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Defeat Sends Ripples Of Anxiety Across Tasman SeaThe players were devastated: the New Zealand dressing room had “a sort of desolate decay and the smell of death”, according to one of the defeated All Blacks. Fans were distraught: Australians were left to curse once again the boot of Jonny Wilkinson. Their laments were nothing to the political, financial and diplomatic fall-out from a weekend of sporting catastrophe either side of the Tasman Sea. Financiers were braced for a fall in the New Zealand stock market this morning after the mighty All Blacks failed to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time. Winston Peters, the New Zealand Foreign Minister, threatened to turn the defeat into a diplomatic incident by blaming the English referee. The ructions may go right to the top, and Helen Clark, the Prime Minister, has reason to feel personal alarm at the result. She came to power after New Zealand’s shock defeat to France in the 1999 Rugy World Cup semi-finals, a result that plunged the country into national gloom and which was said to have helped to seal the fate of Jenny Shipley, then the Prime Minister. Ms Clark, who attended Saturday’s game in Cardiff, faces a general election next year and is some five per cent behind in the polls at present. New Zealand fans offered a variety of excuses for defeat, including the energies required for their players to perform the Haka. One Australian, writing for The New Zealand Herald, said: “As an Aussie I was gutted when the Wallabies lost but felt much better when the All Blacks joined us.” Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationIsrael Struck a Nuclear Project in Syria, Analysts Say...Arts, Briefly: Iran Hides Western Masterworks... Struggling but Grateful, Liberia Welcomes Bush... Gas tsar anointed by Putin... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Defeat Sends Ripples Of Anxiety Across Tasman Sea |
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