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Rugby World Cup 2007
Upset of the tournament
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<blockquote data-quote="BigTen" data-source="post: 119444"><p><em>"...1987 - no-one was really a red-hot favorite but the All Blacks were expected to win. The RWC was a big unknown then, and a fully amateur competition, South Africa was, of course, excluded due to its government's apartheid policies</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>1991 - While the world might have expected the AB's to win, only the wildest optimist in NZ though so. Those of us from Canterbury and Auckland knew that we were doomed when John Hart and Grizz Wyllie were selected as co-coaches. These two had radically different philosophies on rugby, life, politics and just about anything else you care to mention. They couldn't even stand to be in the same room with each other. South Africa was also excluded from this tournament..."</em> <strong>Smartcooky</strong>.</p><p></p><p>It isn't actually true that South Africa was excluded from both of these tournaments. South Africa, on both ocassions declined the invitations from the IRB to attend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTen, post: 119444"] [i]"...1987 - no-one was really a red-hot favorite but the All Blacks were expected to win. The RWC was a big unknown then, and a fully amateur competition, South Africa was, of course, excluded due to its government's apartheid policies 1991 - While the world might have expected the AB's to win, only the wildest optimist in NZ though so. Those of us from Canterbury and Auckland knew that we were doomed when John Hart and Grizz Wyllie were selected as co-coaches. These two had radically different philosophies on rugby, life, politics and just about anything else you care to mention. They couldn't even stand to be in the same room with each other. South Africa was also excluded from this tournament..."[/i] [b]Smartcooky[/b]. It isn't actually true that South Africa was excluded from both of these tournaments. South Africa, on both ocassions declined the invitations from the IRB to attend. [/QUOTE]
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