Who do you think will win the Rugby World Cup 2023?
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Played golf today with a society - all English.
They all think the World Cup is between France and NZ. Think SA will fall over & nobody even talked about Ireland.
Mixed views on England but many thought out in pool stage. Nobody has them in the final. Consensus would be NZ will play their way into the tournament, SA won’t and England result vs Fiji is about where they are.
The Ireland thing still baffles me.
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@MajorRage said in Who do you think will win the Rugby World Cup 2023?:
Played golf today with a society - all English.
They all think the World Cup is between France and NZ. Think SA will fall over & nobody even talked about Ireland.
Mixed views on England but many thought out in pool stage. Nobody has them in the final. Consensus would be NZ will play their way into the tournament, SA won’t and England result vs Fiji is about where they are.
The Ireland thing still baffles me.
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The only one talking about Ireland winning the World Cup is Andy Farrell - he actually said that's what we're here for, isn't it?
I'm shocked and embarrassed.
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For the last couple of years I’ve thought France are the team but now it’s here I’m not sure anymore , just a feeling they peaked a little while back , we find out soon I guess .
If I had to pick a side now, it’s probably the boks but don’t want them to get 4 cups before us .
Ireland certainly good enough , if they get past the quarter fully capable of going all the way .
Us , who bloody knows .
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@Derm-McCrum said in Who do you think will win the Rugby World Cup 2023?:
The only one talking about Ireland winning the World Cup is Andy Farrell - he actually said that's what we're here for, isn't it?
I'm shocked and embarrassed.
You’re not fooling anyone.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Who do you think will win the Rugby World Cup 2023?:
For the last couple of years I’ve thought France are the team but now it’s here I’m not sure anymore
based on this morning, I think you are right.
Right now, it is SA or Ireland, both play a simple smart game designed to win the grind, and the latter in particular are more disiplined (or at least appear so)
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@taniwharugby Boks have the simplest game plan, the forward resources to dominate, backs to attack when it is on and most importantly, they don’t give many penalties away. Their flaws - they have a fair number of players 30+ which can take its toll. But when you can swap your pack mid game, they aren’t being overplayed. And they are missing a dead eye goal kicker. At the point end, it may cost them.
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@junior said in Who do you think will win the Rugby World Cup 2023?:
One drawback of the way the Boks play is that it is no mystery and all other contenders will have had 5 years to come up with a plan to stifle them.
Except for us maybe. We don't seem great with tactics or plan B.
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@nostrildamus our plan 'a' aint much cop either
