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Originally posted by archer2371
Well, England did, but the referee in the England/New Zealand test match controlled the pace of the game, thus favoring the style of England, which is to slow the game down, whereas the All Blacks play a wide open style based on speed (focusing on guys like Dougie Howlett, Rococo (sp?), and Spencer to provide the speed to break through the defense. Next time England/New Zealand play each other, I want Patty O'Brien to ref that match, because I guarantee you that he won't let England dog the ball so much that the game gets slowed down so much to cater to England's style.
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I think England won because of the playing conditions most of all. Wet conditions results in a tedious kicking dual and penalties galore, and Johnny Wilkenson is probably the best kicker in the world.
bigoldalphamale - atleticism means nothing if the players in question haven't actually played rugby before...
In any case, that's a pretty damn weak excuse for the USA sucking at a sport. I suppose all your best soccer players are NFL kickers?