RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B)
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@Machpants said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
They're taking Italy seriously then
This is the game Italy have targeted so the Boks would be crazy not to take it extremely seriously.
A potential banana skin for the Boks if they don't pitch up 100%. We have lost to Italy before when we just arrived and thought it would be an easy game.The 6-2 split is interesting.
Frans Steyn can in theory cover 10 to 15 although these days he's a bit slow to be out on the wing...But SA will have the luxury of bringing on an entire new tight 5 at some point so my guess is they are looking to try and dominate heavily up-front. The Bok wingers may well catch a cold..
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@Billy-Webb I would hope they're getting it out to the wing a lot, because Italy have nothing to stop Kolbe
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@Machpants said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
@Billy-Webb I would hope they're getting it out to the wing a lot, because Italy have nothing to stop Kolbe
Maybe late in the game or from loose play / turnover ball.
But my guess is the Boks are going to make this trench warfare - at least for a large part up front. -
Italy: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Jayden Hayward, 11 Michele Campagnaro, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Jake Polledri, 6 Braam Steyn, 5 Dean Budd, 4 David Sisi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Federico Zani, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Sebastian Negri, 22 Callum Braley, 23 Carlo CannaDate: Friday, October 4
Venue: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa
Kick-off: 18:45 local (10:45 BST, 09:45 GMT)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Alexandre Ruiz (France)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)Parisse's 142nd cap, #2 on the all time list behind GOAT 148
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Latest weather prediction is that it will rain. So a real forwards slug-fest I suspect.
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@MajorRage said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
Boks to lose, don't make the quarters.
A pox on you sir.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
I am bloody nervous about this game - and you're not helping!
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Why? It's Italy. Not like you're playing Japan...
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@antipodean said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
Why? It's Italy. Not like you're playing Japan...
And the hits just keep on coming
Same pox curse for you too sir! -
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
@MajorRage said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool B ):
Boks to lose, don't make the quarters.
A pox on you sir.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.I am bloody nervous about this game - and you're not helping!
Mate, there is no chance of that happening. Literally no chance.
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Game is at midday SA time on Friday.
I have arranged for a braai and beers for all my staff so they can watch the game in true Saffer style.
You'd better bloomin well be right. Otherwise I am pouring water on the braai and making them all work overtime on the weekend. -
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:Game is at midday SA time on Friday.
I have arranged for a braai and beers for all my staff so they can watch the game in true Saffer style.
You'd better bloomin well be right. Otherwise I am pouring water on the braai and making them all work overtime on the weekend.That's quality leadership right there
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:Game is at midday SA time on Friday.
I have arranged for a braai and beers for all my staff so they can watch the game in true Saffer style.
You'd better bloomin well be right. Otherwise I am pouring water on the braai and making them all work overtime on the weekend.This made me log back in after years of lurking because....
Well just because 🤓 -
@Xpat61 said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:This made me log back in after years of lurking because....
Well just because 🤓Welcome back to posting Xpat.
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@Bones said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:Something about Camels? I know a guy...
We are going to side-tracked here, but many, many years ago my wife and I were tourists in Egypt.
I was offered 1,000 camels for my wife.
She was not in the least bit pleased that I hesitated before declining the offer. -
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:@Bones said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:Something about Camels? I know a guy...
We are going to side-tracked here, but many, many years ago my wife and I were tourists in Egypt.
I was offered 1,000 camels for my wife.
She was not in the least bit pleased that I hesitated before declining the offer.To be fair, that's a lot of camels.
Studying with some PNG cadets a few decades ago and one of our classmates was an attractive, big titted Asian; Hāfu. One of the PNG boys said "I would buy her for 80,000 kina".
Thinking back, it would've been a bargain.
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:@Bones said in RWC: South Africa v Italy (Pool
:Something about Camels? I know a guy...
We are going to side-tracked here, but many, many years ago my wife and I were tourists in Egypt.
I was offered 1,000 camels for my wife.
She was not in the least bit pleased that I hesitated before declining the offer.Sorry, what? Just packing for Egypt with the missus.
