My man of the match was McCaw. He was everywhere.
Collins (Hard bastard), Spencer, Mealamu, Meuws (sp?) and Rokococo (sp?) all had good games.
It's kind of hard to judge the lineout success or failures if you don't know the calls. However, it's plain to see that whenever Oliver is out there, we're not finding our targets, and we are with Mealamu.
I was in the pub with Furrycrew, and can attest that the pub cheered when Reuben Thorne was sent off. Kinda odd to see an AB captain jeered like that, but then he is a waste of space.
I thought the first French try was a bit soft, and came down to poorly (well, not great at least) organised defence. The second try was much harder to stop, having the seven man scrum pushed back, and then a great inside ball to the centre.
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