Olympics Thread
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<p>Going in we would have taken silver wouldn't we? so this was a pretty good result. Go on you ANZACs!</p>
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<p>No!</p>
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<p>If we could collect the silver or replay the tournament I'd go for the replay and not even think about it. </p> -
<p>NZ benefitted with YCs in the SF so swings and roundabouts.</p>
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<p>The problem to me had as much to do with selection as we didn't have the same speed as Aust did. Even Woodman wasn't beating players on the outside. </p>
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Australia deserved to win. Pace is the weapon in 7s.
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<p>Fucking tense game up until Caslick scored a try she really shouldn't have - up until that point the Kiwis' front-on defence was the business. For some reason they just held off there, probably fatigue.</p>
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<p>NZ tackling early was immense, containing the Aussie girls, who looked rattled to me. A bad lineout, a try, and then the yellow card. A real turning point, particularly as it extended out by a couple of minutes and resulted in a try to us at the end of it.</p>
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<p>Really feel for Woodman and she looked shattered. But silver is nothing to sniff at and I'm sure it will motivate the womens' 7s program as a whole for next season.</p>
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<p>Having said all that: GO YOU FUCKING GOOD THINGS!!!</p>
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<p>Aussie defence was probably better across the board, particularly in terms of the pace others have mentioned - NZ could make a break but get run down, whereas you felt if Cherry, Green or Caslick got into space, they were gone or had the support runners to capitalise.</p> -
Can i whinge about kicking the ball out of the ruck and the dodgy first try? I don't want to as the better team won. But doesn't help.
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<p>What a great win, a huge moment for women's rugby in Australia. To have it in morning prime time, with millions watching around the world... incredible. I hope young girls everywhere were watching, and will be looking to pick up a rugby ball and have a run around.</p>
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<p>So proud of the team, it's been such a good year for them. The ARU have also done a great job, first in the recruitment stage (finding athletes from touch, basketball, league etc) and then making them full-time professionals.</p>
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<p>Think the rest of the world will catch up by the time Tokyo rolls around though, especially the USA, Russia and China. </p> -
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<p>Can i whinge about kicking the ball out of the ruck and the dodgy first try? I don't want to as the better team won. But doesn't help. :(</p>
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<p>Welcome to life as a Wallabies fan - wanting to whinge about the ref, but fully knowing the best side on the day won...</p> -
<p>Well done Aussie. Clearly the better team. Great ball movement, whereas we tended to take the contact too much.</p>
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<p>This sounds fucking ridiculous and 20:20 hindsighty, but we'd have been better off at 5-10 and 6 vs 7 and on attack to have kicked the ball into touch, got Woodman back, and then game on with Aussie having a defensive lineout.</p>
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<p>Instead, turnover, try and skull fucked. Woodman spent about 4 minutes of game time in the bin.</p> -
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<p>You know earlier on when we described sports we would get rid of if we ran the IOC? I would like to put forward Water Polo. That's not a sport, that's mates on a saturday arvo mucking around at your house. At the very least they should change the rules so that you have to play with a beer in one hand, and that beer must never be empty. Reserves should be on the sideline cooking on the BBQ. </p>
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<p>Spoken like a man who wouldn't last 30 seconds in a game of real waterpolo :)</p>
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<p>I've always been a swimmer and took up waterpolo a few years back as a kind of social sport, first game we played the police team. In my first 20 seconds in the pool I had a bloody nose and had been punched so hard in the ribs I could hardly breathe</p> -
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<p>Spoken like a man who wouldn't last 30 seconds in a game of real waterpolo :)</p>
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<p>I've always been a swimmer and took up waterpolo a few years back as a kind of social sport, first game we played the police team. In my first 20 seconds in the pool I had a bloody nose and had been punched so hard in the ribs I could hardly breathe</p>
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<p>Someone punching you underwater in the ribs so hard it made your nose bleed ? who was on the other team ? George Fucken Foreman ?</p>
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<p>It's all personal opinion though, there's heaps of sports that don't float my boat, Water Polo amongst them but like anything it still requires skill/fitness and all of that. Each to their own, I'm sure it has it's following.</p>
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<p>Someone punching you underwater in the ribs so hard it made your nose bleed ? who was on the other team ? George Fucken Foreman ?</p>
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<p> 2 separate incidents, I thought it was pretty clear</p>
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<p>an elbow to the nose and a punch to the ribs.</p> -
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Spoken like a man who wouldn't last 30 seconds in a game of real waterpolo :)<br><br>
I've always been a swimmer and took up waterpolo a few years back as a kind of social sport, first game we played the police team. In my first 20 seconds in the pool I had a bloody nose and had been punched so hard in the ribs I could hardly breathe</p></blockquote>
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Have only played it once, at a time when I was the fittest in my life, physically hardest game I ever played. (I don't do endurance cycling or shit like that, as sport is supposed to be fun).<br><br>
Don't get any water polo hate. The pool is already built, and the medal won't be won twice by a Michael Phelps only shooting with his left hand, then 3 days later only with his right hand. -
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<p> 2 separate incidents, I thought it was pretty clear</p>
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<p>an elbow to the nose and a punch to the ribs.</p>
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<p>Aw ok, I guess the other team was anti cyclist :fishing:</p>
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<p>again, I've watched little of it but if it were up to me I'd abolish every single swimming discipline except freestyle. Based on that logic why don't they have a 100 metre "hop" in athletics ? a 50 metre "walk on your hands?" etc ?</p> -
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<p>Have only played it once, at a time when I was the fittest in my life, physically hardest game I ever played. (I don't do endurance cycling or shit like that, as sport is supposed to be fun).<br><br>
Don't get any water polo hate. The pool is already built, and the medal won't be won twice by a Michael Phelps only shooting with his left hand, then 3 days later only with his right hand.</p>
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<p>it's a bloody tough sport</p>
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<p>Freedom's Fury is a great documentary about the 1956 olympic waterpolo match between Hungary and the USSR.</p>
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<p>I haven't watched any water polo, but as I flicked through the channels I saw the pre-start of one game and they were playing national anthems. Why?</p>
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<p>Same deal with today's sevens rugby final? </p>
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<p>They don't play everyone's anthem at the start of the cycling road races.</p>
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<p>It's the Olympics - you get your anthem when you win, or not at all. </p> -
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<p>With obesity on the increase I expect darts to be an Olympic sport sooner rather than later .</p>
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<p>I saw an interview with Martin Johnson and the big fella argued Darts is a "sport".....after all the "athletes" are on stage under hot lights etc and have to maintain the skill and discipline over a long time. Sure they'd keel over if they jogged up a flight of stairs but try getting a 1500 metre runner to land a 180.</p> -
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<p>Did the Aussies acknowledge us in their post match interviews?</p>
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<p>Yes - I believe the acknowledgement was "We Owned The NZ team".</p>
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<p>TBF, that may not have been a player that said that.</p>
