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All Blacks RWC'07 Independent Investigation Findings

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Just been thru the entire document. And some of the things that have surfaced are really glaring. Such as Lots of other stuff like the lack of pre RWC quality competition and the lack of competition in the Pool stages. </span>

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UPDATE: Forgot to post the link to the document

http://www.rugbyheaven.co.nz/asset/Indepen...up_campaign.pdf


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The performance of the referee and touch judges had a significant impact on the All Blacks prospect of success. The penalty count was 10-2 against the All Blacks, with none awarded to them in the second half, despite dominance in territory and possession (which statistically should result in penalties awarded to the dominant side).

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When making this decision the players were unaware of a vital piece of information - that the All Blacks had not been given a penalty in the entire second half and were therefore probably unlikely to get one, notwithstanding their pressure, possession and territory.[/b]

Hmm, the use of 'therefore' in this sentence suggests to me that they think the ref was biased. Perhaps they didn't get penalties because the French players didn't give them away?
 
The benefits of winning the RWC 2007 (beyond that described above and apart from the obvious euphoria) were expressed in terms of the benefit to the All Blacks brand and the benefit to rugby generally. [/b]
Heh, so the All Blacks winning the RWC would have been of more benifit to rugby 'generally' than anyone else winning it? :p

Macsen's Independent Review of NZ's RWC 2007 Campaign: The All Blacks played poorly on the day, France played well. Unless you want to replace the players with robots there's not much you can do about it.
 

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