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<blockquote data-quote="FlukeArtist" data-source="post: 519559" data-attributes="member: 42995"><p>Fair enough Jay, and thanks for the clarification.</p><p>I agree the ABs did not play at anywhere near their best that day. </p><p>But all you can ask for is a level playing field (or at least something resembling that), and that is not what happened that day IMO.</p><p></p><p>I think the stats re possession and penalties speak volumes about about the quality of referreeing in that game. And to lose by such a close margin; you can't blame ABs fans for being pi55ed off about the lack of penalties awarded against France. I remember watching that game and seeing a French player put his hands into the opposite side of the ruck and take the ball illegally, RIGHT in front of the touch judge. That kind of 5hit just shouldn't happen. Something was seriously amiss that day.</p><p></p><p>However, that being said; it's in the past now. just the whole Henry book thing has stirred up the matter.</p><p>Or more accurately, the NZ media has stirred it up in their selective quoting of text from Henry's book (as someone on here has already posted)</p><p>The NZ media is working hard to become the worst in the world.</p><p>AND, on top of that- the vast majoriy of the NZ media sincerely dislike Graham Henry due to him not pandering to them in his dealings with them</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlukeArtist, post: 519559, member: 42995"] Fair enough Jay, and thanks for the clarification. I agree the ABs did not play at anywhere near their best that day. But all you can ask for is a level playing field (or at least something resembling that), and that is not what happened that day IMO. I think the stats re possession and penalties speak volumes about about the quality of referreeing in that game. And to lose by such a close margin; you can't blame ABs fans for being pi55ed off about the lack of penalties awarded against France. I remember watching that game and seeing a French player put his hands into the opposite side of the ruck and take the ball illegally, RIGHT in front of the touch judge. That kind of 5hit just shouldn't happen. Something was seriously amiss that day. However, that being said; it's in the past now. just the whole Henry book thing has stirred up the matter. Or more accurately, the NZ media has stirred it up in their selective quoting of text from Henry's book (as someone on here has already posted) The NZ media is working hard to become the worst in the world. AND, on top of that- the vast majoriy of the NZ media sincerely dislike Graham Henry due to him not pandering to them in his dealings with them [/QUOTE]
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