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Sal[Au]pian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 10/20/2007 : 21:53:46
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Never mind. Shame that a perfectly valid try wasn't allowed, but let's pretend that that wouldn't have affected the subsequent flow of the game.  |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/21/2007 : 00:23:35
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Originally posted by Salopian
Never mind. Shame that a perfectly valid try wasn't allowed, but let's pretend that that wouldn't have affected the subsequent flow of the game.
Aarrgghh! I hate that.  It probably did affect the subsequent flow of the game, not that anyone will ever know. Not much anyone can do about it either, as referees/touch-judges are human like the players. Poor decisions that change the result of tight matches (like the NZ/Fra one) are the kind of thing that you hope doesn't happen in knock-out matches in world cups. 
At least it's not as bad as soccer where a 1:0 final will likely depend on whether someone gets away with a front-of-goalposts dive.  |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 10/21/2007 : 08:34:31
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OK - I know minus-zero about rugby -- some game with a ball I'm guessing, right? 
And I prob'ly understand about 1 word in 3 of this thread.
BUT
Since it's impossible to miss coverage about it on the medja ... and it seems South Africa won, it seems curlish not to congratulate them ...
So
Conratulations South Africa!
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 10/21/2007 : 10:40:37
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Yes, it would be curlish of us not to offer conratulations. 
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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 10/21/2007 : 11:50:29
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I have to say that the better team won yesterday.
Oh and Martin Johnson (the captain of the England side four years ago), having watched the pictures of the disallowed try repeatedly from every angle, said he accepted that the referee was right to disallow it. That's good enough for me. It doesn't stop me wondering how the game would have gone had the refereee mistakenly allowed the try, putting the score at 8-9 instead of 3-9, but as I say the better team won so justice was done.
My congratulations to South Africa too.
We're now relying on Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula One World Championship. Fortunately he seems to cope with pressure pretty well and anyway doesn't have the 'Current World Champion' weight hanging round his neck as Alonso does. |
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Rovark
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 10/21/2007 : 12:05:28
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Looking at the playback at the time I thought it was a try and some of the press photos this morning have absolutely confirmed it. It was a try.
I'm actually kinda glad the 'boks won by such a clear margin as a 2 point win would have really hacked me off. But they won convincingly and although the morale boost that England would have had from the try and it's effects on the gameplay are debatable, I think the South Africans are worthy champions. Just try hanging on to it in 4 years time. |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/22/2007 : 00:29:35
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Originally posted by Koli
We're now relying on Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula One World Championship.
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Yep, congrats to SA.  I've been on their side since NZ bombed out.  |
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