Well done to the All Blacks!!

[The_Blue_Rider]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

That's right, you don't follow rugby, because if you did, and aren't from NZ you would also believe Richie Mccaw has by far the filthiest player in the history of rugby. He could kill the queen of england and get away with it aslong as there was a referee and two touch judges involved.

Against Australia in the semi-final he commited 3 seperate offences in 1 tackle and still didn't get penalised.

France deserved to win after the effort they put in, in the second half. NZ Played their usual clinical territory game and strangled the win out of it, but france put so much more heart into their game. Their forwards were inspirational.

So your butthurt because France lost?
Calm down seriously, I could tell they were playing a great game, most of the people who are talking about the match say that they played a great game, and they only lost by 1 point, there will be more world cups in the future, and with the level that France played at im sure they will have more opportunities to win.
Also heart doesnt equal win, the All Blacks wanted to win just as much as the French, and I applaud their tactics, they didnt try anything fancy, they didnt do anything reckless, they played it safe to secure a win.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

New Zealand won by a single point, and the French played their hearts out. But as the AB's have learnt on multiple, heart-wracking occasions before, a win is a win. All the stats don't matter, except the one at the top; the score.

Well done to both teams, and thank God we won. I can't even imagine the reaction in New Zealand had we lost.

Mass Immigration to Australia probably

 

[J-dog42]

The country is absolutely buzzing and I know I am too. I'm not rugby's biggest fan, but I am a patriot and by god did they make me proud to be a New Zealander. Good job guys.

 

[BringBackBuck]

Awesome result. Ironic that NZ have lost games they deserved to win in previous world cups, and won one they probably deserved to lose.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Now i'm not sure how many people here at the Escapist have been following the Rugby World Cup, but here in lil' ol' New Zealand, for the last 7 weeks, like it or not; it has dominated our lives...
And now, finally as everybody here has been hoping for, the All Blacks have taken out France to win the Webber Ellis cup for the first time since the 1987 world cup!

Now I give credit to both teams for playing a great game (even if not up to previous standards) and creating an atmosphere of absolutely un-rivalled tension within Eden park. But in my opinion, France should have probably won that final. The final score was 7-8 to the AB's, and as the final stats of the game were shown, it was clear that France had dominated the field, with majority possession, territory, turnovers and scrum wins; the only facet of the game the All Blacks had beaten France in was with tackles- having made something like 20 extra tackles ontop of that of the French.

So, I ask you, Escapist, if you had been following the match, who do you think should have won the Rugby World Cup final?

OT: First post on the forums.

You, sir, are a bastard. I missed the game this morning due to being at work, and I've been carefully avoiding all media (seriously, do you know how boring work can be if you have to sit here hour after hour with no radio?) and then your thread title pops up and ruins the re-run for me. I would be mad, but the news that France lost has put me in a good mood. So you are forgiven. Welcome to the Escapist pal, and hearty congrats on the win!

 

[Hennofletch]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Unless you follow rugby you won't understand the loathing that he is held in by some fans and players. I don't like him and I think the AB have got away with murder in the past. but its a brave ref that challenges them.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Unless you follow rugby you won't understand the loathing that he is held in by some fans and players. I don't like him and I think the AB have got away with murder in the past. but its a brave ref that challenges them.

Yeah but to call the guy filth? That makes it seem like its veering off the "I dont like this guy because of the way he plays" path into the "OMGZ dis guy is teh suckzors and eats kittens and beetz up old woomen!" path.

Its just hard to take seriously

 

[BringBackBuck]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

That's right, you don't follow rugby, because if you did, and aren't from NZ you would also believe Richie Mccaw has by far the filthiest player in the history of rugby. He could kill the queen of england and get away with it aslong as there was a referee and two touch judges involved.

Against Australia in the semi-final he commited 3 seperate offences in 1 tackle and still didn't get penalised.

France deserved to win after the effort they put in, in the second half. NZ Played their usual clinical territory game and strangled the win out of it, but france put so much more heart into their game. Their forwards were inspirational.

And if you aren't from Australia, you would think Pocock is the biggest cheat

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3818_7236495,00.html

 

[bloopblerp]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Congrats to the All Blacks anyway, Its about time the country best known for Rugby, won a Rugby world Cup. Yes I know we won the first one but that was a while ago

He intentionally kneed a guy in the face in the first 15min knocking the guy out leaving him benched for the rest of his world cup final. what a nice guy

 

[octafish]

Well I wasted all that effort learning La Marseillaise just to wind up the Kiwis at work, c'est la vie. Nah it's good that NZ won, ANZAC spirit and all that, though much more respect should be given to the All-Whites after their sterling effort at the last real World Cup.

 

[BringBackBuck]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Congrats to the All Blacks anyway, Its about time the country best known for Rugby, won a Rugby world Cup. Yes I know we won the first one but that was a while ago

He intentionally kneed a guy in the face in the first 15min knocking the guy out leaving him benched for the rest of his world cup final. what a nice guy

Intentionally? What game were you watching?

 

[rokkolpo]

just proves how much i hate france

Though I did like the cheese eating surrender monkeys little stunt during the haka.

Yeah, that's just not nice guys, there are also French people on these forums.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Congrats to the All Blacks anyway, Its about time the country best known for Rugby, won a Rugby world Cup. Yes I know we won the first one but that was a while ago

He intentionally kneed a guy in the face in the first 15min knocking the guy out leaving him benched for the rest of his world cup final. what a nice guy

Could I get the name of the player who he kneed and the game in which it happened?
If im going to argue with you I may as well see it for myself

 

[bloopblerp]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Congrats to the All Blacks anyway, Its about time the country best known for Rugby, won a Rugby world Cup. Yes I know we won the first one but that was a while ago

He intentionally kneed a guy in the face in the first 15min knocking the guy out leaving him benched for the rest of his world cup final. what a nice guy

Could I get the name of the player who he kneed and the game in which it happened?
If im going to argue with you I may as well see it for myself

I dont know what the guys name was but it was in the grand final that just got played

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Yes!
Well odne New Zealand, what with your terrifying body-slap dance
I jest, i jest.

But seriously, well done!

 

[Spud of Doom]

That was a very tense game. I had a walk down the main street down here in Dunedin down the game and it was absolute madness. The cars on the street were blaring their horns and hundreds of pumped fans were cheering, yelling and hugging each other. This was about an hour after we won.

France did very well and showed everybody their history of getting better as the tournament progresses is just as true as ever. Both teams played pretty well and there weren't many dodgy goings-on that didn't get pinged by the ref. If France won they would have deserved it.

But so stoked the AB's won. They've been dominating the sport year after year for such a long time, and it's great that they managed to pull through the entire tournament without choking a match for once.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Richie Mccaw is filth. I never thought id ever say this, but i wish France won

Wow, overreaction much? I dont follow rugby but he seems like a decent guy and a solid player.

Congrats to the All Blacks anyway, Its about time the country best known for Rugby, won a Rugby world Cup. Yes I know we won the first one but that was a while ago

He intentionally kneed a guy in the face in the first 15min knocking the guy out leaving him benched for the rest of his world cup final. what a nice guy

Could I get the name of the player who he kneed and the game in which it happened?
If im going to argue with you I may as well see it for myself

I dont know what the guys name was but it was in the grand final that just got played

Well seeing as the Final was played just a few hours ago, im not going to even bother looking it up until at least tomorrow, so until then ill just go on happy that my country won.

 

[Sansha]

Yes!
Well odne New Zealand, what with your terrifying body-slap dance
I jest, i jest.

But seriously, well done!

Thanks, I've never heard it put like 'body-slap dance' before, lol

We're all pretty proud of the Haka. A lot of people think it means 'lol you're gonna die', but it's closer to 'this is our challenge, respect us by not going easy on us and we'll show you the same respect.'

 

[Luftwaffles]

@MOXron:

Later "Piri Weepu has a poster of Stephan Donald in his bedroom" was added XD

Go the blacks. Great effort, well deserved. Celebrating with some russian standard XD.