Oracle of DelphiWe Were Robbed Of 5 Points!
June 16th 2007 16:00
Okay...so The Wallabies didn't win but we didn't lose either. Yes, yes, technically we did but we showed 'em.
The Springboks will be nursing some major injuries tomorrow...and not just to their bodies. To their pride as well.
For the moment I have only this to say because it is now 1:40am and I am tired. I have just played a major test match and I need some rest now....
We were robbed.
I said The Wallabies would win by 5 points and we should have won by 5 points.
In the 34th minute...when Giteau kicked and chased the ball over the tryline...he did not touch the ball....but....STEPHEN LARKHAM DID.
Larkham grounded that ball and we should have been awarded a try but that stupid stupid STUPID ref (Wayne Barnes), who throughout the entire match, was as pedantic as a jealous readerless blogger, didn't bother calling upon the TMO's and Video Refs to judge whether or not a try had just occurred.
So many little little mistakes that cost us the match.
The Boks were relentless in dfense and put us under a lot of pressure and very early in the match showed their home country superiority.
It was always going to be difficult for the Wallabies in Cape Town. The crowd was pumped. The Boks were primed. And we were f**ked. At first.
...but the Wallabies eventually, through disciplined phases of play and simple strategy like pick and drives, managed to get ahead...despite the fact that for most of the first half, the Boks had about 80% possesion of the ball.
Everytime we got into their territory we came away with points. Why we lost this match is a mystery to me.
Well, it's not. Technically I know why we lost the match (wayward kicking, too much kicking, bad handling, missing the gaps) but still....
....The Springboks are the best Rugby team (technically speaking) in the world at the moment and really the should have won this match before it started but they were scrambling. Showing th calibre of their professionalism, they didn't let the Wallabies stun them in to inaction but nevertheless....at half time the score was
Will write more about the match later.
A few things;
1. Pudding aka Matt Dunning (#1) actually impressed me tonight. He actually did some work and sure he tripped a lot but he managed to trip at the right times over the right people to do the right thing so mayb it wasn't a fluke after all.
2. Gregan is a genius.
3. refs are dicks.
4. Stephen Larkham is a total and utter and incredible Man. And if you had watched this match you would have seen how badly he got rucked, mauled, tackled and battered but he still kept going.
One tackle saw him caught in a high tackle by that absolute bastard Schalk Berger (SA #6...and a total bastard), who made sure Stephen's nose was embdded firmly in his arm then the absolute and total bastard pushed Larkham's face into the ground and ground his face against the...ground.
I was this close...this close to bashing Berger's head in.
He's lucky I am in Sydney and not over there.
Yeah.
5. I loathe Percy 'pretty boy' Montgomery (SA #15). He is a brilliant player.
6. Am truly sad that John Smit (SA #2 & Captain) is injured and yet...not.
7. Drop Goals should be banned. If not kicked by an Australian.
This is how the match was won by the Boks. 2 drop goals.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....GRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR..........
This was a a ferocious and fast and at times dirty (The Boks don't play fair with their poking eyes and kicking balls...no....the other kind of balls...) match and a despite the fact we didn't win (because we were robbed)...it was Rugby. How it almost should be.
There's so much more I want to say but I'm fading. Fast.
What's that?
Oh. The fulltime score?
Okay.
That's all she wrote folks. For now.
The Springboks will be nursing some major injuries tomorrow...and not just to their bodies. To their pride as well.
For the moment I have only this to say because it is now 1:40am and I am tired. I have just played a major test match and I need some rest now....
We were robbed.
I said The Wallabies would win by 5 points and we should have won by 5 points.
In the 34th minute...when Giteau kicked and chased the ball over the tryline...he did not touch the ball....but....STEPHEN LARKHAM DID.
Larkham grounded that ball and we should have been awarded a try but that stupid stupid STUPID ref (Wayne Barnes), who throughout the entire match, was as pedantic as a jealous readerless blogger, didn't bother calling upon the TMO's and Video Refs to judge whether or not a try had just occurred.
So many little little mistakes that cost us the match.
The Boks were relentless in dfense and put us under a lot of pressure and very early in the match showed their home country superiority.
It was always going to be difficult for the Wallabies in Cape Town. The crowd was pumped. The Boks were primed. And we were f**ked. At first.
...but the Wallabies eventually, through disciplined phases of play and simple strategy like pick and drives, managed to get ahead...despite the fact that for most of the first half, the Boks had about 80% possesion of the ball.
Everytime we got into their territory we came away with points. Why we lost this match is a mystery to me.
Well, it's not. Technically I know why we lost the match (wayward kicking, too much kicking, bad handling, missing the gaps) but still....
....The Springboks are the best Rugby team (technically speaking) in the world at the moment and really the should have won this match before it started but they were scrambling. Showing th calibre of their professionalism, they didn't let the Wallabies stun them in to inaction but nevertheless....at half time the score was
Wallabies 16 - Springboks 10
Will write more about the match later.
A few things;
1. Pudding aka Matt Dunning (#1) actually impressed me tonight. He actually did some work and sure he tripped a lot but he managed to trip at the right times over the right people to do the right thing so mayb it wasn't a fluke after all.
2. Gregan is a genius.
3. refs are dicks.
4. Stephen Larkham is a total and utter and incredible Man. And if you had watched this match you would have seen how badly he got rucked, mauled, tackled and battered but he still kept going.
One tackle saw him caught in a high tackle by that absolute bastard Schalk Berger (SA #6...and a total bastard), who made sure Stephen's nose was embdded firmly in his arm then the absolute and total bastard pushed Larkham's face into the ground and ground his face against the...ground.
I was this close...this close to bashing Berger's head in.
He's lucky I am in Sydney and not over there.
Yeah.
5. I loathe Percy 'pretty boy' Montgomery (SA #15). He is a brilliant player.
6. Am truly sad that John Smit (SA #2 & Captain) is injured and yet...not.
7. Drop Goals should be banned. If not kicked by an Australian.
This is how the match was won by the Boks. 2 drop goals.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....GRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR..........
This was a a ferocious and fast and at times dirty (The Boks don't play fair with their poking eyes and kicking balls...no....the other kind of balls...) match and a despite the fact we didn't win (because we were robbed)...it was Rugby. How it almost should be.
There's so much more I want to say but I'm fading. Fast.
What's that?
Oh. The fulltime score?
Okay.
Wallabies 19 - Springboks 22
That's all she wrote folks. For now.
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Comment by David
I enjoyed the match (except for the final drop goal).
Due to increasing knowledge of this game, one of the things I noticed is we didn't do very well at the lineouts. What's the problem there? Is it the guy throwing the ball in, or the guys in the line itself?
David ...
Comment by charliesgirl_992000
Histeries, Mysteries and what not
Lifes little slices
Mystical Creativity
Great work!! Tammy
Comment by Norm
Consumption Malfunction
Equal and Opposite
Arses and Elbows
Footy Power
maybe they should called it drop kick nations?
NZ are part of the triad aren't they?
Excellent report.
One very good thing(of many) about following rugby is that your team won't lose by three figures.
Ahhhh,
Norm
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
I'm glad you watchd the match. I was hoping you would.
It was a game of Rugby betwen equals.
No we didn't.
The match is truly won through set play pieces (lineouts, scrums) and we were playing against the current masters of this.
Stephen Moore the run-on hooker (#2) is a very inexprienced hooker.
...but...he was much better than the reserve hooker Adam Freir.
The players need to compete for the ball and the Wallabies didn't bother doing this most of the time.
For a reason.
The Boks are the best at rolling mauls (kind of like a scrum but less structured and more drive) and it is very hard to compete for the ball in the lineout and be able to defend a rolling maul (in the case of the ball not being won by us) because the players are 'fragmented'.
BUT...the hooker needs to be precise in his throwing. This is not as easy as it looks.
...and is certainly not just a random throw to teammates.
The hooker needs to understand what is happening when the jumpers (usually the locks #4 #5) call out numbers ...the code for which play needs to be made. eg. quick throw to jumper and back at the hooker or throw to 2nd jumpr, go to ground for a maul, etc.
The hooker needs to throw the ball in straight and within the confines of the lineout periphery.
Moore can't read the opposition body language so he would throw in too soon or not soon enough or just not accurate enough.
Freir is usually okay but was way out of his depth.
We need Jeremy Paul.
Phil Kearns (ex Wallabies Captain, #2 and now FoxSports commentator..and perpetual hunk!) was quite scathing about this (in a subtle way).
Lineouts are far more important than people realize and once upon a time... we ruled this set play.
Th Boks were all over us. I mean...God...their hooker is their Captain and one of the world's best Forwards.
...although there is now a danger of he and one of their props being thrown out of the Front Rowers Union because...FRONT ROWERS DO NOT GET INJURED.
Ever.
...Front Rowers don't have injuries.
A broken collarbone is a minor scratch.
Anewayyy.
I'm done. For now.
mah warmth sugah
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
If you think this is
bad"excited"...you should actually see me...I am a total mess.
If I'm watching a match on TV at home, I'm just rolling around the floor, bouncing off walls, jumping up, screaming, yelling at the TV...and that'sbefore the game has started!!
My husband and children (and friends) are used to this but 'new' people get a bit...um...scared.
Good to see you hon....hope you are having a nice weekend.
much warmth
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Oh it's good to 'see' you!
NZ are part of the triad aren't they?
...er...the goal kicks.
You did mean try-ad right?
from the bottom of my bottomless, buddy...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
You South Africans are all the same.
Brave and spirited.
...and oh so subtle when you're rubbing our face in it!!!!!*
....giggle...
I'm not sure if I have ever shared this with you Ash but I love the SA national anthem. I get goosebumps. I want to cry and rejoice at the same time. The passion with which it is sung is just...so powerful.
Big hugs hon...hope you're having a good as can be weekend.
Dusk
*as he was grinding Larkham's nose to the stone(!), Berger was just looking around like "who me?"!
Comment by hollie
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
I knew you wouldn't be happy about the outcome. I watched the first half of the game. I was bloody happy to see Australia up when SA had had so much of the ball.
But then I was too tired to watch the rest.
Dayam, that Larkham takes a battering! How the hell he gets back up after the poundings he gets is beyond me.
Kylie
Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
Loved that part! You make ball games Oh so Fun!
Comment by Fashion
Fashionista Files
I was barracking for Fiji and Wales all the way. Go the Boks!
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Well...yes the refs do determine the flow of the game, which in turn determines the outcome.
If the ref is more concerned with blowing his/her
trumpetwhistle then the phases of play and set play (scrums, lineouts) gets disrupted...plus the refs can be biased. And blind.Thanks for coming by Hollie
DuskDevi
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Surprisingly, I am not as upset as I should be.
It was said that it would be a massacre...that the Boks would crush the Wallabis but...no crushing, just a win by 3 points.
...and wouldn't I just love to be in the position to find out. In another life ie!
hugs...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
hugs...
Dusk
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
we train with elephants and lions that`s why
Zimbabwe don`t have a decent rugby teamwe are such rock solid players who never get hurt ~cough~The National Anthem is great isn`t it, but those South Africans nicked it from us - it used to be the Zimbabwean one!
ever notice how many people don`t know the words? - as our music teacher used to say - if you don`t know the words just sing anythjng... that comes in handy when your anthem is in a language not a lot of other people understand!
hugs to ya`ll
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Seriously girl!...l swear you studied law...total devil's advocate!
It's always exciting when the team that represents your country in any sport but especially in the sport you love...wins.
Wales and Fiji were underdogs.
The Boks are technically the best team in the world.
...so we were the underdogs in this match.
Never say die.
...and who the hell plays to lose?
Anything.
See you around...
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Ash...wash my mouth out with soap and steel wool!
I am so sorry. I know you are Zimbabewean. I see it every time I visit you...under your banner.
I am truly sorry hon.
I did not know that the SA anthem was once Zimbabewean.
...I do love it very much. Very stirring...
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
COURSE I CAN!!!!! XXX
please don`t do the whole mouth washing out thing - that sounds painful, even for a rugby playin` gal
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
an old saying me and my friends used to have back when I was learning how to kick, punch, bite, elbow and scratch creatively.
It doesn't always matter if you win in the ring, especially if you win in the parking lot.
Dusk, if the passion you have for this game is equal to the passion you have for life......
JZ