RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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@raznomore Dude thanks for posting. Great to see blasts from the past.
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@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore Dude thanks for posting. Great to see blasts from the past.
Where's Crucial?Having a beer with the Baron?
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@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Smuts said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Smuts you feeling alright fella? Almost sound like you've handed in your green card.
Spent the night as an AB supporter. Got called a fluffybunny by an Irishman. So about even.
Going to shave my head in penance.
If you want me to call you a fluffybunny, just giz a shout. I'd hate to not help someone in need.
@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Smuts said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Smuts you feeling alright fella? Almost sound like you've handed in your green card.
Spent the night as an AB supporter. Got called a fluffybunny by an Irishman. So about even.
Going to shave my head in penance.
If you want me to call you a fluffybunny, just giz a shout. I'd hate to not help someone in need.
Shot bro, I’m good. Brought the missus on tour.
Anyway, no problem with people pointing out the obvious but all I did was tell him he could have a light if he admitted Sexton was a fluffybunny …
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@voodoo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I just watched a replay and I was still nervous at the end
I know what you mean. The 2011 final still gives me the heeby-jeebies.
But this one I've watched twice and i just have this feeling of calmness... dunno why ...
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@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Smuts said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@NTA said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Been out all day. Saw the last 5 minutes this morning so nice to get time this afternoon to get a look at the rest.
ABs first attacking raid going 29 phases without incident is pretty good.
Ireland's lineout and ruck are nervy.
I thought Barnes got the first scrum wrong tho - ABs THP folded in for me
Look at porter, he knew exactly what he'd done, didn't even give it the regulation prop head shake.
I’ve been banging on about their props cheating since the AB series. Welsh URC fans have been doing it even longer.
And from ground level it was plain as day - every fucking scrum Porter steps out and hinges to avoid the contest.
By the middle of the second half even the Irish around me were wailing - fuck me he’s done it again.
Porter scrums as well as his barber cuts hair.
Fuck. Coulda used this last night
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@voodoo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore Dude thanks for posting. Great to see blasts from the past.
Where's Crucial?Having a beer with the Baron?
I must've missed that.
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@voodoo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I just watched a replay and I was still nervous at the end
I know what you mean. The 2011 final still gives me the heeby-jeebies.
But this one I've watched twice and i just have this feeling of calmness... dunno why ...
I have still to this day never watched that game on telly. Once at the ground was enough thanks
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@mencey said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Cane and Jordie more deserving IMO
I really don't think any of them give a fuck, TBH. Least of all Cane.
Bollocks. Ardie was massive. The motor on the man is unbelievable. Cane steeped up but Ardie does this shit every time he plays.
Eh? I was making the point that neither Cane or Ardie would be worried too much about who got MoM.
yep sorry, bit to much to drink.
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Lets take a moment to pay tribute to this Irish team.
What a side! You don’t win 17 games on the spin without being bloody good. They gave us a massive scare yesterday and could easily have one despite the heroics of Cane, Savea, Scott Barrett, Lomax. All of the All Blacks really.
They must be one of the most organised teams I’ve ever seen. Not far off Australia under Macqueen or England 2003.
They didn’t fade in terms of fitness. Their conditioning team had done an outstanding job.
I can’t think of many teams from the British and Irish Isles who were so comfortable and confident with the ball in hand. Maybe the 1997 Lions?
Their weaknesses turned out to be their lineout and not being willing to take risks under pressure. 36 phases at the end there but they never chanced their arm. Nothing like Nonu or Cruden outrageous offload in a near reverse situation in 2013.
Mental skills saw the ABs through that one. Last night was very much part of Gilbert Enoka’s legacy.
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore this post needs promoting to the front page... but I have technouselessness so @Duluth !!! ... ?
Yup, I’ll add that and a few others tomorrow
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Ok so it might be the drink, but right now I have a lot of love for Sam and the boys
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@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@voodoo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore Dude thanks for posting. Great to see blasts from the past.
Where's Crucial?Having a beer with the Baron?
I must've missed that.
Me too but explains absence
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
A bit more here of the incident between Ioane and Sexton.
I won't lie, I think Rieko can be a bit of a dick, however since I was literally yelling 'fuck off back to Ireland you fluffybunnies Sexton and O'Mahoney', I think it's fair to say that I'm being a bit hypocritical.
Johnny Sexton Involved In Angry Exchange With Rieko Ioane After Ireland Lost To All Blacks | Balls.ie
The rugby career of Johnny Sexton ended in heartbreak in Paris tonight. After the fulltime whistle, he had some heated words with All Black Rieko Ioane
Well the four more years was Gregan standing over an AB (Kelleher) and rubbing it in. And didn't get all whiny cockwomble about it. Took it as due
I have zero fucking sympathy for the prick. He's been mouthing off and reffing refs for years. Fuck him. The fucking trash talk the likes of him and POM have been delivering in the pitch, they can suck à bah of dicks. Yeah I think RI is a bit of a dick but fuck it. Take your picks you mouth fluffybunnies.
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The morning after the night before… what an amazing spectacle and atmosphere; up there with being at the RWC 2011 and 2015 finals. I felt strangely calm and almost reassured, as soon as the match kicked off. Quite a few thousand-yard stares from the stunned Irish supporters at the final whistle. Most were fairly complimentary in the post-match bars though a large number of younger guys were pretty damn salty, especially at Barnes.
I’m lucky enough to be back to Paris for the SF on Friday. Another hangover beckons
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
That's 100% on Frizzell. Ioane turns him in as he should, Shannon misses a straight shot
This game going with penalties at thr moment
If that had been Michael Jones Bundee would have had to have been renamed Ribs.
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@NTA I think the difference today was, when they went the short option, some.AB forward whacked them, hard
Unlike last time we played them, we covered the wrap, but also shut down the forward runners. I haven't seen the ABs hit like that on D for a while
Our spacing on D during those final phases was superb. I haven't seen anything like it since the 2015 WC final. I say that in hindsight, because I was still bricking it at the time.
