Ref is the same guy who saw nothing wrong in Paris last February. Need I say any more?
Coreection ... At least one nz tackler to be cited.
In between your stats .... 3 Irish players injured at least one is likely to be cited. All key players ... Hence my reasoning that nz win at all costs. Bitter taste in mouth ... At least with a northern hemisphere ref the captain would have been given a talk about the number of high ... Sorry slipped to be PC for the Southern Hemisphere ... Tackles. That was their key/ main game plan and for that I will never forgive nz. Perhaps if they were on the receiving end it'd be a different story .... All blacks not only in name but also in deed.
Honestly guys just chill, it's just a game of sport. Passion is good, intensity is good, patriotism is good, but don't let it get the better of you to the point where you're bringing down others as human beings. Don't let yourself be provoked by people who can't control their irrational feelings and anger. It was an amazing game of rugby! Ireland won fair and square by outplaying the all blacks two weeks ago, this week aside from a few debatable decisions, the all blacks out played Ireland (3 tries to 0). This is a healthy rivalry and great for the game. Enjoy it but respect each other! The world has enough problems as it is, we don't need humans turning on humans over a game of rugby.
lads.. the papers, this chat, my FB can say what they like.. New Zealand won.. it wasn't pretty but the ref on the field is the ref that matters not all of us sitting in armchairs.. Well played NZ, I'm not happy but I don't have a choice..
This Ireland team is the best I've seen, they'll beat Australia
You still banging on about that Nigel.. 21-4 penalty count, 2 yellows
It was after Christchurch where they gave it all. they had nothing left..
Oh I remember that one Padraig, that was an Irish team in disarray though, to be fair.. not the Ireland we're use to watching
Perhaps we should wait for the photos in the newspapers tomorrow ... A gallery of shame showing all the high tackles head butt and blatant infringement in the 22. Much respect to Rory best who tried to make up for the glaring inefficiencies of the ref. They say there's always st least one person at the match reviewing the ref. I'd be surprised if he refs in the northern hemisphere in the next few years. No doubt he'll be a shoe in in the Southern Hemisphere. Did anyone think to advise him about the intolerance to such ? Fecker even kept smiling - test him!
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