Lavres79

France has been the best tesm in this final but it always hard to beat the All Black in their home especially when you play against 16 players.

Referee Joubert was totally blind and he has done everything to let a bad All Black team win.

Viena

LOL it should of been Wales against All blacks for the finale.. Revenge is sweet well done All Blacks you desirve it...

bampy

Weird statement to make you seem to be saying it is not right that Wales missed out on the final because of the referee but it is OK for the All Blacks to win with the help of the referee.

The referee was terrible I hope the All Blacks are very proud of their "win". If it is acceptable to win by cheating then you are welcome to it as the win means nothing. If this is the level of officials in the game I won't be watching to many more matches.

This world cup will be remembered for the quality of the referees not the quality of the rugby.

He missed at least three high tackles, the AB's were killing the ball, off-side etc. The French scrum was well on top but he constantly penalised the French. He penalised the French outside half for off-side at a ruck, the AB's number 8 did exactly the same thing and was only warned. A total disgrace.

Richie McCaw should have been sent off for his punch and knee into Para's head. Nothing was given bet he doesn't get cited after the match either.

kiweed

i think it shows ignorance of the game anyone that says the ref cost france the game. A game of rugby is played over 80mins...not the final 20. The All Blacks dominated the 1st half and Joubert was also blind to many rucks infringements by France. Rougerie came in the side on a number of occasions himself. Some say that France was the better team....why? because the ABs implemented their play perfectly? A plan that was evident all trinations long. Trying to take the game out of the ref's hands. France had the ball for the final 20mins because the All Blacks didnt want to lose the game on a refereeing interpretation at the breakdown. They trusted their defensive system. If France was the better team then perhaps they should have done something with all that possession? The try they did score was from illegal French play.

Well done the ABs. Finally the ball did bounce your way.

bampy

Pity you didn't take the same attitude when you blamed Wayne Barnes for your quater final loss in France when he sin binned McCaw for killing the ball.

kiweed

hard to argue with fictitious comments from dreamland about someone who just parrots on. What on earth are you talking about?

bampy

What is ficticious about McCaw's bad tackle and one sided refereeing.

At least you get your glasses cheap as an All Black fan. You only got one eye.

Watch this link and see you big hard rugby fans whinging like a bunch of girls blaming the referee. Even one of your own tells you fans to grow up. You can't have it both ways. You are a nation of cheats when it comes to rugby and the really sad thing is that you can't see it and the IRB are backing you. If you want to compare yourselves with the top rugby nation in the world go visit Australia, rugby is their third choice sport and guess what they have won the cup outside their country unlike the AB's who get it presented to them when they host it. Here's the clip enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ukhtw9AG5o

kiweed

you take 1 kiwi criticising nz as gospel? i seen 100 french posts criticising the french.

The moment you lament the mccaw parra incident your post loses all credibility. A punch AND a knee to the head? seriously? clutching at straws. Was a legit rugby collision and only a soccer player would call it otherwise. Kind of hilarious the french crying foul play yet completely ignoring rougerie's 2 offences at the same time both worthy of 6 month bans. I think any other nationality would laugh at the french calling another team dirty....from the land of eye gouging, headbutting and nut squeezing.

You cant call out only the things joubert missed against the french. Was swings and roundabouts. The french try came from offside play yet none of you cared to pick that up? most your turnovers came from illegal side entries and that happened all game long. Cry all you want, the yanks & brits cant help you this time.