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Harveys

this whinging about the draw,the lack of atmosphere and the lack of quality rugby etc etc has been rather unbecoming from some of the irish fans and media pundits. it feels just like sour grapes because they lost yet again in the qfinal. as other posters have said had ireland thrashed argentina,the...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:51 am
BlueThunder wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:50 am Let’s review the All Black’s journey to the top!

But that poor guy. Hope he's ok.

He’s Just happy to be there.

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:14 am
Harveys wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:08 am
Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:41 am
Here I was thinking all winners prefer to score more.

Who would have thought it was actually a weakness?
How many tries did NZ concede last week?
Two... and a Penalty try

Yes wrong week.

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Unlucky England. Showed loads of balls and grit .. awful pity you can't score in a brothel with a fistful of 20s but such is life... Saffas will get hosed by NZ next week. You don't have to score tries if you can stop the other team from scoring any points. NZ won't try and stop them scoring... the...

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NZ & SA shout loudly...... "Security"

The English...

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Gutted. Very proud of the team. Ref started to ride us in the scrum in the last 20 mins and that killed us. Was he right to? Who knows? Otherwise, we were the better team across the pitch. Well done to (SA) for finding a way. You weren’t the “better” team across the pitch, you were the “luckier” te...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:35 pm And can we please have a RWC final without any cards?

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Indeed. They've had a very easy run to the Final when you compare to the Boks and now get a day extra rest to top it off. So, you concede the Bok 2019 win was all due to luck? Good to know. :thumbup: If he does, will it make the name on the trophy change? I’m not implying that it should, rather pus...

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mabunch78 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:15 pm
jambanja wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:13 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:11 pm

How many times have you played each other already this year?
In the RWC final, none.
Wrong

Yes, they did compete to decide the winner of the premier international competition already this year. This is just a repeat with the lesser nations allowed to participate.

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Sure. Just not the luck of the Irish. SA & NZ are the luckiest teams in the comp. :roll: No I was talking about NZ only. They had Uruguay and a 9 day turnaround before playing ireland who had Scotland and a 7 day turnaround Then they play an genuinely awful Argentina before playing SA who had a dog...

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First, congratulations England. Very few expected you to take the Boks to the wire, but you fronted up and gave it everything. From a Bok perspective, my fears came to fruition - I always expected a tight close game (amplified by the weather). I was concerned about the Boks being flat after that ma...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:10 pm Bragging rights are up in the final. First country to 4 world cups. I don’t think it’ll be nice hearing Clogs for four years if they win

Actually, he’s the best of a bad bunch.

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What a game. :o One of the worst displays of rugby ever but still engaging, just don’t know how they got there, I had written them off completely F-ck off with these shit comments. What do posters think they're doing saying every game is a shit, horrible performance way below expectations etc.? You...

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To be honest no one has competed with that bomb squad.. And they are superior in that area to nz too. Mr. Bungle in, 3... 2.. . Boks will be f**ked after that. NZ had a training run against Argentina. It’s a lot of luck. NZ will win it. Sure. Just not the luck of the Irish. SA & NZ are the luckiest...

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Magpie26 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:01 pm
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:59 pm
kiwidutchie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:58 pm England did come up with the perfect tactic to stop Colbe charging down conversions though...

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:59 pm RWC finals are always tight nervy affairs. SA has given 2 masterclasses in a row on how to win such games. NZ has just given masterclasses on how to give away yellow cards in such situations.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1715647057623400644

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What a game. :o One of the worst displays of rugby ever but still engaging, just don’t know how they got there, I had written them off completely I always felt that despite how bad SA were playing they were always a couple of plays away from a win. England didn’t have the attacking ability to put t...

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ENG just f**ked that kick and prob the game.

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Cartman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:36 pm Probably need to score soon-ish

You guys will win in the dying minutes with ½ the team rested and claim Rassie is a master strategist.

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SA cant take a trick.

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Wow SA ffs

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jambanja wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:20 pm Congrats England, and well done to the ABs for winning the WC

Long way to go yet, SA just need to click for 10 min.

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korben_dallas wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:12 pm
Harveys wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:11 pm This is Gash
Watching this you can't help but think NZ walk the final

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This is Gash

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:lol: You know what’s really a lottery, the 6 nations, you guys basically share it around like a participation trophy (Just not with the French). So I understand why you feel that way. If anyone doesn’t understand knockout rugby its you lot ffs. :lol: Right I’ll keep this simple as you certainly ar...

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While I agree wholeheartedly that the RWC knockout comp is an overrated metric. Your comments about red cards are interesting. I was at the Irish test in Dunedin when NZ got a red card in the 30th minute. Ireland merely got a yellow for similar on a supposed technicality in a tight run affair in th...

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I mean, this place never had a particularly high bar, but fair play to Derwyn, he's managed to lower that down to the level of Xhitter or the Youtube comments section! Well to be fair, he only gave it a gentle push, its the rest of you that deserve all the credit for this unedifying shit show! The ...

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There you go In a one off winner takes all there are so many variables that can prevent the better team from winning The best team does not always win the cup 2007 proved that for starters No, but over the history of the cup it almost always has. So the point that the beat team wins the trophy isn’...

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Tripe The best team wins a 20 game league The best team doesn’t always win a knock out competition Wigan won the FA Cup once, does that mean they were the best team in the competition? If SA get a red tonight and the All Blacks a red next week and England win does that mean they were the best team ...

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Its not nonsense, its 100% fact. Pool play is pool play, knock out is knock out, the best team is the last one standing at the end holding the trophy, as evidence, by, holding the trophy. What’s nonsense is your daft narrative that to be declared the best you must sweep the entire comp. Ifs, buts &...

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Nonsense The two finalists will have been beaten by another team There are a lot of factors involved including luck Its not nonsense, its 100% fact. Pool play is pool play, knock out is knock out, the best team is the last one standing at the end holding the trophy, as evidence, by, holding the tro...

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The Irish journos complaining about the walkover and lack of spectacle in the semi are full of shit though. If Ireland were winning a semi by 40 odd they'd have been jizzing in their pants. And everyone else would have been complaining about the spectacle. This isn't difficult to understand. As a s...

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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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Given how the draw had the 5 top teams on the same side of the draw, and the top 4 sides meeting in the QF, while an uninspiring England got to limp home against Fiji while Argentina had to get over Wales, I'd have to side with the journos on this one. The best team will win the tournament regardle...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:15 am No because NZ would have got it up again and shoved it in dry again. NZ clearly very amped for that Ireland match.

That was the game we came for, anything more is a nice to have.

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mr bungle wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:06 pm
RWC2015 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:03 pm Kiwis don’t even enjoy winning. What a bunch of dour plum.
We’re addicted to winning. We expect it. Get it now?

It makes sense the Irish were so excited, a RWCQF is the pinnacle for them, takes a bit more than that to excite a NZ rugby fan and understandably so.

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:47 am The Aura was in their heads but it didn't Linger

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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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