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  • BonesB Online
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    England, NZ, Wales, Japan...

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  • SnowyS Offline
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    @Billy-Webb said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    So largely going with the bookies except Aussie to beat England.

    Whom has Jerome bet on - I'm picking them.

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    Surprised at all the people picking Japan, this SA side has been just barely behind us for a while and better at times.

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    @mofitzy_ I think people are doing it emotionally rather than logically.

    Not sure the wave of support will carry Japan past SA, but I guess the thing is, write them off at your peril (see Ireland in pool play)

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    I'll be very happy if Japan wins - home team, entertaining style, seem like nice guys, underdogs, a few kiwis in the team and box etc. I just don't see SA holding anything back and at their best they are a few steps above Japan.

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    @booboo said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    Am on secondment at the local Water Authority.

    Executive Manager in the area I'm working is a big rugby fan. Know him a bit through rugby.

    Anyway comes a loud exclamation from his office this arvo.

    " ... expletive ... Garces! And two bloody French touchies! .. "

    Me and Saffa bloke at the next desk advise him he's got Skeenie as well.

    Seems he got a text from his Kiwi wife who informed him.

    Apparently she followed up with: " it gets better ... we got Nigel ... "

    🙂 🙂

    That is gold, being trolled by your Kiwi wife, love it.

    Went for England/NZ/France/SA.

    I think Wales are looking tired and frankly, not that convincing. Add to that the fact that France are always due one cracking match every RWC and I'm picking it's this one.

    To be honest, France look like the sleepers right now. They cruised through the pool rounds under the radar and with the reported player unrest, sounds suspiciously like another RWC, does it not?

    As for Japan, in the game against the Jocks, they looked so tired in that second half. They have had 2 very tough matches and with their high velocity style of play, I'm thinking that this will just be a match to far for them. The Saffies to grind them down but I would love to see an upset as like most people, Japan are now my second favourite team!

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    @mofitzy_ said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    Surprised at all the people picking Japan, this SA side has been just barely behind us for a while and better at times.

    Yes and there is no element of surprise this time

    One of the advantages Japan is meant to have is fitness/the ability to run a team off the park. The last match against Scotland makes me question if that is true

    Japan had 74% possession and 75% territory in that first half. Scotland had to work extremely hard but they did not gas in the second half.
    If anything Japan seemed to be the side just hanging on.

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    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

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    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

    I'm not one of the Wellingtonites on here so feel free to take shots at the Hutt Valley.

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    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

    I'm not one of the Wellingtonites on here so feel free to take shots at the Hutt Valley.

    Yeah nah. When you say "over here" you take the whole country. Own your bogans if you're going that way.

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    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

    I'm not one of the Wellingtonites on here so feel free to take shots at the Hutt Valley.

    Yeah nah. When you say "over here" you take the whole country. Own your bogans if you're going that way.

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    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

    I'm not one of the Wellingtonites on here so feel free to take shots at the Hutt Valley.

    Yeah nah. When you say "over here" you take the whole country. Own your bogans if you're going that way.

    I said you're free to take shots at the Hutt Valley, what more do you want?

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  • Chris B.C Online
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    @Duluth said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @mofitzy_ said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    Surprised at all the people picking Japan, this SA side has been just barely behind us for a while and better at times.

    Yes and there is no element of surprise this time

    One of the advantages Japan is meant to have is fitness/the ability to run a team off the park. The last match against Scotland makes me question if that is true

    Japan had 74% possession and 75% territory in that first half. Scotland had to work extremely hard but they did not gas in the second half.
    If anything Japan seemed to be the side just hanging on.

    Yeah - if I were Rassie, the main thing that would worry me would be the prospect of a hot and humid evening - and that's probably less of a concern for SA compared with Ireland.

    https://www.yr.no/place/Japan/Tokyo/Tokyo/long.html

    South Africa by at least 20 for me.

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    @mofitzy_ said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    Surprised at all the people picking Japan, this SA side has been just barely behind us for a while and better at times.

    And Ireland?

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    @No-Quarter said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @MiketheSnow said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @No-Quarter said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    Went with my heart - Australia/NZ/Wales/Japan

    With my head - England/Ireland/Wales or France, doesn't matter 😉/Japan

    All NH SF 😂😂😂

    As the Sunwolves play Super rugby, and Japan's coaches are Kiwis, we'll claim Japan as an honorary Southern Hemisphere team.

    Oh no you won't 😉

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @NTA said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Nepia said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    My Aussie mate text me during the haka of the first match at the RWC and was remarking how hot that guy leading the haka was, I assumed she was talking about TJ, but nope she meant Read. Aussie bogan chicks are weird (there I go with the superfluous word bogan again, but then again I guess possums are protected species over here.

    Oh right. You're making that statement in light of Hutt Valley existing. Good luck.

    I'm not one of the Wellingtonites on here so feel free to take shots at the Hutt Valley.

    Yeah nah. When you say "over here" you take the whole country. Own your bogans if you're going that way.

    I said you're free to take shots at the Hutt Valley, what more do you want?

    Us from the Upper area of the Hutt at least embrace our awesomeness with such establishments as

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    @Crucial Probably not helping the cause there.

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    @Snowy said in [Poll] Who wins the Quarter Finals?:

    @Crucial Probably not helping the cause there.

    Jealousy eh?

    It's not everywhere that can convert an abandoned tyre factory into a brewery that does brisket burgers...

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    I can guarantee that no one smells the beer and I'm pretty sure you can't enter without a black t-shirt on.

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    @Crucial just around the corner from where this year's best AB went to school is it?

    He's also embracing it.

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    @Bones

    Ardie went to St Pats Town didn’t he? Def. not from the Upper class of the Hutt.
    He does look like he is modelling for a Panhead can design though.

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