RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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@Donsteppa said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Maybe this is the opposite of the 2007 RWC campaign. Rather than over thinking it about whether individual players can get through three knockout games in a row, just get stuck in and fire up for each game at a time.
Injuries, attrition, and tiredness being factors that each team that makes the Final just has to deal with.
I mean, this was basically what we did in 2011 - largely imposed because of an injury crisis in the 10 jersey.
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@ACT-Crusader the Ardie one was close and he didn't let go, was cleaned out and pleading with the AR, I think BR one was pretty clean, but Barnes saw different and BR let it go...
Obviously Cane was asked about the comment from POM too, he fended it off, he'd already go the best response to it.
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@Donsteppa said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Maybe this is the opposite of the 2007 RWC campaign. Rather than over thinking it about whether individual players can get through three knockout games in a row, just get stuck in and fire up for each game at a time.
Injuries, attrition, and tiredness being factors that each team that makes the Final just has to deal with.
Really good point. Seen that in successful business teams where planning got screwed and they had to just stay focussed on the basics. Imagine the military do this every day.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Aside from the pronunciation of Savea I really like the World feed main commentator (Rupert Cox?). He does a great job.
With all the moolah going around, why hasn't someone hired Andrew Cotter ?
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@Crazy-Horse said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I can imagine the outcry if BB or RM did a chip kick in the same situation and it didn't come off. I can see why Ireland didn't try one.
Clearly the Irish team are avid readers of the Fern
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Good Christ. How did this not get pinged?
Obviously you have the Ardie steal, but that neck roll on JB! Barnes was definitely partying like it was 2007.1M views · 8.4K reactions | Ref Barnes should have penalised Ireland,...
Ref Barnes should have penalised Ireland, right in front of the line umpire and ref. BUT they just didn’t wanna let SAVEA be great and hero 🤦🏽♂️ Well...
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Fuck no point going all rassie, refs miss heaps. Get over it
Damn. That's a low blow. What got sand in your vag?
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
i've seen another angle of the Ioane/Sexton "incident" and that makes it look for all money like the first words come from the guy in green (when Iaone had moved on to shake the next guys hand), Ioane chirps back, and Sexton blows up.
It's all dumb shit and i wish people would stop talking about it
Nah fuck that.
Living in vitriol and hate is so much fun
"Classless" ?
Pot meet kettle
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
This post needs more love.
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@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
They backed their "cut and paste" attack to pry open the ABs defence.
That was quite the telling comment from Foz.
As if, in actual fact, they have fuck all variation, and once you figure it out, you can defend it all day.
I noticed this in my drunken haze at the ground. It was all very methodical.
Boks guy was commenting on same at pub last night, and how slow Sexton was. Perhaps after the 30th phase a pop kick might have been worth a shot? Definition of insanity and all?
They were 4 points down
Their cut and paste wasn't working. Roll the die? Pretty tame ending for them.
You're thinking droppy earlier in the match? Thought you meant that last phase, whereupon a droppy would have lost it foe them by 1.
No, just think after, say, 30 phases, a chip kick would have been worth a shot. Might have even worked.
I can imagine the outcry if BB or RM did a chip kick in the same situation and it didn't come off. I can see why Ireland didn't try one.
History is written by the victors. What can be said without fear of contradiction is that they perservered with a strategy which had shown no sign of working.
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@DaGrubster Eek! About 60 into the semi Pakman junior asked, 'What's happening, Dad?'!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Good Christ. How did this not get pinged?
Obviously you have the Ardie steal, but that neck roll on JB! Barnes was definitely partying like it was 2007.
Ref Barnes should have penalised Ireland, right in front of the line umpire and ref. BUT they just didn’t wanna let SAVEA be great and hero 🤦🏽♂️ Well...
Despite this, and the two yellows from Barnes, the first of which should never have stood, we still prevailed.
Irish just weren't good enough.
