@barbarian said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@Richie8-7 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@barbarian said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@Richie8-7 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@barbarian said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

I thought Wayne Barnes had a good game, especially in the last 20. He understood the stakes, let the players decide the game without it descending into a free-for-all

But he'd all but sealed the fate of the match well before that. The Frizzell yellow was worse than Kolisi not getting a red. Not to mention the bizarre rulings around the ruck

Oh this is such loser mentality.

The Boks were up by less than a converted try through most of the half. The last 15 they were up by a point.

The ABs had a mountain of ball and plenty of it in the Boks 22. But thanks to good Bok defence and a few crucial errors under pressure the All Blacks couldn't score. That's rugby and that's why they were the better team on the day... just.

But apparently the match was sealed thanks to a few decisions in the first 50. Not sure why the All Blacks even bothered to play.

The All Blacks did score.

Kind of weird to say a dodgy yellow and early red didn't impact the match. Or just a bad attempt at trolling

Of course it impacted the match, but that's not what you said. You said it 'all but sealed the fate of the game'.

It didn't. The All Blacks had plenty of scoring chances, and as you point out they took one. Game was still plenty alive and if Mo'unga converts then they might well have won.

Sorry, but it did. That we still had a chance was amazing. But in the end, it determined the outcome. Mind boggling this is even a discussion point

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