By: jostek1
21/11/2008
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| true,algood di |
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By: di13@xtra.co.nz
21/11/2008
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just think about it though jo
if we 'lost',dont you think it wouldve/possibly been
even worse?!...'alone it stands 2'
now just imagine that?,an opening sequence of 4 expat nzr's doing our own haka aagainst us! stuff that. |
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By: jostek1
21/11/2008
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| some people are hard to please,if abs lost ,they would be saying why didnt henry bring on a couple of the no 1s,he did,they won,end of story,we all happy right? |
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By: stunningly_cool
21/11/2008
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An ABs win by 2 is better then ABs losing by 3
ABs didnt perform well but still did enough to win in the end
Im glad Joe roks is back playing for the ABs hes looking dangerous and the more games he plays the better he will get |
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By: rhinoreg
21/11/2008
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Joe Elliot Problem was that Munster started off playing the All Black "second string" but were finally beaten by the "first string".Not very sporting to bring on your best players in the final minutes against a tired and valiant Munster side, just to ensure success...
so what your saying is if it had of been munster that brought on some international players and won that would have been unsporting to a b grade allblacks team. I think its called playing to win..... |
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By: mikehunt77@ymail.com
21/11/2008
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| i think winning by two in the last couple of mins against a provincial team is pretty slack for our mighty abs |
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By: putionz
21/11/2008
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Thanks JAMZ
you took the words right out of my mouth. Then I hear on the radio we got a "get out of jail card". What? Munster let us have the game? ahhh nah! ABs played hard to win that game against a team that was spirited and gelled against an underperforming ABs side that lost shape a la RWC07 during segments of that contest.
JOE
Yep we got there just! but any talk of sportsmanship...huh? Oh no everyone is a winner. phaaark me!!!! People like you are killing the country and punishing normal society FFS. Bro that was not a first string side just a few subs that play there.
Elliott for big game against Wales! |
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By: jdyhrberg70
21/11/2008
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| joe - it would have been unsporting not to have done everything possible within the laws of the game to win. It would also have been very dumb to sit there and let the team loose - may have cost Henry his job and cost us supporters a lot of angst and puss from the Irish.... |
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By: jam2pou
21/11/2008
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"Not very sporting to bring on your best players in the final minutes against a tired and valiant Munster side, just to ensure success..."
Stop being so PC Joe. If you're not in the game to win, then go and support another team. I want my AB team to win, not just participate. |
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By: joe.elliott@xtra.co.nz
21/11/2008
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| Problem was that Munster started off playing the All Black "second string" but were finally beaten by the "first string".Not very sporting to bring on your best players in the final minutes against a tired and valiant Munster side, just to ensure success... |
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By: larksea
21/11/2008
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I think the AB's did well and would have got a lot out of that game in terms of experience.
Munster are the #1 team in europe, and though they were weakened somewhat they still had 10 players in the team with over 100 games. That is some serious experience.
They played themselves to a standstill
The environment was totaly alien, how many points was that worth to Munster. I dont think you can get much more advantage from home ground than that. I think the silence during kicks put off both Carter and Donald. That was something else.
And the AB's still won, reality is they dominated the 2nd half but just lacked that finishing touch a few times. MacIntosh & Gear few drop balls.
But i'll say it again you cant buy they experience those guys would have got last night. That will be worth so much for them, in particular the guys seen as real future top AB's
Like Messam, MacIntosh, Elliot, Toeava, Gear, Read and Doanld |
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By: madaxe01
20/11/2008
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| ...WELL done Munster |
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By: the_possum@xtra.co.nz
20/11/2008
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| yep was a good game for the munster club i suppose.But they started to tier and lay around the field.To me it looked like the AB,s conceeded more handling errors than their oppositions did though i could be wrong because had watch replay on Prime. |
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By: w.sanders@xtra.co.nz
20/11/2008
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| what a wonderfull occasion i watched the game 30 years ago and thought what a passionate people the irish really are i was looking to see if the score board was still up with 12 nil still on it. hail to the mighty men from munster we salute you |
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By: mhol@xtra.co.nz
20/11/2008
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| None has commented as Weepu's role as capt, he certainly didn't slow the ball from the base of the maul/scrum but did he have presence on the field? Did his substitution mean something other than HE wasn't enough to inspire others,- I don't think Quick Draw McCaw or Mourie would have made 1 iota either against a fired up team unless we'd been fired up as well to begin with. |
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By: jongatoro
20/11/2008
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| absolutely agree mate!!! |
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By: jostek1
20/11/2008
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| highlight for me,rua + the boys haka + the passionate + sportin crowd,an occasion more than anything,wouldnt have bothered me if abs lost cause not the first 15 on the park but happy for the dirttrackers. |
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By: di13@xtra.co.nz
20/11/2008
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| yip good game,yada yada....next |
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By: paul_r_tiern
20/11/2008
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| I just think that its unfair to the All Blacks and to Munster to say that the All Blacks played poorly, they were faced by a team who put in a super-human effort. Those Munster lads minus the internationals have never played to that level together before and most likely will never play to that level as a group ever again. They were written off but the crowd asked them to stand up and fight and by God did they answer the call. I'll tell you one thing, I wouldn't like to be Mick O'Driscoll trying to get out of bed this morning, I'd be surprised if half the team can walk today!! |
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By: stunningly_cool
20/11/2008
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Thanks Dougie for letting the All Blacks win lol
i think he didnt want the ABs to lose so he let his old mate in for the try
Good game
Munster players and the crowd were awesome |
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By: dirtysouthagain
20/11/2008
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| Excellent posting Paul, you are dead right, it was certainly a unique atmosphere. |
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By: jase_kim@xtra.co.nz
20/11/2008
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| Quite right Paul, I have been to many tests including most of the Lions tour down here and had not experienced an atmosphere quite like that last night, it left us buzzing for the the rest of the night. |
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By: paul_r_tiern
20/11/2008
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| Most of the posters are missing the point entirely and its obvious that they didn't experience the atmosphere in Limerick yesterday. This wasn't some meaningless mid-week run-out where you can analyse and pick apart each pass and tackle. Every person wearing the Munster colours on the field and in the stands gave every ounce of themselves into that game, and the All Blacks recognised it, respected it and stood toe to toe with them as you would expect them to. The Munster players were still picking their bodies off the floor and throwing themselves in harms way when their bodies were running on nothing more than pure pride and passion. The All Blacks will play a hundred rugby games and never experience anything like what they experienced yesterday, how many times have you seen the All Blacks team doing a lap of the stadium to salute the crowd in a supposedly meaninless mid-week game? Do you think that the All Black players that are being criticised in the posts below are going to look back and regret dropping a few balls or making a few bad passes? They'll be proud that they were involved in an amazing sporting occasion in Thommond Park on the 18th of November 2008 and they'd be dead right too. |
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By: krazykiwi_08
20/11/2008
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| Dont forget too i think this Munster team would easily beat the Italians, which the secound string Ozzie team nearly lost too! ;) |
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By: tsprouster
19/11/2008
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| Fair call,well explained ,Di13 and yea HK..forgot about that.:)) LOL |
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