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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 626144" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>... Well, that's your opinion (obviously), like I said, the fact that Bayern Munich are a club side, and the All Blacks are an international side, illustrates my "comparing Apples with Oranges" point.</p><p></p><p>As for the weak opposition, I'd think that the closeness of some of those matches (particularly against Ireland), indicate that the gulf between the ABs and the others isn't that great, and that opposition is in fact strong.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure that many of the teams (including the ABs) could strengthen their case if they could consider their record going back three years (they'd have the RWC win for a start), but this is for the 2013 sporting year (not 2011 and 2012 as well) ... the fact that the feat you speak of was already achieved twice, where as the undefeated in test matches had never been achieved in the 17 years since Rugby Union became professional, and that all three soccer feats occurred in the same time frame, doesn't really support your assertion that it's a "rare feat" anyway.</p><p></p><p>... like I say "Apples with Oranges" ... if it was an international Soccer side goingy through undefeated, while their players also had to play for the Bayern Munich's (their clubs), when they weren't playing internationals, it would be a fairer comparisom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 626144, member: 43400"] ... Well, that's your opinion (obviously), like I said, the fact that Bayern Munich are a club side, and the All Blacks are an international side, illustrates my "comparing Apples with Oranges" point. As for the weak opposition, I'd think that the closeness of some of those matches (particularly against Ireland), indicate that the gulf between the ABs and the others isn't that great, and that opposition is in fact strong. I'm sure that many of the teams (including the ABs) could strengthen their case if they could consider their record going back three years (they'd have the RWC win for a start), but this is for the 2013 sporting year (not 2011 and 2012 as well) ... the fact that the feat you speak of was already achieved twice, where as the undefeated in test matches had never been achieved in the 17 years since Rugby Union became professional, and that all three soccer feats occurred in the same time frame, doesn't really support your assertion that it's a "rare feat" anyway. ... like I say "Apples with Oranges" ... if it was an international Soccer side goingy through undefeated, while their players also had to play for the Bayern Munich's (their clubs), when they weren't playing internationals, it would be a fairer comparisom [/QUOTE]
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