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Tri Nations 2009-2011
New Zealand v South Africa
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 277288"><p>Consider this:</p><p></p><p>Points margin in the New Zealand v South Africa match will be <span style="font-size: 12px">VITAL!!!!</span> </p><p></p><p>Every point of victory margin will be worth two points in the for-against.</p><p></p><p>Currently, the All Blacks are -14 and the Springboks are +25 a difference of 39, but it will only take a 20 point margin to reverse that </p><p></p><p>Assuming that the Springboks don't score four tries, if the All Blacks win by 20 or more and score four tries themselves, the for-against will go in the All Blacks favour, then they will only have to beat Australia (no bonus point needed) to win the Tri-nations.</p><p></p><p>They must take every point on offer first, every penalty goal, and dropped goals if necessary. Even if they don't quite make 20, they will minimise the margin required against Australia.</p><p></p><p>I think I like our chances of scoring four against the Boks more than I do against the Wallabies.</p><p></p><p>The Aussies should have had five, and it was only bad luck and last gasp defence that stopped the three additional tries. Pity they didn't, as that would have made a HUGE dent in the for-against.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>+++++++</p><p></p><p></p><p>PS: that table at the top of the page is wrong. Australia are on -11 (97 for - 108 against)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 277288"] Consider this: Points margin in the New Zealand v South Africa match will be [SIZE=3]VITAL!!!![/SIZE] Every point of victory margin will be worth two points in the for-against. Currently, the All Blacks are -14 and the Springboks are +25 a difference of 39, but it will only take a 20 point margin to reverse that Assuming that the Springboks don't score four tries, if the All Blacks win by 20 or more and score four tries themselves, the for-against will go in the All Blacks favour, then they will only have to beat Australia (no bonus point needed) to win the Tri-nations. They must take every point on offer first, every penalty goal, and dropped goals if necessary. Even if they don't quite make 20, they will minimise the margin required against Australia. I think I like our chances of scoring four against the Boks more than I do against the Wallabies. The Aussies should have had five, and it was only bad luck and last gasp defence that stopped the three additional tries. Pity they didn't, as that would have made a HUGE dent in the for-against. +++++++ PS: that table at the top of the page is wrong. Australia are on -11 (97 for - 108 against) [/QUOTE]
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