la grande classe " . Ça a fait 9 ans il y a 2 jours que Jonah nous a quitté une grande pensée pour lui et sa famille il nous manque à tous

[@comemussault8085]

Going to watch France - NZ at the Stade de France, cannot wait to welcome the All Blacks!! It's always a big fight!!!

[@jorgetadeunago]

If you were disappointed by the Irish fighting spirit, as a guy from Toulouse, I just want to reassure all you Kiwi rugby fans. Les bleus are definitely ready for it!!! France never takes a game against the All Blacks lightly. Here’s to some great, flowing rugby!

[@akashaef1]

Is that why they're sending a half string team to NZ next year? They're so fickle, racist, and xenophobic. This pish that du pont is best is also bogwash. He never plays a game more than 600miles from Paris. Absolute babies.

[@MrJonnyd81]

Correction, there was no Irish fighting spirit and that was the issue from an Irish fan

[@jorgetadeunago]

@ I agree and i really did not except them to take it easy against the blacks - they also looked exhausted in second half -considering it was one of the first game of the season it isn’t that surprising

[@ochoymedio78]

this aged well...viva les bleus!!! from Argentina

[@jeremymonin8343]

French here, and I think New Zealand is a favourite for many reasons. First: They played many more games since June than France. Second: Some Kiwi players impressed me like the number 6 and number 2 specially against Ireland. France brings so much uncapped players to prepare 2027. Third: This the All Blacks and France respect them a lot. Hope too see a good game

[@ohpatriote5622]

French are ready too and with a very good feeling. Very interresting match to come soon.

[@robertswaine204]

Nothing more flattering then Kiwis getting so emotional about beating Ireland. Never thought I’d see it

[@LourensBester]

Even better when they have a full meltdown after a 35-7 defeat

[@patshort177]

​@@LourensBester57 - 0 😱

[@LourensBester]

@@patshort177 Keep living in the past, all you've got

[@patshort177]

@LourensBester Hahaaaa!!! rattled.

[@patshort177]

@LourensBester This is the greatest springbok side of all time. This is one of our worst. Enjoy it while it lasts sweetie.

[@MrAhuapai]

Beating France with Roigard ensuring Dupont had a shocker would be a far greater win in my books. If you recall the ABs beat Ireland in the RWC while France absolutely toasted the ABs in the pool match.

[@antoneverbright]

Dupont is going to dismantle your overrated Roigard

[@mungoblizzard6114]

@@antoneverbright We’ll see how the youngsters go against him

[@rileyfreeman9726]

​@@antoneverbrightAnd Dupont isn't overrated? He's 100x more overrated than Roigard. What an embarrassing comment

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

@@rileyfreeman9726 you're wrong mate... Antoine est de loin le meilleur...

[@rileyfreeman9726]

​@@brunodesbergesdarzBest at what? What has he done to be the best in rugby. 😂😂

[@FroggyGe-17]

I can't wait to watch this game ! Les Bleus vs les Blacks, love it ! I'm a French supporter but good match to all !

[@andremaube5069]

France VS New Zealand will be a Great match, I am sure

[@Huckster-tj9if]

Only French team to win against an All Black team is an unpredictable French team

[@Kazar2020]

they did it again..Kind of used to..

[@plc2866]

I recommend going and watching Squidge’s breakdown on our game. Far more insightful than this!

[@MeanAzz_13]

Yes! I'd rather listen to a rapid fire talking pom, than to listen to a Centurion All Black and great All. Black winger and Steven Bates

[@LukeSexton0901]

Just wondering, why are the SH so obsessed with "beating" the NH? Personally I support Ireland but couldn't care less how other NH teams do against SH teams (and in fact I support anyone playing against England by definition). Maybe I'm wrong but this desire to best the other hemisphere seems to come largely from the South, but it just all feels very contrived to me. Like am I supposed to support Italy over Argentina, Wales over Fiji, or England over Australia, just because they happen to be north of the Equator? Makes no sense to me. Curious to know why a lot of fans of SH teams seem to quite passionately support other SH teams, even if it's a country '000s of miles away with limited cultural or historical ties.

[@MrAhuapai]

NZ and SA are historically used to dominating rugby and they would expect to win the majority of their games against these NH sides but that has now changed. When fans are complimentary to the opposing side usually its because those sides dont really pose a threat . Take this obsession with winning as a backhanded compliment to the improved competitiveness of the NH sides. We also dont have Premiership level football clubs remember. Our passion is all channeled into our rugby internationals.

[@LukeSexton0901]

@@MrAhuapai That's fair enough, but it seems odd to me for the presenter here to be referring to the "Southern Hemisphere's triumph" with a creepy smirk on her face. Any focus up North I think would be about beating whoever the best teams are (which are typically NZ and South Africa who just happen to both be in the south), but nothing about "beating" the south as a hemisphere per se

[@aarondes8]

As an AB fan, I support anyone playing South Africa haha

[@JamesJames-ls7gw]

It’s a thing. Seen it both ways when NH been strong. It’s about who has better styles and domestic comps.

[@Metal0maniac98]

and then some of them are saying they are "living on our heads" when it's quite the opposite lmao.

[@ianhamilton530]

Thought it was a bang average AB side but we were poor and did not turn up at all....

[@gustavetoison7066]

It was your first game, sound crazy to hit the all black... Maybe overconfidence on your Leinster backbone ..?

[@rugbymad-r1y]

I picked the AB to go through undefeated and they will ,of that i have no doubt.its gonna be tough against france but we owe them

[@19Edurne]

Mmh, this aged well... ;)

[@RugbyJackal]

Ireland played miserably, had no props, but well done NZ,

[@fallschirmjager0000]

with how badly we played and the ref being trigger happy for penaltys, im amazed it was only 10 points. I´ll take it.

[@struck2soon]

Probably the worst game to watch of the tournament so far. In fact it was dire. The only positive was seeing the ABs reduce their penalty count from the previous match.

[@FlyFlashToby]

Jeff good balanced response, you can only play what's in front of you but the irish didn't turn up and that's not the All Black fault but that's not to say the All Blacks player well they just played better

[@axxey]

We kicked once to the corner near the start of the game, instantly decided to throw to the back and Aumua threw it completely crooked, never went for the corner again... Everyone says how wonderful he is... Coach plays him for 78 minutes and people think that's a good thing? Epic razor fail to use bench again. Dmac's interview after the game interestingly did mention that the kicking was the game plan, not the usual Dmac style.

[@mapachehombre1581]

Fast forward from yester years if the ABs lost one test on tour consider the tour a wasted effort

[@gavinsmith28]

Don’t forget how Springboks only beat England in last few minutes of their World Cup semi too - England choked there as well.

[@migyman321]

I’m pretty sure this NH tour won’t mean much for both the ABs and the boks. I’m predicting either the ABs or boks will win the next World Cup

[@notthisprickagain8499]

France on the up. Only dodgy reffing stopped them winning the last one. Their U20s are used to spanking southern teams now. The tide had turned

[@ZO150ZO]

well down AB - you help decorate the SH

[@rugbyanalyst1]

Good to see Jeff Wilson be honest - that was a dire first half and Ireland were so poor.

[@Spencer-z6k]

Is Goldie an analyst or co host?

[@BonuxCouleur]

You have to give credit where it is due, if the France - Japan was not a grind, that's because Japan are realistically not equipped to do the grind and they have chosen to play an open game as always. Their ejection rate off the rucks is phenomenal. I think that something like 77% of their ruck phase was below 3 seconds. So, the ball did not stay more than 3 seconds in the ruck on the Brave Blossoms side, that is quite something. The Japanese know they cannot compete in the grind phase so they opted to give their opposition a massive cardio exercise instead. Now having said all that, I am not a big fan of Fabien Galthie's approach. We just played Argentina in Argentina earlier in June and for this Northern Tour, les bleus play Japan, New Zealand and Argentina again. Under Galthie, we have played Argentina 4 times during his first 4 years in tenure and Japan 4 times also but we have played New Zealand only once and the Boks only once outside the World Cup 2023 that is, and 5 times the Wallabies (3 without the Top 14 Finalists). I have to wonder, is Galthie more concerned with his stats than he is with the progression of his French side? In comparison, Ireland played 5 times the All Blacks, 3 times the Boks and once the Wallabies. That's quite telling. So no disrespect to Japan and Argentina but I was really hoping to play NZ twice or ABs and Boks back to back at least. I still think France can beat the ABs and the biggest reason would be Fabien Galthie has no choice. Lose this game and we are not going to see the Blacks again before a long time. I understand the Southern Tour for us is a struggle with the Top 14 Finalists being unavailable but the Northern Tour should be more exciting than that from a French point of view.

[@michaelbrady-j8z]

Don't forget AB played rugby championship japan and England, 8 matches before they played Ireland.

[@xxxlobby769xxx8]

AB losers

[@Cyrille1536]

Cortez was superb 😂🎉

[@MrJonnyd81]

The problem was that the irish never showed up with all due respect to the all blacks

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

Take the win Jeff! Enjoy the moment…

[@Covesurfer]

Jeff is a (great) ex-player come opinionated fan. He's not a rugby analyst, watch SquidgeRugby's analysis to see why it wasn't a free flowing affair that Jeff seems to want to watch. The fact is the ABs played a gameplan and style to win, not one to impress Jeff, and that to me is more impressive

[@ianhamilton530]

thought it was a toss match

[@dominicjohnson5352]

Average game - would compare the overly officious Aussie ref compared to the kiwi ref for England v Australia. The latter let the game flow and did not call every little infraction - and the game was so much better!

[@JTAIT-b7g]

Impossible to ignore the Irish infringement at the breakdown as it was constant & relentless. What the ref should have done was use the yellow card to deter it & we would have seen a much better game.

[@mikezog1030]

All Blacks "in their heeeeead, in their heeeead, Rico, Rico, Rricoo-oo-o-o".

[@ethancoster1324]

Ntamacks injury might be decisive.

[@romainviry3185]

I hope not as a proud bearer of the same beautiful name ^^ So sad he has been unlucky with injuries. I still kinda believe (aka dream) that we would have done better with him with the 10 jersey. (Offseting Dupont's injury and fighting through it). Oh ! Regrets

[@danielpierre3161]

+ Cros/Marchand/Atonio/Penaud…

[@ohpatriote5622]

A man dont make à team

[@titouangorin466]

Many big injuries on both teams mate

[@ethancoster1324]

@titouangorin466 I think there might be more on the French side.

[@michaelmoynihan9591]

The kiwi mutton chops will lose to the french steak.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicolaslegrand9414]

"Time to brag!" ... Please: as if you guys ever stopped bragging or showing some sincere consideration for your opponents.

[@HainiS-g8i]

The. A. Bs. Team. Tackles. Are. Very. Important. You. Watch. The. Penalty. Don't. Do. It. Because. The. OTher. team. Will. Win. On. Point.

[@robmoore2625]

Damian should play 80 minutes at 10. Beauden should come on 2nd half and play at 15 (moving Jordan onto the wing).

[@joachimmahoudeaux8619]

Nope you won’t get Penaud, the true Damian is Penaud 😂

[@geekdaddy5351]

French here : I cross my finger for les bleus, but... I don't think it will be enough... They could be lethal in attack mode, but the defense against hard attack is not so great. I have a bad feeling about this...

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

Arrête le défaitisme avec les kiwis...

[@geekdaddy5351]

Ce n'est pas du défaitisme de dire que la défense ne paraît plus autant étanche et rassurante. Et ce n'est pas parce que c'est les kiwi. Irlande ou SA, ce serait la même chose. Là, il faut aussi prendre en compte que les blacks ont un passif avec les bleus, s'ils seront revanchards et que ce n'est que test match. Mais je serai a 100% derrière les bleus, comme depuis que j'ai commencé a suivre le tournois des 5 nations, il y a 35 ans

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

@@geekdaddy5351 Je peux être d'accord sur le fond mais lis bien leurs commentaires ; la plupart font du frenchbashing avec leurs copains sudaff ; donc si on s'y met nous aussi...

[@Opitoukisskiss]

@@brunodesbergesdarz ça sert à rien de jacter comme des pintades avant le match. Les joueurs le font pas. Alors toi pourquoi tu veux le faire ? Tu as besoin de faire sortir de l'émotion ? Chante avec moi : yes you ABs are the best and we stand no chance. Tu verras, ça va les calmer. Et après le match, on verra si on peut changer les paroles de la chanson.

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

@@Opitoukisskiss d'où tu sors abruti ? quant à jacter, c'est ce que tu fais... bêtement et de loin ; ça t'évite la machine à claques...

[@maryrout4454]

Its a yes, Nz they won . Stop yapping on. You appear to only like the sound of your own voice. The All Blacks have a difficult job it looks like its very athletic.

[@WilliamCarolus-ob2gd]

KIRSTIE JEFF MILLS JK THE BOKS DO ALL DA TRICKS IN BOOK.EVERY 5 -10MIN MAN DOWN SLOW DOWN MOMENTEM.LIK KRISTIE SAID ITS FRUSTATED. INTEMIDATE PUSHING TO START FIGHT TIME OUT GIVE BOMSQAUD A BREATHER .

[@axxey]

Send in the tactical medic, failing that send in the tactical waterboy flood.

[@geoffhughes225]

Yeah. The boks need to learn how to tie boot laces as part of their teaining

[@Spencer-z6k]

Roigard and Sititi are going to snot the French halfback, what's his name, Dupont out of the game....

[@nicola5499]

🤔

[@crnscrnscrns8740]

Idiot and stupid

[@alphamale9715]

It's not good to make fun 🤣🤣🤣 sorry 😘

[@WilliamCarolus-ob2gd]

I'm A ALL BLACK S.A SUPPORTER SINS SID GOING PLAY IN S.A GEORGE V S.W.D WHATS GAME OUTSIDE IN TREE.A SUPPORTER SIN

[@mikezog1030]

sjoe buddy lay off the mushrooms....

[@Geezweez788]

😂😂​@@mikezog1030

[@patshort177]

Good point, well made......

[@darrenleroux2034]

The Irish arrogance is misplaced, they need to do their talking on the field….. well done AB’s. Good to see that world order has been restored with the Bokke and AB’s at the top of the table (as flawed as it is)

[@macmoan]

Irish arrogance.. have you lost your mind...did you watch this video..classless and arrogant throughout

[@HenryBaggins-rz7mq]

Two lucky wins and you think you're world beaters. The reality is the ABs choked a WC final.

[@mungoblizzard6114]

Ireland an overrated team with their top 3 players being kiwi lol and celebrating 50:22s like they won the World Cup 😂

[@darrenleroux2034]

@ Luck has nothing to do with it, the Bokke have been consistently beating most nations for a long time. Back to back world champions! Luck can’t carry you that long, fact!!

[@mattsmth5236]

The all blacks have lost to France 2 times in a row and people are saying Anton duport is the best player in the world come on all blacks you have to smash them on sunday

[@Olriktheinfamous]

Who is Anton Duport 😂

[@mattsmth5236]

You will see on Sunday he wears no 9 for France that's what his name will be when the all blacks smash them

[@avb4805]

​@@Olriktheinfamous😂

[@crnscrnscrns8740]

Who is here after AB loose against better than them 😂?

[@mattsmth5236]

How many world cups have France won who has got the best head to head record all time against every country Anton dupunt has to come to NZ next year but he and the best france team won't travel because they dont want to get a hiding

[@llllIllIIl]

Roigard > cortez

[@axxey]

Both played average this week but Roigard had it easy with no pressure. If Roigard could not pass it up above Dmac's head all the time I would appreciate it.

[@joshuaashford4386]

Anyone would think Irelands made it past a Quater-final 😂😂😂 trash team

[@HenryBaggins-rz7mq]

You never hear presenters in Ireland, England, France, Wales, Scotland etc. talking about the NH. They are only interested in their own teams. What is this obsession in NZ and SA with the 'sphere'. They protest too much.

[@brianmbiriri2724]

You know nothing bout the history

[@jacomeyer719]

We are not obsessed, we are merely frustrated with some of the NH teams (particular England and Ireland) with their constant unsportmanlike celebrations, theatrics and showboating. Be humble!!!

[@one_eyed_odin]

I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourselves, barely won against England and the Irish gave Zero fucks about the game, the French game will hopefully test ye more but I'm not convinced NZ rae back to the good ol days yet

[@DrugsBunny973]

France 42- NZ 21

[@titouangorin466]

Am French, and it'll be the opposite OR a tight game

[@Huckster-tj9if]

It's very possible we could lose to France but almost impossible to lose by 21