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StonerJack
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so your not a rugby fan then? i really don't understand your point. you sound angry and bitter. Pat McCabe played well, very well, but his ability and impact is magnified by the fact he played injured. that said he was fantastic. But to throw other players out with the bath water cos you expect it of them, just seems strange, im not sure you have actually made a point to back up why you believe it to be a farse, but whatever i guess. If you cant appreciate a struggle and overcoming the odds and often the wallabies own poor choices to prevail with that win in those circumstances then i guess you might be Eddie Jones.
I was going to leave it there as I see no point in butting heads on something we're unlikely to come to agreement on but considering the nature of your post I felt obliged to respond. Firstly I consider the game itself to be a farce because it was marred by deliberate infringements that were completely ignored by the referee. It wasn't one sided by all means, however there was a high number of ignored infringements that would have clearly lead to South African points. We won on the scoreboard only. Had a more competent referee been in charge of that game the outcome would have been much much different. I suppose I am a little bit bitter about it because what should have been a wonderful result for us will now forever be tarnished. Takes a bit more than that to make me angry though.
Of course I am a rugby fan. By that I mean I love the game itself rather than simply supporting the Wallabies or Tahs and quite a large percentage of that game was played outside the spirit of rugby and a lot of the time completely outside the rules. As a rugby fan this is not something I want to see in a World Cup quarter final. Also I don't consider the points you made earlier to be amazing because you basically listed a group of players doing the jobs they are selected to do. I consider what McCabe did as amazing because he did it with what was clearly a serious injury and the only time that was identifiable was when he wasn't involved in the play. The guy showed heart and courage beyond anything that could have been asked of him.
Again it's unlikely that we'll ever see eye to eye on this and that's the beauty of this forum. My hope is that next week we'll be back here, on the same side celebrating a truly magnificent Wallaby victory.