# Rugby World Cup 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 17, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123 "2015-08-17T22:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/241 "2015-10-31T17:05:29Z")
Well, that’s it i think. Edit: Wow, Carter actually missed one! Maybe the tide is turning. 🙂 Edit 2: How is that an Aussie knock-on? It was knocked out by the New Zealand hand. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/242 "2015-10-31T17:07:09Z")
I can’t see how the Aussies get a win now. I can’t see them scoring three unopposed tries. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/243 "2015-10-31T17:16:28Z")
Kiwi Yellow card and Aussie try!! ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/244 "2015-10-31T17:16:42Z")
Fair yellow that. And a good try. Aus need another before Smith comes back though. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/245 "2015-10-31T17:17:20Z")
Well if you are going to give Australia hope then that’s a very good way to do it. Silly, silly yellow. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/246 "2015-10-31T17:28:59Z")
Great try! ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/247 "2015-10-31T17:30:14Z")
Hmm. Game back on. That’s about the only thing Kuridrani has done all day. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/248 "2015-10-31T17:34:34Z")
Dan Carter’s kicks to touch is like he has a cheatcode. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/249 "2015-10-31T17:35:56Z")
Fucking hell Dan Carter is good. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/250 "2015-10-31T17:36:58Z")
…and now a Drop goal. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/251 "2015-10-31T17:45:06Z")
That’s surely it now. They had a shot when a converted try would tie up the score, but there’s no way they can score twice. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/252 "2015-10-31T17:47:47Z")
That happened because Aus had to chase the game. This game was lost in the first 45 mins. You can’t spot an international team an 18 point lead and expect to win, let alone these All Blacks. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/253 "2015-10-31T17:50:34Z")
Good game and good result (from my perspective ). ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/254 "2015-10-31T17:57:10Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Good game and good result (from my perspective ). The right result, in the view of this neutral. Aus only got back into the game due to the yellow card and never looked like scoring a try against a full strength NZ. They’re definitely the best side in the world, the record over a prolonged period shows that and they played good rugby, particularly in the knock out phases. It’s been a good tournament. Japan-SA still the best game of the tournament mind. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/255 "2015-10-31T18:03:26Z")
Well done to the Kiwis. The All Blacks were the best team in the tournament, and it showed today. They were simply better than the Wallabies. I’m pretty happy with the Aussie performance overall in this tournament, especially given how bad the last few years have been. A year ago, I wouldn’t have backed Australia to get past the quarter-finals. If you had told me, back then, that the Wallabies would get beaten by the All Blacks in the final, I would have taken that without hesitation. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/256 "2015-10-31T18:35:55Z")
Yes, Cheika has done an amazing job for the Wallabies. They looked awful a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/257 "2015-10-31T21:49:28Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Yes, Cheika has done an amazing job for the Wallabies. They looked awful a year ago. I like Michael Chieka. He and Steve Hansen always seem more like a couple of blokes arguing the footy at the bar at the RSA than successful international coaches. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/258 "2015-11-01T02:45:23Z")
Sonny Bill Williams sure knew how to [finish the whole thing off](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/31/sonny-bill-williams-world-cup-winners-medal-14-year-old-fan). > [@](#): > > A 14-year-old New Zealand fan Charlie Lines is now the proud owner of a World Cup winner’s medal – after an extraordinary act of generosity from Sonny Bill Williams. > > Williams acted after seeing a security guard rugby tackle the boy, who had run on the pitch during the All Blacks’ lap of honour following their 34-17 World Cup final victory over Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/259 "2015-11-02T12:54:49Z")
I thought it was a decent game for the neutral, after a bit of a tight opening quarter no doubt caused by nerves. To this relatively uneducated spectator, I thought Nigel Owens refereed extremely well. Very little in the way of controversy even for the most biased supporters, I would think. Carter’s drop goal was absolutely sublime. A fitting sign off for him. We still wait on McCaw, but presumably he will follow. It seems like he is being extremely thoughtful in delaying his announcement until after the celebrations have died down. Or perhaps he wants the full attention of everyone without it getting lost in the celebrations! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123/260 "2015-11-04T22:09:08Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Sonny Bill Williams sure knew how to [finish the whole thing off](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/31/sonny-bill-williams-world-cup-winners-medal-14-year-old-fan). The Guardian has a brilliantly funny piece on how Sonny Bill has now ruined competitive sport [forever here.](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/02/sony-boy-williams-medal-rugby-world-cup-ruined-sport). My favourite quote: > [@](#): > > I’m surprised the rest of the All Blacks didn’t immediately turn on Williams and start smashing his stupid generous face the second he handed the medal over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-world-cup-2015/728123.md?page=12)