RWC SF: England v Springboks

[Bones]

@Billy-Webb maybe they're banking on an easy final...

[booboo]

Hey Seffrican peeps (even though I hope you lose and have posted such elsewhere) how do you pronounce RG as in Snyman?

Commentator on the world feed (Rupert Cox I think) was giving it the gutteral treatment, but I couldn't really pick up what it was.

I see "RG" and prounoce "Aah" "Jee".

Can you give us a English speaking guide?

Thanks.

[nostrildamus]

@Billy-Webb said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@stodders

Yeah... that's what worries me. An over-correction.
But to be honest, I expect him to be better than that.

you expect him to be better than what you expect him to be?

[sparky]

England have named their team.

[Catogrande]

@sparky

No real pace in the back line.

Again.

I really fear what the two Saffa wingers will do to us. They are both electric.

[SidBarret]

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

[Dodge]

@Catogrande said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@sparky

No real pace in the back line.

Again.

I really fear what the two Saffa wingers will do to us. They are both electric.

on the field or on the bench. Embarrassing.

Marchant and Earl probably our quickest players...

[booboo]

@SidBarret said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

Any chance of making some phonetic equivalent?

[sparky]

@Dodge @Catogrande Weird that Arundell doesn’t get a nod at all.

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@Dodge @Catogrande Weird that Arundell doesn’t get a nod at all.

It’s Farrell’s ball

[OomPB]

@booboo Sid is from the Boland, he will struggle with the R even more.

Maybe its easier to pronounce Labuschagne (Marnus the Aussie) to the proper Saffer pronouncing.

The R sound is a bliksem in afrikaans.

[stodders]

@Catogrande can't do much from all accounts if you don't drop the ball

[stodders]

England to channel their inner Jannie de Beer in this one

[G-Man]

@booboo said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@SidBarret said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

Any chance of making some phonetic equivalent?

Afrikaans/Pronunciation - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

[G-Man]

For the G the closest is loch

[G-Man]

Anyways back to topic. Coaching team has rotated the players well and most of the players has played less than what the Irish did.

I really don't think fatigue will play a part. The medical team would've pulled that player if they thought he was not fit to play.

[stodders]

Minutes played by England and South Africa squads in this World Cup so far:

https://x.com/rpetty80/status/1714949409639747959?s=46&t=Xyr9rqvpyxuZ6mu4OxMcYA

[stodders]

A better graphic showing the SF squads by position

https://x.com/analystgus/status/1714966442439790815?s=46&t=Xyr9rqvpyxuZ6mu4OxMcYA

[Dodge]

Thanks for posting those, that’s burst my last remaining tiny bubble

[Steven Harris]

Its interesting noting the average of both of the these packs , The starting English front row has a dads army look about it ,although the average age of the Springbok pack is 31 .
its quite possible its the last we may see of several from both sets of forwards at another RWC.