Let’s just wait for him to get settled and used to playing with these players again and in a new style compared to when he left. It’s a pre season friendly and they’ve been together 2 weeks. No need to write him off or declare him the second coming of Cafu either way just yet.
I know this. The poster that I orignally quoted stated that he hopes that the club "freeze him out" and "make him train alone". Hence my reference to training alone.
Northern hemisphere team going down south and claiming series victories. Wales to complete the clean sweep later, just to confirm an all Southern hemisphere World Cup final next year.
The way the fixtures are we are actually lined up to play either New Zealand or the host nation France in the QF. Yay! Depending of course on who finishes top or second in the respective groups.
Oh, and Scotland are also in our group.
The danger with winning this series is that the bear has well and truly been poked. The All Blacks are very likely to sack their coaching ticket now and get themselves back in order for the WC next year. Rassie Erasmus showed at the last World Cup that it's not about the 4 year cycle anymore.