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Who will be World Player of the Year?
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 770893" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>Aussie did win the RC, but it was a shortened RC.</p><p>Did Oz have to play any RC games in the republic or in NZ?</p><p>Hmmmm...?</p><p>No, they didn't and I doubt they would have won in either place considering how close the home wins were for them. No disrespect to the Wallabies or to Cheika, the fact is the shortened RC draw played straight into their hands and the AB's were not happy about it and you can tell that in spades because a week after the 8 point loss in Sydney the AB's put 40+ points past the Wallabies at the garden of Eden. A smashing crushing defeat that the Wallabies remembered but nobody in the press here in England managed to recall. It was barely mentioned in any of the build up to the RWC but it was a crushing humiliating massive defeat. The AB's weren't happy about losing the RC because it had been shortened and the away games favoured the Aussies. They paid out on the Wallabies at Eden Park in the Bledisloe Cup game.</p><p>It wasn't close, in the same way I feel that final was never as close as some people think it was, 34-17, and the Aussies scored the bulk of their points when the AB's had a man in the bin, the rest of the time they were as quiet as a mouse, trapped in their own half under the hammer.</p><p>Cheika has done wonders with Aussie, particularly the pack. The Wallabies are super team with a glittering backline and a superb back row but they are not a patch on this AB team.</p><p>RWC trophies back to back and the first country to get three of the little mongrels in the cabinet.</p><p>The AB's would have won the RC if it was he full version and in that I have no doubt whatsoever.</p><p>I also believe the loss in Sydney served as a catalyst for the AB victories that followed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 770893, member: 70721"] Aussie did win the RC, but it was a shortened RC. Did Oz have to play any RC games in the republic or in NZ? Hmmmm...? No, they didn't and I doubt they would have won in either place considering how close the home wins were for them. No disrespect to the Wallabies or to Cheika, the fact is the shortened RC draw played straight into their hands and the AB's were not happy about it and you can tell that in spades because a week after the 8 point loss in Sydney the AB's put 40+ points past the Wallabies at the garden of Eden. A smashing crushing defeat that the Wallabies remembered but nobody in the press here in England managed to recall. It was barely mentioned in any of the build up to the RWC but it was a crushing humiliating massive defeat. The AB's weren't happy about losing the RC because it had been shortened and the away games favoured the Aussies. They paid out on the Wallabies at Eden Park in the Bledisloe Cup game. It wasn't close, in the same way I feel that final was never as close as some people think it was, 34-17, and the Aussies scored the bulk of their points when the AB's had a man in the bin, the rest of the time they were as quiet as a mouse, trapped in their own half under the hammer. Cheika has done wonders with Aussie, particularly the pack. The Wallabies are super team with a glittering backline and a superb back row but they are not a patch on this AB team. RWC trophies back to back and the first country to get three of the little mongrels in the cabinet. The AB's would have won the RC if it was he full version and in that I have no doubt whatsoever. I also believe the loss in Sydney served as a catalyst for the AB victories that followed. [/QUOTE]
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