World Cup Final match thread
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<p>Nick, very much this . I get that you're gutted but you've got plenty of reasons to be proud.</p>
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<p>Dammit, a very fair post appears to be deleted so I can't edit my error...requiring = replying.</p>
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<p>Sorry NTA, you're a good man and the majority of your team are class. A couple let themselves down today.</p> -
<p>Great stuff! I'm just delighted for Dan & Ritchie especially. Two fantastic representatives of our fine land. Enjoy the night! (well morning in NZ, he he...)</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Richie8-7" data-cid="537465" data-time="1446320765"><p>Dammit, a very fair post appears to be deleted so I can't edit my error...requiring = replying.<br><br>
Sorry NTA, you're a good man and the majority of your team are class. A couple let themselves down today.</p></blockquote>
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Just getting rid of Nick trying to derail the thread, I left what you wrote in another posters quote -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="chimoaus" data-cid="537430" data-time="1446319031"><p>I thought the same, only thing I can think is they cannot rejoin until a break in play? I think the try was the next break after that scrum?</p></blockquote>
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Big error from the ABs not to ensure play stopped and Bender came back on. A Smith said after that they knew the vulnerabilities were from Oz kicks in that period and they ended up handing Oz an opportunity that they took. -
The YC thing was all from mis communication. TMO said "that's all the angles I have" after NO decided on a penalty. NO thought he was interrupting to tell him to watch again (code for 'you have it wrong'), so NO upped it to a yellow. <br>
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<p>From the post match press conference:</p>
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<p style="margin-left:40px;"><strong>Cheika:</strong> To beat NZ – “You just stay it. You have to mark yourself against the best. We have to keep growing. We’re just starting. We want to do really good things for Australian rugby going forward.â€</p>
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<p>That's what I like about him, plain language and clarity about what he is up to. As I have noted here before - all he needs now is to have the faction which sponsored him to run interference on the ARU, and on the internecine warfare from the various unions and factions, so that he is free to get on with the excellent job he has started.</p> -
<p>It was a yellow. He didn't drive him into the ground but he did lift him. I thought when he said just a penalty that we were lucky but it made up for Kepu getting away with 3 yellow card offences, and as it turns out, Pocock getting away with a red card.</p>
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<p>From the post match press conference:</p>
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<p style="margin-left:40px;"><strong>Cheika:</strong> To beat NZ – “You just stay it. You have to mark yourself against the best. We have to keep growing. We’re just starting. We want to do really good things for Australian rugby going forward.â€</p>
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<p>That's what I like about him, plain language and clarity about what he is up to. As I have noted here before - all he needs now is to have the faction which sponsored him to run interference on the ARU, and on the internecine warfare from the various unions and factions, so that he is free to get on with the excellent job he has started.</p>
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<p>Yep. The Wallabies will be a huge threat in the years to come.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mick Gold Coast QLD" data-cid="537482" data-time="1446321574"><p>From the post match press conference:<br>
<br></p><p class="bbc_indent" style="margin-left:40px;"><strong>Cheika:</strong> To beat NZ – “You just stay it. You have to mark yourself against the best. We have to keep growing. We’re just starting. We want to do really good things for Australian rugby going forward.â€</p>
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That's what I like about him, plain language and clarity about what he is up to. As I have noted here before - all he needs now is to have the faction which sponsored him to run interference on the ARU, and on the internecine warfare from the various unions and factions, so that he is free to get on with the excellent job he has started.</blockquote>Strong Wallaby rugby is good for SANZAR rugby -
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<p>What did Pocockwomble do?</p>
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<p>Same question, missed it as well.</p>
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<p>Just waiting for Brian Moore to post the gif on Twitter..</p> -
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<p>What did Pocockwomble do?</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://vine.co/v/e3OtuWB9Ad3'>https://vine.co/v/e3OtuWB9Ad3</a></p> -
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<p>Big error from the ABs not to ensure play stopped and Bender came back on. A Smith said after that they knew the vulnerabilities were from Oz kicks in that period and they ended up handing Oz an opportunity that they took.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I'd be curious if Hansen was asked how he rated that performance because in crucial moments I thought we were poor. Now a 17 point win after leading the entire game, where the only real challenge game during a yellow card period means we certainly performed well during large periods. But I thought there were several points where we didn't bring the same intensity or attention to detail that we had in the past - specifically at the beginning and ending of that yellow, and taking sensible options after breaks so ball can be recycled.</p>
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<p>A lot more little mental lapses than we are used to - Bender's card was another, Carter missing touch on the penalty etc.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="canefan" data-cid="537486" data-time="1446321650"><p>Strong Wallaby rugby is good for SANZAR rugby</p></blockquote>
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Yep , South Africa must due to announce they are keen on playing rugby in the nh again if they don't get what they want. I'd imagine thd ARU and NZRU will say "meh, (cough japan) really?" -
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What you mean the Bono of Rugby isn't the Saint he tells everyone he is? -
<p>I just floated home. That was beautiful. A false sense of security followed by my tightest sphincter muscle in 4 years, and then bliss. What a relief. We may never see the likes of this again, so enjoy the moment. Massive respect for Shag, Richie and this team. I can't wait to watch a replay of the match again so I can do it with a smile on my face for the full 80. There was some blue invective for stretches from my cave, what me worry?!</p>
