Rugby World Cup 2015

[Nunavut Patrick]

Aussies can't line out

[General Dryness]

Good lad dan.

[Frankenhooker]

Great kick from Carter.

[Nunavut Patrick]

 

Kiwi's needed that

 

Can't understand this welsh ref much though

[s(k)aturation]

Still a converted try in it.

 

I'm struggling through for another 10 minutes.

We may have shot our bolt though.

[General Dryness]

Good to see it going to wire. Whichever way this goes both sides can hold their heads up.

[s(k)aturation]

it's over.

Carter the difference in the end.

[Elite]

Great kick again.

[Hand Shandy]

Carter is awesome.

[Frankenhooker]

Superb that.

[the chimp]

All over. All Blacks just too good. Delighted for the retiring lads (sorry Nath et al).

[General Dryness]

Now it's over!

[Hand Shandy]

Been the best side in the knockout phases, which is when it matters most.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Quite enjoyed that

[the chimp]

First team to win back-to-back; first team to win three. Remember when the charge was they choked in finals? Not any more. No panic there when Australia got close. Superb.

[Hand Shandy]

Was a good final, when so many of them end up being disappointing. New Zealand never really looked in too much trouble though.

[Trumo]

The Aussies made it a contest for a short time. It was a good match actually, and had 5 tries rather than an endless sequence of penalties and drop goals.

[General Dryness]

Great game, great win.

 

First to win it back to back, first to win three.

[s(k)aturation]

Comfortable NZ, overall.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Better team won by a mile IMO. Aussies got back into it because of the Smith yellow card and scoring a try straight after it gave them momentum and hope. As soon as NZ were back to full strength they upped their game again and Carter was coolness personified. 

 

If that yellow hadn't happened I reckon the winning margin would have been wider. well done the Kiwi's, awesome team. Unlucky Aussies, losing a final hurts the most. 

[sir roger]

Enjoyed the game and best team won overall, although Owens and his touch judges did Oz no favours at all . Feel the organisers need to ensure there are no groups like the England one next time.

[KopOut]

Great win to the All Blacks, they were the best team on the day.

 

All credit to the Wallabies though - they've made massive gains in just 12 months from the rabble that they were. Considering the easy pool draw that New Zealand got, and the easy quarter final (France were pathetic) they'd be expected to be in the best shape going into the last 40 minutes of rugby, but it was the gutsy Aussies not lying down, and getting their game together.

 

Fair call by the ref sin-binning Ben Smith, but overall some poor refereeing. I saw many forward passes by the All Blacks go unpunished. Owen is a blind man.

 

Still, gotta hand it to Carter, he always gets the All Blacks out of a poo.

 

Just a side note on Barrett - Skudder just doesn't stack up to him. Barrett can do everything Scudder can AND kick. Great to see him deservedly get the try to win it. Should always get the nod for selection. I know he was injured, but he's been fit all season and has much more reliability than the erratic Skudder.

 

Great final. Two best teams in world rugby.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Nonu is hard as fucking nails. Hits like a hammer.

[Colin Heald]

The Wallabies (to their credit) managed to keep Milner-Skudder and Julian Savea relatively quiet.  The AB's in turn managed to recycle the ball quickly at the breakdown and nullify the strengths of Pocock and Hooper.  The AB's had greater quality in all other areas and, apart from that 10 minutes when Ben Smith was in the sin bin, pretty much controlled the game throughout. Great to see Dan Carter go out on a high after disappointments at previous World Cups.