RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks
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As a neutral I thought it was a great game. Very absorbing contest.
All the 'RIP rugby' takes on this thread have me somewhat bemused. I'm no fan of the cards and the TMO but ultimately the game flowed pretty well and if you haven't made your peace with the high contact rules now then you never will.
I thought Wayne Barnes had a good game, especially in the last 20. He understood the stakes, let the players decide the game without it descending into a free-for-all. Of course you can always screenshot incident X or play Y, and if you're looking for perfection you are going to be disappointed.
But in a tight, physical game with each side throwing haymakers I thought he got a lot more right than he did wrong, and he allowed the game to flow really well with clear communication.
@barbarian said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
I thought Wayne Barnes had a good game, especially in the last 20. He understood the stakes, let the players decide the game without it descending into a free-for-all
But he'd all but sealed the fate of the match well before that. The Frizzell yellow was worse than Kolisi not getting a red. Not to mention the bizarre rulings around the ruck
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really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
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WRT Barnes admitting fault, I found this take from the North Harbour refs coordinator interesting:
https://twitter.com/NewYorkNixon/status/1718437362341126504?s=20
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@akan004 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
The call to go for the corner, rather than the posts, came from foster, it was mentioned in the comms
Terrible coaching
Foster's going to Fozie bear. Quite appropriate result when you look at it this way
Is this in the 2nd half? I was more annoyed when they turned down the 3 in the first half and went for the lineout, and then Cane gets red carded in the next play. Down by 6 points on a wet day and they ignore the 3.
They clearly wanted to hang onto the ball early, and run the Bok forwards around.
What really pissed me off was losing the lineout - that put Cane into the situation to get carded.
@nzzp said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@akan004 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
The call to go for the corner, rather than the posts, came from foster, it was mentioned in the comms
Terrible coaching
Foster's going to Fozie bear. Quite appropriate result when you look at it this way
Is this in the 2nd half? I was more annoyed when they turned down the 3 in the first half and went for the lineout, and then Cane gets red carded in the next play. Down by 6 points on a wet day and they ignore the 3.
They clearly wanted to hang onto the ball early, and run the Bok forwards around.
What really pissed me off was losing the lineout - that put Cane into the situation to get carded.
Fair enough, and they should stick to that plan, but it's still absolutely the wrong decision when you are given a kickable penalty. We all know in the biggest games, you have to take the points when on offer and keep in touch with the opposition. Take the 3 and they would have only been trailing by 3.
It's not like the kick to touch was ever going to result in a 5 metre lineout, it was at best always going to be around the 22. On a wet day, against a supper aggressive defence, the chances of scoring a try from that far out was always going to be slim.
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really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
Mate, the bolded part is absolute nonsense. Whatever mistakes the team made, they held on with 14 blokes for 60mins against a seriously physical Bok team. It was an all-time level of effort. I suggest you watch the video above in the thread of the changing room after the match then tell me the guys didn't want it as much.
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@NTA "Why did Wayne Barnes not overturn the Savea penalty?
Because he can't.
Why?
Because imagine if after every decision the ref looked at the screen and then decided if it was correct."
That's exactly what they do already.
@Richie8-7 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@NTA "Why did Wayne Barnes not overturn the Savea penalty?
Because he can't.
Why?
Because imagine if after every decision the ref looked at the screen and then decided if it was correct."
That's exactly what they do already.
Course he can change it.
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I lost interest in the match not when Cane was red carded. Although that was bad enough due to the rejection of the 20-minute rule. But when Kolisi wasn't I lost interest in the game. Rugby has become a farce that I can't be bothered with
But I went and looked at the Kolisi non red card again just now. What a joke. Straight into Savea head. If this isn't an automatic red card the rules need changing. He just bent over and went straight for Ardie's head. More reckless than Canes red.
Both should have been automatic red cards. WR must have rules to protect the head. But the clowns at WR also need to introduce a 20 minute rule
It's very simple. But my enthusiasm for a sport run by clowns has diminished now. And it's close to home too (Aust). NZ sadly isn't much better
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
Mate, the bolded part is absolute nonsense. Whatever mistakes the team made, they held on with 14 blokes for 60mins against a seriously physical Bok team. It was an all-time level of effort. I suggest you watch the video above in the thread of the changing room after the match then tell me the guys didn't want it as much.
@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
Mate, the bolded part is absolute nonsense. Whatever mistakes the team made, they held on with 14 blokes for 60mins against a seriously physical Bok team. It was an all-time level of effort. I suggest you watch the video above in the thread of the changing room after the match then tell me the guys didn't want it as much.
was reflecting that arguably the coaches did their damn job. We got to that final with a fit team, who knew how they wanted to play, and put on a superb performance. What cost them were the Cane/Friz cards, the missed kicks, and the handling drops. Arguably that's not on the coaches -they prepared a team, put it out there, and in good form.
This makes me feel slightly ill, but the coaching group ahs been really growing into their roles.
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@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
Mate, the bolded part is absolute nonsense. Whatever mistakes the team made, they held on with 14 blokes for 60mins against a seriously physical Bok team. It was an all-time level of effort. I suggest you watch the video above in the thread of the changing room after the match then tell me the guys didn't want it as much.
was reflecting that arguably the coaches did their damn job. We got to that final with a fit team, who knew how they wanted to play, and put on a superb performance. What cost them were the Cane/Friz cards, the missed kicks, and the handling drops. Arguably that's not on the coaches -they prepared a team, put it out there, and in good form.
This makes me feel slightly ill, but the coaching group ahs been really growing into their roles.
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@nzzp who do you reckon made the call to stop contesting lineouts? Is that Ardie, the locks or the coaches? (genuine qn)
@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@nzzp who do you reckon made the call to stop contesting lineouts? Is that Ardie, the locks or the coaches? (genuine qn)
we were putting the fear of god up Fourie, seemed a weird decision to stop doing something that was legitimately working
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
really just posting...because i feel i should post after the big game
Gutted sums it up
There are things i would like to complain about but the reality we just didn't play as well as we needed to win, we didn't play like we did against ireland and it showed
I also just think SA wanted it more, i know their fans did, at a pub in melbourne and their fans were RABID, kiwis stood quietly at most mumbling the national anthem but the Bokke supporters were calling it out, chanting during the game etc....and i think the team played like it too...just flying up on defence when we held back and waited for them to come to us
i feel we get cards by carelessness or brain explosions, cane gets caught off guard with a player turning into him...card, scooter last week = brain fart...the Bokke get done because theyre pushing the limits, if they catch someone in a high tackle its because theyre flown out to make a dominant tackle
now thats a bad result....but i think it shows they just really want to win...and we just want to play a bit of footy
Mate, the bolded part is absolute nonsense. Whatever mistakes the team made, they held on with 14 blokes for 60mins against a seriously physical Bok team. It was an all-time level of effort. I suggest you watch the video above in the thread of the changing room after the match then tell me the guys didn't want it as much.
@voodoo im not going to go back and forth, not saying they didnt want to win...not saying they didnt want to win more than anything....but watching the game and then the replay....i feel the Bokke were just hitting harder, coming up faster, they had a bloody hard road to the final and still managed to keep their nose in front
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@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
I hope Reiko didn't miss his flight home.
Karma's a bitch.haha, welcome aboard Troll.
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@nzzp Karma really IS a bitch isn't it?
Acting the dickhead to opposition supporters and players after the final whistle just sets you up for payback. Idiot.@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@nzzp Karma really IS a bitch isn't it?
Acting the dickhead to opposition supporters and players after the final whistle just sets you up for payback. Idiot.Pretty common view held around here, none of us were impressed with Rieko - so not sure why you're banging that drum here
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Of course he can change his mind…
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Of course he can change his mind…
That really wasn't called for
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@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@nzzp Karma really IS a bitch isn't it?
Acting the dickhead to opposition supporters and players after the final whistle just sets you up for payback. Idiot.Pretty common view held around here, none of us were impressed with Rieko - so not sure why you're banging that drum here
@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@nzzp Karma really IS a bitch isn't it?
Acting the dickhead to opposition supporters and players after the final whistle just sets you up for payback. Idiot.Pretty common view held around here, none of us were impressed with Rieko - so not sure why you're banging that drum here
i know right, trolls got to troll i guess
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@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@nzzp Karma really IS a bitch isn't it?
Acting the dickhead to opposition supporters and players after the final whistle just sets you up for payback. Idiot.Pretty common view held around here, none of us were impressed with Rieko - so not sure why you're banging that drum here
@voodoo Because now is exactly when it comes back to bite him in the arse.
So much for the famous "humility"... He did a lot of damage to perception of NZ rugby sportsmanship in the NH. Maybe you don't care about that and that's fine too.
Glad to hear it wasn't popular on here, although I didn't think it would among the majority of posters. -
@bluedex said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
I hope Reiko didn't miss his flight home.
Karma's a bitch.Well I expect win or lose, he was on the same flight...so he should be good, appreciate your concern though Johnny.
