RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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I said we would win by 2 scores. And i believed we would when we scored the first 13. But they never let us get away.
I did think it was going to take something special, i didn't realise quite how special. Or how many guys were going to have to play out of their skin to make it happen. -
@mariner4life Yeah - I was starting to relax slightly at 13-0.
I need to have a slo-mo look at Shannon's obstruction, because it seemed fuck-all - and Wayne ramping up TV ratings.
By halftime I wondered if I should just go for a walk for an hour and come back and check the score.
Or free solo El Capitan , or something less risky than watching footy.
Kept our noses in front.
Barring early red cards we should beat the Argies and meet the Jaaps in the final. With due respect, it's hard to see things unfolding differently - and fuck Chieka!
I need advice on how to manage that stress - set my alarm for 4am and start drinking?
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@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
set my alarm for 4am and start drinking?
i probably would have done that this week if i didn't have a skin full on saturday arvo/night and woke up super dusty sunday
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
set my alarm for 4am and start drinking?
i probably would have done that this week if i didn't have a skin full on saturday arvo/night and woke up super dusty sunday
Doesnât it get so much tougher at our age ?
I think the bottle of red wine I had after the IPAs wasnât a wise move but it seemed fitting while watching the election.
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@mariner4life Me too - and it was a bad idea. I was sweating from the get-go.
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@MN5 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
set my alarm for 4am and start drinking?
i probably would have done that this week if i didn't have a skin full on saturday arvo/night and woke up super dusty sunday
Doesnât it get so much tougher at our age ?
I think the bottle of red wine I had after the IPAs wasnât a wise move but it seemed fitting while watching the election.
my go to combination. smash hazies, switch to red. Great at the time. fucking awful the next day
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@ShitMcCaw said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Meh. You are better than us but all the bad mouthing of sexton by all blacks fans comes across as weak to me. He pumped you a good few times and that doesnât sit will with you because heâs not meek and self effacing like you expect us to be. But guess what. Winning is what counts and weâve gone from never beating you to pumping you five times in ten years. Would be a sad and soppy game if we turned everything into a saddo popularity contest. Maybe have a bit of grace and realise heâs one of the best youâve come across.
Sorry, mate, but this is one of the worst takes on Sexton I've ever read. He is loathed by every group of rugby fans around the world, not just us AB fans who supposedly expect him to be meek. He's "pumped" plenty of other teams many more times and their fans all agree that he is a fucking cock (still a great rugby player, and probably the second greatest Irish player in m lifetime, to be fair to the man).
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@His-Bobness As we are talking famous Irish writers, I once had a curry and a beer with Seamus Heaney.
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@His-Bobness said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
The Great Teacher
Who can hate the Irish? This is the country that gave us Yeats and Joyce and Wilde and Beckett, after all. A good chunk of us in this part of the world have roots in Ireland. And does anyone recall that the Irish, of all peoples, probably hate the English more than anyone?
But aside from their outsized contribution to literature, drama, music and oratory, the Irish have recently become rather good at rugby. To be sure, they have picked the brains and talent of other countries to do that, but in the process they have developed their own style, cohesion and power to the point that they have struck fear into the hearts of the traditional rugby superpowers. As that Irishman Wilde said: âBe yourself; everyone else is takenâ.
Irelandâs exit in the quarter final of this World Cup is no disgrace. They just came up against an All Black side that was wounded and may have wanted it more. As well, to quote Andy Farrell in his post-match presser, these knockout games can swing on small moments - Jordie Barrettâs try-saving tackle, Sam Whitelockâs steal at the end, Sextonâs missed shots at goal. A tiny adjustment in the curtains of fate could have changed the denouement entirely.
That the ABs, to win that match, had to dig deeper than they have done in probably any other match since the 2011 final against France spoke volumes not only for their new-found resilience and self-belief but also for Irelandâs never-say-die commitment and ability to keep picking themselves up from setbacks. This Ireland team were never beaten, until the final whistle. Every drop of blood that could be shed on both sides was done so.
As for Sexton, sure he can be ornery, mouthy and hard to like at times. But is he more so than Fitzy or Coles or Marshall? Put it this way, if this 38-year-old warrior been playing in black would any of his most bitter critics here have been so quick to condemn him? And could anyone in their heart of hearts really claim that Irelandâs recent successes have not made watching rugby union a richer and more thrilling experience?
As for the All Blacks and their lame duck coach, it has been a tough few years, unquestionably, with a host of undesirable âfirstsâ on the team resume. One could almost smell the regret seeping from the hard-nosed money men at Silver Lake. But the quarter final felt like a form of redemption and a reminder that sport, like life generally, can swing on the smallest of moments.
To quote another great Irishman in James Joyce:
âTo learn, one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.â
Sorry Bob, this whole column is such complete crap. Seriously.
Irish hate the English - wow, got anything new to share?
Ireland exit no disgrace? Well perhaps if they hadn't been talking themselves up at EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY you'd be right. Ireland only need to play at 90% to win, remember.
Sticking up for Sexton - talk about missing the point. I'll give you a parallel. Twice WC winner & AB legend Kieran Read. Latter in his career he turned into a ref waving dickhead on the pitch too and he took huge amount of criticism on here. Goose. Gander.Well written, perhaps. But complete garbage.
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Hold on, so fans aren't allowed to dislike players and actually say that out loud?
I don't actually have a problem with POM throwing that sledge at Cane, but be fucked if I'm not bringing it up when they can't get it done against us when it matters.
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@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Hold on, so fans aren't allowed to dislike players and actually say that out loud?
I don't actually have a problem with POM throwing that sledge at Cane, but be fucked if I'm not bringing it up when they can't get it done against us when it matters.
You're allowed to.
But, it doesn't hurt to let it ride in the week after you've had a massive victory.
There's many c*nts in the world. It doesn't hurt to try not to be one.
Edit: That's not a personal attack - just general advice.
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@Chris-B said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
There's many c*nts in the world. It doesn't hurt to try not to be one.
Edit: That's not a personal attack - just general advice.
Slow clap, I wouldn't have the subtlety to insult the entire forum as well as this comment!
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@nostrildamus well around here a quote i heard recently seems apt...
If you meet more than 3 assholes in a day, maybe you are the asshole.
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@nostrildamus Not really.
The ABs formed a guard for the Irish to come off the field.
Doesn't hurt us to do as well.
