RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks
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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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@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.
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@JR_ said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
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.
Very respectful post, not sure that's going to fit in well.
To be honest, I hate this SA team, not every SA team, just this one. I could write a long long list of why, but deep down I think it's because they are good. Seriously good. Yes, they have weak links which hopefully we can exploit, but the list isn't that long.
I do genuinely hate all the time wasting, water runners, medic breaks, flashing lights, 35 minute front rowers etc, but if you can get away with it & win with it, then so what?
Regardless, if SA win, I'll be the first to put my hand up and say they deserve it. And I'll shake all the SA people I know hands and congratulate them and genuinely mean it.
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@JR_ welcome back mate.
I’ve never been a fan of the Boks. The team I love to hate. Because of that dislike I have tended to overlook some of their players when picking my favourite XV or my World XV. There’s only been a handful that I actually like such as Juan Smith, Pollard, Joost, JdV.
But I do respect what they have been able to achieve and the genuine passion they have for the great game.
I’m expecting either an absolute classic like the 2015 semi-final or the ABs to win by plenty 😉
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@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@pakman said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
If Nepo wins scrum penlty at end of game I expect @Bones to buy me a beer.
I will buy you the world babe.
And here I was starting to think you didn't care!
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@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@pakman said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
If Nepo wins scrum penlty at end of game I expect @Bones to buy me a beer.
I will buy you the world babe.
I hope this happens on full time. Boks out on their feet, forces of evil deep in their own end, tap penalty, champagne rugby foiled by a magnificent cover tackle only for Cane to pull a Kronfeldesque rip and roll to score in the corner. The wind is swirling and the rain coming in 45 degree sheets. All eyes in the stadium turn to Beaudy who’s grimly determined to take the conversion. With no faffing he slots a dagger.
ABs lose by 1.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Frank said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@mariner4life said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Their starting props have been under pressure all tournament.
Is that true? By who?
The 5 minute mark.
This is championship level sledging. Bravo.
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@Bones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@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.
You guys don’t happen to work in Toronto?
