@mozter,
heres my two cents on some of ur comments,,,
"Cloudy, what happened with the conversion was technically
interesting....but by then the Irish win was already gone. Frankly, the
rest was less compelling."less compelling???
totally disagree, a draw against the All blacks is still better then a loss to the All Blacks.
there was also the matter of a certain 100% record at stake, cos lets face it, the All Black fans love this record and are so proud of the boys, as much as the majority of Bok fans here hate that record and are completely envious of the worlds greatest rugby nation.
Boks colour green has never been more appropriate, aye???
"To me there were several players off their feet at the 80 minute penalty
and at some of the prior rucks. That penalty was entirely at the refs
discretion, nobody would have said a thing about it, had he not called
it. But he did....and again that's interesting."
several players off their feet at the 80 minute penalty anbd some of the prior rucks???
there were players of their feet the whole entire game.
ireland were serial offenders in the first half here and got away with it, and the All blacks adapted in the second half to give them a taste of it as well.
the off ur feet penalty in the 79th minute against irelands mcgrath though wasnt for being of their feet, it was because mcgrath the No17 used his hands in the ruck.
ownes made the comment to ireland mcgrath was off his feet, but that was a misspoken mishap on owens part, cos the ruck was formed and it wouldnt have mattered if mcgrath was on his feet or not.
also worth noting that seconds before the penalty, nigel owens told mcgrath to leave the ball alone, he had a clear line of sight at it the whole time.
"I'm not a believer in any conspiracies, but I do
believe individual refs develop agendas on given days....preset notions
of what they ought to do. To me Owens had that look about him in the
second half."i believe that refs d develop agendas too, all those clever tactics by ur boohoo countrymen and their facebook pages and bombardment on social media where they rip into the refs, the recent embarrassing highlighting of the so called preferential treatment of the All Blacks by fatboy mackenzie and may others, despite irrefutable evidence to the
contrary.all this has an effect on the refs today, its why the All Blacks have been getting pinged a lot more then usual, as refs are determined to check nearly every single thing the All Blacks do. i mean, look at the 5 min autopsy on the final try, first it was the last pass, then it was the second to last pass, can u name any other team who gets that much scrutiny???
i believe like u that refs come out with their own set agendas, unlike some people though, i dont believe that theres anything dodgy, just differnt levels of incompetence.
thats why McCaw is the king, as he has always said, u need to adapt to the situation, and its clear the All Blacks adapted given the smart way they executed their get out opf jail free card.
"As I said last week the ABs did what the Boks failed to do in
98.....play to the last second of the last game."no real surprises there though, aye???
"That's rugby glory. At
times it just seemed like Nigel wanted tone part of the plot."i felt the exact same way, cos nigel did everything he could in the firsthalf and in the 80th minute to give the irish their first win,
but the All Blacks arent the kings of every rugby playing nation for nothing, adapt to the situation, or else reduce ur fans to a sniveling pathetic mob who play key board warrior on facebook and what have u,
