Has Hansen gone stale?
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@antipodean I don't need to watch that video, i remember it well.
But that was 08 wasn't it?
2007 at the World Cup he was playing bloody well, and was still a weapon off the bench. We wanted to play him, but couldn't (even the coaches admitted it), and bringing his game off the bench would have helped enormously.
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
I don't need to watch that video, i remember it well.
Literally nothing went right for him that day. One where you just want the ground to open up and swallow you.
His form in Super Rugby was amazeballs.
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2003 was fucking Carlos' fault. Leon wasn't even supposed to playing, let alone doing the goalkicking. BUT...
Who injured Tana? Carlos!
Who was supposed to do the kicking but turned out to be a worse goalkicker than me? Carlos!
Who threw a wild cut out pass to Mortlock?.....
Is fault, Carlos!
@chris-b Yeah, but Merts was dropped in 2003 because by that stage his pre-game warm-up included visits to the Pie Factory and the brewery. Talk about fat, by 2003 he had a triple chin. Rugby Union's own version of Mr Kerosote.
Deans and Cueball had a young fella Dan Carter in their squad who turned out to to be a not bad first five. They chose to leave him sitting on the bench. I blaming Deans and Cueball for that one.
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life Ben Blair learns and gets that!
if you are even remotely suggesting that Blair is picked over AB legend Mils Muliaina then you and I can no longer converse.
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
i just watched it. How was that not given??
Its a shocker
I deleted my original post because the video bookmark wasn't working.. It's at 15min for anyone that's interested
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@mariner4life At the time I suggested he be played on the wing due to Carlos' shonky goalkicking!
@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life At the time I suggested he be played on the wing due to Carlos' shonky goalkicking!
that's even more retarded than MacDonald at centre (and didn't Leon miss 2 penalties?).
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life At the time I suggested he be played on the wing due to Carlos' shonky goalkicking!
that's even more retarded than MacDonald at centre (and didn't Leon miss 2 penalties?).
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@mariner4life He wouldn't have if Benny had been taking the kicks!
@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life He wouldn't have if Benny had been taking the kicks!
Carlos looked alright nailing that one from the sideline after he scored that ripper try for the Blues v your mob. Maybe a little faith aye Agent Robbie?
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life He wouldn't have if Benny had been taking the kicks!
Carlos looked alright nailing that one from the sideline after he scored that ripper try for the Blues v your mob. Maybe a little faith aye Agent Robbie?
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@mariner4life Karma fucking got him and the Blues for that episode!
@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life Karma fucking got him and the Blues for that episode!
the Karma sounds like an absolute COAT
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life Karma fucking got him and the Blues for that episode!
the Karma sounds like an absolute COAT
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life Karma fucking got him and the Blues for that episode!
the Karma sounds like an absolute COAT
She's not to be fucked with.
You get away with all sorts of shit and then "Boom" - full on psycho!
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On the subject of overweight people, Steve Hansen gets more and more corpulent. Someone could buy him a exercise bike to use a bit in the off season.
Joe Schmidt by contrast is as thin as a rake.
@sparky said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
On the subject of overweight people, Steve Hansen gets more and more corpulent. Someone could buy him a exercise bike to use a bit in the off season.
Joe Schmidt be contrast is as thin as a rake.
He and Foster must chew through the catering budget
Is there anything worse than a fat rugby coach yelling at you to run hills harder in preseason? fuuuuck you tubs, you could use these more than me!
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Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
i was in Paris looking at kiwi touring parties wandering around in a daze. And then selling their final tickets for a fortune to ecstatic poms
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@sparky said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
On the subject of overweight people, Steve Hansen gets more and more corpulent. Someone could buy him a exercise bike to use a bit in the off season.
Joe Schmidt be contrast is as thin as a rake.
He and Foster must chew through the catering budget
Is there anything worse than a fat rugby coach yelling at you to run hills harder in preseason? fuuuuck you tubs, you could use these more than me!
@mariner4life pretty sure it's Nic Gill that would be doing any shouting about runing harder and shit...otherwise as you were.
We hadnt bought tickets, but were planning on heading to Cardiff in 1999 for the weekend...
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@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
i was in Paris looking at kiwi touring parties wandering around in a daze. And then selling their final tickets for a fortune to ecstatic poms
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
i was in Paris looking at kiwi touring parties wandering around in a daze. And then selling their final tickets for a fortune to ecstatic poms
I was there too, although incognito. I sold them to Saffers. The SF tickets went to Poms.
All the Kiwis on the Williment tours were still wearing their AB kit, even when we all seemed to end up at a bar to watch the NPC final.
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@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
i was in Paris looking at kiwi touring parties wandering around in a daze. And then selling their final tickets for a fortune to ecstatic poms
I was there too, although incognito. I sold them to Saffers. The SF tickets went to Poms.
All the Kiwis on the Williment tours were still wearing their AB kit, even when we all seemed to end up at a bar to watch the NPC final.
@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
@bovidae said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Yeah, keep talking about the 2003 RWC as I don't have as many bad memories compared to 2007. In 2007 I had tickets to both the SF and final and had no interest in going to them after that game in Cardiff. :pouting_face:
i was in Paris looking at kiwi touring parties wandering around in a daze. And then selling their final tickets for a fortune to ecstatic poms
I was there too, although incognito. I sold them to Saffers. The SF tickets went to Poms.
All the Kiwis on the Williment tours were still wearing their AB kit, even when we all seemed to end up at a bar to watch the NPC final.
my AB jersey got packed up and sent home from Poland 2 days after the quarter
And then my mates i met up with in Paris gave me a 2007 RWC edition one for my 30th...
That jersey was worn to the 2011 final, so it's all good now!
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Jesus - how have we got to this depressing topic.
On the plus side, that was really the last hurrah of the Australians' golden era.
Score since then at a rough count is 36-7, with two draws!
This is going to turn in to a week where we finally unload all the demons that have been haunting us all these years. The Fern and the ABs, freshening up for a renewed assault on 2019
The only reason we didn't win 2007 was the bullshit citing/suspension of Lauaki that was rightly tipped over, but too late to bring him in to the side. He plays that quarter, we win.
@mariner4life said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
The only reason we didn't win 2007 was the bullshit citing/suspension of Lauaki that was rightly tipped over, but too late to bring him in to the side. He plays that quarter, we win.
Still have to go with the forward pass. The series of phases leading to the Rodders try were dominant and exactly the opposite of a team choking away a game around the 65th minute. Don't see Lauaki being more physical than Rodders or Collins were that game. The forward pass not only puts France ahead but got them out of their own half where they had already conceeded multiple line breaks in the 3-5 minutes since the last try.
The difference between 2007 and 2011 isn't that great. No matter how good a team is - unless they are averaging 8 tries a game, you can't expect them to manufacture a try in a given 10 minute period on demand. If France score a bullshit try in the 65th minute of the 2011 final good luck to Ellis and Donald clawing that back, given how Joubert reffed the final stanza.
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@chris-b said in Has Hansen gone stale?:
Jesus - how have we got to this depressing topic.
On the plus side, that was really the last hurrah of the Australians' golden era.
Score since then at a rough count is 36-7, with two draws!
This is going to turn in to a week where we finally unload all the demons that have been haunting us all these years. The Fern and the ABs, freshening up for a renewed assault on 2019
The only reason we didn't win 2007 was the bullshit citing/suspension of Lauaki that was rightly tipped over, but too late to bring him in to the side. He plays that quarter, we win.
Nah! 2007 was all about the failure to set up the drop goal. Lots of opportunities to pop it over in the last few minutes there but McAlister didn't take them.
