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RWC2015 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:03 pm Kiwis don’t even enjoy winning. What a bunch of dour plum.

We really do, the Irish tears on threads like this feed our souls. We love it.

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fatcat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:21 pm To be fair it would have been better for the competition if Ireland could have played in all 4 quarters, both semis and the final, just ensure a good atmosphere.

Someone had to say it.

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It still might. We'll be massive underdogs in the final no matter who wins tonight. And here it starts.............................. We'll either be playing the defending champs and #1 ranked team in the world or the only unbeaten side in the competition, we're just happy to be here. ;) fixed ;)

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The way the All Blacks were trying to run up the score with the clock in the red was appalling sportsmanship. Kiwi teams routinely do this, and when I call them out the simpimg kiwi posters cry about points difference. No points difference in a semi final when you're up by 50 points. Just a bunch o...

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The NH journalists are absolutely livid at the result I simply can't get enough. Shite Richie McCaw for a captain, can't ruck, old middle row, not a vintage team, Ireland better at being the All Blacks, stadium atmosphere is flat, Ireland/France should've been in the semi-finals, referee should lea...

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The way the All Blacks were trying to run up the score with the clock in the red was appalling sportsmanship. Kiwi teams routinely do this, and when I call them out the simpimg kiwi posters cry about points difference. No points difference in a semi final when you're up by 50 points. Just a bunch o...

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terryfinch wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:54 pm Poor game, badly reffed.

Not sure how Ireland could have lost to NZ. Nothing special.

See you in the final NZ.

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Mr Mike wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:03 pm Mack Hansen is a strange call and they may have the wrong Kiwi at 12.

They could have put Aki at 12 and Jordan at 14 but 7 kiwis, while understandable, is probably a stretch.

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Retallick and Whitelock never played together outside the All Blacks. Iconic locking duo of the last decade. Aaron Smith rarely played with another Highlander at 8 or 10. Should I go on? It’s just Australians reaching for answers innit? Don’t the kiwi teams pay for Darwin’s services? I’m reading ab...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:09 pm

Let’s get a bit of Tom Jones going on the jukebox

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Retallick and Whitelock never played together outside the All Blacks. Iconic locking duo of the last decade. Aaron Smith rarely played with another Highlander at 8 or 10. Should I go on? It’s just Australians reaching for answers innit? Pretty sure Sonny is a Kiwi. But it is trotted out in Australi...

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Cartman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:07 pm
jdogscoop wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:20 am Good post. Imagine if NZ wins the thing and cruiser Foster is known as RWC winning coach Ian Foster for the rest of his days.
Can't believe its been four years with him
That flew by!
Any talk of where he's going after?

Probably Australia as they’ll be in the market soon enough.

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Chilli wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:52 am
Cartman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:52 am Greenavenger is 100% not a saffer
The way he writes is too sophisticated
Even decent Saffers have an underlying crudeness in the way they express themselves
Probably a Brit if anything
Sophisticated?

Compared to you lot its not a high bar.

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I reckon cohesion is a load of steaming turd. These are professional footballers. It’s not that hard a game. :lol: Retallick and Whitelock never played together outside the All Blacks. Iconic locking duo of the last decade. Aaron Smith rarely played with another Highlander at 8 or 10. Should I go o...

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It was an amazing performance don't get me wrong but I've heard Matt Williams ramble on about the soft tries Ireland conceded, just missed tackles apparently, when we let in two veeeeery soft tried. Who'd have thought of marking a halfback of a maul after just getting your 9 put in the bin? Frizzel...

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Don't think you can compare it to the My Smart game. Ireland brought a lot more intensity than SA did back in July... The comparison has nothing to do with the oppostion, it was our focus and headspace. I wish we saw it more often but it's a noticeable change and lift, it wasn't there against Franc...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:14 pm England are the only NH team that really understand knockout rugby. Simple as that.

This.
Success through a game closer to South Africa’s is easier to achieve rather than trying to emulate a NZ style, especially in a knockout comp.

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There was an awful lot of trash talk coming from the Irish Scribes and Fans in the lead up to the game, and a lot of whinging coming from the Irish Scribes and Fans after the game.... It's like we played the English! Well their coach is English tbf, that influence was bound to bleed through eventua...

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grievous wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:21 am
Harveys wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:58 am
grievous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:12 am

I certainty wont be getting up at 5.45 for the next two weeks.
Probably be an epic game for those fans but meh
Enjoy Eddies pressers.
Got another one

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No way I’ll watch this final. I certainty wont be getting up at 5.45 for the next two weeks. Probably be an epic game for those fans but meh Why? I got up at 5:30 for both the big quarters. Epic games. Maybe the semis won't be as epic, but I will be watching them all live. This, with the low expect...

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grievous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:12 am
RWC2015 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:03 am No way I’ll watch this final.
I certainty wont be getting up at 5.45 for the next two weeks.
Probably be an epic game for those fans but meh

Enjoy Eddies pressers.

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We will be playing the full strength team. Who the hell rests in a semi final :lol: My instincts tell me this is the way. But then I remember who our coach is... It’s a catch 22 isn’t it. Last week was the most intense game this team has played and we will need to reproduce the same effort in the f...

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That’s not half bad. It’s just over half good. The dearth of handling errors also contributed. That was a high skill game played at massive intensity and speed by both teams. Both teams have amazing conditioning. By comparison the French and South African skills dropped off a cliff in the second ha...

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I heard that some Irish analysts were critical that some Irish players weren't rested for parts of the pool play. Be interesting to see whether how the Springboks players were managed across pool play in comparison to Ireland, because they seemed to get up for their QF. There was a heat map on one ...

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Just watching the game for a 2nd time. The lack of 'pods' is the reason why we could maintain possession in the first quarter of the game. Fans have been calling for this for years. The fatigue the Irish suffered during that 20 min period cost them the game, IMO. Add in the fact that played the Bok...

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So in spite of pre tournament predictions that home advantage would be key for France, they end up with one of their worst performances at a world cup, going out in the quarter finals. In 2007 they achieved a better result. Home disadvantage at world cup? Perhaps there could be a case to be made th...

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backrow wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:29 pm
backrow wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:57 pm Could easily be semis of England , NZ, SA and Argentina
f**king called it !!

I hope England can do a repeat of their 2019 semi effort.

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This thread and the crying on it.

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In terms of attendance- no. Most people are not in France - so doesn’t matter for atmosphere. In terms of rugby it’s not ideal at all - but this is the outcome the draw was always going to produce. In my mind the RWC is not there to be shared around - it’s to identify the best competition team in t...

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:33 pm This game makes nz v Ireland look like Wales v Argentina.

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The Native wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:42 am
Harveys wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:36 am Purely for the sake of conversation. If Whitelock went on to win two more games where would that place him amongst the AB greats?
He's already there mate.

I know, I’m asking where though? Is #2 the ceiling?

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Purely for the sake of conversation. If Whitelock went on to win two more games where would that place him amongst the AB greats?

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For all that, we were a "what-if" away from losing. What if that crossfield kick didn't take a huge kick into touch mid-way thru the 2nd half. (Is my one) That was an immense 77 minutes after a woeful first three, however the rugby gods were kind to us today, It was just our day. Ireland learned th...

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Olddantucker wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:22 am
Irish wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:19 am Barnes favoured New Zealand. End of .

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I would still have been proud of that performance if we had lost to your team, a great Irish team. An absolutely cracking game. At times it felt like you were about to take it away from us and I wouldn't have minded losing in such a cracking match. But it would have been tough to lose it in those f...

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This clown needs to be banned until the rend of the WC. He’s a turd stain on the board. x( FFS, Derwyn does it all the time, he's a fun loving banter merchant who means no harm and is almost never serious. Just bump his "wales will win the world cup" thread. It’s been an emotional morning. Shit ban...

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This clown needs to be banned until the rend of the WC. He’s a turd stain on the board.

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Maniototo Man wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:56 pm The result is also a reminder of this bonkers cup draw. No way a team of the quality of Ireland should be exiting in the quarters.

Yup, especially watching the Wales Arg game, looked like a club match. Its bullshit.

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I really feel for Ireland and don’t have it in me to gloat.

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