World Cup Final match thread

SynicBast

What really drove this home to me was how, unlike 2011, the ABs were able to enjoy the winning rather than relief.

No Quarter

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="canefan" data-cid="537428" data-time="1446318940">Just ordered my RWC15 cup winners replica jersey from world rugby shop, sweet</blockquote>
I have done the same Needed a memento from this group of players - the best AB side ever without a doubt. When I am old I will pull out the jersey and recount tales of their greatness to my grandchildren.

taniwharugby

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Donsteppa" data-cid="537737" data-time="1446340886">
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Watching again. If the All Blacks have a weakness, it's from the 50th to 65th minute in an RWC Final :)
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And for getting players in the bin...how many YCs have we had this RWC!

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="SynicBast" data-cid="537743" data-time="1446341656">
What really drove this home to me was how, unlike 2011, the ABs were able to enjoy the winning rather than relief.</blockquote>Beat France in a knockout game in Cardiff in some style as payback for 2007? Check 
Beat SA in a RWC knockout SF as payback for 1995? Check 
Beat Aussie to be the first to three RWC wins and win the final in superior style to the 2011 win? Check 
Mission accomplished

red terror

It's especially gratifying the ABs did it running through the only three teams (FRA, SA, OZ) who have ever beaten them in RWC competition. There was no hiding from the foes, they had to vanquish every one of them, on neutral ground, and they did.

Mick Gold Coast QLD

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="537727" data-time="1446339835">
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Stuff has Bonococks stamp up now, it's pretty hard to defend it by saying he was trying to free his leg .
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In a local rugby website here - after instant dismissal of the vision on the grounds that Lovely Lancelot wasn't even looking, didn't know anyone was there, it wasn't a stomp and, anyway, Cynical Sir Richie the Cheat was cynically gripping his leg to cynically impair his superiority, the linked report now redirects to a piece about <strike>him</strike> Him rescuing a kitten trapped in a tree or something, owned by a kiddie, on his day off, a Sunday in fact.

jegga

One more team record would the longest run of consecutive rwc games won in a row .

jegga

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mick Gold Coast QLD" data-cid="537749" data-time="1446342043">
In a local rugby website here - after instant dismissal of the vision on the grounds that Lovely Lancelot wasn't even looking, didn't know anyone was there, it wasn't a stomp and, anyway, Cynical Sir Richie the Cheat was cynically gripping his leg to cynically impair his superiority, the linked report now redirects to a piece about <del>him</del> Him rescuing a kitten trapped in a tree or something, owned by a kiddie, on his day off, a Sunday in fact.</blockquote>
 
It was a drowning kitten and Bonocock gave it mouth to mouth I think you'll find.

Rancid Schnitzel

I was too buggered to really absorb anything this morning but the achievements of this team are really starting to sink in now. 
By winning this they've obliterated all that petty choking shit, about being owned by the French and Aus at world cups and about not being able to win a Cup away from home. They've taken 20 years of hurt and turned it into, imho, unarguably the finest moment in the history of AB rugby. 
Some great players are retiring, but a part of me kind of wishes that we could now retire the All Blacks. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I just cant see how it can get any better than this. What a team and what a group of guys. Damn I'm proud.

mariner4life

Yeah they clocked rugby

red terror

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<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3298198/New-Zealand-34-17-Australia-Blacks-claim-record-Rugby-World-Cup-crown-tries-Nehe-Milner-Skudder-Ma-Nonu-Beauden-Barrett-settle-Southern-hemisphere-final.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-3298198/New-Zealand-34-17-Australia-Blacks-claim-record-Rugby-World-Cup-crown-tries-Nehe-Milner-Skudder-Ma-Nonu-Beauden-Barrett-settle-Southern-hemisphere-final.html</a>
 
Richie, guys. Don't forget Richie.

jegga

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/73569378/All-Blacks-fans-heckle-Australian-reporter-during-live-cross'>http://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/73569378/All-Blacks-fans-heckle-Australian-reporter-during-live-cross</a> 
Some really awful pedotaches there

Sambo

It really was a superb play. Just saw it again on the replay. Dummy runner sucks in wobs defenders and a long pass for A Smith allows Smith to get outside the defence, nice little in an away draws Kurandrani in and rest is history. Beautifully simple. Superb !

Rancid Schnitzel

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It was a drowning kitten and Bonocock gave it mouth to mouth I think you'll find.</blockquote>
Get your facts right. It was a rare native marsupial that have had their numbers decimated by climate change. It's mother had been killed by a homophobic hunter. The poor thing wandered into a man made dam near a coal mine. David was harvesting his organic pumpkins at the time and dived in to save the poor animal while still clutching the vegetable. 
How do we know this. The 5th generation farmer took a selfie with the animal and David doing jazz hands.

raznomore

Im not sure how everyone else is coping but when does the full body orgasm stop?

Tim

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Get your facts right. It was a rare native marsupial that have had their numbers decimated by climate change. It's mother had been killed by a homophobic hunter. The poor thing wandered into a man made dam near a coal mine. David was harvesting his organic pumpkins at the time and dived in to save the poor animal while still clutching the vegetable. 
How do we know this. The 5th generation farmer took a selfie with the animal and David doing jazz hands.
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Lets stay on topic ...

Crucial

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="537767" data-time="1446343810">Lets stay on topic ...</blockquote>
 
Thanks for quoting that Tim. I hadn't read it. 
May not be the funniest quip of the thread but FFS where has your sense of humour gone? No need to delete.

jegga

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Im not sure how everyone else is coping but when does the full body orgasm stop?</blockquote> 
I'm watching the replay and I'm already

Rancid Schnitzel

Sorry, I got a bit carried away. All I can say is that Im glad he has a very limited running game, because he is a beast at the breakdown. But damn that Fardy is probably a bigger threat. Was not displeased when he went off.

Crucial

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rancid Schnitzel" data-cid="537771" data-time="1446344246">Sorry, I got a bit carried away. All I can say is that Im glad he has a very limited running game, because he is a beast at the breakdown. But damn that Fardy is probably a bigger threat. Was not displeased when he went off.</blockquote>
 
I thought that was a big difference too. We could keep our big players on for longer. Subbing Fardy seemed weird.

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