Best of RWC 2007
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@Nepia said in Best of RWC 2007:
I've likely mentioned this multiple times, after the loss in the early morning the Magpies beat Waikato in the quarter final of the NPC (AirNZ Cup?) which meant I drove from HB to Palmy in a strangely happier mood than I otherwise would have.
The other match I actually remember from this cup is the Portugal one as we watched it in a bach in Waihi.
Nothing strange about that, it's impossible to contain one's excitement upon departing HB for to Palmy
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@mariner4life the ABs played some of the best rugby ever in the first half of that QF. You should all go watch it again.
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@Smuts said in Best of RWC 2007:
@mariner4life the ABs played some of the best rugby ever in the first half of that QF. You should all go watch it again.
i don't watch games we win a 2nd time, let alone a heartbreaker like that
was chatting about this world cup with the wife last night and she was like "fuck you were a miserable bastard to be on holiday with for a couple of days after that, i had to tell you to snap out of it"
It's lucky Poland has great beer.
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@voodoo said in Best of RWC 2007:
@Nepia said in Best of RWC 2007:
I've likely mentioned this multiple times, after the loss in the early morning the Magpies beat Waikato in the quarter final of the NPC (AirNZ Cup?) which meant I drove from HB to Palmy in a strangely happier mood than I otherwise would have.
The other match I actually remember from this cup is the Portugal one as we watched it in a bach in Waihi.
Nothing strange about that, it's impossible to contain one's excitement upon departing HB for to Palmy
Upvote despite the absolute bullshit nature of this post
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@mariner4life you must be a saint. Or Polish beer must be fucking good. Snap out of it? 16 years later, having profited from your pain, not my team, not my wife but the cold indifference to another soul’s heartbreak still stings.
Come to think of it, this explains a lot about kiwis.
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@mariner4life said in Best of RWC 2007:
"fuck you were a miserable bastard to be on holiday with for a couple of days after that, i had to tell you to snap out of it"
Only a couple of days? Can't have hurt that much then.
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@mariner4life said in Best of RWC 2007:
@antipodean said in Best of RWC 2007:
I've never seen a more loaded squad. That AB squad was phenomenal.
absolutely ridiculous squad. we may have had better teams, but that squad will be tough to top. Two genuine test level options in every position.
For some reason I recall you referring to 2015 as a "cheat code". Mind you that may have just been the XXIII
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@booboo said in Best of RWC 2007:
@mariner4life said in Best of RWC 2007:
@antipodean said in Best of RWC 2007:
I've never seen a more loaded squad. That AB squad was phenomenal.
absolutely ridiculous squad. we may have had better teams, but that squad will be tough to top. Two genuine test level options in every position.
For some reason I recall you referring to 2015 as a "cheat code". Mind you that may have just been the XXIII
The 2015 test side was a cheat code. But the 2007 squad was better
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The only highlights from this tournament happened off the field for me.
I remember driving back in a dazed mix of bewilderment and anger from a mates place and saw some guy get pulled over by a cop for speeding so I guess it goes to show - there's always someone worse off than you.
Anyway my sister called form the UK to see how I was after the game, she hardly ever calls, we're not particularly close in terms of keeping in touch a lot I guess it's a more quality over quantity type of relationship. But at the time I was going through a messy divorce and she knew that the AB's loosing would have hurt so she just called out of the blue to make sure her little brother was ok.
And I guess that call was a bringing down to earth for all the things that matter in life, family, friends and the people that care are so much more important than what any game of rugby is.
I've forgotten close to every other phone call in my life but I've never forgotten that one.
I felt immeasurably better after talking to her.
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