RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks
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Talk about rolling the dice with that bench. Two backs have a head clash with each other and you are in serious shit! Especially if the 9 or 10 are involved. They've gotten away with it in the past but kind of reminds me of a gambling addict playing roulette. Thinks they have it all worked out then before you know it they are giving handies in the car park to try and pay for breakfast.
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I reckon we'll see an aerial bombardment by the AB's on our back 3 all day. Wore my Bok jersey to work today, hoping for some banter, only to realise how insipid the people I work with are. Honestly, I've not seen any AB support on the streets either which has been quite surreal.
Before I hit TAB, does anyone know whether Shaun Pollard has added 2023 to his RWC tattoo?
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@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
only to realise how insipid the people I work with are
We work together?
That depends, are you the bum whose been undercutting my price on carpark handies?
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@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
I reckon we'll see an aerial bombardment by the AB's on our back 3 all day. Wore my Bok jersey to work today, hoping for some banter, only to realise how insipid the people I work with are. Honestly, I've not seen any AB support on the streets either which has been quite surreal.
Lots of folk are boycotting the Rugby World Cup Final because Colesy hasn’t been picked.
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@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@PN said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
only to realise how insipid the people I work with are
We work together?
That depends, are you the bum whose been undercutting my price on carpark handies?
Fuck. I didn't know I could charge.
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@Crazy-Horse said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Fozzie has things set up nicely for his grand exit. He dropped the ball a little when astute observers of the game like myself openly expressed how they are not in the least bit nervous about the world cup. We knew the ABs were no good. We knew we weren't going to win it. We could just sit back and watch with our 'I told you so' faces on.
Fozzie's genius is that he recognised this and quietly went about fixing it. He ensured his team beat Ireland, ensured his team cruised past Argentina. He made sure he had a full squad to choose from and he selected a match day 23 that can compete with the best.
He will smuggly sit in the coaches box, safe in the knowledge he has done his best. And his best was good enough. Pundits like me now have hope, we now think we have a chance of winning. We now think 'Fozzie has got this'. Fozzie is set to swagger off like a fat person leaving McDonalds holding a bag full of spoils, safe in the knowledge he will be leaving behind a shattered NZ public, a public wondering how they managed to fall for his trick once again. Fozzie's favourite trick, the one where he builds up hope and smashes it down.
Holy shittings! The pattern continues? But... but now I have hope!
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@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Wait....old samurai and crazy horse aren't the same poster? Fuck this world.
Huh? I am much taller.
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@Crazy-Horse you cantabs all look the same to me
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I mostly lurk. Sometimes post. Wanted to get this down before Saturday's collision:
As an SA supporter, there is no other team I'd rather play and beat in a World Cup Final than the All Blacks. Short of that, there is not other team I'd rather lose to. I've followed ABs ups and downs under Foster, but always always thought that the reports of their death as a force to be reckoned with was way overdone. I am not at all surprised to see them in the final. Just as I am not surprised to see the Boks there.
There seems to be a genuine dislike in some quarters of the SA rugby game, coaches, players. All I can say to that is that when you look at the actual players on the field this weekend, there seems to be only respect and in some cases genuine camaraderie and friendships. So I let the guys at the sharp end guide me on that front. These are two fantastic teams with very different styles that should give us a great game.
Boks are gearing up for an attritional game in wet weather and relying on a second pack to come in and do the business. Simple fact is that the replacement tight five is of starting quality. ABs can't match that. However, they can negate the impact of the Bok plan due to exceptional game runners at 9 &10 and a rugby intelligence across the backline that is able to bring the rapier compared to the Bok sledgehammer.
I think there is nothing in it. Good luck boys.
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@Smuts said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Nonsense. You’ve got an excellent lesson about the evils of pretending to be a kiwi to look forward to.
We love you @Dodge. You are welcome here.
You are us.
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@JR_ said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
There seems to be a genuine dislike in some quarters of the SA rugby game, coaches, players
I think it's generally just Rassie and it's pretty hard to fault disliking him. It'd also be pretty hard to find more ire directed at him here than Foster.
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@mariner4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
there isn't anything much more overrated in the world of rugby now than the "bomb squad"
Essentially a couple of props, one who is as wide as he is tall, that get to play 35 minutes. And a good lock. They are good at scrums and fuck all else. If Barnes is on to the saffers trying to play NFL, they'll be blowing their ring pieces out after 10 minutes, and then they have to tackle Sami T and young Williams. Good fucking luck. And in case no one noticed, we have a fairly decent lock on the bench as well.
Against us those forwards are going to have to do more than push in scrums and mill around the halfway mark watching kicks go both ways over their heads. Their starting props have been under pressure all tournament. Their veteran #8 is starting to look old in the legs. They've brought back headless Faf to start.
We'll be out of sight before the bench even comes on.
I give you Antoine Dupont.
That over rated bomb squad is the difference between out in the quarters and whole bunch of kiwi's shitting themselves over facing them in the final.
I fucking hate the bomb squad. But they are incredibly effective.
