2019 Rugby World Cup
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South African Rugby have announced that Swys de Bruin has stepped down from his role as attack consultant to the Springboks, with just over a month to go until the World Cup.
De Bruin made the request for “personal and medical reasons” and wished the team every success for the global tournament.
The 59-year-old, who is also the Lions boss, joined the national set-up ahead of the 2018 June Tests and has helped oversee an improvement in the side.
However, the former Sharks academy coach left the Lions’ New Zealand tour earlier in the year due to a stress-related illness and has now decided to end his time at the Boks.
“Swys made a great contribution to the squad in his time with us and I’d like to thank him on behalf of his fellow management and the players he has worked with in the past 12 months,” said Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s director of rugby.
“He brought a fresh perspective to one facet of the game and he’ll be hard to replace. I’d also like to thank the Lions Company PTY for releasing him to us and SA Rugby for supporting his appointment.”
De Bruin left the squad following the draw with New Zealand and has not been involved in the preparations for the match in Salta or this weekend’s Test against Argentina at Loftus Versfeld.
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France centre Geoffrey Doumayrou has been ruled out of the World Cup due to an Achilles injury, coach Jacques Brunel has announced.
The 29-year-old will miss Saturday’s clash with Scotland in Nice and the World Cup, with his replacement still to be named.
“Geoffrey Doumayrou will miss the World Cup,” Brunel said at a press conference reported by L’Equipe.
“He suffers from a fissure injury in the Achilles tendon. The decision was made (on Thursday) morning. We will have to replace him and we will communicate the name during the day.”
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Back-row Marcell Coetzee has been ruled out of the World Cup due to an ankle injury sustained against Argentina on Saturday.
Springbok management confirmed that the Ulsterman will undergo surgery on Wednesday, 21 August.
The loose forward hurt his ankle and received a blow to the head in the first half of the Springboks’ 24-18 victory in Pretoria and will be out of action for up to 12 weeks.
The Springbok RWC squad announcement takes place on Monday, 26 August, at 15h00 in Johannesburg. -
From what I've seen the past month or so
POOL A
Ireland
JapanPOOL B
NZ
SAPOOL C
England
ArgentinaPOOL D
Australia
WalesQF 1
England v WalesQF 2
NZ v JapanQF 3
Australia v ArgentinaQF 4
Ireland v SASF 1
Wales v NZSF2
Australia v SAFINAL
NZ v SASA winners
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
From what I've seen the past month or so
POOL A
Ireland
JapanPOOL B
NZ
SAPOOL C
England
ArgentinaPOOL D
Australia
WalesQF 1
England v WalesQF 2
NZ v JapanQF 3
Australia v ArgentinaQF 4
Ireland v SASF 1
Wales v NZSF2
Australia v SAFINAL
NZ v SASA winners
France being the Joker, plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.
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@pakman said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
From what I've seen the past month or so
POOL A
Ireland
JapanPOOL B
NZ
SAPOOL C
England
ArgentinaPOOL D
Australia
WalesQF 1
England v WalesQF 2
NZ v JapanQF 3
Australia v ArgentinaQF 4
Ireland v SASF 1
Wales v NZSF2
Australia v SAFINAL
NZ v SASA winners
France being the Joker, plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.
Both France and Scotland more than capable of reaching the QF, just don't think they will.
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@MiketheSnow So you're picking SA to be the first team to lose a pool game but become RWC champs? That would go against history if 2 teams from the same pool meet in the final.
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@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow So you're picking SA to be the first team to lose a pool game but become RWC champs? That would go against history if 2 teams from the same pool meet in the final.
Boks and England were in same pool 2007.
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@pakman said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow So you're picking SA to be the first team to lose a pool game but become RWC champs? That would go against history if 2 teams from the same pool meet in the final.
Boks and England were in same pool 2007.
So were NZ and France in 2011. My point is that the team that won the pool game also won the final.
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@Bovidae if we can’t beat you first up, likely without Retallick, it’s hard to imagine us doing the business at the business end.
On the other hand, based on the results since Rassie came on board, neither sets of fans should be all that confident of winning both games.
The next 3 weeks are going to drag - can’t wait for Yokohama.
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@Smuts said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Bovidae if we can’t beat you first up, likely without Retallick, it’s hard to imagine us doing the business at the business end.
On the other hand, based on the results since Rassie came on board, neither sets of fans should be all that confident of winning both games.
The next 3 weeks are going to drag - can’t wait for Yokohama.
Knock out rugby is hard to predict. We only just edged you in 2015, in the end the SF was closer than the final. Both teams will be well up for it, but I suspect we will win the first game based purely on my suspicion that we have been holding back, and that like the Aussie game the team responds well in crunch time. But I would not be surprised if SA won either
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@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow So you're picking SA to be the first team to lose a pool game but become RWC champs? That would go against history if 2 teams from the same pool meet in the final.
Not out of the realms, or for NZ to lose the pool match and win the final.
Lots of pundits getting excited about England"s prospects but to win the WC they have to beat France, Argentina, Wales/Australia, NZ/SA, NZ/SA
Too tall an order.
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@MiketheSnow said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@Bovidae said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
@MiketheSnow So you're picking SA to be the first team to lose a pool game but become RWC champs? That would go against history if 2 teams from the same pool meet in the final.
Not out of the realms, or for NZ to lose the pool match and win the final.
Lots of pundits getting excited about England"s prospects but to win the WC they have to beat France, Argentina, Wales/Australia, NZ/SA, NZ/SA
Too tall an order.
Shit, when you put in on paper like that I will be the first to congratulate England if they manage to win with a draw like that
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Rugby World Cup:
Current odds on the NZ TAB:
NZ 2.25
England 5.00
SA 5.50
Ireland 9.00
Wales 10.00
Australia 13.00
France 26.00
Argentina 41.00
Scotland 41.00Everyone else more than 150.
Wales might be the best value in that.
France a roughie.
The best value is NZ at $2.25. The best longer odds bet is Wales
