Bledisloe III or RWC Final 2015?

The Rugby World Cup Final is but just another Bledisloe Cup Final and having each won one this season we are in for the biggest one of them all come Saturday at Twickenham.

What ever you call it, these two have been the form teams this World Cup, if not this year and are full value for their spots in the final two. It has all the makings for yet another classic encounter between the two giants.

A tough Pool and heavy knock out stage does leave some doubt as to whether or not the Australians will run out of steam against an arguably fresher All Blacks team who I might add had an extra day to recover from their Semi-Final too.

That by no means is a given and the All Blacks will know the tenacity of the Wallabies is second to none. A great example is them going down to 13 men against a strong Welsh outfit and keeping them out in another one of their tough Pool encounters.

New Zealand where also only really tested in the knock out stages and to a lesser extent by the French. So there is the train of thought that under pressure the Australian's have had practice, even though the All Blacks have played in a World Cup Final just four years ago.

Trevine of The ROAR website rightly wrote “Steve Hansen and Michael Cheika have had enough insight into each others strengths and weaknesses from their previous clashes in the Rugby Championship. But it will be the team that hold their nerve under the pressure of a World Cup final that will hold aloft rugby’s richest prize.”

Prediction
The familiarity and the frequency that these two teams play each other does not leave you with a clear favourite. Yes the defending champions should edge it but on the day the only team that can upset the All Blacks stream-train is this Australian team.

Don't get me wrong the team setting the bench mark for rugby since the last Rugby World Cup has been the All Black's and that steam-train is'nt about to stop just yet.

New Zealand by 5 or more.

Jade Christopher Bentley Adams signing off
(@jcba & IG @jcba_official)

Comments

The Premier League changes its logo.

The most lucrative football league in the world, The English Premier League (EPL), yesterday unveiled its new official logo, which will be used from the 2016-17 season onwards. The division's lion icon has been the face of England's top flight since its launch in 1992 but has undergone a makeover to give it a fresh, modern look. It means, EPL is ending its 12-year association with Barclays bank and will from now on be known simply as ‘the Premier League’. The new logo – has a crowned lion’s head gazing to the right, accompanied by either the words ‘Premier League’ or ‘PL’ -- will replace the current logo of a lion with its left paw on a football. All 20 clubs in the top flight have also agreed a new centralised sponsorship strategy, meaning the league will no longer have a named sponsor. “From next season we will move away from title sponsorship and the competition will be known as the Premier League, a decision which provided the opportunity to consider how we wanted ...

Arsene Wenger v Jose Mourinho: The history of their rivalry in quotes

A must read by Adams Bate of Skysports news, The war of words between Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger goes on and on. While the Manchester United boss has generally had the upper hand on the pitch over the years, both managers have had stern words for each other in the press room. Here we recall their rivalry in quotes, dating back to Mourinho's first season in English football... "I don't see especially that Chelsea play more English players than we do. Who have they produced, homegrown? Just one, John Terry." - Wenger in 2005 when quizzed on Arsenal's all-foreign line-up. At the beginning of the following season in August 2005, Wenger also expressed concerns over Chelsea's tactics: "I know we live in a world where we have only winners and losers, but once a sport encourages teams who refuse to take the initiative, the sport is in danger." Mourinho was unimpressed. "Wenger has a real problem with us and I think he is what you ca...

Liverpool's Klopp host Jose's United

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp : "Apart from the table, it's a very important game. I know about the history, I like the special stories. The whole world will watch this game, it's a big honour to be part of it. "At the end, it's up to us to perform to our best. You cannot and should not ignore the special circumstance of a game like this. You have to be ready. "They have big quality and we have to respect this, as we do. But this is Anfield. We have to show this. We have had a few nice atmospheres but I'm open for the best atmosphere. We need everybody in a Liverpool shirt in this game." Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on concerns over disrespectful chanting at the game: "In football we have some football tragedies, if you can say that, which is a big match that you lost, the mistake that some player did, this kind of thing, and you can make fun of it in a positive way. "But the human tragedy i...

Search This Blog