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Tri Nations 2009-2011
Australia vs New Zealand, September 11 2010, Sydney.
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<blockquote data-quote="skittles" data-source="post: 342563" data-attributes="member: 35612"><p>Well, he did say the Wallabies weren't as good. But, I'll put that to one side, and re-state what I mentioned in my post above, about the fact that the All Blacks are perennial favourites for the World Cup, whereas no other team is put in that position. As I said, to say the ABs choked, but the Wallabies (who were meant to reach the semis at a bare minimum) didn't isn't a smart idea, but I see where people are coming from.</p><p></p><p>And I'm not the type of person to pin a match on one event. Refereeing calls balance themselves out in the end, and the players can't make the referee make a call, so they have to win regardless of what the referee is doing. A match goes for 80 minutes, not 240 separate sets of 20 seconds.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Whilst making a sandwich, I thought I'd best clarify my 80 minutes v sets of seconds point, by explaining that you can't pinpoint a win or loss on one passage of play, and that things don't happen in a bubble. Even if it's a last-second penalty right in front from 15m that shouldn't have been given with the score at 17-17, it doesn't in and of itself decide the match. Both teams had 79 minutes previous to avoid being in that position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skittles, post: 342563, member: 35612"] Well, he did say the Wallabies weren't as good. But, I'll put that to one side, and re-state what I mentioned in my post above, about the fact that the All Blacks are perennial favourites for the World Cup, whereas no other team is put in that position. As I said, to say the ABs choked, but the Wallabies (who were meant to reach the semis at a bare minimum) didn't isn't a smart idea, but I see where people are coming from. And I'm not the type of person to pin a match on one event. Refereeing calls balance themselves out in the end, and the players can't make the referee make a call, so they have to win regardless of what the referee is doing. A match goes for 80 minutes, not 240 separate sets of 20 seconds. Edit: Whilst making a sandwich, I thought I'd best clarify my 80 minutes v sets of seconds point, by explaining that you can't pinpoint a win or loss on one passage of play, and that things don't happen in a bubble. Even if it's a last-second penalty right in front from 15m that shouldn't have been given with the score at 17-17, it doesn't in and of itself decide the match. Both teams had 79 minutes previous to avoid being in that position. [/QUOTE]
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