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The New Zealand team are lucky. If they were Saudis they would be executed

It was a big tist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVD8_S9tR-g

"Chicago. Is this a worthy city to hold an All Blacks test match?"

They'll colour the poor river Green again

Sean Fitzpatrick, Kiri te Kanawa, Sir Edmund Hillary, John Key, Helen Clark, Brent Pope, Jon Bloy, Martyn Templeton,
Richie McCaw, can you hear me? Richie McCaw, can you hear me?

Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!

You forgot Sonny Bill Williams

It was a big tist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVD8_S9tR-g

Huge psychological win. Knowing you can hold out for the last 5.
NZ have beaten Ireland and Wales so many times in the last 5 minutes.
They were good enough 3 years ago but they made one mistake too many.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np7uG-TMcT0

80 mins: Carbery misses the penalty but it is not going to matter. Henshaw almost pounces on a loose ball for another try but it's a knock-on and a New Zealand scrum. There are seconds to go, the clock is red ... it's an Ireland penalty! And that's the full-time whistle!

29 attempts

78 mins: New Zealand have the ball but it keeps going to ground. They're rattled and there is going to be no way back from this. New Zealand knock it on, give away the penalty and Ireland will cruise to victory – a first ever victory against the All Blacks in 111 years of trying.

21:59
Try! (Henshaw 76) Ireland 38-New Zealand 29
77 mins: WOOOWWWWWWWWSSSEEEERRRRS!!!!! Heaslip breaks from the back of the scrum, runs the switch with Henshaw who forces his way over. Jesus wept!

Up Connacht

It's like playing Kilkenny

Ireland 30-15 New Zealand
Moala with early try for All Blacks, Moody yellow carded for dangerous tackle on Henshaw
Murphy and Stander with tries with All Blacks down to 14, Murray claims third try
Zebo and Perenara with second half tries

Everybody calm the f**k down. After 2013 I refuse to let myself believe it'll happen so everyone just dash and we'll see what happens.

The kings of the last minute try.

The issue is how do the best teams develop. And does the current system promote that ?
The answer is probably not.

What ststem will enable the middle teams to compete for Sam and make the bottom 10 better as well?

Centralised funding. No solo runs.

Best teams usually win comoetitions.
Dublin and Kerry won most All Ireland's before 2001 also.
Do we bring in handicaps or bar Dublin and Kerry?
What will the mythical "open draw" do?
Bring us back to the days of 20 point margins in AI semi finals?
Do we make all the big teams play each other in Round 1 and so on so that Carlow can get to the AI Final?

The issue is how do the best teams develop. And does the current system promote that ?
The answer is probably not.