Picking the ABs to lose ...
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@dogmeat said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
Were the eastern terraces the TSF stand coz that's where I had my meltdown too.
i was in the 2nd row right where Woody scored. So at ground level everything looked even worse!!
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@victor-meldrew said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
Believe it or not, I was a bit worried when we were 29-13 up at 1/2 time against France in the 2015 quarter finals. The horrible, grey, sweaty feeling I experienced at the Millennium Stadium in 2007 started to seep back in
Funnily enough, I knew we were going to win the World Cup when Carter dropped a goal against the Boks a week later.
I felt the same a bit during that game, I didn't actually feel like we were dominating as much as the scorecard suggested and thought they'd come back. But they'd mentally clocked out and the 2nd half was an unopposed training run.
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@snowy that 2nd half at Twickers was probably the single most least enjoyable period of rugby I have seen, and being there with a smarmy Aussie cnut in front of me taking the piss made it so much worse...and me trying to impress my new boss, I wasnt able to punch the dirty Aussie cnut
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@taniwharugby said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
@snowy that 2nd half at Twickers was probably the single most least enjoyable period of rugby I have seen, and being there with a smarmy Aussie cnut in front of me taking the piss made it so much worse...and me trying to impress my new boss, I wasnt able to punch the dirty Aussie cnut
A very similar experience. 5 Boer bores behind us who were stilled pissed in both senses of the word after their team had lost the day before to that wobbly (pun intended) Larkham drop goal. I bought a ticket outside the ground from a really nice French dude (not usually in the same sentence I know!). He sold me tickets for face value and we sat next to him. When France started their comeback he turned around and told the Saffas to STFU as we had women with us (some pretty crude stuff from them). I actually smiled in spite of the disaster unraveling in front of me and thought that a fight actually might make me feel better.
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@snowy ha an Aussie I was sitting next to threatened the cnuty Aussie in front of us..
Frenchies we saw on the train on the way home were all very good about it...was a nother nationality not yet mentioned who neeeded to be twatted.
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@taniwharugby said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
was a nother nationality not yet mentioned who neeeded to be twatted.
Some English rugby fans are ignorant pricks.
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@taniwharugby said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
@snowy ha an Aussie I was sitting next to threatened the cnuty Aussie in front of us..
Frenchies we saw on the train on the way home were all very good about it...was a nother nationality not yet mentioned who neeeded to be twatted.
The French have always been good about those wins. They've almost been apologetic and embarrassed about it.
I did however meet one pissed up French dude a few weeks after the 2011 final. He was banging on about conspiracy theories regarding the ref and some bullshit about Parra's injury (McCaw should have been sent off apparently). Told him to shut tfu and rather rudely reminded him of his country's appalling record in WW2.
But other than him most French fans are brilliant.
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1991 semi-final vs Australia. I knew we would lose that one because we hadn't learned a single lesson from our previous games against them (indeed, doubled down on a few things that were poor, especially selections).
1995 final in the RWC, but only because we were sick. We still almost made it however.
I don't think I've ever been that certain we would lose since then. I have put money against the ABs a couple of times, but only when the odds were outrageously high against the other side.
I did know we would lose at Rustenburg 2006 ten minutes into the game though. We'd a poor track record there at the time, and it was apparent from the start that we were using the fixture to try things out rather than sticking with our usual game. I understand why Henry was doing it, but it didn't give us the best option to win. The 22 drop-outs were beyond embarrassing.
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@jk said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
When we played Ireland in the US.
I'm surprised more haven't said this test. As mentioned the loss of our 3 best locks had me concerned.
I was never worried about the 2011 RWC final. Maybe I had a different view from the lower ASB stand.
Sure it was very tense but being at the game you could tell the French weren't going to score another "try from the end of the world" so the ABs just had to trust their D and be disciplined. A lot of my friends were very nervous watching on TV, including one who stopped watching at HT.
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@bovidae said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
@jk said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
When we played Ireland in the US.
I'm surprised more haven't said this test. As mentioned the loss of our 3 best locks had me concerned.
I was never worried about the 2011 RWC final. Maybe I had a different view from the lower ASB stand.
Sure it was very tense but being at the game you could tell the French weren't going to score another "try from the end of the world" so the ABs just had to trust their D and be disciplined. A lot of my friends were very nervous watching on TV, including one who stopped watching at HT.
Likewise on 2011. Despite the tense nature and squeaky bum moments, I never lost confidence in the belief that McCaw was going to drive us to victory.
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I was top tier in the temporary seats for 2011 final.
When Cruden got injured and tehre was a delay, i nipped down to get some beers ... in my haste to get back, I tripped over entering the stand (beers were ok though), and as I stood up and continued walking in, the cop/security guard standing there, put his hand out to stop me. I was expecting all sorts of shit, and questions as they were being pretty hard on drunken behaviour. Started panicking about kikicked out etc. Instead he slowly turned his head, looked me dead in the eye and said
"Before you go back to your seat, you need to know that Stephen Donald is now on the field"
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@act-crusader said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
@bovidae said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
@jk said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
When we played Ireland in the US.
I'm surprised more haven't said this test. As mentioned the loss of our 3 best locks had me concerned.
I was never worried about the 2011 RWC final. Maybe I had a different view from the lower ASB stand.
Sure it was very tense but being at the game you could tell the French weren't going to score another "try from the end of the world" so the ABs just had to trust their D and be disciplined. A lot of my friends were very nervous watching on TV, including one who stopped watching at HT.
Likewise on 2011. Despite the tense nature and squeaky bum moments, I never lost confidence in the belief that McCaw was going to drive us to victory.
I would never call what I felt throughout that second half as confidence. I never concede until that fat lady sings, but I was also waiting every second for a dreaded penalty to go against us.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
2011 game against Boks in SA with B team or at least unsettled line up. Would have been a finest moment if they'd pulled that off.
This one for me as well. We basically threw that game.
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I've had a few where I've had a very bad feeling. The one I thought we'd lose for sure and in fact I thought we'd get thumped, was against England on Mitch's northern tour.
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We did much better than I expected, but looking at that team, I'm still surprised we got close at Twickenham.
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@chris-b said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
I've had a few where I've had a very bad feeling. The one I thought we'd lose for sure and in fact I thought we'd get thumped, was against England on Mitch's northern tour.
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We did much better than I expected, but looking at that team, I'm still surprised we got close at Twickenham.
Yep. England were setting up a team to win the WC.
The visitors thought Keith Lowen, Ben Blair and Sam Broomhall were AB material
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I was worried before the Ireland Test in Chicago. Jerome Kaino couldn't remember any of Irish players when questioned by TVNZ. Ireland had three weeks preparation to our one. 2016 was the year of upsets. No Brodie or Sam at Lock. Lots of photos of AB players out on the town celebrating the World Series win with Cub fans.
Different vibe from the ABs camp this week
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@chris-b said in Picking the ABs to lose ...:
I've had a few where I've had a very bad feeling. The one I thought we'd lose for sure and in fact I thought we'd get thumped, was against England on Mitch's northern tour.
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We did much better than I expected, but looking at that team, I'm still surprised we got close at Twickenham.
Cullen plays instead of Blair, and Merhts doesn't come on and immediately start turning the ball over, and we win that game. Even Broomhall was good that day.
Fucking Blair not being able to get to the corner, or then stay in when tackled...
We definitely put a scare through them that day. And look at that England team!
