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RWC Discussion thread: Ireland are bulbous and ready to dominate
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi_" data-source="post: 724003" data-attributes="member: 71618"><p>What other years were the All Blacks genuine favorites? Maybe 95 and 07, but in all the other years, I think the best team won. Besides, we've won it twice, that's one more than England.</p><p></p><p>The only game in which I think the AB's ever choked in was the 2007 game vs France. Which was largely due to poor officiating from Wayne Barnes as well. Rest of the other losses were fair and reflection of how good other teams were/how bad the All Blacks were at that point in time. Maybe the loss in 99 to France was poor as well, but we weren't good vs Scotland either and the writing was on the wall, Australia would have beaten us in the final.</p><p></p><p>Ireland have failed to impress at any World Cup. Even Argentina have managed a semi-final.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi_, post: 724003, member: 71618"] What other years were the All Blacks genuine favorites? Maybe 95 and 07, but in all the other years, I think the best team won. Besides, we've won it twice, that's one more than England. The only game in which I think the AB's ever choked in was the 2007 game vs France. Which was largely due to poor officiating from Wayne Barnes as well. Rest of the other losses were fair and reflection of how good other teams were/how bad the All Blacks were at that point in time. Maybe the loss in 99 to France was poor as well, but we weren't good vs Scotland either and the writing was on the wall, Australia would have beaten us in the final. Ireland have failed to impress at any World Cup. Even Argentina have managed a semi-final. [/QUOTE]
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