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BlueThunder wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:49 am Worse thing to happen to Ireland was winning that series in New Zealand.

100%.

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I think the Cane critics need to put their hands up and admit that he was fvcking outstanding today. Ac is one of them. So was BB, your no 1 squeeze. They were brilliant alongside other front runners Savea and J Barrett. Doesn’t negate the games they’ve been average. I wouldn't call Barrett brillia...

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They choked, there's nothing wrong with that, it can happed, and it did.

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Poorly planned WC no doubt but we couldn’t beat NZ with 2 yellows against them and a penalty try in our favour. the QF thing is a mental block. We shat the bed lol I don't believe the QF mental block story. What happen 4 years ago, or even before did not matter for this game. Those games are won by...

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Most importantly the Raeburn shield is safe once again.k

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Commiserations Ireland, been there before and absolutely know the feeling.

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I had $150 on Ireland tonight but this win feels like I won a grand,f**king go the All Blacks!

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Pressure haha

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mr bungle wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:50 pm

Nice brother

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Irish crowd desperate for cards, absolutely pathetic.

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:11 pm
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:01 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:58 pm

You lads would know a choke to be fair
Ireland losing this would surpass any previous All Black choke. You're massive favourites.
Pull the other one

He's not wrong, why are the Irish struggling with being favourites? Embrace it.

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The feeling I'm getting is weird, there's the usual nervousness but I don't feel the usual weight of expectation, I hate it.

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There is nothing so miserably faint hearted as betting against your own team for "insurance". A sign of a shrivelled soul. Definitely the sort of person who would turn their Granny to the geatapo to sVe their own skins. Pure sleeven emotional cowardice. Nah, I love my team so much the pain of losin...

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There is nothing so miserably faint hearted as betting against your own team for "insurance". A sign of a shrivelled soul. Definitely the sort of person who would turn their Granny to the geatapo to sVe their own skins. Pure sleeven emotional cowardice. I've flirted with an insurance bet this week,...

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You bet against your own team? I always bet on the opposition in big matches, the bigger the game the bigger the stake. I emptied my TAB account in on Ireland, I want there to be 0 dollars in there at the end of the game. If it's not a multi bet then what's the point? If the All Blacks win I win If...

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Was going dollar for dollar early in the week. Now come the emotional insurance bets. I made mine yesterday. It's large enough so that if Ireland win, I'm feeling ok. And if the ABs upset, I'm ready to kiss that money goodbye. You bet against your own team? I always bet on the opposition in big mat...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:24 am The NZ TAB have dropped Ireland's odds of winning from $1.80 to $1.75. NZ punters must have been betting with the heads and not their hearts.

Insurance bets my dude, win win.

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An I being whooshed here Grandpa? Only if I am too... just thought it interesting that he behaves this way... and also broke curfew... I think you're being whooshed mate. Definitely not true. Someone's taking the piss. :lol: Yeah I couldn't tell whether grandpa was being serious or not, it's a comm...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:30 am
rugga. wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:29 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:26 am

Only if I am too... just thought it interesting that he behaves this way... and also broke curfew...
You know it's a classic Reddit joke right?
No. Is it?

What is funny about it?

It's a Reddit copypasta

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From Reddit. Dunno if true, but quite a bit of detail... and makes Telea sound a bit of a twat.. if true of course... An I being whooshed here Grandpa? Only if I am too... just thought it interesting that he behaves this way... and also broke curfew... You know it's a classic Reddit joke right?

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From Reddit. Dunno if true, but quite a bit of detail... and makes Telea sound a bit of a twat.. if true of course... I saw Mark Telea at a grocery store in Saint-Denis yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photo...

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It's interesting how much the Irish are struggling with the favourites tag, I'd suggest it's more than 60/40, I'd go as far to say it's 70/30. They're going to have 50,000 plus singing zombie, a sea of green, singing dancing, it will be like a home game for them. Winning a series in NZ is much harde...

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Not much to say about the team naming that hasn't already been said. The forward pack is first choice, for better or worse. Whether or not Cane should start (he shouldn't) has been well covered, not much more to add to that. I think hindsight may show that we've made a mistake by benching Whitelock...

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I do feel like quite a few kiwi posters are trying to appease the mocker gods. The sad truth is that even with Ireland’s best ever team playing the rugby of their lives, up against a far from vintage ABs team that is poorly coached, inconsistent and lacking cohesion, this remains a 50-50 game, and ...

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Heard Izzy Dagg on the radio this morning going to send an interview they did with a confident Irishman to the All Blacks as motivation. Hey boys, this random pissed up Irish supporter doesn’t rate us! Arrrrghhhh I’m so angry! I wasn’t going to try very hard in this World Cup quarter final but this...

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Another thing, why does RMo not do things like restarts etc, initially I thought it was just because BB made the calls and decided he would do them, but then noticed McKenzie restarting ahead of RMo as well. Surely taking away core roles from a general is not ideal for his confidence, whole things a...

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All I know is it's going to 6am beers at mine, been a long long time since that's happened.

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I remember watching the All Blacks vs Lions doco and Hansen wanting Foster to try Reiko Ioane on the wing instead of a slowly losing form Julian Savea, Foster was so against it. He's always been conservative and has never changed. Taukei'aho and Roigard coming on late with Whitelock and McKenzie wo...

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I remember watching the All Blacks vs Lions doco and Hansen wanting Foster to try Reiko Ioane on the wing instead of a slowly losing form Julian Savea, Foster was so against it. He's always been conservative and has never changed. Taukei'aho and Roigard coming on late with Whitelock and McKenzie wou...

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RWC2015 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:01 pm
rugga. wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:58 pm
Grandpa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:47 pm

Would make sense. Seems a dramatic call for Foster otherwise..
Stood down due to breaking team protocol apparently.
apparently he refused to participate in the bag unloading chain

Well that's fair enough then. If this is true I think he should be stood down from the semi also.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:47 pm
rugga. wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:45 pm
Grandpa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:42 pm

They haven't said? Have they?
I'm not sure, but the team that was leaked was 100% correct, and along with that leak it was said Telea was carrying a calf niggle, so 1+1.
Would make sense. Seems a dramatic call for Foster otherwise..

Stood down due to breaking team protocol apparently.

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Fainga'anuku has won against Ireland. True. And he does give us a physical edge in the backline. But Telea has been outstanding... I'd have dropped Jordan first.. I can probably say it now without fear of mockers-baiting, but I haven’t seen much to be afraid of with Telea; he seems a reliable nuts ...

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I just don't get why they didn't pick Leicester before now in the big games.. I thought he was sloppy last match.. he can be much better... And Telea seems to bust tackles at will as well.. just wonder why they had a sudden change of heart... He's injured isn't he? They haven't said? Have they? I'm...

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True. And he does give us a physical edge in the backline. But Telea has been outstanding... I'd have dropped Jordan first.. I would have dropped Barrett first and moved Jordan to fullback. Fainga'anuku is definitely more natural at 11. Tele'a looked a bit awkward there at times. Couldn't pick Tele...

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Are we sure that's the team and not a list of players who've gone backwards under Foster?

If Christie makes Razors bench next year I'll eat my hat.

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:12 am
Botha Boy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:21 pm Okay.

Roigard is dropped ...

I'd still pick Roigard on the bench but wont complain if he isn't.

Christies ceiling is at about Roigards shins, we're going to need more than shins.

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Possibly the statistical percentages of losing two in a row or SA winning two in a row? Id like to understand that as well. Maybe the TAB was different... but according to this site, NZ with most bookmakers was the under-dog in pre-match odds, in both matches... https://oddspedia.com/rugby-union/wo...

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That's frankly rubbish. His workrate this year has been far higher than Coles for the ABs. He made triple the tackles and triple the carries of Coles in the RC even though he only played 10 extra minutes than Coles. He's not as good as last year but he's still better than Coles who is absolutely th...

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Underdogs. We have no WC pedigree so I a sense the ABs are favourites. If they get off to a good start or they are ahead in the last 10 mins we could be in serious trouble. But I think this team is different than others in times gone by. So the world ranked no.1, on 17 wins in a row, that dominated...

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Underdogs. We have no WC pedigree so I a sense the ABs are favourites. If they get off to a good start or they are ahead in the last 10 mins we could be in serious trouble. But I think this team is different than others in times gone by. So the world ranked no.1, on 17 wins in a row, that dominated...

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