Overnight Australia Vs New Zealand (both men's and women's) NRL Pacific cup games occurred. The Australian men won their game while the Jilleroos lost their game against New Zealand for the first time since 2016.
Thats a big upset for the Jilleroos. The Australian RL is very strong so most people
would expect both the mens ans womens sides to win.
So.... we just see the MOST lucky champion in the history of Rugby World Cup?.
They win by one point in QF.
They win by one point in SF.
They win by one point in the final.
...and the only team that beat them was Ireland!
For me New Zealand deserve to be the champion, they played way better with one men less, and they missed two chances with the foot. GG For me the red card was TOO MUCH in a final in the frist half, you cant blow that as a red card.
I disagree, IMO the scoreboard reflects the performance of both teams, SA were only
marginally better than NZ. NZ had some very good attacking play but they also
made a lot of errors due to the SA defence and ferocity in the tackles.
The RED card decision was correct, its something the officials have been cracking
down on -head contact-
If NZ had been at full 15 man strength they probably would have won though.
Way too close to call....
The last five minutes were breathtaking. I could see NZ wouldn't be able to maintain possession but then RSA gave it back ... and then it kept going back and forth.
Getting a scrum with 23 seconds to go was near heart stopping.
Congratulations to the victors the Republic of South Africa.
It wasnt a great match, it was riddled with errors from both sides but the conditions
were tricky I suppose.
Yea those last 5 minutes were real nail biting stuff and the scrum in the dying seconds
was real drama. GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
Am back in (should never watch Rugby and surf the net at the same time...)
@aoluain - please post your wallet address to return your wager given neither of our selections won in the end.
Pity for your bet Timelord, would have been nice for one of us to have won.
Pity also that we didnt get more interest from other members to place a wager,
chances are then that someone would have won the pot.
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