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wallabies admit it is the All Blacks & then the rest,,,

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Monkey D LuffyPro6,277 posts
26 Aug 2012, 21:32
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26 Aug 2012, 21:32#1
//Getty Images Wallabies admit it is the AllBlacks and then the rest James Mortimer - (26/08/2012) - 50 Comments

Before The Investec Rugby Championship kicked off, the Wallabies set themselves the lofty goals of not only winning the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in a decade, but of supplanting the All Blacks as the world’s number one team.
  The famous Cup, now with the All Blacks since 2003, the second longest reign in the rivalries history, is gone for another year for the Wallabies.

Post-match after being beaten 22-0, and blanked for the first time in 40 years against any opposition (and 50 years against the All Blacks), the Wallabies preferred to sing the praises of their opposition, rather than focus on themselves.

Today it was much of the same, with the Wallabies now admitting that their goal is to hold onto the second spot in the global rankings, which they will lose to the Springboks if the tourists win in Perth in a fortnight.

Liam Gill, who made his test debut in the second half, said that Australia wanted to ensure at least they were number two in the game.

"They've proven they are the number one team,” he said.

“Now we've got to hold our spot as I guess the number two team.”

Hooker Stephen Moore said that there was no question as to who the current kings of the rugby world were.

“(The All Blacks) are without doubt the number one side in the world,” he said.

“There's quite a way there to us in second place and the challenge for us now is to try and maintain that spot in the next period of time against the Boks and Argentina.”

Coach Robbie Deans felt that this year would end like 2011, with the All Blacks confirming their place at the top.

“They'll experience some adversity along the way,” he said.

“But I'd be very surprised if they didn't finish top of the heap again at the end of this year."

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Monkey D LuffyPro6,277 posts
26 Aug 2012, 21:35
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26 Aug 2012, 21:35#2

feel bad for the wallabies which is odd, normally i love seeing them get owned, but its great to see the Boks and the wallabys have recorded games where they were kept scoreless in the professional era and  both came at the hands of the McCaw led All Blacks.

wallabies forward pack facing the ABs are like a dice, if they land on 6 they will give parity, but if they dont, the domino effect of self destruction starts and thats what happened last night.
deans didnt help, some very poor selections made by him, rob horne and dave dennis??? the Boks can pray that they be as lucky as the All Blacks to get the invisible dynamic duo playing, what a waste of space, time and effort having them in the squad.
cooper and genia didnt help matter either, while their forwards were bested by the ABs, they were presented with some good ball but failed to do anything, except pass it to barnes to kick to dagg.
digby was my aussie MOTM, neraly every single attacking play they had came from him.

see u in brizzy wallabies, hope u dont do a hong kong phooey on us like in 2010 when u ruined our undefeated streak, lol.

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