RWC 2015 Final - Australia v New Zealand, Twickenham, Sunday 1 November, 3:00 AEDT

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Cheika will taper this week. All the tough conditioning was specifically so that they could taper this week, rather than tapering earlier, having more energy in the quarters and semis, and then running out of puff in the final.

Yep, elite level training and conditioning 101. At this stage of the season and tournament there will be plenty of tired and sore bodies, need to freshen them up and especially mentally.

 

[terry j]

TJ, my local Balmain pub is now advertising being open for the game. Dry Dock corner College St & Camerob St opposite Mort Bay Park and close to Thames St ferry.

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It's a workers pud rather than anything special. These guys won't be the only one. I'd also give Dicks and the three Weeds (Rose, Shamrock and Thistle) a go.

you da man dru, thanks. not sure if I can make it, but most certainly will let my balmain friend know.

cheers

EDIT just noticed you mentioned 'your local', you going???

if I make it I will yell out your name just before kick off, how's that for a plan?

 

[dru]

Mate, I was intending watching from home, but let us know. See if I can get a leave pass. ;-)

I would honestly check Dicks and the Three Weeds though. They are more actual rugby pubs.

 

[Pedrolicus]

One of my best friends is getting married on the Saturday, so needless to say I will be lucky to get much sleep. The funny thing is that he's a Kiwi with a whole bunch of Maori relatives coming over for the ceremony. The whole thing is happening in the hunter valley also, near Broke. I don't know which result will make my survival more likely, but I've always been relied on being able to run quite well while inebriated.

 

[Mr Doug]

TJ, my local Balmain pub is now advertising being open for the game. Dry Dock corner College St & Camerob St opposite Mort Bay Park and close to Thames St ferry.

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It's a workers pud rather than anything special. These guys won't be the only one. I'd also give Dicks and the three Weeds (Rose, Shamrock and Thistle) a go.

May I suggest that as many of you as possible, go to venues frequented by Kiwis, so you will have the "dual-pleasure" of winning the Final, and putting the boot into the supporters dressed in black!!

 

[Spruce Moose]

Izzy - beware the cunning fox

 

[Spruce Moose]

I'm more relaxed about this match than the last 4. We have beat expectations and we are playing a team superior to us so the pressure is off. Its an environment the Wobblies thrive in, being $4.00 underdogs.

Here's to hoping that NZ play just as well as they did in 2011 final!

 

[kambah mick]

I was in a Pub in Horsham in the Wimmera district of Victoria last week and was surprised to hear a conversation between three local farmers about the Rugby WC. They had some idea what they were talking about too, and had obviously watched a fair bit of the Wallaby games.
I doubt there is a Rugby field within 300 kms.

 

[drewprint]

Facebook right now is just the worst. It's impossible for the Wallabies or Fox Sports accounts to post a single positive thing about the Wallabies without a tsunami of black avatars flying in and talking smack.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

I'm avoiding most social media right now when it comes to the final. Apparently plenty of our Kiwi cousins think it's in the bag and that all the AB's need to do is show up to collect the trophy. I'll bet Hansen and co. aren't thinking that.

 

[Quick Hands]

Facebook right now is just the worst. It's impossible for the Wallabies or Fox Sports accounts to post a single positive thing about the Wallabies without a tsunami of black avatars flying in and talking smack.

Alas some of that is apparent on these threads as well.

 

[Alex]

Facebook right now is just the worst. It's impossible for the Wallabies or Fox Sports accounts to post a single positive thing about the Wallabies without a tsunami of black avatars flying in and talking smack.

Unfortunately we haven't done ourselves any favours. That Richety Grub stuff was uncalled for and incredibly disrespectful. Its one thing to joke amongst mates, but to put something like that in a national newspaper is out of line. Not a proud moment as an Australian.

On a more upbeat note, how proud does Chieka and the team make you feel at the moment. They are handling themselves with the humility and decorum of champions - a far cry from what we have been dealing with as fans in recent years.

 

[Tex]

I was riding home this evening when I passed a bloke sporting a silver fern flag on his pushy.

"FUCKEN GO WALLABIES YA BASTARD!!!"

Being the hero I am I made sure I dropped him before scooting up a side street to catch my breath. Sure showed him!

In hindsight I should have called him a ritchetty grub.

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[Jellic87]

Unfortunately we haven't done ourselves any favours. That Richety Grub stuff was uncalled for and incredibly disrespectful. Its one thing to joke amongst mates, but to put something like that in a national newspaper is out of line. Not a proud moment as an Australian.

On a more upbeat note, how proud does Chieka and the team make you feel at the moment. They are handling themselves with the humility and decorum of champions - a far cry from what we have been dealing with as fans in recent years.

May I suggest that as many of you as possible, go to venues frequented by Kiwis, so you will have the "dual-pleasure" of winning the Final, and putting the boot into the supporters dressed in black!!

Oh i'll be watching at a pub 100% wouldn't miss this opportunity!

 

[the sabanator]

Facebook right now is just the worst. It's impossible for the Wallabies or Fox Sports accounts to post a single positive thing about the Wallabies without a tsunami of black avatars flying in and talking smack.

I'd suggest you avoid 'Veitchy on Sport' then. The place is a cesspool (in the true spirit of its namesake).

 

[Pfitzy]

I think its time to get serious:

Dear Rugby Gods,

In your infinite wisdom and arse-kicking awesomeness, thou hast provided unto us the game we love.

Moreover, moving behind the scenes, we know thou seekest only what is best for the game, and lo! It has come to pass with the two best teams in the final, and not those boring South African c***stacks or pasty Pommy wannabes (do they even rugby, bro?).

We finally have our Wallabies v All Blacks pinnacle, and though it be far from the lands we hold dear, at least it isn't in at Eden Park, whose architect was surely in the grips of syphilitic dementia when he put that mish-mash of cowsheds together. Honestly, the planning looks like a narcoleptic swan had a pen taped to its beak and was thrown into a pit of butcher's paper.

I digress ... ... ...

Know only that we love this game, and though the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune be against our beloved Wallabies, we've still got a dog in the fight and that's all anyone can ask for.

But victory is our goal. Worthy is our cause.

And that is why I, Squadron Leader Emeritus Doctor Sir Pfitzy Ignatius Arsekicking-Genius the Third, of the Most Noble Order Of The Piss-Sinking Woman-Pleasurers, hereby solemnly swear that, should the bounce of the ball, and the whistle of the ref, and the blood, guts, willpower, and sheer Australian-ness of our team get us across the line against those black-shirted bastards, I will hereby give up the sophisticated and long-lasting pleasuring of Lady Pfitzy until the New Year.

I do this with the full knowledge that my wife, who cannot keep her hands off me (the little minx), is going to hate this, but a promise is a promise.

Yours etc.

Pfitzy

 

[Omar Comin']

I'm not really sure that Australia and NZ have a lot of bargaining power here. While NZ has a rugby mad population, it's a tiny market in terms of viewers world wide and even though Australia is a bigger market overall, rugby is nowhere near our major sport. Even with us making the final, there would be a substantial part of the population oblivious to the RWC even being on, let alone us being in the final.

Of course the NZRU and ARU have a lot of bargaining power. The tournament wouldn't happen without Australia and New Zealand. The All Blacks have thrown their weight around before and got their way. It's not about money, the bargaining power comes from success and the importance of the teams to the integrity of the competition.

Maybe they allow the country hosting the event to run it as they see fit because when they host it they expect to be able to do exactly the same without interference?

Kick off times in any major international tournament aren't decided by the host country on their own for their own benefit. Games wouldn't have kicked off at 9pm in 2011 if it wasn't for pressure from Europe. Compromise should work both ways.

I'm looking at this from the perspective of trying to grow the game in Australia. We could win the world cup and we'll be lucky if half a million people watch it. It would surely be a lot more beneficial to the code if a couple of million were watching. And to me it doesn't seem like there's a very good reason for it to be on at 4pm London time instead of 7 or 8. Not enough of a reason that it would have stayed like that if any sort of pressure was applied by the ARU and NZRU.

 

[drewprint]

I'd suggest you avoid 'Veitchy on Sport' then. The place is a cesspool (in the true spirit of its namesake).

It is, but I don't mind it happening on a page like that. I just find it irksome that we can't be positive about our own team on the Wallabies page without being mass trolled.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

............And that is why I, Squadron Leader Emeritus Doctor Sir Pfitzy Ignatius Arsekicking-Genius the Third, of the Most Noble Order Of The Piss-Sinking Woman-Pleasurers, hereby solemnly swear that, should the bounce of the ball, and the whistle of the ref, and the blood, guts, willpower, and sheer Australian-ness of our team get us across the line against those black-shirted bastards, I will hereby give up the sophisticated and long-lasting pleasuring of Lady Pfitzy until the New Year.

I do this with the full knowledge that my wife, who cannot keep her hands off me (the little minx), is going to hate this, but a promise is a promise.

Yours etc.

Pfitzy

 

[Tex]

All I took from that is that Mrs Pfitzy is a minx.

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