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Bugger, I was about to email the ARU to request Ka Mate from now on.

Can the home unions request which haka is performed (Ka Mate or Kapa O Pango)?

And the level of scruitiny is higher than ever before

It looks bad. I thought McCaw pointed it out to Joubert during the game as there was a ruck where he approached joubert pointing at his eye. Judging by similar incidents earlier in the cup, Rougerie won't be cited.

Except Ali Williams has crossed the 10m line for almost every haka this year. The RWC final is the only one I can recall him not crossing the 10m line.

Paarl, were people actually defending B Lawrence's referring abilities? I don't think so, there are loads of posts on this site going back a number of years bemoaning the fact that Bryce allows a free for all at ruck time. People have been defending him against the fall out he personally...

Except if Richie hadn't of been coming in from the side he wouldn't have kneed Parra. :fishing Thought it was ironic that McCaw accidententaly kneed someone in the RWC final given the Cooper incident in the final 3Ns game this year.

ok thanks, but even that story mentioned about a final decision being expected later this week.

Any confirmation if the french actually did get fined?

Story in today's NZ herald on the same:

Who actually votes for the award? I can remember having difficulties in understanding the winners in previous years as well

I find this thread very cringe worthy as people clamour for the moral high ground by trying to cast dispersions at the other side and trying to over analyse things that may or may not have been said. Fault can be found in all participants in Coopergate, but what’s the point now. It’s over, NZ...

I watched donald's kick again today to double check and it looks like it went through (not over) the posts so no dramas there. More boradly, its also worth remembering that it was really on Weepu's misses that kept this a close game. Otherwise the AB's could have been leading 13-0 at HT and...

Dusautoir gets the gong

Pretty close to the truth in my case Mr Doug, all my footy was in the tight 5 and I preferred playing upfront even though I was tall for a front rower. Pity my tip for the final didn't get up as I put some $ on it, but happy to squander the dough for the high quality game that we had instead...

I don't even mind watching games we lose, if there is a good reason to do so. I was flying Air NZ a few weeks ago and watched a replay of the 1996 bled in windington, then one in driving rain that the ABS's flogged us. Found it fascinating, firstly due to the quality of the AB's play that day...

The thing that makes BBBT more remarkable than most other players is to still be performing so well at such an advance age after being injury free for most of his career. Also, BBBT (along with McCaw and Carter) has been a real steadying influence on the ABs when they have been under the pump...

I would like to see us try some new blood at 6 and 8. Higgenbottom and McCalman deserve a chance after their bronze performance but would like some new blood to be taken away as replacements. I reckon Ben Mowen's style of game suits test match football.

Congrats to NZ. Deserving winners for the form over the tournament and for the last four years. The injuries to the two starting 10s really leveled the teams, France improved by Trinh-Duc coming on while NZ went backwards with McDonald despite the fact that he kicked the winning goal. The...

I was expecting Joubert to be strict again at the breakdown after the scruitiny on both McCaw and Pocock in the semi. However, Woodcock won a turnover early in the game, he had he knees on the ground and he elbows on the french player and even the kiwi comms on C9 found it hard to believe he...