France to win the world cup

after this mornings effort i can say i have seen what the world cup final is going to look like.

Justin marshall can hang up is boots.. Jonah is back and so is Cully.

The French Fowards totally dominated the line outs and the scrums.. its gana be a pretty big battle next year.

with the Ab's id say the side that played this morning wont look to much differnt maybe the changes as Taine randell wont be there and maybe the front row might be looking a little diffent.

we didnt really do anything wrong in the backs just didnt really get enough ball.

as for the French they showed they are still up there and when they have a full strengh team as well they will kick the arse of the likes or sth Africa and Aussie. threating on many occasions to break out but just lacking that finishing fire power that we did when Tana scored right under the black dot.

France vs New Zealand Final with France wining by about 4 points!!!

and as for the Ref.... someone really needs to be asking the Question of what the kinda call on Cully? so many times this has happend its such a bullshit rule.. they wernt going to score a try and if he didnt catch it would have hit him in the head.

Total fuck up there.

Thats some prediction this far out from the cup, U couldn't rule out Aussie winning at home either. And no mentionof England even after what they have done in the last 2 weekends?

england havnt done shit? we sent a second team up there and oh wow england bet us by what 3 points?

didnt we make like a huge come back ? yea thought so

england totally overated and full of themselves

hey forest , did you watch the same game as we did

considering that we didnt take the best locks in the country , and one of the best didnt start - we arent in any trouble

Mika is good , but hes mabye in the top 5 , willis , cooksley , williams , jack and maxwell , mika isnt as great in lineouts ,

lomu choked - he fumbled it every move he took , he cant tackle in the run of play , and he needs maybe 10 metres to get into the warm up , he cant make a man on man move.

The side for the world cup will be totally different - well have lee , marshall and kelleher to pick from , jack and maxwell , willis at locks , sommerville , richie mccaw , so many of the canterbury players - as much as i hate to say it some of them are the best in the country - this team was picked out form , wait til the world cup

this was a in form side - not the best side we could feild - england and france threw all they could against us - and we came away really well

australia , never rule out australia , nor south africa ,

* laughs at the fact that you even metioned Justin Marshall *

Agree on Marshall, and that the side for the WC will look little like the current European tour team.

So when was the last time we beat Aust three games in a row?

we suck at the lineouts and if they dont improve in that department then i think we are gonna find it difficult in the world cup. As for France winning the world cup, im not 2 sure bout that, its quite hard to pick at this stage.

Well, lets look at the top contenders for next year: Aussie has burned out some players and over the hill, playing on reputation for some players. South Africa is in Crisis. I think we can beat all the Northern hemisphere teams when we have our best team out and are fresh. So I think WE will win the world cup...

well anyway France is my pick .. i follow them quite closely because of a few players there that are from my home town. the Marsh Brothers.. they would have cut the Ab defence to bits on the weekend but one of the two is out injuryed.

as for other picks Ireland are just getting stronger and stronger, id say they will come an unlucky second in the five nations!

as for england? they are in the same boat as aussie.. they are at there peak now and when world cup time comes there top players are gana be burned out.

The All Blacks did fucking well considering their forwards were completely overpowered, and they conceded three of the softest yellow cards of the season. Which just compounded our scrum problems.

Tom Willis is the key to the All Blacks lineout, the only time the lineout actually looked good all year, Willis was throwing.

Now I can see why you think France will win, they have counties players in the team. Remove the blinkers and you would have seen france couldn't beat a second rate AB at home after a long season and with the refs calls (or more correctly the touch judges) going against them. If they are our main contenders, bring it on.

On another mater, Tapa Henning should never ever be the linesman. He has to get involved far too much and stuffs up most of the games when hes in that position. Keep him as ref maybe, but not touch judge.

Tapa Henning should never be allowed near an All Blacks game, fullstop.

just a half if the ab selectors had of opened there eyes when he was playing here he would have been an all black.

tony marsh will can cut any team to bits.. he will be at his peak during the world cup!

it wouldnt fucking matter if he was from Counties or Otago he was, is one of the best 2nd 5's in the game today. just a pity he was out injuryed because the score would have been a lot differnt.

True forest, the AB's would have won.

lol smart arse

Isn't Tony Marsh a weather presenter these days? ;P

no no thats toni marsh

dj glen marsh's sister so i hear

France is still going to win :-p

France will win... Just not the final