RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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We did it. Sunday dinner with the in-laws tomorrow should be tasty. Hopefully by then I can hear all about how they were cheated!
Sam Cane take a bow you. Nobody would have begrudged you talking some shit after that to the totally anonymous Irish back row. But you just shake their hands and wish then well.
You're a better man than any of us here on the fern that's for sure!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@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.
God Bless her. I just become a nervous wreck with games like that. Fuck knows what I will be like in 2 weeks assuming we get there !!
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That's the best game of rugby I've seen in a decade since 2013 ABs Boks at Ellis Park
Both teams played fucking well.
The ABs set piece and breakdown work was exceptional.
The intensity of ABs to keep getting to their feet was incredible. Talk about emptying the tank.
Not sure how you give a man of the match - nearly everyone had a claim. Cane and Ardie were enormous. Jordie match winning moments.
Hard luck @Derm-McCrum @The-Irishman @leinster and other Irish fans you have a fantastic side. Your lads didn't choke - you just got beat by a team that red-lined in one of the best World Cup games of all time.
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@leinster said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Congratulations NZ...from a leinster / ireland supporter...well deserved and we'll see you again as sean Fitz said
Class from you @leinster
Joining to congratulate. Nice work.
Can't say I'd have the same grace.
BTW we're terrible winners 😀
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@DaGrubster said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Yes, the great challenge for us will be getting up for a semi against the Argies after we emptied the tank for this one.
We were in a similar position in 2019 and got blown away.
The Argies will look to spoil everything next week and will be very dissapointEd with themselves if an actual game of rugby breaks out.
They will be very tough and I think that will be close.
Cheika is no Eddie Jones, all the for years leading upto 19 he consistently talked of beating the abs. His game plan was built around that, that was his final. We won't see the same focus from Argentina
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@nzzp said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Stargazer said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@chimoaus said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
The Roigard Christie selection did not matter in the end.
Yup, Christie and Dmac never got off the bench.
Right decision too. Keep thr old heads on
Knockout games are slow games - we should know this by now. They grind rather than open up
The Irish were a bit silly when we had our yellow cards, they kept slowing the game down. There was one lineout where they fluffing around so much I wonder whether they thought their player had been carded.
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@DaGrubster said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
No. Physically, we are in pretty good shaped compared to other sides I think.
I meant more mentally - this game against Ireland would have seen us spend a lot of emotional energy beating Ireland and also leading up to the game. We wanted it. They embarrassed us last year.
It’s like 2019. We were outstanding in the qtr final and nowhere in the semi final.
Furry muff.
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Rob Kearney saying if Ireland play 90% of what they are capable of , then they will beat the ABs.
Post-match, says Ireland played at less than 90% of what they are capable of.This is a bit like us AB fans. Sport is a brutal reality check and some people just can't accept their team was not as good as they thought/hoped (i.e, us in 2019)
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@Nepia said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@sparky said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Fuck you Bundee Aki, fuck you Bono, fuck you James Lowe, fuck you Jamie Gibson-Park.
Poor Bono, all he did was give everyone a free album and he gets lumped in with traitors.
Bono deserves all the vitriol we can muster after the last 30 years of music hes inflicted
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@MN5 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@sparky said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Fuck you Bundee Aki, fuck you Bono, fuck you James Lowe, fuck you Jamie Gibson-Park.
Poor Bono, all he did was give everyone a free album and he gets lumped in with traitors.
Bono deserves all the vitriol we can muster after the last 30 years of music hes inflicted
I bet even you used to singalong with them in the 80s with The Joshua Tree before you went full music snob.
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@DaGrubster said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Amen Danny, I have picked us ever since we knew we were getting them in this match.
We were never losing against them in this game. No matter what O’Barnes tried to hit us with, we were not losing.
I fear he will be the ref in the final (if we get there obvs…)
Grubs I am so deep down an AB man, I can never truly believe they will lose, or say it in public! It's something about being a supporter to your very core!
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@Nepia said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@MN5 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@sparky said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Fuck you Bundee Aki, fuck you Bono, fuck you James Lowe, fuck you Jamie Gibson-Park.
Poor Bono, all he did was give everyone a free album and he gets lumped in with traitors.
Bono deserves all the vitriol we can muster after the last 30 years of music hes inflicted
I bet even you used to singalong with them in the 80s with The Joshua Tree before you went full music snob.
I think I stopped at Rattle and Hum
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia I thought the Irish also panicked a bit with those cross kicks when they had the man advantage in/near our 22.
There was space there but it was a bit all-or-nothing instead of just being patient.
Our defence was up for it today. They battered away and in particular our two main leaders ably assisted by the tight 5 were up for it. We just seemed more crisp in our realignment and fanning.
Sure we had lapses and the Irish attack did take their chance. But by and large our defence made them rethink their recycle strategy.
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