RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool B)
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@antipodean said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:I think we're all better off having a laugh and moving on. I'm not going to brush a whole country with the idiot brush based on internet comments and videos from 0.0001% of their population.
That even extends to Australians despite the existence of GAGR.
You are so magnanimous when we win
I love a good stereotype
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@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:@antipodean said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:I think we're all better off having a laugh and moving on. I'm not going to brush a whole country with the idiot brush based on internet comments and videos from 0.0001% of their population.
That even extends to Australians despite the existence of GAGR.
You are so magnanimous when we win
I love a good stereotype
I'm a great bloke. Modest too.
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@mofitzy_ said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:Gets tiring when they comment everywhere including official AB, RWC, and WR pages though. Even if it's a vocal minority, they are really vocal.
The quiet Australians aren’t doing it.
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@antipodean said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:I think we're all better off having a laugh and moving on. I'm not going to brush a whole country with the idiot brush based on internet comments and videos from 0.0001% of their population.
That even extends to Australians despite the existence of GAGR.
I will though. Can I huh? Can I? Can I?
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Finally watched it. I'm less confident now than when I actually only knew the result. I actually think the South Africans have been the better side. I think their forwards beat us, and they created more on attack. We had 7 good minutes and fuck all else.
Great tries though, both rippers created from fuck all. But for the rest of the game the ABs couldn't do much against that outside in defense.
The South Africans should take the lesson that they look better with a bit of width on the game, and feed their outsides.
I need to say, for all I call the Irish boring, 33 minutes of the first half was turgid trench warfare rugby of the worst kind. The opening of the 2nd half where the saffers cut us up was the best bit of the whole game.
Still, the ability to settle and kill the game was a pretty good positive.
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@mariner4life We had to withstand the Saffas initial assault, they tried everything and rarely found a way through. They made so little headway, and their primary strike weapon was the box kick. We toiled away, trying to break through their line and admittedly some of it looked crazy and unstructured, but we lit them up for about the final ten minutes and Bridge finished a brilliant move. After subs at half time (including the ridiculous Sam Cane incident) we lost impetus, but when it looked like SA could pull past us we shut them out. That 10 point margin flattered them IMHO, if you take into account the dead cert YC that wasn't given when we were metres from the try line and the PSDT intercept from an offside position; we should have been up at least another 7 to 10 points or more. We were far from perfect (and don't need or want to be at this stage) but struck a body blow and psychological hit to one of our biggest threats in the tourney. Job well done I say
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@zephyr said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:@Tim Here are all Canon's short RWC action clips, stitched together to give on-field & aerial viewing angles. choose the res. https://global.canon/en/event/rwc2019/special/viewpoint.html
Interesting watching the S Barret try, the SA 10 put on a great hit against the chasing bok, who may have caught Barret, probably not, but still a great assist. Didn't see any arms in it, should have been a YC.
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Inclined to agree with both of you.
Although all of this "See you in the final" stuff is rather silly. If things go as they are scheduled to, we first have to get past Scotland (funnier things have happened in World Cups) & then we'll have to beat an Eddie Jones coached England in the semi. That man is a world cup mastermind, and that game will be almost impossible to call.
SA are due to face the Irish in the QF. At this point in time ,I'd say the chances of an SA NZ final are < 10%.
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@MajorRage
England? Could just as easily be France (or possibly even Argentina?)Agree with the post sentiment though.
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@mofitzy_ said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:@MajorRage
England? Could just as easily be France (or possibly even Argentina?)Agree with the post sentiment though.
I’m lay down Misere England will be in that SF.
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@MajorRage said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:Inclined to agree with both of you.
Although all of this "See you in the final" stuff is rather silly. If things go as they are scheduled to, we first have to get past Scotland (funnier things have happened in World Cups) & then we'll have to beat an Eddie Jones coached England in the semi. That man is a world cup mastermind, and that game will be almost impossible to call.
SA are due to face the Irish in the QF. At this point in time ,I'd say the chances of an SA NZ final are < 10%.
We are not losing to Scotland. They were diabolical vs Ireland. Just as they have been awful all year. Scotland will do well just to get into a quarter final.
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@MajorRage firstly, my fellow Jarpie fans need to quit the bloody whinging. As I’ve said before, good teams embrace and overcome the vagaries of the weather, bounce of the odd shaped ball and French refs.
Secondly, the boks didn’t stress areas where there was lots of space and they have the upper hand. I was losing it because we didn’t drive round the ruck or run off nine or Pollard’s shoulder.
Third, the biggest difference between the sides was the loosies. Ardie and Cane and to a lesser extent, Read, simply outplayed their opposites. I haven’t managed to watch the footage but live I hardly noticed Kolisi.
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@Smuts said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:@MajorRage firstly, my fellow Jarpie fans need to quit the bloody whinging. As I’ve said before, good teams embrace and overcome the vagaries of the weather, bounce of the odd shaped ball and French refs.
Secondly, the boks didn’t stress areas where there was lots of space and they have the upper hand. I was losing it because we didn’t drive round the ruck or run off nine or Pollard’s shoulder.
Third, the biggest difference between the sides was the loosies. Ardie and Cane and to a lesser extent, Read, simply outplayed their opposites. I haven’t managed to watch the footage but live I hardly noticed Kolisi.
So...fine, dry particles, devoid of moisture?
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@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool
:Finally watched it. I'm less confident now than when I actually only knew the result. I actually think the South Africans have been the better side. I think their forwards beat us, and they created more on attack. We had 7 good minutes and fuck all else.
Great tries though, both rippers created from fuck all. But for the rest of the game the ABs couldn't do much against that outside in defense.
The South Africans should take the lesson that they look better with a bit of width on the game, and feed their outsides.
I need to say, for all I call the Irish boring, 33 minutes of the first half was turgid trench warfare rugby of the worst kind. The opening of the 2nd half where the saffers cut us up was the best bit of the whole game.
Still, the ability to settle and kill the game was a pretty good positive.
I think that game means little should we play them again, its a new game, anything can happen
