RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Scoreboard pressure means something aye!
The fact they needed a try and Jordie had nailed that penalty to get it out to 4 points meant they couldn’t set up for a droppie.
We can’t underestimate how important Aaron Smith was at the end of the game. You can hear him just barking to our boys to get up and realign after each ruck. He would’ve had a point to prove after the YC. Thanks Nuggie, you are an AB legend.
Did the Irish bottle it a bit when they needed that try ,
Their elaborate attack we normally see with the ball being moved around and runners going everywhere all of a sudden became conservative and made it easier for us to defend .
No. As much as I’d love to stick the boots in 😉
I think a combination of the intensity, the time, there were guys sucking in the big ones. They still spread it wide and made metres in that passage.
We just kept our nerve and then it took a phenomenal play to get the win.
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@Bovidae said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
It was funny to hear both Mils and Wilson go all Marshall near the end with some on-air comments about the Savea non-penalty and then the final Whitelock ruck penalty.
Fark I've got to hear the NZ commentary. I dislike Goldie as a pundit but seeing Ireland packed up and fucked off I can live with it for another week.
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@mencey said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I walked out of the room. Totally stressed out with this shit.
Ha ha. Yeah, my dear Mum couldn't watch the last couple of minutes. Went and "hid" in the laundry.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Scoreboard pressure means something aye!
The fact they needed a try and Jordie had nailed that penalty to get it out to 4 points meant they couldn’t set up for a droppie.
We can’t underestimate how important Aaron Smith was at the end of the game. You can hear him just barking to our boys to get up and realign after each ruck. He would’ve had a point to prove after the YC. Thanks Nuggie, you are an AB legend.
Did the Irish bottle it a bit when they needed that try ,
Their elaborate attack we normally see with the ball being moved around and runners going everywhere all of a sudden became conservative and made it easier for us to defend .
No. As much as I’d love to stick the boots in 😉
I think a combination of the intensity, the time, there were guys sucking in the big ones. They still spread it wide and made metres in that passage.
We just kept our nerve and then it took a phenomenal play to get the win.
They totally choked, overconfident with going for the try rather than the three. They had shape and go forward, but weren't as fit at the end either. That is the biggest choke in rwc along side the red roses last year, but they had a red. They were both on record runs, having smashed the opposition earlier, and should have won. Far bigger chokes than abs have ever done
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Whitelock baby!!!!!!!
Absolute legend.
Again.
Still.
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Scoreboard pressure means something aye!
The fact they needed a try and Jordie had nailed that penalty to get it out to 4 points meant they couldn’t set up for a droppie.
We can’t underestimate how important Aaron Smith was at the end of the game. You can hear him just barking to our boys to get up and realign after each ruck. He would’ve had a point to prove after the YC. Thanks Nuggie, you are an AB legend.
Did the Irish bottle it a bit when they needed that try ,
Their elaborate attack we normally see with the ball being moved around and runners going everywhere all of a sudden became conservative and made it easier for us to defend .
No. As much as I’d love to stick the boots in 😉
I think a combination of the intensity, the time, there were guys sucking in the big ones. They still spread it wide and made metres in that passage.
We just kept our nerve and then it took a phenomenal play to get the win.
They totally choked, overconfident with going for the try rather than the three. They had shape and go forward, but weren't as fit at the end either. That is the biggest choke in rwc along side the red roses last year, but they had a red. They were both on record runs, having smashed the opposition earlier, and should have won. Far bigger chokes than abs have ever done
And they played 20 min against 14 men.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Scoreboard pressure means something aye!
The fact they needed a try and Jordie had nailed that penalty to get it out to 4 points meant they couldn’t set up for a droppie.
We can’t underestimate how important Aaron Smith was at the end of the game. You can hear him just barking to our boys to get up and realign after each ruck. He would’ve had a point to prove after the YC. Thanks Nuggie, you are an AB legend.
Did the Irish bottle it a bit when they needed that try ,
Their elaborate attack we normally see with the ball being moved around and runners going everywhere all of a sudden became conservative and made it easier for us to defend .
I said before the game the advantage the ABs have is the metronomic method of their attack. We knew how we could beat them but were we good enough to action a plan to do so. Turns out we were.
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@Bovidae said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
It was funny to hear both Mils and Wilson go all Marshall near the end with some on-air comments about the Savea non-penalty and then the final Whitelock ruck penalty.
“CALL IT” 😀
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Glad to have been proven wrong
Congratulations the ABs -
@ACT-Crusader That definitely sounded like Wilson. Barnes was having none of it.
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@rustycruiser said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Congrats boys, and congrats on your express pass to the final
You cheeky bugger.
Argies speed is a problem that requires a different defensive plan than what we saw against the Irish.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bovidae said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
It was funny to hear both Mils and Wilson go all Marshall near the end with some on-air comments about the Savea non-penalty and then the final Whitelock ruck penalty.
“CALL IT” 😀
It was ridiculous. You bet your ass if that were O'Whiny over the ball Sexcunt would have been yelling at Barnes.
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The other bonus in the rivalry between the two sides,
Our 18 game winning record stays intact,
Imagine losing that to Ireland on top of losing
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Probably not enough credit been given to our 4 young props that did the business tonight. Scrum was dominant and lineout was excellent.
Add to that the long time in camp has shed the kilos off DeGroot and Williams. Both look much fitter and slimmer out there.
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@Higgins said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Does that win see the Reyburn Shield change hands?
Raeburn ... but yes 🙃
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Well said that man. Cane stepped up big time. Ardie is a legend already.
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Tears in their Guinness -
