RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Just looking at signs and trends and all that shit...and perhaps a healthy dose of reaching, but I don't think any side that has knocked England out of the RWC has ever won it. Let's hope that continues 🙏
Could be a Foster first.
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This whole thing is surreal
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@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Odd odds
So they think we will win it in regulation time but if it goes to extra time/penalties it balances out?
They would need to actually be heavily favoured to win in ET/Pens to balance it out right?
As @Smudge said, probably looks like a mistake or a rort
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@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@voodoo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Odd odds
So they think we will win it in regulation time but if it goes to extra time/penalties it balances out?
They would need to actually be heavily favoured to win in ET/Pens to balance it out right?
As @Smudge said, probably looks like a mistake or a rort
Just poor algorithm on the thing that puts it together, I reckon, it is from 24 markets
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If it is allowed to be played with extra breaks and 15 subs (SA head knock rotation policy) then I personally think the old foe gets up.
However if it is allowed to flow and the above policed then I think we have them, even in the wet, assuming we play like the last 2 games.
Apart from our exits we have turned a corner in other areas that were a worry.
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It’s going to be rainy in Paris all week.
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@frugby said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
I expect Cane to hang around for two years to attempt to play 100 tests
I hope so. Robertson is going to need to rebuild with so many older playing retiring and having the likes of Cane there gives a solid foundation to work from. And I don't think he's the sort of bloke who'd pack a sad if he wasn't captain.
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Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
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@Canes4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
I'll tell you next Saturday night (NZ Sunday morning).
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@gt12 said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Canes4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
I'll tell you next Saturday night (NZ Sunday morning).
Quoted for truth.
If Rassies "HIA" (honest guv), water-boy deploying, injury faking, time-wasting stultifying cheats win, then no.
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@Canes4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
In terms of the quarters and semis, the likes of Fiji, Samoa, Japan etc becoming competitive, dickheaded-ness in players and coaches generally not coming off, then absolutely up there.
The reffing has been ordinary, though not the Refs fault (bar Carley, Wales v Fiji). Guidelines changes seemingly at random. UK TV coverage has been middling.
Maybe just me, but I've found this one just a bit flat for some reason.
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@Canes4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
I'll give you a definitive answer after the final. But I reckon in terms of match-ups, crowds and results it's up there.
One thing that is amazing is seeing a game like Fiji vs Portugal with a full stadium. I contrast that to the quarter and half empty Ballymore (capacity maybe 20k) where I watched games in 87. This tournament has come a very very long way.
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If we want to look at the periphery I think the ABs sent a significant message which will not have been lost on Rassie & co, when they decided not to replace SB after his YC was up, and played out the game with 14 men keeping the scoresheet clean for the entire 2nd half. That's a statement.
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@Machpants as opposed to Foster’s bumbling, worst ABs ever, rag tag crew triumphing? 😂
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@Canes4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Question for everyone.. has this been the best WC ever?
Better than the last two... 2011 was pretty good, but this probably shades it, especially if we get a cracking final. Before that, I'll show my age here, but I am struggling!
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@Duluth said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@rustycruiser said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@tubbyj said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
SA should be massive favourites.
NZ is always the favorite against the Boks, you guys have a 69% win record since 92, and 70% in the last 10 years. Nice try, but we are the underdogs going in, we have to step up our game to hang with NZ
3/3 under Foster
SA 2 wins 1 loss against Foster’s AB’s at neutral venues
NZ 100% confirmed underdogs
110%
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@stodders said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Machpants as opposed to Foster’s bumbling, worst ABs ever, rag tag crew triumphing? 😂
It's a redemption story, everyone loves those. Not the evil already champs beating up on the poor underdogs, who are really without a hope
