Rugby. Why has the victory of the France team undoubtedly done New Zealand a service? – The Rugbynistère

The French (re) highlighted New Zealand’s weaknesses on Saturday night at the Stade de France. Deficient in touch and on the defenses of carried balls, lack of aggressiveness on the ground. If we add to that the factors of fatigue at the end of the season, and the sanitary conditions imposed, All Blacks have logically lost ground against strong teams likeIreland or France. Jeans-Baptiste Lafond, although regularly grayed out for his manner of speaking, correctly analyzes the situation for Rugbyrama in this way: “Fabien Galthié knows it, he did not face the best team of the Blacks. We were in a hyper-favorable context: they left their home two and a half months ago, they can’t take it anymore. A health bubble, an average team that will be replaced by half within 2 years. As a Japanese minister said after the Pearl Harbor attack: “we are going to wake up a giant”. “France Rugby: Romain Ntamack on his crazy revival: ” it’s instinct ”!Indeed, who knows what would have happened if Romain Ntamack had not made his crazy raise from his in-goal. At a time of the match when the Habs were inside, a scrum 5 meters from our goal would have been perhaps detrimental and a plausible Kiwi victory. A deceptive victory, as New Zealand were dominated by the head and shoulders in the first half. In the same way as against Ireland (although this shot did not prove to be a winner), Ian Foster’s men tended to round their backs, to preserve the score, then to perform a lightning action to kill the encounter and the morale of their opponents. By losing twice in a row, and having his worst season since 2009, the silver fern team is forced to question itself. It is precisely in the same situation as 12 years ago, where Richie McCaw and his partners, two years before hosting the 2011 World Cup, did not seem ready.

“We gotta look each other in the eye, and have the talks we can’t escape“declared Dane coles right after Wayne Barnes’ final whistle at Paris. For the 2010 season, the Blacks had made role changes within the technical support. Graham Henry, then coach, went from occupying defense to forwards, Steve Hansen switched to attacking, and Wayne Smith from attacking to defense and counterattacks. These changes of status first forced the coaches to question themselves. And we necessarily think of the current framework, very criticized. Ian Foster, who suffers from the comparison with Scott Robertson, five-time winner in a row of the Super Rugby with the Crusaders, does not seem to provide a game plan capable of improving his team. His contract having been renewed last August, he will have to do the same soul-searching as his predecessors if he wishes to bring New Zealand back to the roof of the world.

“The formula for a great All Blacks team? They dominate physically. They have players who know how to make choices and have the ability to kill teams when they have chancesRichie McCaw’s recipe in his autobiographical book The Open Side. And according to columnist Patrick McKendry for RugbyPass, this team is lacking in energy and ideas, just two years after Ian Foster took office. In addition, he judges this team, without the presence of a leader like Richie McCaw, and a midfielder like the pair Ma’a Nonu / Conrad Smith, less able to get up as has been the case several times in the past. He nevertheless recognizes that with two years of preparations before the world Cup, this team has enough time and talent to evolve. Anyway, it will clearly not be the same New Zealand team that will arrive at the Stade de France on September 8, 2023, moreover with a realized introspection, a real physical freshness and an iron will to take revenge. The all black beast may have woken up on November 20, 2021 …