[Poll] Who would you prefer to win?
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@Kirwan said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
@mikey07 said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
I was going for the Boks but watching there supporters carrying on like tossers turned me to the Poms
Hobsons choice there, all sides supporters have a decent percentage of clowns.
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@mikey07 said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
I was going for the Boks but watching there supporters carrying on like tossers turned me to the Poms
Yeah, we do have some Bok supporters that I wish would rather find another sport / country to support.
But to be fair, I genuinely don't think they are the majority.
Nor do I think the Boks have a monopoly on this sort of fan.Just depends on who you are lucky / unlucky enough to bump into.
Unlucky for you blokes, you get me, and @Smuts and @SidBarret
But I can assure you there some decent Bok fans out there
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It would be wonderful for Erasmus to pull an Eddieesque master stroke and run at England all night.
They have the personnel and the skills.
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i think i want to support the saffas cause they love rugby
then i watch the rugby they play, and i think... actually, maybe they hate rugby
then i think i want to support the poms, cause at least they occasionally pass/run
then i remember the cricket, and i see owen farrell's face, his shoulder charges and his dive from a forehead push.
then i see faf's face, and him shoving opposing halfbacks immediately after they put the ball into a scrum.it's lose/lose, there's no way around it. best case scenario is the boks winning via some shit technicality which they shouldn't be able to feel good about (but will anyway) and the poms cop some karma from the boundary countback debacle. i'm thinking a couple of controversial red cards as World Rugby try to show that they haven't given a directive to refs to fuck over the pool games then ignore the knockouts with cards, then double extra time followed by a 13 players each goal-kicking contest which the poms lose because a random gust of wind blows an english flag into the ball, knocking it off the tee as that cockhead marler lines up his game-winning shot.
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Lots of comments about Bok style of play.
Including the recently concluded 3/4 play-off game, only the AB's (36) have scored more tries than the Boks (31) at this RWC.
Next closest is Wales and England - both on 22.
(Note: Wales have played one more game and England one less than SA & NZ).And the Boks have the best defensive record in the competition by a country mile: only 5 tries conceded to date.
As a Bok fan, I'm pretty ok with all of that
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@Billy-Webb said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
@Hooroo said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
@Billy-Webb said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
@Hooroo said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
Well suddenly I am "Supporting" England as I really want @JK to get the collect and also a South African at work has bet me a bottle of red and a full Biltong 'steak' that SA wins.
I couldn't turn that down.
Nice bet to win Hooroo!
What do you give up if the Boks win?The exact same. I am actually hoping I lose the bet. There is a great South African shop in Tauranga that does amazing droerwors (sp) and biltong that isn’t too dry. I go once a week.
Glad to see Saffer haute cuisine is spreading into your part of the world
On a related note - I went to visit my sister in NZ (she has been a kiwi for a long time now) late last year and asked if she wanted me to bring any biltong etc. She informed me there are so many South African shops around, she is missing nothing. In fact, on my visit, she supplied the biltong!
We certainly have been infiltrated 😍
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Under normal circumstances I would go for South Africa over England,
But I think in this case, wanting us to be the only team to have won 3 thus far , has me leaning towards the poms .
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@Billy-Webb said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
(Note: Wales have played one more game and England one less than SA & NZ).
I think it safe to assume that we might have scored a few tries against Italy...
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@reprobate said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
i think i want to support the saffas cause they love rugby
then i watch the rugby they play, and i think... actually, maybe they hate rugby
then i think i want to support the poms, cause at least they occasionally pass/run
then i remember the cricket, and i see owen farrell's face, his shoulder charges and his dive from a forehead push.
then i see faf's face, and him shoving opposing halfbacks immediately after they put the ball into a scrum.it's lose/lose, there's no way around it. best case scenario is the boks winning via some shit technicality which they shouldn't be able to feel good about (but will anyway) and the poms cop some karma from the boundary countback debacle. i'm thinking a couple of controversial red cards as World Rugby try to show that they haven't given a directive to refs to fuck over the pool games then ignore the knockouts with cards, then double extra time followed by a 13 players each goal-kicking contest which the poms lose because a random gust of wind blows an english flag into the ball, knocking it off the tee as that cockhead marler lines up his game-winning shot.
exactly how I feel with the Poms eventually losing and blaming the French Ref and we have another massive English - French revolt
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@raznomore said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
Choosing between these teams is like choosing which arm you'd prefer to cut off or which sister you'd like to kiss.
Your options are both much easier decisions than choosing this game.
But.....pictures of Owen Farrell holding our Wiremu aloft going into the English walk bank sway the decision for me.
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I don't like any of these guys!
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I still haven't voted because I can't decide.
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Obviously I don’t expect saffas to agree.
But for the good of rugby , would it be a positive, england winning, playing an expansive game style by their standards ?
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@kiwiinmelb said in [Poll] Who would you prefer to win?:
Obviously I don’t expect saffas to agree.
But for the good of rugby , would it be a positive, england winning, playing an expansive game style by their standards ?
Well with all the money in the NH, having the world champions temporarily up there would be good for rugby.
As for the style, I’m not expecting them to go wide this time, but with Eddie who knows.
