Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Midweek Madness - Richie McCaw's over the top ball steal
As you know by now, the All Blacks are through to the RWC final, where they will play France. On the way there they beat the Wallabies quite convincingly. Richie McCaw was a man possessed, so here is a short clip of him that many have requested.
The All Blacks beat the Wallabies 20-6 at Eden Park, with McCaw coming out on top in the battle with David Pocock, another brilliant No.7. The New Zealand captain had come into the match under an injury cloud, but showed no signs of having a much talked about dodgy foot.
He carried well all night, made numerous tackles, and led from the front as only the 102 capped veteran knows how. He hailed his side's intensity after the game.
"We are very happy with that and we have next week to look forward to, but I’m proud of the way the guys fronted up. The intensity was there - every single man out there did their bit, and that is what you have to do in knockout rugby. It was awesome. We realised that we were going to have to front up, we had to be on the job for 80 minutes," he said.
If the All Blacks are to beat the unpredictable French in the final, they'll need McCaw to be on top of his game once again. He might also need to climb on top of a few Frenchman, as he did to Wallaby center Anthony Faingaa in the first half. There had already been a knockon so it didn't count, but he somehow affected the turnover anyway, ripping it from Faingaa while upside down. Freakish.
Posted at 10:29 pm | 22 comments
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mujaliva October 20, 2011 12:10 am
Anonymous October 20, 2011 4:26 pm
Just Call Me Ehtch October 20, 2011 12:27 am
mendorugger October 03, 2012 8:18 pm
mendorugger October 03, 2012 8:18 pm
Kane October 20, 2011 12:35 am
So this isn't grey, this is straight black and white.
Just Call Me Ehtch October 20, 2011 1:12 am
Not allowing a defending player to get up after a kick head recovery has not been reffed very well in this World Cup, I have noticed. IRB seem to put out a directive, and put their blinkers on and be pedantic to that directive, I have noticed, especially referring to the sudden grey area of tackle made/place player down as on a bed of feathers.... Get's me it does, as if the IRB are trying to catch "some" teams out in some important match, especially when you get a "black and white" minded unimaginative irrational ref reffing that match.
guest October 20, 2011 1:11 am
Just Call Me Ehtch October 20, 2011 1:28 am
beerholder October 20, 2011 9:36 am
frank e October 20, 2011 10:53 am
Pienaar is a tool.
UHtiger October 20, 2011 11:10 am
bunshu October 20, 2011 11:43 am
cheyanqui October 20, 2011 5:51 pm
mendorugger October 03, 2012 11:29 am
Every one gets the same treatment for crap tackles and misconduct. If it seems like there's a higher number of Poly's getting bans over players of other ethnic origin, then perhaps that may speak less to the prejudice of the game, and more to the style of their own play. Ever investigate that?
Guy October 20, 2011 6:53 pm
Legal or illegal is not really important. The ref was playing advantage to Australia anyway...What is far more interesting is the speed at which McCaw reacts to certain situations. He obviously did not plan this move so to come up with the ball this way is simply staggering.
Imho he had a very, very good 101st test. Hope he is going to do even one better this weekend.
Irish_ape October 21, 2011 3:10 pm
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