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My thoughts exactly. Seems yo be an Anzac thing though
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Why would people be put off watching rugby, because a half took 58 minutes??
I am enthralled, as I hardly notice the time in the tension of the moment! It seems to be a Anzac fixation. We just get so absorbed in the contest that such trivial things hardly occur to us.
In the match vs France. I think even if the match took 2 hours I would hardly notice as I was totally engrossed
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Nor is drunken spelling ????
'Freak accident using a powerful detergent' sends Rassie Erasmus to hospital with chemical burns
So that excludes him? How daft can you get! Experience can’t be bought.
COMMENT: Rugby Australia given wake-up call by All Blacks ... AGAIN
Try watching the Bulls play Saracens before making ill informed comments mate
'He's up for it': Why ex-Boks World Cup-winner Jake White should be on the Wallabies coaching hit list
Yeah Bulls are boring ????
Oh sorry, they are playing the kind if rugby the “basketball” loving Aussie fans want, with an edge.
The edge comes from the pack that can dominate and have the athleticism to run around too.
Problem is the Aussies don’t seem to like the hard stuff up front, they just want the flash
'He's up for it': Why ex-Boks World Cup-winner Jake White should be on the Wallabies coaching hit list
To use the talent in the backline, you need players in the pack to dominate.
This kind of reasoning is exactly why Australia are in free fall in the rankings.
Fans want basketball. To get that you need a pack that can get you over the gainline and tackle the stuffing out of runners.
'He's up for it': Why ex-Boks World Cup-winner Jake White should be on the Wallabies coaching hit list
Your comment is as clueless as you appear to be. Anyone watching the Jake White coached Bulls team will tell you, they are anything but boring.
Maybe the problem isn’t Jake’s coaching, but that the Aussies might not have the players suited to Jake’s style.
No problem, keep selecting coaches, that coach basketball, and good luck progressing from 9th in World Rugby
'He's up for it': Why ex-Boks World Cup-winner Jake White should be on the Wallabies coaching hit list
Even if you are right, it still did not significantly alter the outcome of the game.
The All Blacks still scored soon after.
Rugby News: RWC final TMO quits over 'torrent of abuse', Wallabies Grand Slam tour touted, Fiji lock facing jail
So there is one incident in which he went back more than the phases we think are allowed. Yet the right call was still made, and it didn’t significantly change the outcome, not so?
Rugby News: RWC final TMO quits over 'torrent of abuse', Wallabies Grand Slam tour touted, Fiji lock facing jail
How did Foley not do a good job? General consensus was that the match was well controlled. And was allowed to flow. Yes there is dispute as to how far back a TMO can go, but the correct call was made, and it didn’t force the outcome of the match.
NZ lost because if their inability to either take the points on offer, or failing in the execution of attempts at taking points.
Those are team tactics, not TMO involvement decisions.
Rugby News: RWC final TMO quits over 'torrent of abuse', Wallabies Grand Slam tour touted, Fiji lock facing jail
I think in general the rugby establishment seems to have accepted that performance is the yardstick, even though they remain cognisant of the racial element.
Rassie certainly impressed the SARU suits with his willingness to select on form and bring in promising POC’s
I also think Davids and Stick are well aware that they ate being mentored by a class coach and tactician.
Nienaber is in the mix again in two years time, time will tell.
For the record, I think Davids can be a good HC if he embraces Rassie’s input as DOR
RA must not fixate on an Aussie coach - why Ronan O'Gara is best choice to lead Wallabies after the Eddie calamity
Well Rassie is a tactical genius, so he probably could!
That said, the Boks have a feedlot of forwards just waiting to unleash.
Apart from a few of the stalwarts like Kitshoff, Marx, Eben and RG, who still have a few years left in them.
We have powerful props like Wilco Louw, and Thomas du Toit that will be in their prime.
As will RG and Jenkins be. The young talent in the forwards in South Africa is scary.
We haven’t even seen the likes of Evan Roos and Elrigh Louw really feature and already there are guys like Cameron Hanekom kicking the door down
RA must not fixate on an Aussie coach - why Ronan O'Gara is best choice to lead Wallabies after the Eddie calamity
Not big enough? How big do you want a flanker to be?
At 113kg he is just fine. Only players that come to mind bigger in his position is Kremer PSDT and Ollivon
Exclusive: Rising Wallabies hardman set to leave Australian rugby in warning sign for RA
Still waiting for any proof of all the allegations you made? Right there are none!
Rugby News: 'Be courageous' - Eddie's come and get me plea to Japan, Bongi's dig at 'sad' reaction from 'first world country'
Where is your evidence? You keep making these assertions, but with zero facts!
Rugby News: 'Be courageous' - Eddie's come and get me plea to Japan, Bongi's dig at 'sad' reaction from 'first world country'
And we care that you don’t like us? Like really? We have billions of fans all over the world! One muppet that dislikes us isn’t even a drop in the ocean.
Rugby News: 'Be courageous' - Eddie's come and get me plea to Japan, Bongi's dig at 'sad' reaction from 'first world country'
And you know this how?
Rugby News: 'Be courageous' - Eddie's come and get me plea to Japan, Bongi's dig at 'sad' reaction from 'first world country'
Rassie will be interim coach. The lure of a third WC might be too much to resist.
They have a good core of coaches. I actually would look at Franco Smith to serve as an attack coach. He can really take the Bok attack places.
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Yes, for the life of me, I don’t get the fixation. Maybe most of the whining faction have never played as a forward, and needed a breather. Rugby is a tough, high intensity sport, and anybody that can play 60 minutes at that pace and not catch a breath, must be super human. Like a PSDT ????
I am really unconcerned! I just enjoy the drama of a tightly contested match!
Maybe the Kiwi fans, that espouse the concept that the AB’s play as God deemed rugby to be played, will be horrified. But I switch channels when the AB’s massacre Nambia. It bores me to death!
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Fact is that the Boks have won 4 World Cups out of 8 contested. Three of those were away from home.
If that doesn’t make them the best WC team ever, what does?
NZ are the most successful test rugby team ever in the modern era.
Prior to being banned Boks were pretty much the supreme test rugby team.
There! Summed it up for you.
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Well we don’t need articles convincing us that you are a sore loser
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
Correction! Some Kiwi and Aussie fans, accustomed to the Super basketball series think it is the only way rugby should be played.
You are just a bitter little person that cannot come to terms with the fact that rugby has various areas of strength.
Respect to the author for a well penned article.
You can sob all you like! We e deserved champions.
We also had to dig deep! We can also make conspiracy theories and claim that Bongi was deliberately targeted. We also face challenges.
Thing is this, and you fail to acknowledge it!
In a final you take the points!! How many kicks that were within the AB kickers ambit were scorned! How many were missed?
Do the maths! All your whining won’t alter the facts. NZ were extremely brave, uncompromising! But they were tactically naive!! Boks were not! Hence the score is 12 -11
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever
I am sure Rassie is losing so much sleep, because of your unforgiving attitude 😊
Rugby News: Eddie to reveal next step 'very shortly', Rassie resumes 2019 role, Wales legend joins Crusaders
Such a bitter little fella! Maybe get help!
Anything but a snorefest: Revisiting one of the most fascinating RWC finals ever