@Crucial said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
Has anyone seen any reaction from NZR over this win? Lots of SM posts doing the rounds and apart from bog standard corporate style congrats `i haven't seen a thing.
The comms last night pointedly called out Mark Robinson to get behind things as quite a dig.Good old NZR at risk of missing the boat again.
What are you expecting?
Announce a fully planned, fully funded full time professional comp?
Pretty much all they can do at the moment is "yay".
The Ferns try last night straight after halftime will surely win try of the year. That was something else.
what an amazing game and fantastic, although slightly fortuitous win.
the colors of the uniforms and playing styles made it appear at times like Black Panthers Vs Polar Bears
I recommend watching the video in this article (the photos are great, too):
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
Showed great leadership. And she probably could have kicked more because Demant didn't seem confident to kick at all, and the one touch finder I remember her taking flew less than 20 metres
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
A lot of heat on her on the Fern during the cup. There was a Black Ferns thread where it was almost alternating between posts complaining about her selection with posts about how great a coach Smith was. I did chuckle to myself.
@Nepia said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
A lot of heat on her on the Fern during the cup. There was a Black Ferns thread where it was almost alternating between posts complaining about her selection with posts about how great a coach Smith was. I did chuckle to myself.
Quite frankly Cocksedge deserved it. She was much better in that last game but still not great.
Her tackling is shocking, just trying to grab a jersey, she missed several key tackles leading to a try or two.
Her passing is weak.
Yes, credit to her that she improved her kicking but that was all IMHO.
@RoninWC said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Nepia said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
A lot of heat on her on the Fern during the cup. There was a Black Ferns thread where it was almost alternating between posts complaining about her selection with posts about how great a coach Smith was. I did chuckle to myself.
Quite frankly Cocksedge deserved it. She was much better in that last game but still not great.
Her tackling is shocking, just trying to grab a jersey, she missed several key tackles leading to a try or two.
Her passing is weak.
Yes, credit to her that she improved her kicking but that was all IMHO.
The main point of my post was more about the fawning over Smith who was selecting her while complaining about her. 
@Nepia said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@RoninWC said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Nepia said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
A lot of heat on her on the Fern during the cup. There was a Black Ferns thread where it was almost alternating between posts complaining about her selection with posts about how great a coach Smith was. I did chuckle to myself.
Quite frankly Cocksedge deserved it. She was much better in that last game but still not great.
Her tackling is shocking, just trying to grab a jersey, she missed several key tackles leading to a try or two.
Her passing is weak.
Yes, credit to her that she improved her kicking but that was all IMHO.
The main point of my post was more about the fawning over Smith who was selecting her while complaining about her.
Fair enough @Nepia, wasn't having a go either.
I certainly agree with you there... There were a few things like some sketchy selections and sticking with Renee Holmes to prove Smith isn't a god but damn, in the after glow of that win, he's damn close :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:
@RoninWC said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Nepia said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Hooroo said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@booboo a lot of heat on her coming into the WC. She was superb in the final. Exceptional kicking came. I wish A Smith had her kicking smarts.
A lot of heat on her on the Fern during the cup. There was a Black Ferns thread where it was almost alternating between posts complaining about her selection with posts about how great a coach Smith was. I did chuckle to myself.
Quite frankly Cocksedge deserved it. She was much better in that last game but still not great.
Her tackling is shocking, just trying to grab a jersey, she missed several key tackles leading to a try or two.
Her passing is weak.
Yes, credit to her that she improved her kicking but that was all IMHO.
Yeah I thought we could have done with dragging Cocksedge a bit earlier to speed up the game, England were already out on their feet after two phases, I reckon we coulda had more points
Lol, so who said England wouldn't be pushing for the twenty minute card now?
@Machpants said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
Lol, so who said England wouldn't be pushing for the twenty minute card now?
An All Black will get red carded against England for something fairly innocuous and they will forget about the women.
@Machpants said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
Lol, so who said England wouldn't be pushing for the twenty minute card now?
I wonder if he discussed it with Portia after the match? Not that she would have remembered even if he had....
@Machpants said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
Lol, so who said England wouldn't be pushing for the twenty minute card now?
Fuck off Simon
You've let yourself down there
Your charges had the biggest opportunity - 2 actually - to give the biggest statement and they blew it
End of
You would not have been saying fuck all if the shoe was on the other foot
Rinse the sourness from your mouth with some quality NZ grapes
@MiketheSnow said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
@Machpants said in WRWC Final - NZ Vs England:
Lol, so who said England wouldn't be pushing for the twenty minute card now?
Fuck off Simon
You've let yourself down there
Your charges had the biggest opportunity - 2 actually - to give the biggest statement and they blew it
End of
You would not have been saying fuck all if the shoe was on the other foot
Rinse the sourness from your mouth with some quality NZ grapes
Having said that, the 20 min RC is required.
