England vs Springboks
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What I found interesting through the week , putting aside all nz loyalties ( we have our own issues too )
England in most areas such as their fan base were claiming last week as a moral victory when they were beaten up for most parts of the game , the late tries imo saved a bit of face and camouflaged how average they mostly were .
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@Jailbreak7 said in England vs Springboks:
Another committee meeting. This is farking killing our game.
Yeah. Water breaks? In London on a late Autumn Day?
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@Victor-Meldrew just another thing to slow the game down and allow bigger players more time on the park
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@broughie said in England vs Springboks:
@Mattasaurus It's coming in the winter and there should not be water breaks. Whose brainchild was this?
World Rugby.
Based in Ireland....
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Watching the replay now, and haven't seen the score yet (so haven't read the thread).
Excellent from referee Gardner to send off the waterboys/medics from England around the 21st minute mark. Also asking the ARs/4th official to stop the medics from coming on when there is no injury. All that happening while Farrell was preparing to take a kick.
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Pains me to say this as can’t for the life of me stand either of these teams ..but the Boks in my opinion are favourites to retain the RWC ..they are a tournament team and quite frankly they have beaten up most packs they have come up against this year ..not pretty but bloody effective
And at those odds , I’m all over it
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@Mattasaurus said in England vs Springboks:
These water breaks just add another entry on the blight on the game list
The idea is ok, it needs tweaking though.
The idea was to cut down the number of times water runners came on (like at scrum times etc). So when a player takes an “injury” break, everyone gets their water.
Maybe get rid of the time minimum and make it so that if everyone is on their feet that get a sip and 30 seconds to get started.
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South Africa did what we did last week except weren't as idiotic and didn't let them back in
Huge red flags for England. That really should be two heavy losses at home in a row on the back of a loss to Argentina
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@Bovidae said in England vs Springboks:
It was frustrating that every English pass stuck last week in the final 10 mins whereas today they looked rather clueless when chasing the game, and made numerous errors.
A lot of those mistakes were caused by SA's incredible line speed as opposed to our passive D last week.
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@akan004 said in England vs Springboks:
@Bovidae said in England vs Springboks:
It was frustrating that every English pass stuck last week in the final 10 mins whereas today they looked rather clueless when chasing the game, and made numerous errors.
A lot of those mistakes were caused by SA's incredible line speed as opposed to our passive D last week.
We do invite pressure with our piss weak kicking game and soak defence aye
It's maddening really.
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@Bovidae said in England vs Springboks:
It was frustrating that every English pass stuck last week in the final 10 mins whereas today they looked rather clueless when chasing the game, and made numerous errors.
South Africa didn't lose focus after 65 minutes but kept hammering away. It's been so disappointing to see the ABs lose their culture of ruthlessness under Foster. The Boks still have it.
