All Blacks win ugly over Les Bleus. Cosmic Justice or Randomness?
When your favorite team wins the biggest prize in the game after 24 years of hard luck and near-tragedy you’re supposed to rejoice, get smashed, and bask in the knowledge that at least once in your lifetime the universe gets it right.
You’re not supposed to be sitting there wondering why you’re less happy than you thought you would be. What is wrong with you?
The All Blacks of New Zealand have just won the Rugby World Cup they have long deserved, defeating Les Bleus of France. The final was so tense that in the last 40 minutes the sinking feeling in your stomach made its way to your soles, anchoring you to the floor like a pillar of dread. You thought the All Blacks were going to lose the World Cup again, and even after the horn had sounded to confirm that they’d hung on by the skin of their bleeding teeth, you’re not entirely convinced that they won.
There’s been a mistake, but what?
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
October 27th, 2011 at 12:20
loved the article Jessica – it is sooo spot on. watching the last 5 minutes of the game – we were all thinking – “please, please win – we don’t want to live in a depressed NZ for the next four years” Sharing this clip, if you haven’t already seen it. This really captured the emotions the whole country went through on that night – http://vimeo.com/31010288