The Silver Fern

Best 80 mins from Codie Taylor since 2021

moment of the game for me was when Jordie held the Irish maul up over the line. Won the game right there

Another probable Foster first: Win a WC quarter final against the world number one ranked team

ABs buttfucked the Boks 33-6 in 2007, yet Boks won the World Cup. World Cup is not always won by the most consistent team, as we all know. Good game Boks, shit game ABs

@Duluth said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

@Tordah said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

fuck Ireland should have been penalised 20 phases earlier for sealing off

Kneck roll on RI too

German commentators went "THAT'S IT, NZ WON, CLEAR NECK ROLL" and I was waiting for the TMO to say something. Where was Jonker when you needed him?

My take on ABs players' stocks after TRC 2024:

Improved huge amounts:
Tupou Vai'i
Caleb Clarke
Wallace Sititi

Improved a bit:
Cortez Ratima
Codie Taylor
Tyrel Lomax
Pasilio Tosi
Tamaiti Williams
Sam Darry

No change:
George Bell
George Bower
Fletcher Newell
Patrick Tuipulotu
Josh Lord
Ethan Blackadder
Luke Jacobson
Dalton Papali'i
Noah Hotham
Beauden Barrett
Damian McKenzie
Harry Plummer
Jordie Barrett
David Havili
Rieko Ioane
Anton Lienert-Brown
Billy Proctor
Will Jordan
Ruben Love
Stephen Perofeta

Decreased:
Ethan de Groot
Ofa Tu'ungafasi
Scott Barrett
Sam Cane
Ardie Savea
Sevu Reece
Mark Tele'a

Down the shitter:
Asafo Aumua
Samipeni Finau
TJ Perenara

Thank you for investing two minutes of your life to get angry at my opinion

About as expected. No Roigard is a bummer.

@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

Pointed out in the Aotearoa Rugby Pod, if the Boks win, they would have done it having faced all the other 5 of the top 6 ranked nations.

If ABs win, they will have beaten two world number one ranked teams in the same tournament

Disappointing because South Africa didn't even look good in the 2nd half. PSDT was awesome, he carried the whole Bok team

I think World Rugby should revert to earlier TMO protocols, make him shut his trap unless asked about something, these random interventions really kill the buzz. Especially disappointing if some things are looked at (because a player is down) and other things are not looked at (Sam Cane should probably have lied down and asked for a medic and Etzebeth would have been red carded).

How good was Lomax for Clarke's try? Delaying the pass like a midfielder, so great to watch. Awesome scrums, too

@sneakdefreak said in 2018 Football World Cup:

Brazil is being very supportive of the Germans downfall....

doesn't matter, nothing will ever take away losing 7-1 in a semi final of a home world cup

Payne wins a turnover on his knee, or as the Irish commentators call it "on his feet"

Laulala and Frizzell, what shit selections

Caleb Clarke can count himself lucky once again... Stevenson should go overseas, he's getting fucked

the good thing about the ABs slowly having become a good instead of an incredible team (circa 2010-2016) is that losses don't take an emotional toll on my well being anymore. Another loss? no problem, I'll go back to pretending rugby doesn't exist

McLeod over Stevenson, Fozzie can eat forty dicks

Why does he award the try if he can't see the grounding in the first place?

With so many punters saying South Africa are deserved winners, I wonder what they would say had Jordie's kick gone over? Terrible team, losing to a 14 men ABs? Springboks performance would have been the exact same, the outcome completely different. In theory, it should not change what you think of the team, but we all know they would be labelled extreme chokers.

Referee is excellent. No mucking about with TMO, clear communication and not a single decision you can unequivocally say is wrong.