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Nice start Argies.

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It’s only water guys, they’re not made of sugar.

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I’ve been talking Argentina up for years and every time I do they play like a bag of wit kant. I’m hoping they really turn it on in the morning though.

All Blacks 31 - 28 Argentina.

Good luck Argies.

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You decided to converse in a language you forgot you didn’t know?

What the fudge.

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You don’t think those two Ireland tries came about because they were good enough to score them? It had to be a lapse of AB concentration? I’m not sure I’d call them soft tries. The Aki one you could convince me of as it genuinely was a defensive cockup. That’s still just one small instance, a fragme...

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Turkey's people seem to be (in part at least) anti-Israeli, but Edrogan wants his F16s, and he's a bit like that little fat f u ck Kim - he wants to be globally important. Turkey also has military industry links with Israel. Right now he wants leverage, and if he goes full tilt anti Israel the US &...

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I am watching Turkey USA relations with reference to Israel Palestine. This might provide the time frame for escallation to the wider region. Turkey's people seem to be (in part at least) anti-Israeli, but Edrogan wants his F16s, and he's a bit like that little fat f u ck Kim - he wants to be globa...

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I’m struggling to think of a better All Black performance in 35 or so years watching. That was quite possibly the most focused and as close to perfect as you can get in international rugby, for an All Black side anyway. There have been lots of big wins of course, but games of that intensity where it...

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It is a shame you can’t squeeze more in. Leinster, Dmac, Papali’i, Clarke, Havili - would have liked to have seen more of them. Not really at the expense of anyone else though.

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Couldn’t do any harm for a returning player to have to run back on from behind their own posts.

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The Native wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:03 pm Play the same team they had in the quarter except swap Tele’a back in and get rid of Christie for Roigard. We all know Smith can play the full 80 and if needs a rest then he can just have a little HIA.

Or a yellow card 30min into the first half..

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Honestly, the 4 best teams at this tournament r SA, NZ, Ireland & France. Let's see if England & Argentina can prove this proposition wrong. There's a chance they might: the ABs have lacked consistency, & the Argies have been a top-tier but underrated side for quite a while. England might have the ...

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No handling errors of any consequence anyway. Pretty good effort going 80min without knocking on, just a couple stray passes bouncing off the grass.

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Auckman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:45 am Don’t you have a Putin fluffing party to go to?

Do I?

What an odd thing to say. Why would you think something like that?

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I’m thinking Argentina are definitely going to be having the closest thing to a home game without actually playing at home.

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Now the chaff has been weeded and discarded from the wheat, it’s probably worthwhile having a thread solely for fans of elite rugby nations who’s sportsmen are capable of maintaining the standards expected of sport endearing to us. The champion nations about to embark on the quest for the coveted go...

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Quite like Okeefe the feefs reffing.

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Hard luck Frenchies. Maybe next time.

Good luck to England trying to climb on top of that Saffer side.

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It’s pretty clear. 6N just doesn’t breed tournament players.

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I thought Rieko was of the opinion he had to keep sliding outside to cover, and the inside would take Aki. In hindsight he should’ve just grabbed the bloke and held on because cover was coming, the Irish bloke on the wing was a mile away anyway. Even if Rieko just stood and got steamrolled he’d have...

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Argentina's history at RWC: 1987 - eliminated pool stage 1991 - eliminated pool stage 1995 - eliminated pool stage 1999 - QF 2003 - eliminated pool stage 2007 - SF 2011 - QF 2015 - SF 2019 - eliminated pool stage This will be Argentina's third time they've reached the semi-final stage. Will it be a...

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What are the chances Rieko just repeated something Sexton said in the course of the game back to him? Not that I would know any better but Reiko doesn’t come across as the witty sort, and I imagine whatever he did say was short, sweet, and to the point. Got to be able to take it if you dish it out. ...

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Ahh. Double points. I’d forgotten.

Not sure I’ll bother referencing those placings/points again.

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I think Ireland were confident enough to back themselves, and rightly so. Their line out mauls from 5 out were pretty effective or certainly looked dangerous enough to be confident. How often did they turn down sitters for 3 points? Twice? Never really understood the conservative approach simply bec...

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I’d thought Ireland had amassed quite the lead as far as those ranking points go. They should have after winning 17 on the trot. Just looked. Ireland on 93 and NZ on 87. Even with the win I’d have thought Ireland would still maintain #1. They’re 3 and a bit points better than France at #2. Not that ...

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Huh? When? All Blacks have won every Rugby championship under Foster. Sa play more bad games than All Blacks do. So why do the Springboks hold the number 2 ranking and the All Blacks a lowly 4th. I would hazard a guess at South Africa being more consistent, and better than the All Blacks over the c...

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I'm baffled how anyone could watch the game today and call for Fainga'anuku to be dropped. Same again please. Yeah, I’m still of the opinion the best back 3 we can field is Leicester, Talea, Jordan. Unproven but it’s a sharp attacking combo when reading it. Possibly Leicester, Jordan, DMac would be...

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12 of the 15 starters today got smoked by the Argies in Christchurch last year. We might have given them a couple hidings after that but it’s not the forgone conclusion it once was. Argies will be fizzing for this one imo, they have nothing to lose.

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Insane street gun battles. Palestinian teenagers and young men in their twenties just not giving a fudge at all.

Poor wit kant haven’t even had a life.

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It could be argued the series win in New Zealand was more monumental than a WC win.

It had only happened three times over 120+ years or so before they cracked it.

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I think the difference being the Springbok do have three+ top shelf in a row performances in them. They can consistently bang them out and aren’t susceptible to the wild swing in performance we have shown. Huh? When? All Blacks have won every Rugby championship under Foster. Sa play more bad games ...

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It’s tricky, must be some battered bodies there needing cotton wooling. Be almost inclined to say swap starters for todays bench players and bring in Talea and the replacements for who has niggles. I don’t know if these guys have that performance to give in the final without a break. I’m probably wr...

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Best All Black performance for a long long time. Even when we were well coached it’s up there. Never gave Ireland a sniff for the first 20min. Spent 20min with 14 players, hooker and a halfback no less! Maybe the lowest unforced error All Black game ever? Never relinquished the lead. Disrupted their...

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That Dickmo- Jordan try was a thing of beauty.

Clean line out take.
Smith punches a pass Righto into Dickmos basket
A little inside pass feint and Dickmo slides straight through the middle untouched with no room to spare.
Simple draw and pass and Jordan is in.

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I think Barnes has always been a bit liberal with his ruck interpretation. He’s definitely sharpened up as I recall games earlier in his career resembling something like an explosion in a spaghetti factory with arms and side entries everywhere.

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Missed forward pass off the deck from Lowe right before Smiths YC too.

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Gotta say that was a poor choice by Reiko to hang off Aki and not just grab a hold of him. There was nothing outside Aki anywhere relevant, and the two Irish inside were well covered.

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Watching a replay. That All Black start was an utter ballsup, Irelands was worse though! All Blacks 2 loose passes and 2 awful kicks. Ireland A knock on and 2 penalties. All inside 3mins. :lol: :lol: If you watched the last 3mins there's no way you'd have guessed how rubbish the starts had been I k...

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Watching a replay. That All Black start was an utter ballsup, Irelands was worse though!

All Blacks
2 loose passes and 2 awful kicks.

Ireland
A knock on and 2 penalties.

All inside 3mins.

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