All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@Jailbreak7 I was over it by halftime.
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Considering he has already won the RWC as assistant coach (so "been there done that") I should be more hopeful but I still recall some poster from years ago saying when he was coach of the Chiefs the fans would have to endure terrible, aimless, brainless games, then a rollercoaster resurrection, only to get their hopes dashed when it mattered. We got some of that this year, but will he pull a smiling fat lady out of the fire this time?
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I drew Ireland in the work's sweepstake, I feel dirty
Don't worry, they won't win
If Ireland have a poor tournament then surely they get the moniker of RWC chokers. Shit they lost to Japan 4 years ago.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I drew Ireland in the work's sweepstake, I feel dirty
Don't worry, they won't win
If Ireland have a poor tournament then surely they get the moniker of RWC chokers. Shit they lost to Japan 4 years ago.
Not sure they embrace the pressure, rather they are suffocated by it. I'd much rather see France win
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Bit late to the chat and yeah pretty shit game to go to, mate who jumped over from LA for it wasn't too impressed at his first Twickers experience.
But yeah, this was about as close to a friendly as it gets, sucked watching the ABs sitting in their own 22, but bigger picture it doesn't really matter and we had fun!
Without getting too negative I much prefer the Millennium Stadium Cardiff. The stands at Twickenham are a long way from the pitch . Not quite as much vibe.
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@BerniesCorner I haven't been there in 15 years and struggle to remember Friday night.
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Any chance we play Scotland in the QF?
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Any chance we play Scotland in the QF?
Yes
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@MiketheSnow who misses out if Scotland make it and would you rate us to beat Scotland?
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MiketheSnow who misses out if Scotland make it and would you rate us to beat Scotland?
Either Ireland or SA
Definitely
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Man this is like a stages of grief thread. Some serious revisionism shît going on trying to rationalise and downplay the hiding we took.
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@Billy-Tell Yes thank fark we've got all the tears, tantrums and throwing toys out of the way already. Now we can just go and stand in the corner and sulk.
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@Billy-Tell and tbf there is some serious pumping and over valuing the SA performance too.
We know this ain't a great AB side and they had a very bad night at the office last week against a very good rugby team, and the score reflects this.
For the past 3 year people have been lamenting how we will be lucky to get out of pool or scrape into a quarter...if that hasnt changed surely people should be at acceptance anyway...
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Shit. Maybe we'll get some luck for a change. Manage to beat France after they get a red card for ball grabbing. Then have Scotland in the QF after they upset Ireland or SA. Then Wales in the SF and then the remnants of who's left after the carnage on the other side of the draw in the final. We're surely due a bit of luck in one of these fůcking tournaments.
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What I can't fathom is what kind of thinking scheduled this match at that time against the most physical opponent we could have and a likely quarter final opponent at that. Plain stupid in my view.
So I take the result with a grain of salt. And I wonder if a lot of the commentary around the match is warped by a sense of loyalty to whomever made such a bad decision.
And I also wonder if there was a prompt on the officials to be far more strict in some areas.
So little changes for our prospects in my view except that maybe we now view Ireland as our more preferred QF opponent and let France deal to South Africa. -
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Shit. Maybe we'll get some luck for a change. Manage to beat France after they get a red card for ball grabbing. Then have Scotland in the QF after they upset Ireland or SA. Then Wales in the SF and then the remnants of who's left after the carnage on the other side of the draw in the final. We're surely due a bit of luck in one of these fůcking tournaments.
Used up in 2011. Now in the red again after 2019 opener.
Chin up though, the rugby gods are fickle, and they may be keen to punish your opponents.
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@Smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Shit. Maybe we'll get some luck for a change. Manage to beat France after they get a red card for ball grabbing. Then have Scotland in the QF after they upset Ireland or SA. Then Wales in the SF and then the remnants of who's left after the carnage on the other side of the draw in the final. We're surely due a bit of luck in one of these fůcking tournaments.
Used up in 2011. Now in the red again after 2019 opener.
Chin up though, the rugby gods are fickle, and they may be keen to punish your opponents.
Jeez, remind me again where we got lucky in 2011? Was it when Carter went down? Or when Cruden went down? My memory fails me!
Shit, we have so much luck karma coming back to us this year we probably won’t concede a try all tournament on our march to victory…
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@Smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Shit. Maybe we'll get some luck for a change. Manage to beat France after they get a red card for ball grabbing. Then have Scotland in the QF after they upset Ireland or SA. Then Wales in the SF and then the remnants of who's left after the carnage on the other side of the draw in the final. We're surely due a bit of luck in one of these fůcking tournaments.
Used up in 2011. Now in the red again after 2019 opener.
Chin up though, the rugby gods are fickle, and they may be keen to punish your opponents.
Yeah sure. McCaw playing with a broken foot and getting down to 4th choice 10 was luck.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel 5th if you count Weepu running about at 10
