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Old 08-10-2004   #33
chodadog
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Originally posted by Meat@Aug 8 2004, 11:51 PM
The AllBlacks let the aussies win

I have it on good athority that the kiwis wanted to play the aussies in the final of the trinations, giving aust the win on staurday means that the Boks wont get enough points up to get into the finals.

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Did that sound convincing?)

lol
There is no final to the tri-nations. It's a simple ladder competition. Each team plays 4 matches. Team with the most points wins. South Africa are still well in contention. They only have 2 points (bonus points for finishing within 7 points in each game). Australia and New Zealand both have 9 points.

You get 4 points for a win. So basically, if they can beat both Australia and New Zealand (no sure thing, but i wouldn't put my money against the boks at home) and finish more than 7 points ahead in each game, they will win. If they finish ahead by more than 7 points in at least one of the games, it will come down to points difference between whichever team finished within 7 points in their match. If a team does finish within 7 points though, and South Africa manage to score 4 tries in the match, they'll win.

It's going to be very close and very exciting.
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