England vs Springboks
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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.
Agree that aerobic attrition should be part of the game and keeping things moving should be a priority -
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.
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@NTA Saffer little blokes (7s) changed our franchises attacking skills. Stormers have Senatla Davids, Sharks Abrahams, Cheetahs Spekman, Bulls KL Arendse.
Arendse attended Klein Nederburg (from a disadvantage Paarl township) and played for Boland 7s before getting into the SA 7s squad and Jake White scout him for the Bulls. Moodie from Boland Landbou
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@sparky 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.
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.
Like at Ellis Park? They've lost games late too.
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@Bovidae said in England vs Springboks:
@sparky 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.
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.
Like at Ellis Park? They've lost games late too.
No, only the All Blacks under Foster have flaws, everyone else is amazing
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@Stargazer said in England vs Springboks:
Does anyone else think the pass to Le Roux was forward? Looked a bit Michalak-like.
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@OomPB said in England vs Springboks:
@NTA Saffer little blokes (7s) changed our franchises attacking skills. Stormers have Senatla Davids, Sharks Abrahams, Cheetahs Spekman, Bulls KL Arendse.
Arendse attended Klein Nederburg (from a disadvantage Paarl township) and played for Boland 7s before getting into the SA 7s squad and Jake White scout him for the Bulls. Moodie from Boland Landbou
Can they defend well against big power wingers?
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@Frank said in England vs Springboks:
@OomPB said in England vs Springboks:
@NTA Saffer little blokes (7s) changed our franchises attacking skills. Stormers have Senatla Davids, Sharks Abrahams, Cheetahs Spekman, Bulls KL Arendse.
Arendse attended Klein Nederburg (from a disadvantage Paarl township) and played for Boland 7s before getting into the SA 7s squad and Jake White scout him for the Bulls. Moodie from Boland Landbou
Can they defend well against big power wingers?
You know what? Who cares when they can do the shit they already do
NZ fans are obsessed with perfect players
Oh yeah he scores two tries a test and regularly turns guys inside out but because he missed two tackles I want him fired
Especially out wide we've forgotten what wings are for. They are not loose forwards FFS.
Beat guys and create opportunities for points FFS
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@Billy-Tell Yes, pass looked a shade forward.
Think both games have highlighted three things which will be crucial come WC time.
Discipline leadership/game management and the ability to execute in the last 10 mins. Simple really.......now if only Foster was paying attention... -
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@Stargazer said in England vs Springboks:
Jack van Poortvliet, what's his background. Dutch name, Dutch dad?
Slow as a wet week
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@Billy-Tell said in England vs Springboks:
@Stargazer said in England vs Springboks:
Does anyone else think the pass to Le Roux was forward? Looked a bit Michalak-like.
Marginal for me. No complaints.
