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Les Bleus show their skill!

Abysmal game from the Wallabies, with the English forward pack just way too strong.


Would like to see France or the Pumas win now.
 
How pumped were we for last night?

We never really gave Australia a sniff. We had the majority of the forward pressure and Jonny Wilkinson is to Australia what Shane Warne is to England ;).

France won too, it's funny, a South African at my dads worked tipped both results.
 

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What the **** was Mortlock on last night? He has been nailing most of his kicks all tournament. ****, it was frustrating to see him miss those 3 penalty chances.

Why the **** was Drew Mitchell not starting? He is the most dangerous player we've got. :mad:
 
philhawk said:
How awesome was the France game?

Loved every minute of it.
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Wasn't it brilliant? After watching that turgid 80 minutes from us last night it was refreshing to see two teams play such a competitive, hard and skilful Test match. And a wonderful result. Four more years...

As for the Wallabies, I can't think of one player who actually played to their ability. Just woeful. I hope I never see that front row represent Australia again. England should have won by 20, if they had any ability to score tries. We can only hope France give them more opposition next week.
 
Corrosion said:
What the **** was Mortlock on last night? He has been nailing most of his kicks all tournament. ****, it was frustrating to see him miss those 3 penalty chances.

Why the **** was Drew Mitchell not starting? He is the most dangerous player we've got. :mad:
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Mortlock has always been a pretty ordinary kicker. He has improved slightly but has never been one of the elite kickers.
No surprise at NZ choking yet again- and I got ridiculed earlier in this thread because I said South Africa would win it, and NZ would choke!!
 
Matt Dunning is crap!!!! I hate the way Kearns pumps up the tires of this lump or lard! He is a plodder at best.

And Kiwis ... four more years boys!! LOL!

Are there bigger chokers in World sport?? They had their squad pull out of the S14 to prepare for the WC, then they 'once again' get their pants pulled down by the French! Hahahahah!!
 
That is hilarious, most people assumed the All Blacks surely couldn't choke again...some bloke chucked $5 million on them to win the tournament at something like 1.70. I guess they have a huge mental stumbling block.
 
johnnyhoward said:
That is hilarious, most people assumed the All Blacks surely couldn't choke again...some bloke chucked $5 million on them to win the tournament at something like 1.70. I guess they have a huge mental stumbling block.
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Are you serious? 5 Million??

Geeez, no matter how rich the bloke would be, that would hurt.
 
Has New Zealand just won the biggest chokers in the world award? Being favorites in almost every world cup and only winning one? How can they not be in contention for this award.

They were $1.40 favorites and did not even make the semis. :eek:
 
Thank christ we got a decent quarter final ...That was a great game :thumbsu:


The wallaby game was s**t....so was the result :(



The key, was the ref in the all blacks-france match putting the whistle away for the last 10 minutes and letting the game build momentum......


Union's biggest problem is too many of the refs blow the pea out of whistle ...


Hopefully that ref gets the final (notwithstanding the fact the he missed a pass that led to a try, that was so forward i thought i was watching a game of gridiron :p)


My loyalties are with France and Argentina now.......Hopefully one of them can kick on........ Won't be happy with a Springboks or Pommy win
 
New Zealand are bigger chokers than us, but we're still underachievers.

NZ hasn't even made the final in the last three World Cups, the last one they made they lost to South Africa. They must be going mental in NZ, a rugby made nation.

I hope France wins
 

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Wallabies were very very disappointing.

The scrum was always going to be a problem but it was at the breakdown were totally outplayed and muscled. The back row was very in-effective (even Smith).

On leaving mitchell out of the starting line up I initially agreed with that. His defence is very weak, however he was good when he came on, so in hindsight he should of started.

Gregan was woeful. His delivery was so slow, and as a result the back line never got going. How many times did Lote touch the ball? 3 maybe.

As many of my english friends commented, we never fired a shot.

however allez les blues ! I just love watching the sea-bass play.
 
diesel and dust said:
Thank christ we got a decent quarter final ...That was a great game :thumbsu:


The wallaby game was s**t....so was the result :(



The key, was the ref in the all blacks-france match putting the whistle away for the last 10 minutes and letting the game build momentum......


Union's biggest problem is too many of the refs blow the pea out of whistle ...


Hopefully that ref gets the final (notwithstanding the fact the he missed a pass that led to a try, that was so forward i thought i was watching a game of gridiron :p)


My loyalties are with France and Argentina now.......Hopefully one of them can kick on........ Won't be happy with a Springboks or Pommy win
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Thought the referee was pretty good and yeah I agree with the forward pass, it was exactly that, forward.
 
diesel and dust said:
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Hopefully that ref gets the final (notwithstanding the fact the he missed a pass that led to a try, that was so forward i thought i was watching a game of gridiron :p)
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The ref for the NZ-France match was Wayne Barnes of England- with England in the semis, I think he is ruled out of the final- will probably be an aussie, Kiwi, Irishman or Welshman. Thought stu Dickinson did well with matches I've seen.
 
Fryman said:
I watch the Wallabies every chance I can, but i'm not a hardcore union fan. There are two things that always seem to be a problem for us: a weak scrum and terrible goal kicking. It seems like our forward pack has been shizen for a few years now and nothing has changed. Guys like Dunning and Baxter don't seem to be world class players yet continue to get a game. And is Mortrlock really the best kicker we've got. We really need someone who is pretty much lights-out when taking the penalties.
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Our kicking has always been shit.Just like the last world cup if we could have kicked straight we would have won:thumbsdown:
Well atleast we have Cricket:thumbsu:
 
I hope SA win. I always hated SA teams, but this team they have now are hard as granite, and almost unbelievably (for an SA team) they have a bit of charisma about them. They're confident but not particularly arrogant. I like 'em.
 
gaelictiogar said:
NZ didn't choke. They were beaten by a superbFrench effort.France arealways capable ofastunning comeback now and again.
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Your a tool!!

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Officially as of today, the new universal signs for choking is.......

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As a casual RWC watcher I remembered seeing the NZ-Fra semi in 99 and had a funny feeling if I stayed up I'd see a repeat dosage - wasn't funny enough for me to unload a sizeable chunk of cash on it though, as always.

Just a superb match and isn't it fantastic to see the Kiwis fall over again.
 

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