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<blockquote data-quote="RC" data-source="post: 152572"><p>O'Ro has it nailed.</p><p>I have such respect for New Zealand. Seriously, these guys have some ridiculous talent at their disposal. They are elite athletes and there are MANY in that team that sit at the top of the world.</p><p>To work in the rugby shop in Cardiff and sell Mils Muliana a set of studs, to have Anton Oliver and Kevin Mealamu stroll passed the shop - you can't help but stand in awe because these guys make up a team that play this game (that i love SO MUCH) so ridiculously well.</p><p>The New Zealand fans who were in Cardiff on saturday were an absolute joy to interact with. A huge majority of people were so nice and easy to talk with - the banter flowed freely from "How much are the welsh jerseys now?" to "A little more than the New Zealand jersey will cost this time tomorrow." And everyone was great about it.</p><p>It's just the "over-confidence"...the arrogance which makes us into these bitter people in your time of loss.</p><p>Hell, the last thing i want to do is poke fun at someone for losing (I'm Welsh, for f**k sake, who am i to poke fun at?!) but all the talking up, and belittling of other sides got too much for a lot of us to take.</p><p></p><p>But in regards to the game I'm not sure a "leader" of crucial qualities stands out for New Zealand.</p><p>In my opinion Richie McCaw is the best 7 in the world - but as a captain he didn't put up his hand in the tense situation. He didn't have what it takes to do what was right in the last 10 minutes of the game (grab the 3 points). I'm not sure whether it was Balls or experience he was missing - but whatever it was, it's absence was screaming down the Millennium Stadium.</p><p>Honestly, for the last 10 minutes the way they threw the ball around and the way the forwards unsuccessfully tried to bully their way to the line it felt like watching Wales play - and you just KNEW they werent going to get the much needed 3 points, let alone the 5 or 7 they were looking for. Becasue they were approaching the game wrongly.</p><p></p><p>It was unlike any New Zealand team i've seen for many a year and it was strange to watch because i could realte to its ineffectiveness as a Welshman, i could relate to the lateral (and even territory-losing) style and as Prestwick pointed out to me, they felt like another Pacific Islands side - and we all know NZ are in a totally different league to that.</p><p></p><p>There is not one person who knows a lot about rugby that isn't shocked by that outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RC, post: 152572"] O'Ro has it nailed. I have such respect for New Zealand. Seriously, these guys have some ridiculous talent at their disposal. They are elite athletes and there are MANY in that team that sit at the top of the world. To work in the rugby shop in Cardiff and sell Mils Muliana a set of studs, to have Anton Oliver and Kevin Mealamu stroll passed the shop - you can't help but stand in awe because these guys make up a team that play this game (that i love SO MUCH) so ridiculously well. The New Zealand fans who were in Cardiff on saturday were an absolute joy to interact with. A huge majority of people were so nice and easy to talk with - the banter flowed freely from "How much are the welsh jerseys now?" to "A little more than the New Zealand jersey will cost this time tomorrow." And everyone was great about it. It's just the "over-confidence"...the arrogance which makes us into these bitter people in your time of loss. Hell, the last thing i want to do is poke fun at someone for losing (I'm Welsh, for f**k sake, who am i to poke fun at?!) but all the talking up, and belittling of other sides got too much for a lot of us to take. But in regards to the game I'm not sure a "leader" of crucial qualities stands out for New Zealand. In my opinion Richie McCaw is the best 7 in the world - but as a captain he didn't put up his hand in the tense situation. He didn't have what it takes to do what was right in the last 10 minutes of the game (grab the 3 points). I'm not sure whether it was Balls or experience he was missing - but whatever it was, it's absence was screaming down the Millennium Stadium. Honestly, for the last 10 minutes the way they threw the ball around and the way the forwards unsuccessfully tried to bully their way to the line it felt like watching Wales play - and you just KNEW they werent going to get the much needed 3 points, let alone the 5 or 7 they were looking for. Becasue they were approaching the game wrongly. It was unlike any New Zealand team i've seen for many a year and it was strange to watch because i could realte to its ineffectiveness as a Welshman, i could relate to the lateral (and even territory-losing) style and as Prestwick pointed out to me, they felt like another Pacific Islands side - and we all know NZ are in a totally different league to that. There is not one person who knows a lot about rugby that isn't shocked by that outcome. [/QUOTE]
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