Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play
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@Nevorian said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Hooroo said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
I have an eerie feeling that we bomb out of the 1/4s this year.
Have you had this feeling at previous world cups and did it eventuate?
Fuck knows!!! They weren’t last week!
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There haven't been enough cups to really get too worked up about what hasn't worked before.
Be so much better than anyone else that you can't lose is good. After that it's luck as much as skill.
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It was Cueto
ENG had an easy route to the Final
AUS were a decent side but their Tight 5 were as soft as baby shit & England exposed it badly
French were emotionally & physically spent from their QF victory vs [redacted] in [redacted] A game refereed by [redacted]
Boks were by far best side in 2007 RWC I would have backed them to beat any team in the Comp
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@ACT-Crusader said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@kiwiinmelb said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@antipodean said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Hooroo said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@ACT-Crusader said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Hooroo said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
With Hansen pulling pin after WC and the way we are playing at the moment and in recent times, if we suck the Kumara at the WC (For me sucking would be not making the final) then we could see Foster removed from contention as AB coach? Brings in the likes of Robertson etc??
Unless Foster does a ‘tell all’ before the job interview and tells how Hansen was a tyrant and dictator.
I have an eerie feeling that we bomb out of the 1/4s this year.
If that were to eventuate, it would likely mean we lost our opening match and then had to lose to Ireland.
The flaw in your thinking is Ireland would win a quarter final.
I do believe that so much rests on that opening game.
Lose that I don’t think we recover enough to win it .I think differently. As long as we make the quarters, then the real tournament begins. How we get there (lose a pool game) it doesn’t really matter.
Happy we go into RWC2019 worried about making the semis rather than than other years when we thought getting to that point would be a doddle.
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@mofitzy_ said in [Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play]
Never said anything about preference, just that all the 4N teams play in the same comp and seem to be in decent form (except us of course).
TBH I have no idea what's going to happen in 2019 RWC It'll be most open & competitive RWC to date
Gap has closed btw ABs and rest of Tier 1 sides & Tier 2 sides are making massive progress namely USA + Fiji
I hope the following happens:
- Scummy French are knocked out in Group phase
- AUS get ambushed by Fiji in 1st game & hopefully get knocked out ala France
- Boks go well
- Hope team stuffed with SA rate Saffers & Mercenaries (Scots), Team Project Players (Ireland) & Team 2nd rate Barbarian mercenaries (Japan) knock the stuffing out of each other in Group A
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@Jaguares4real
Wouldn't mind Japan knocking out either Scotland or Ireland - unlikely but we've seen them upset teams in the past. -
Don't know where else to post this. Really interesting to read what is medically possible these days.
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@Crazy-Horse The 57-0 win over the Springboks was after the Lions series.
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The new ABs themed air NZ video is good, watch for George Gregan and his playful cameo at the end
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@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
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@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
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@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's a good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
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@Donsteppa said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's the good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
while i know what you are saying, a lot of countries would kill for two finals and a semi final.
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@Donsteppa said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's the good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
That exact thought went through my mind, along with their record in general. Quite some motivator is George.
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@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Donsteppa said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's the good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
while i know what you are saying, a lot of countries would kill for two finals and a semi final.
True, but losing them all isn't really something to aspire to either.
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@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
Yeah, as much as I want to hate him I think he would be good value on the turps
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@Snowy said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Donsteppa said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's the good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
while i know what you are saying, a lot of countries would kill for two finals and a semi final.
True, but losing them all isn't really something to aspire to either.
tell that to Ireland
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@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Snowy said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@Donsteppa said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@mariner4life said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@taniwharugby said in Countdown to RWC 2019 - ABs state of the play:
@canefan perfect amount of cheese!
Amusing how that Gregan comment is folklore now, lucky he seems a GC.
it's one of the all time sports sledges i reckon.
It's the good 'un. The icing on the cake being the Wallabies RWC record since that sledge.
while i know what you are saying, a lot of countries would kill for two finals and a semi final.
True, but losing them all isn't really something to aspire to either.
tell that to Ireland
They should just aspire to not being knocked out by an underdog when it really matters
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Great analysis here
Analysis: The two shapes the All Blacks are developing for the Rugby World Cup
They realise that most teams who have beaten them since 2012, have had the fundamental approach of aggressive rush defence firmly in hand to do it. As such, Hansen and co have been introducing different approaches to counter this since 2017.
