Some thoughts on the weekend's big NZ games. It was a real pleasure to see the exciting way the All Blacks tore the French apart with several exciting tries on Saturday.
The only blight on a great first half was when Kaino deliberately elbowed a Frenchman full in the face.
In any other code in the world he would have been sent off and it seemed a ridiculous way to give away the only 3 points the French got in the first half. And then we had to listen to the commentator Richard Lowe say the linesman had got it wrong. Not a pretty look in an otherwise spectacular performance.
Well done to Richie McCaw for reaching 100 hard fought caps for the ABs.
I hope the Warriors win the Grand Final and those commentators who have been writing them and their coach off all year are forced to eat their hats!

Paul Knights, Tauranga.