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19 Oct 2011
RYAN VREDE says New Zealand can only beat themselves in the World Cup final against France on Sunday.
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RYAN VREDE says New Zealand can only beat themselves in the World Cup final against France on Sunday.
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20 Oct 2011, 06:12 am
@dquinn25(dquinn25)-50: Come on mate..really..in your absolute honest opinion do you consider that the Boks were really a bigger threat to the AB’s than Australia?
To quote what Ive said before they were stretched tighter than a fat ladies undies by Wales, they were man handled by Samoa and their game against Samoa showed that they didnt have one beyond kick and chase ( and hope).
This has been the most ineffectual Bok showing in years and the recent performances epitomize that…S15 was gone, Mandela Plate and Freedom Cup was lost, Tri Nations forfeited due to alot of “injuries” and you never fronted once in your defense of the Cup.
So to cry ref this time around is really lame, and even had you made it through by the reverse margin you had against OZ, well look what the AB’s did to them. It would have been no better for you.
Go back and re watch the Wales/SA game and then come back and tell us that you think the Boks would have beaten the current AB side!
20 Oct 2011, 11:32 am
@captain fantail(captain fantail)-51:
Boks beat Wales – look in the book; did it with their B game. Killed Wallabies for possession and territory – far more than “brilliant” All Blacks – by all consensus in Australian and UK papers, an inconceivable result.
If you really want to use this spurious logic you go and watch the Boks pumping All Blacks in PE – by biggest margin in 83 years; by your argument Boks would be playng on Sunday.
Boks are like France – terrible sometimes, but irresistable when they bring their A-game to the table – deep down that’s why the Kiwis respect us more than any other side, and for good reason.
20 Oct 2011, 14:02 pm
Here is the template and model for New Zealand’s success. And this is the very reason why I said they’d make the final. Low and behold, nothing’s changed at all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdr-W775hk4&list=PLD2EAF9004A1B70A9&index=18
This World Cup has been the most diabolical farce in rugby history. We have a fairly ordinary cheating New Zealand side making it to a final without having played ANY form or quality sides. Unlike our 2007 schedule where we played the form sides that put up the best games, most physically demanding lineup to a final in world cup history! France played Wales, but that game is one of might have beens thanks to that stupid and idiotic Warburton. Thanks IRB, I really enjoyed this corrupt circus. The hack job done on the Boks was disgusting, the pinnacle of corruption to date in the sport, but so many other sides were cheated out of a fair game too. This tournament has been destroyed by the IRB having refs artificially impose garbage on teams and preference to certain sides has been more alive than ever. Enjoy the Victory All Blacks, best title that money can buy, eh?
20 Oct 2011, 20:55 pm
@Alucard(Alucard)-53:
With you on the bulk of these comments mate – wouldn’t it make your day if the Frogs pulled the rug from under them – not likely, but if anyone can do it they can, because their Triple-A game, which they play once in a blue moon is irresistable: poetic justice if it happens … don’t youthink?
21 Oct 2011, 08:58 am
@alucard and @ cowper.
Get over it. You were rated 3rd coming into World Cup. Did all refs conspire to drop you to 3rd? I doubt it. SA just wasn’t good enuf despite so much possession. Agree ref wasnt great.Your inference we are an ordinary bunch of cheats would be offensive if it wasn’t so funny. What rank are Springboks again – yes down to 4. Never mind. I also recall we beat Australia last week – ranked 2nd – but obviously not a quality side.
You 2 are pathetic, not at all representative of many fine South Africans I know..
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