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I agree. It was a physical contest, but the AB's were surprisingly dirty and not just on the spear tackle.
I told the NMR that the All Blacks have an enormous chip on their shoulders from their repeated flameouts. It clearly still gripes them that they lost to Fance last fall and the Boks went on to beat England for the World Cup. The way to resolve that is to win back some respect on the field. They won the match last week, but lost some face. Also, had their new #8 not played his ass off (don't remember his name), they might not have gotten the win. It wasn't a blowout.
I thought Januarie (sp?) played a great game for the Boks at scrumhalf. Apparently, he's a bit of a discipline problem off the field, but I like his play. Of course, Habana is just sick. Too bad he didn't get a few more good touches.
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