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Attitude is everything. At Test match level you can talk about all sorts of game plans but it comes down to 15 players having the right attitude to go out to implement what they have trained all their lives to do. And that was missing in Chicago for the All Blacks.Going into their review about what went wrong, I think those inside the All Blacks environment will put their hands up and admit that, two years ago, going to Chicago and having such a great time in the party atmosphere before taking on the United States and thrashing them, probably had some psychological connection with their performance this time around in the Windy City.Ireland had so much to play for in front of a lot of Irish immigrants who live in Chicago - it was actually like a home away from home for them. For the fans who came out, it was a huge, huge occasion. I even went out and purchased some Guinness to share in the event.Hats off to Ireland. Well done, they were clearly the better team on the day. They deserved that win and to get the monkey off their back of never having beaten the All Blacks is such a good thing, now they can go into a game without that doubt.We need rugby to be on a level playing field where any team can lose and any team can win, and it just gets rid of that invincibility tag where Ireland have always looked at the All Blacks as being invincible. Now there are players who have beaten the All Blacks and they know they can beat them, and the confidence of knowing that is a really good thing.Its cant be just Australia and South Africa, and occasionally England every 10 years, who can beat the All Blacks. We want everyone to be close enough so that every now and then there is a close battle. What Ireland has achieved is a good thing for world rugby.I have to say I watched the haka and cringed. Someone didnt do their homework in the All Blacks camp. Knowing a little bit about the Irish mentality and having had a 64-Test cap veteran and ex-Munster coach Anthony Foley die recently, with all the players wearing black armbands and having a moments silence for him before the game, and knowing what that meant to the Irish team and the public, I thought pulling out the Kapa?O Pango haka was disrespectful.Ive been to funerals and you do the Ka Mate haka to honour a warrior and it is different to doing the battle cry, or war cry, of Kapa O Pango which is a more aggressive challenge.I thought, you guys havent done your research here, you havent actually thought through the process. Its not a case of not backing themselves, they are the All Blacks and they should back themselves. But it is being respectful and I thought the haka choice was disrespectful.From that moment after the haka, the Irish normally spill over the top, the adrenaline gets to them and they do something stupid. Its almost like they had a composure about them this time and normally you just dont see that in an Irish team. As a result, I wonder if part of their strategy was to slow the game down.It was a case of the All Blacks are fitter than us, there were injuries all the time. Every opportunity they had the game stopped and things were slowed down and they went at their pace. And they dictated that and took away that whole fitness element around the All Blacks.Im not saying this was cheating. It was a good, really well thought out tactic and the Irish went out and took it to the All Blacks. They were more physical than we were, they starved us of the ball and they punished us for not starting two decent lineout locks -- it was their day. Nike Zoom Comprar Online . Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. He was given 29 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct. 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Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Boston Red Sox will be looking to gain ground on the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East when they begin a nine-game trip against one of the ALs weakest teams, the Oakland Athletics, on Friday night.Boston (74-59) begins the trip two games back of the Blue Jays (76-57) in the East.The Red Sox end the trip with three in Toronto. But before then, they get an opportunity to fatten up their record against the last-place team in the AL West (the As) and the last-place team in the National League West (the San Diego Padres).Red Sox ace David Price will begin and is expected to end that six-game stretch.Price has gone 3-2 with a 3.21 ERA in eight career starts against the As. Hes never faced the Padres.When the left-hander takes the mound for the bottom of the first Friday, he could have a new third baseman over his right shoulder.Prize prospect Yoan Moncada was among the players the Red Sox added when rosters were expanded to 40 players Thursday.Our teams that have had success have always had an injection of young players during the season that have helped carry the team to the postseason, Red Sox manager John Farrell told reporters Wednesday. I think Yoan would be in that similar category.Bostons only trip to Oakland and San Diego, of course, means each teams fan base will get an opportunity to say good-bye to retiring slugger David Ortiz.The fan favorite has never given Red Sox followers in the San Francisco Bay Area much to cheer about.His .271 career average versus the As is hhis second-lowest among all opponents against which hes played 100 or more games.dddddddddddd Only Baltimore (.268) has limited him to a lower average.And his 23 home runs against Oakland is his second-fewest (100 or more games). Only Kansas City (21) has held him to fewer.Ortiz will take his cracks in this series against three of the As young starters -- Andrew Triggs, Zach Neal and Kendall Graveman. Hes faced them only five times in his career, going hitless (0-for-3) with two walks.Ortiz has never homered against any of Oaklands current pitchers, going 4-for-18 (.222).Triggs recorded his first career win in his last outing, Sunday at St. Louis. He struck out eight Cardinals in six innings, allowing three runs on four hits in the 7-4 win.His previous start was even better. He shut out the Cleveland Indians over six innings, striking out six, but didnt get a decision in what turned out to be a 1-0 loss.The win over the Cardinals came within driving distance of his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., so he was able to celebrate the big day with family and friends.To pitch as well as he has, and work himself into the rotation, As manager Bob Melvin said after the game, its very rewarding to get him a win.The As will be playing their 10th consecutive game against playoff contenders Friday. Theyve gone a respectable 4-5 in the first nine, winning series against the Cardinals and Indians. ' ' '