Dimitri Yachvili (The scrumhalf of the Frogs) summed up 45 days of Rugby World Cup 2011 when asked a few hours after the All Blacks had lifted the Webb Ellis Cup whether he thought the better team had lost the final. (Note even how the question was framed)
The France scrum-half had predicted after the All Blacks had convincingly beaten France in the group stage that the two sides would meet again in the final. "We had the luck against Wales in the semi-final, but not tonight. The referee did not want us to win but you have to say that the best team in the tournament won." (Possibly also a reference to the number one ranking etc - but you have to win on the day and the abs didnt they were handed the win to them by our Craig Joubert.)
France had a legitimate grievance with the referee Craig Joubert and his two assistants, just as New Zealand had with Wayne Barnes and his two touch judges in the 2007 quarter-final in Cardiff (Please dont compare the two and tw owrings dont make aright. France lost the world cup soley because of craigs many errors) The decisions went the way of the hosts. What goes around comes around, as it is said, which is bad news for those countries that will never be able to stage the tournament.(this poor misguided oak is trying to justify what happened. Who says in any case the wee abs would have won in 2007. Boks would have had then for breakfast!)
France were outstanding in defeat, led by the indomitable Thierry Dusautoir and Imanol Harinordoquy, two players who unquestionably deserved to be in the final. The All Blacks had the ideal start, scoring a try after 12 minutes, but as Piri Weepu wasted penalty opportunities, a combination of nerves and resolute opponents reduced New Zealand to virtual all-out defence.
Much had been made of the All Blacks' determination to learn from their failed campaigns of 2003 and 2007 but France also had players who had missed out in those years, even though it passed without comment in the build-up. Their resolve was as hard as New Zealand's, but their quest for the World Cup had not become an obsession and the final was an occasion to enjoy rather than endure.
Veterans like Nicolas Mas, Lionel Nallet, Yachvili and Aurélien Rougerie all got the better of their opposite numbers and France's loose trio was the more effective back row unit (Yet the burgalled RWC "win" saw the very average mcaaaw elevated by his groupies t god like status. Bwahahahahahahhahaha). The All Blacks had to defend a one-point lead for 32 minutes, and if Richie McCaw's influence as an open-side was compromised by the foot injury that has plagued him for most of the tournament, his fighting spirit ensured there was no choking this time.(Ref ensured that. France would have won and the abs would have been lablled chokers for sure!! the write faisl another test of logic)
France had felt guided by destiny all tournament, a notion quickly disabused on Sunday by some of the decisions that went against them, but fate, in exactly the same manner it defied them in 2007, was with the All Blacks.
That gentlemen, warped DUD and Lady Cloudy are how the kiwis excuse their burgalling of the 2011 RWC.
It is a lamentable state of affairs.
So let all honest pposters here cease from this momnet in ever saying the wee abs won the 2011 RWC. They so clearly didnt. They burgalled it in the most outrageos fashiuon ever.
