ABs have top spot in sight

25 Jul 2008

Victory over the Wallabies will see New Zealand regaining the No 1 ranking in world rugby.

The All Blacks come into Saturday’s fixture on the back of a loss to the Springboks, but a winning start to the Bledisloe Cup will see them surpassing the world champions.

New Zealand are currently 0.78 points behind South Africa and a win will knock the Boks off the No 1 perch regardless of the winning margin. The All Blacks recently eclipsed the Boks by beating them in Wellington, only to drop down to second by losing the subsequent Test in Dunedin.

The Aussies (86.17) are still some way off the Boks (90.01) and New Zealand (89.23) and would need to win their next two games to close the big gap.

1 SOUTH AFRICA 90.01
2 NEW ZEALAND 89.23
3 AUSTRALIA 86.17
4 ARGENTINA 83.42
5 ENGLAND 83.16
6 WALES 80.12
7 FRANCE 78.99
8 IRELAND 77.18
9 SCOTLAND 76.92
10 ITALY 75.57


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  • 51.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:11 am

    #48 Big Hit: gees, seeing as you like looking at yesteryear, how many times have your MEN beaten our boys in 100 odd years of rugby …. 6 times, thats right , 6 times out of approx 30……gees, you guys must only get real MEN every 20 years or so then aye ??

  • 52.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:15 am

    #48 Big Hit: you better poach some more kiwis for your team too, that may just help….

  • 53.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:17 am

    #51 poppa69: Because 9 months ago is the same as 100 years ago? Besides rugby isn’t our first sport, how many times have you beaten us at football? exactly, and remember who created both games. Enough out of you young poppa (what is your screenname based on? )

  • 54.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:25 am

    #53 Big Hit: I only brought up the 100 years to counter your last years analogy ….. really, you are only as good as your last game, we lost and so did you guys…..

    Not sure if our countries have even played football against each other, but going on your form in the Euro 2008, I think we can do it ….oh thats right , you guys werent there :-D …

    its a combination of surname and year of birth…

  • 55.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:38 am

    Our last competitive game was against Ireland – we won 33-10, the SH tour is officially a friendly match and since it was depleted it should really be ignored.

    Here are the football results:

    Opponent Competition Date Result Score
    New Zealand Friendly 08 June 1991 W 2-0
    New Zealand Friendly 03 June 1991 W 1-0

    As you can see we have 100% record against NZ at football :)

    ok Big Poppa, I g2g, enjoy the game, it’ll be a tight contest between two backs teams, should be interesting.

  • 56.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:43 am

    #55 Big Hit: cant wait for the game, work cant finish quick enough……should be a monumental tussle, Im running a book on which forward Bad Brad picks on tonight ….any takers ??

  • 57.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 07:48 am

    #56 poppa69: Palu :)

  • 58.Stavros - The Greek Tokkelosh: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 08:05 am

    #54 poppa69: you should take a good read of post #32 for the 100 year myth.

  • 59.Old Griquas 14 in Sydney: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 08:33 am

    An update from ANZ Stadium, Sydney: only a few hours before kick-off; pubs full of boozy kiwis and aussies. Weather is fine, with a little cloud coming over; temp is very cold and will drop to around 7deg at kick-off. Should be around 80,000 in stadium, with another 20,000 expected in the Olympic Park precinct; big screens set up outside the pubs. The competition between the two countries is palpable. At breakfast one couple: him in Wallas jumper, she in ABs jumper – bet they had an interesting night sorting that out! There’s nothing in the world like a rugby crowd. C’mon kick-off! Good luck to both sides.

  • 60.poppa69: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 09:05 am

    #58 Stavros – The Greek Tokkelosh: yeah but I was talking the 100 years between Eng and NZ, we all know that refs in the republic during the pre isolation era were as comparable as the Aussie/NZ reffing conspiracy that is apparently rife today……

    Refs speaking to SA players in Africaans during the game, that sounds like a fair go……….. plus the fact for the first 70 odd years we had to bring sides minus any moari or PI players, seriously depleting our teams…. I think from memeory, B.G. Williams was the first NZ player of dark skin granted access into the republic, and that was the early seventies, but then only as an “honorary white”…… now that there is a level and consistant playing field, the true stats are beginning to emerge……

  • 61.captain fantail: Reply to this comment
    26 Jul 2008, 09:17 am

    #53 Big Hit: whinge, whine, wail.

  • 62.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    27 Jul 2008, 00:56 am

    #61 captain fantail: jokes are on you buddy :)

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