World Cup Final match thread
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<p>Poor buggers have been away from home for nearly 2 months. Not like 2011 when they'd been feeling the love all over the country and not having to live 12 hours from their family.</p>
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<p>Parades are good - lots of people lining up to say they'd been there, keys to the city etc. Let the cup tour the country with a selection of lads from the local province during the off-season.</p> -
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<p>On another point, watching some of it again last night and I don't think I have ever seen such a good start to a test match from the ABs as that.</p>
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<ul><li>Ball claimed from kickoff cleanly</li>
<li>Perfectly placed kick</li>
<li>Perfectly timed smashing tackle from Kaino and Australia already under the pump.</li>
<li>They spread it wide and a perfect behind the gain line hit by Conrad. Australia go the other way.</li>
<li>BBBR charges down the attempted clearance from the ruck.</li>
<li>Even without the luck of the ball being touched by Australia after the chargedown this was an incredible forceback.</li>
<li>Lineout perfect quickball followed by big linebreak by Nonu. It gets better!</li>
<li>Then came the first error, which was Smith passing the ball into Whitelock.</li>
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<p>Yes.</p>
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<p>I have to say that I don't think I've ever been so apprehensive before a game of rugby. I think I said earlier in the tournament that it had a bit of a feel of playing with the house money. That was a fucking stupid statement! On the day, my hand was actually shaking as I was trying to make coffee - I tried to tell myself that it was just caffeine deficiency or the DTs, but....it was tension.</p>
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<p>However, as much as could be, my nerves were settled by that start (only to come back with a vengeance after about 20 minutes when I realized that for all our good work the scores will still locked at 3-3.... and to dissipate after Nonu's try....and to come powering back after Kurindrani's..... ). Thankfully RWCs only come round every four years.</p>
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<p>Anyway, if you refer back to the Mental Midgets' thread you'll see that start was exactly as prescribed by Dr. b. and Admiral Fourlife. Hansen might as well have been taking our correspondence course! :)</p>
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<p>I really wanted to see a few thumping tackles that made a ferocious statement of intent and the last thing I wanted to see was a start like the one we made in 2003 when the Wallabies held onto the ball for about half an hour and ran us about like chickens chasing corn. Many thanks to Jerome and Conrad for setting that tone!</p> -
<p>Make it like after '91 where Wallabies took it on mystery tours around the country. They fucking lost it in Western Queensland when they got a bit pissed i think. </p>
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<p>I thought your point was they didn't get the rub of the green.<span style="font-size:18px;"> I took that as meaning that the ABs got more decisions go their way. </span>Neps point was they did get some decisions that somewhat balanced the ledger. Or am i missing something?</p>
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<p>That's exactly what I meant. Nepia appeared to take it as <em>all </em>decisions went NZ way and highlighted one that didn't to emphasise his point.</p>
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<p>My understanding of 'rub of the green' is in line with yours, not Nepia's.</p> -
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<p>Forgot to mention the after match reactions and comments from Moore, Cheika and Lynagh were exemplary.<br><br>
Respect</p>
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<p>Absolutely. Such good grace when - in my eyes - that could have had some legitimate issues with decisions that didn't go their way.</p>
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>Me too but I can't be arsed arguing. Ben makes it sound like the Aussies got farked over. I would beg to differ. There was call missed on both sides, fact is we played the better rugby and we won the day. It is not like in 2007 when we went an entire half in posession but having the ref swallow his whistle.</p> -
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>i think it is rather obtuse....</p> -
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>i think it is rather obtuse....</p>
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<p>I see what you did there. Nerd. :yes:</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="538825" data-time="1446535029"><p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p></blockquote>
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
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<p>ah ok, so no decisions went thier way at all? Or wil you need to watch from another angle to see if thats the case?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Ben" data-cid="538841" data-time="1446536327"><p>My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>I'm struggling to understand you. The ref did not hand us the game. The Aussies that inhabit TSF are less aggrieved than you. I can't be bothered to gauge opinion on enemy sites like GAGR but the biggest noises seem to be coming from elements in the Aussie media who are paid to generate interest. Are you trying to troll for a scrap? -
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>
Whether the s at the end of "decisions" is a typo, or not, makes a huge difference in this sentence.<br><br>
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<p>I'm struggling to understand you. The ref did not hand us the game. The Aussies that inhabit TSF are less aggrieved than you. <strong>I can't be bothered to gauge opinion on enemy sites like GAGR</strong> but the biggest noises seem to be coming from elements in the Aussie media who are paid to generate interest. Are you trying to troll for a scrap?</p>
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<p>I had a look and they don't seem as certain there as Ben that the wallabies were screwed.</p> -
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>
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<p>My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well.<br><br>
That's my angle.</p>
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<p>I'd accuse you of being Justin Marshall but even he dropped the dumb devil's advocate gimmick for this game.</p>
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<p>Both teams got away with a lot but the most obvious one by a mile was Kepu's invisibility cloak. Give him a yellow after his second (or third or fourth or fifth) cheap shot and the ABs would've run away with the game.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Unco" data-cid="538851" data-time="1446537422"><p>I'd accuse you of being Justin Marshall but even he dropped the dumb devil's advocate gimmick for this game.<br>
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Both teams got away with a lot but the most obvious one by a mile was Kepu's invisibility cloak. Give him a yellow after his second (or third or fourth or fifth) cheap shot and the ABs would've run away with the game.</p></blockquote>I had no issue with Ben Smith's YC, but there was no malice and he was a little unlucky in the timing of his tackle. In contrast Kefu tried to take out our players at least four times, including raking NMS's face. On another day he would have seen yellow pretty quick
