Aura watch
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@Machpants said in Aura watch:
@Dan54 said in Aura watch:
What is this so called aura? If there is such a thing it isonly a thing that could be earnt or lost over a huge amount of time. It's a press thing as far as I can see.
It is not a press thing at all, but a real effect that opposition teams had when facing the ABs. Not now, because Foster has fucked it with his pathetic record, but it was real. For example
...have this thing about their invincibility in my head. I always looked on the All Blacks as the best team in the world, so you automatically assume that they have the best players from 1 to 15.
Joe Marler during England’s tour of NZ in 2014
The reason this thread is here is because (NH especiallY) have been saying the aura is dead for years. And then getting smashed. It has been amusing. Now that Foster is in charge and it is us that is getting smashed by NH teams, the aura is not so funny anymore RIP
Yep, what I saying this so called Aura seems to be there or not depeding who you read, there was always same talk of it disappearing in 70s etc, I remember Phil Kearns, and Jon Eales saying they had never found any Aura, just a team they could beat when they played well.
Hell it used to be supposedly almost impossible to win at Cardiff Arms park when the Welsh crowd sung , same with winning on high veldt in SA, same as Haka giving ABs an advantage, I heard more from media etc about it than players,, ok some players will talk about it when doing a build up to tests to feed the media and make ABs over confident, but ABs have alway and will always have very strong teams, and like now not so strong and there is all there is too it. I bet at times when this so called Aura was at it's prime we would have probably had 7-9 players named in any world XV, now we would be lucky to have 3? We just going through trough like we do every now and then after have an all time great team, and we now have teams that are going through peaks.
I must admit perhaps one of reasons I say it crap is I myself have never really seen any team in any sport that isn't beatable and that could just be personal thing, but I would never respect an opposition player that said any team he was playing had an aura. -
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@Kruse said in Aura watch:
Well, let's close the thread.
Boring old common-sense/missing-the-point has spoken.Or change thread title to auréole? (I'm guessing that is French for 'aura'?)
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@dogmeat said in Aura watch:
The French for aura is....aura.
I figure you knew that but just in case
@dogmeat said in Aura watch:
The French for aura is....aura.
I figure you knew that but just in case
just being overly fancy
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Stuart Barnes found her in Italy
@His-Bobness said in RWC Week 4: All Blacks v Italy:
Stuart Barnes in The Times the day before.
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I genuinely think this is the best thread on the Fern - great mix of sarcasm, irony and links to WTAF? articles.
In other words, it has a aura of its own
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Some recent reports of missing Aura ...
From earlier this month:
All Blacks head to Rugby World Cup without champions’ aura
Drawn with hosts France, Italy, Uruguay and Namibia, they can expect to canter out of Pool A – but their path to the decider is treacherous. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Post Italy:
Ian Foster talks true 'value' of Italy win, 'panic' and quarter-final opponent
The scoreline might suggest it was an easy win for New Zealand, but Ian Foster insists there was plenty to take away from the match.
New Zealand has scaled the dizzying heights of World Cup excellence before, but recent form has resulted in speculation that the side doesn't impose the same intimidation factor or possess the same aura that they once did.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Aura watch:
I genuinely think this is the best thread on the Fern - great mix of sarcasm, irony and links to WTAF? articles.
In other words, it has a aura of its own
Sounds like someone needs to catch up on some Ranfurly Shield action.
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However, you only had to look at their reaction after they ousted Ireland in the quarterfinals to recognise this - the All Blacks’ aura isn’t what it was and the players know it.
She's back
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Fox Sports Editor in not knowing anything about rugby but having to write about it and failing shocker.
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@voodoo said in Aura watch:
This tournament was just a few subjective refereeing decisions away from New Zealand, South Africa and Australia all being eliminated before the semis.
Can anyone help me with the one that saw NZ scrape through?
Can only be the quarter final. Things like porter being penalised, I guess
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@booboo said in Aura watch:
However, you only had to look at their reaction after they ousted Ireland in the quarterfinals to recognise this - the All Blacks’ aura isn’t what it was and the players know it.
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@antipodean said in Aura watch:
@booboo said in Aura watch:
However, you only had to look at their reaction after they ousted Ireland in the quarterfinals to recognise this - the All Blacks’ aura isn’t what it was and the players know it.
She's back
League journo asks chatgpt to summarise internet hot takes and submits it to his editor.
yeah that's even better
Australia’s Lost Aura
Biggest sign All Blacks lost their aura; draw farce delays northern power shift — RWC Talking Points
