Certainly not the all Blacks nor the Wallabies in the thrilling match played in Wellington today.
The Wallabies threw away their chances. They played ferociously but couldn't finish off their play which always looked inelegant.
The All Blacks looked better even if the Aussies seemed to have more possession and finished off well ... but, they could have and should have won by 7 points if it wasn't for a bit of stupidity by Rieko Ione.
Ione failed to ground the ball after finishing off a brilliant All Black back-line play. He did one of those silly and flashy dives with the ball in one hand and merely bounced it onto the ground. Result - no try and a virtual guaranteed 7 points lost.
This kind of flashy try scoring always pisses me off. It seemed to come in when rugby went professional. Back in my day we held onto the bloody ball and grounded it properly.
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| WE DIDN'T DIVE AROUND LIKE BLOODY BALLERINAS. |
Admittedly we didn't have the athleticism to do a high dive but, nevertheless we got the points.
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