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Kia ora everybody,
I have sat back and mulled things over since Saturday night. My scrambled thoughts are;
New Zealand was well beaten on the night.
The crowd and spectacle was surperb.
I wouldn't want to single out too many, but given previous performances I thought Burgess and AAC were great.
I suffered thru a one eyed NZ commentary, then watched it again with the sound down!
How bad was Luaaki?
How poor was the 1/2 back crap?
The difference between Braid and Cinderella is that at least Cinders made it to the ball!
DC was on his own.
The ELVs make for a scrappy type of game (not what the purists like), where speed of thought is as important as speed of foot.
NZ will never quite get it until everyone can put as much passion into the National Anthem as they can the haka, embarassing (& arogant)
My personal opinion in one line is; the main difference between the two teams is the mean IQ, and that's not likely to change much in a week.
In closing, well done Australia, a most deserved win. As I said way back in one of my first posts, I have always admired the way Aussie attempts to play the game coz the top two inches are fairly important.
For you are young and free.