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That is one of the more terrifying halves of rugby I've ever seen. Ireland haven't helped themselves at all but the All Blacks are right on it.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostAs an aside now this game is effectively over I do get annoyed when referees yell at players not to use their hands in the ruck. Not just because they are professionals and shouldn't need telling but because the ref should bloody well let them transgress and then penalise them. The ref's effectively assisted two of the All Blacks' tries in this half.
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Ireland need a yellow for all these lasso tackles round the neck.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostThe ground appears to be a sea of green - the haka's just been drowned out by a chorus of 'Fields of Athenry'. Isn't that a bit disrespectful? It'll only wind them up.
Fucking frightening. As so often before. A sporting phenomenon the All Blacks.
I wouldn't say I'm glad Scotland didn't beat Japan but, ye know, right now, I'm glad Scotland didn't beat Japan.
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Men against boys. On this form, hope they go on to win the whole thing.
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As an aside now this game is effectively over I do get annoyed when referees yell at players not to use their hands in the ruck. Not just because they are professionals and shouldn't need telling but because the ref should bloody well let them transgress and then penalise them. The ref's effectively assisted two of the All Blacks' tries in this half.
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Ireland are tackling way too high in nearly every phase here, hugely dangerous and a sign of panic.
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Uh-oh. This might not end up the nail-biter I was hoping for.
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostChieka must be finished with Australia now. That is probably the most poorly coached, tactically inept Australian side I have ever seen at a World Cup.
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The ground appears to be a sea of green - the haka's just been drowned out by a chorus of 'Fields of Athenry'. Isn't that a bit disrespectful? It'll only wind them up.
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Originally posted by Alex Anderson View PostAlways find Australia easy to admire but hard to love.
Too bad we can only have a truly-meaningful-to-both-countries England v Japan clash in the final though( the bronze medal match wouldn't cut it). Would love to laboratory test all this "No - we just love a plucky underdog" pish from last week.
But I'm refusing to let Craig Doyle's "Sorry we cheered for Japan, lads" ITV sign-off from last Sunday turn me against him, fellow-traveller Warburton, or my pre-tournament hope Ireland and/or Wales would make a first ever final (the Scotland "proviso" more of a damned certainty this year).
The "the prick" was very heavily implied.
Fair play, ITV.
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Chieka must be finished with Australia now. That is probably the most poorly coached, tactically inept Australian side I have ever seen at a World Cup.
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Bollocks. I slept in and missed it.
Needed my sleep though, so there's that.
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Referee absolutely right to overrule and disallow that Australian try at the end but how the TMO ref with the benefit of replays didn't see that clear forward pass was a bit worrying.
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Always find Australia easy to admire but hard to love.
Too bad we can only have a truly-meaningful-to-both-countries England v Japan clash in the final though( the bronze medal match wouldn't cut it). Would love to laboratory test all this "No - we just love a plucky underdog" pish from last week.
But I'm refusing to let Craig Doyle's "Sorry we cheered for Japan, lads" ITV sign-off from last Sunday turn me against him, fellow-traveller Warburton, or my pre-tournament hope Ireland and/or Wales would make a first ever final (the Scotland "proviso" more of a damned certainty this year).
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Curry has been immense in this match - playing the kind of game that Pocock used to play before all the injuries kicked in.
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