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They turned down very gettable shots at goal at 50 and 55 minutes which was the bigger concern for me. That and the lack of a drop goal option showed to me we'd forgotten the importance of building points in a tight game/final. Repeating mistakes from the past The ABs are very slow learners. Like I...

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They turned down very gettable shots at goal at 50 and 55 minutes which was the bigger concern for me.

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Excellent post. One of the best I've seen post final. Sadly, Codie Taylor has a knack for getting the yips at the worst possible time. Not that it should have come to that. In some ways, it was justice that Foster never overcame a limited but committed South Africa in the final. He never deserved t...

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I do think the NZ public need to grow up. 2019 - Lot of moaning when England beat them Bullshit there was. There was also minimal whinging when the refs made up laws that cost us a chance to win the Lions series. I can only imagine what the UK and Irish press and fanbase would have made of that had...

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I just chanced upon the England V South Africa semi match report. I was reminded that apart from the RG Hugeman try, it was the Pollard kick from just inside the half that won the Boks the game. Championship rugby. Meanwhile the ABs spurned much easier shots in both the 50th and 55th minute, while J...

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I'm too slow to get your point, whatever it is, as to why tournament rugby isn't more successful outside tournaments. It seems you are. It's fairly well accepted that teams tighten their game plans for knockout rugby. Fewer razzle dazzle moves, and more conservative shots at goal when there is no g...

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Ogre wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:55 am
jdogscoop wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:28 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:20 am

Do the Crusaders usually take the points if a close game?
What does their record suggest?
That Fozzie has NEVER coached them.

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I wish the ABs would go for the easy 3, rather than hope for a difficult 3 at the end of the game. So would I. 50 and 55 minutes in are fairly late times in the game to spurn straightforward shots at goal when you are 6-12 down. Like I say. Pretty low hanging fruit for Razor to improve next year. B...

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World in Union goes to a Kiwi, Hayley Westernra.

Just so I can listen to it again. Swoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh91WLNeD8g

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:53 am
jdogscoop wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:41 am
Clogs wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:25 am

Oh I am calloused and blistered for sure. Calloused and blistered.
I do not doubt it.
I am tolerably he's rubbed all the skin off it and will wrench the head off it unless he ceases shortly.

Jesus Christ. I am fairly confident I was not this bad in 2015.

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I was hoping my ever so slightly sarcastic, eye rolly, look to the heavens tone would carry through with the use of the exclamation mark? My guess is it didn't. It might have, if it wasn't your 1,667th post since the end of the final. You've been masturbating furiously since. It's understandable, j...

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So it’s not so much about their style but about other teams losing the nerve when it comes to continuing to play their own style in tournaments. This is pretty close to the point. Rugby World Cup rugby leans towards conservative styles. The knockout nature of it demands it. Teams generally go for t...

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A team with a backrower who looks like a dairy farmer throwing into the lineout can still win the world cup, because they're so well coached. Dairy Farmer? :lol: You sure watch the URC. The dairy farmer has been milking a lot of teams. No I don’t, and I never claimed to. I watch more currie cup tha...

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Bok fans "LOL, look at precious Foster submitting a report to WR on the reffing" Meanwhile Rassie is getting into beefs with journos on twitter and behaving like a teenage edgelord. https://twitter.com/RassieRugby/status/1720334194901934301 I wouldn't have bothered if I were Foster in all honesty. ...

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Bok fans "LOL, look at precious Foster submitting a report to WR on the reffing" Meanwhile Rassie is getting into beefs with journos on twitter and behaving like a teenage edgelord. https://twitter.com/RassieRugby/status/1720334194901934301 I wouldn't have bothered if I were Foster in all honesty. ...

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I was hoping my ever so slightly sarcastic, eye rolly, look to the heavens tone would carry through with the use of the exclamation mark? My guess is it didn't. It might have, if it wasn't your 1,667th post since the end of the final. You've been masturbating furiously since. It's understandable, j...

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100% Cane cost us the game but so did Foster and his coaching team. Had they not instructed the players to foolishly (worst decision in a RWC final ever) go for touch instead of taking the 3, Cane would never have been carded. The resulting lineout saw Taylor overthrow to the back and Cane hits Kri...

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Nice to see thousands of your countrymen give him a lovely send off on the social media.

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BlueThunder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:49 am Surely now that the heat of the battle has cooled down the judiciary will realise the low impact/speed, will see reason and downgrade the card, rightfully clearing Sam’s name.

Kriel was very low, and the change of direction made it a very tough call.

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100% Cane cost us the game but so did Foster and his coaching team. Had they not instructed the players to foolishly (worst decision in a RWC final ever) go for touch instead of taking the 3, Cane would never have been carded. The resulting lineout saw Taylor overthrow to the back and Cane hits Kri...

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This is a tough post because it's almost certainly due to a very sincere, respectful cultural factor but here's why Ardie Savie can't be All Blacks captain. His reaction to a penalty is, invariably: - To repeat the refs call, and take it on board unchallenged. - To check the refs call, and take it o...

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Yes. Brilliant! Clogs, for the love of all that is holy give your cock a rest. The skin must be hanging off it. I was hoping my ever so slightly sarcastic, eye rolly, look to the heavens tone would carry through with the use of the exclamation mark? My guess is it didn't. It might have, if it wasn'...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:21 am Cheers JDog - I think we should have gone for it but that in no way means the decisions cost us the game as I think we give up the try if we take those kicks.

No worries bruv.

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mr bungle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:27 am
jdogscoop wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:53 am Queens of the Stone Age, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.

Mr bungle would have loved it.
Did you wish they played No One Knows on repeat for you?

Don't forget Little Sister.

Coming up to Spark Arena in the New Year?

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No, I'm not. I am not even sure where they were placed but I assumed they were not easy kicks, hence the lineout call. We were not getting difficult kicks and the two misses lends weight to that. The one on 50 mins was a piece of piss. That was a poor call to go for the sideline. Approx 30 out, mid...

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Yeah, and the AB's scored soon enough after that even the 'fuk u wayn barmes' crowd can't point to the protocol question as a deciding factor. But WR does need to clarify the process IMO. The ABs should have kicked for goal at both the 50 and 55 minute marks. Interesting that the second decision ev...

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Bin O Keefe cost the ABs the final. It goes back to the charge down by Kolbe of the conversion attempt by France in the qtrs. Kolbe was on the line and should've been called on it. France should've had the kick retaken without anymore charges. Fast forward to the final. Mounga lined up for the conv...

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Bin O Keefe cost the ABs the final. It goes back to the charge down by Kolbe of the conversion attempt by France in the qtrs. Kolbe was on the line and should've been called on it. France should've had the kick retaken without anymore charges. Fast forward to the final. Mounga lined up for the conv...

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Sad to see him go. One of the best to ever do it imo. I wish the general NZ rugby public would grow up and get over 2007 already, the continued whinging against Barnes is unbearable. He was perfectly fine in the final, we cost ourselves the game, no one else (an argument you can also make for 2007,...

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Sad to see him go. One of the best to ever do it imo. I wish the general NZ rugby public would grow up and get over 2007 already, the continued whinging against Barnes is unbearable. He was perfectly fine in the final, we cost ourselves the game, no one else (an argument you can also make for 2007,...

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Laters Barnes. He obviously developed into a very good ref but for whatever reason, NZ didn't go well under him. The lose 60s percentage of wins is testament to that. I'll say it before the NH trolls inevitably do, just to get it out of the way: "That's what happens when you ref the All Blacks prop...

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Unfortunately it was pissing down. Played into SA's hands. 'Semi final in the rain - Boks play terribly' 'Previous game where AB's got a red card against Boks (in the dry) - Boks put up a record win' Rains in the final - ' pissing down. Played into SA' s hands.' This is not intended to be a slight ...

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Seeing The Datsuns blast out "Crazy Motherfvcker from Hell" to an appreciative Hyde Park audience in the lead up to the Foos in about 2005 made me proud to be a Kiwi.

Almost.

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Why doesn’t tournament rugby ensure success outside of tournaments? Greater risk, greater reward. It's not necessarily unsuccessful, but they will come unstuck occasionally against teams willing to chance their arm and go for tries when there is less on the line. So it’s not so much about their sty...

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Kicking is one thing where it’s actually possible to compare player quality. Cruden appears to smoke Carter. Can you provide some links? Cruden stats are hugely skewed by his inability to even attempt kicks further than 20 metres from the posts. :lol: Indeed. The exaggeration of Cruden fans' memori...

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See you there, car hunts.

Now the mens' RWC is behind us I'm expecting a reasonable crowd at Mt Smart. The weather should be alright as well.

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Laters Barnes.

He obviously developed into a very good ref but for whatever reason, NZ didn't go well under him.

The low 60s percentage of wins is testament to that.

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I thought Barnes had a pretty sound final. Eben and Faf can probably count themselves lucky but so can Beaudy after his borderline try.

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Queens of the Stone Age, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.

Mr bungle would have loved it.

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Perhaps you could give us a list of all the controversial decisions that went NZs way. One game with mcaws magic cloak should do it. But of course we don't feverishly list them, or ever mention it, because we're not precious dour stattos and we just get over it. "We don't ever mention it because we...

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