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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arry nordy key" data-source="post: 724021" data-attributes="member: 72587">So if NZ were genuine favourites in 87, 95, 07, 11; they cho- I mean underachieved at 50% of them. And lets not forget, they did just about everything they could to blow it against France in the Final 2011!It's all tongue in cheek though mate and if NZ don't win this year, I don't think it will be because of being weighed down by expectation. More likely that they could just be beaten by a better team on the day.As for the Irish, it is only really in the past 2 world cups where they could be considered contenders. Even then I think they would have seen a Semi Final exit as a major achievement. So to say they have a track record of blowing it at WCs is a bit of stretch.</blockquote>