Kickoff Time 19:15 UTC
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Each Countries Starting Lineups
Head-to-Head
Last 5 Meetings France Wins 1 Draws 0 New Zealand Wins 4
France Injuries: Jonathan Danty Romain Ntamack Paul Willemse Cyril Baille Anthony Jelonch
All Black Injuries: Tyrel Lomax Brodie Retallick Shannon Frizell Jordie Barrett Emoni Narawa
Does feel like this ABs side doesn’t have the killer instinct. There have been times where they had France on the ropes and haven’t been able to take advantage
Still the All Blacks. But not the force of 8 years ago for sure. France fronting up 1 to 15 for the whole period. Going to be really tough to hold this up over 7 weeks
Man I want to see France do it if I am honest. Huge DuPont fan but Boks supporter.
What a fucking match to open the Rugby World Cup!!!
Great run there, cut short by a great tackle!
What a cracker of a first game! God damn
I am doing the predictor on the world rugby site. I think I will have to factor in the heat bit more. Both sides tired but France seemed like they were gonna fall out
Aye, could see low scoring indeed. I bet on all defending teams of 20+ on my accumulator today
I was 5 minutes late to the game. Missed most of the best bits!
Lol that camera view from above/behind the posts… I thought the posts were some kind of graphic on kicking angles!
Clear yellow. If he hits his head, a red, doesn’t look it though. Which shows you how stupid referals are. He had no chance there, wiped him out. Outcome a lottery. Expect this to be red in a few years
Great try. An inevitability about it. NZ not getting the pens or the steals in defense
I want to see some Tier 2 success, good matches ,some good storylines to follow throughout the Rugby World Cup and a new name on the trophy
Real head and heart here for me today. Head says NZ, heart says France. Arse says a NZ red overshadows the match and all we hear are butthurt kiwis for the rest of the tournament
Well damn quite the arse you have there. Not quite red, but close lol
Worst challenge of the world cup so far!
If France win, let’s hope the ref doesn’t make any questionable decisions against NZ at all. If he does, we’ll be hearing about it forever and he’ll be getting death threats…
I’ve been watching MLR since it’s inception, but this is my first time watching World Cup!
Only really my 4th! Loads of fun. A few upsets. Jeopardy. This world cup more than any previous!
Who’s your MLR side?
Ma hometown SaberCats (or SaffaCats or SaberBocks if you’re aware 🤣). If you’re a fan of the league we have a !usmlr@lemmy.world community here too.
I dunno who to support next season now that they’ve taken RATL away from us :(
I guess Miami is the closest to you now, but that’s still quite a haul. If STL materializes they’re not much closer, eh?
In the cup here my closest ancestors among the competing nations are Italian, then I think English, and French a distant 3rd. So I guess I have a few options to root for!
8th ever AB loss in a WC… and 3 of them have been against France
Was worried after that start but can good in the end. I blame the awful rendition of the anthems.
Weirdly, France typically start the fastest and fade 40-60 minutes but today they did it the other way round - controlled in the first half and playing a bit more in the second.
Still think Ireland or SA for the overall after that.
