So yes. I was a bit wild about the Wallabies vs Ireland game on Saturday night. Is it just me or is this whole tournament all about making an insignificant country with low self esteem feel better about itself? This same country that dominates world rankings until the World Cup rolls around every four years where it then makes an early exit. To some, (especially those in this particular country), this situation is an injustice because the tournament is judged in isolation and the victor gets to carry the tag of "World Champions" for the following four years. To which I say tough. Several years ago the IRB had the chance to award the hosting rights to an emerging nation. There were several contenders which would've promoted the game to a new and wider audience. However, in its wisdom, the governing body chose to go with a country that couldn't even co-host the event in 2003. So; host the event with all the home ground advantage that comes with it - check. Then make it as hard as possible for your fiercest rival to compete. Instruct those referring their games to make the complicated laws and interpretations even more inconsistent to manufacture results that make the road to the final even harder for the rival. I believe this is what we saw on Saturday night. I believe what we saw was cheating in progress before our very eyes. I believe this bloke is a cheat! Can you guess where he hails from?
UPDATE; Why couldn't have Tim Horan and the other Aussie commentators picked up on this earlier? Just getting a little sick of the "over" PC approach these guys are taking. Can you believe this douche bag ref even had the hide to ask one of the Wallabies if he's a doctor or a lawyer when explaining a controversial call. What a wonka!
UPDATE II; And this is why you don't award high profile events to third world countries, (or at least ones with third world attitudes!)
If the USA get close in the next game vs the Wallabies then you definitely know something fishy is up. Maybe Australia should take the IRB to court and have a restraining order placed on all NZ officials during the world cup.
ReplyDeleteIf the tracks dry, the wallabies should put on a clinic. Yes, the Eagles have been playing pretty well - but they shouldn't get close. If it's not a bonus point win to Aus, there's something very sus about it all.
ReplyDeleteWaiting eagerly for your review of the weekend games. Aussies won big but not sure how well they played.
ReplyDeleteAussie played well. Started slowly - got hussled a couple of times but worked well.
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