RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina
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@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Wonder if we will defend as narrow again this week? We sure as hell couldn’t do that against SA, we’d get skinned on the outside
It's quite clearly a horses-for-courses approach. I think we are sometimes overly critical of the ABs coaching set-up for no reason. They absolutely nailed the defensive gameplan v Ireland... you can defend well and concede three tries just by the nature of a game, and likewise not necessarily defend that well and only concede a couple of tries.
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@frugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Wonder if we will defend as narrow again this week? We sure as hell couldn’t do that against SA, we’d get skinned on the outside
It's quite clearly a horses-for-courses approach. I think we are sometimes overly critical of the ABs coaching set-up for no reason. They absolutely nailed the defensive gameplan v Ireland... you can defend well and concede three tries just by the nature of a game, and likewise not necessarily defend that well and only concede a couple of tries.
I agree, just curious on thoughts as to whether that tightening would be encouraged for the Argies, or if we have something else in mind. I’ve only watch one of their games at this RWC and that was the poor showing v England
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Calm down girls
This is going to be another Italy
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@MiketheSnow according to our main news channel it is...All Blacks on track for a showdown with the old enemy in the final...
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i was pretty accepting that we might have lost against ireland...and baring the obvious individuals like Sexton...i dont actually mind Ireland and France as both teams seemed to have made real improvements over the last few years....but now theyre out....and of the 4 teams remaining...us winning is the ONLY result that wont fuck me off.....i hope we smash everyone
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@Kiwiwomble France crashing our really took away my emotional fallback option.
We're the only thing standing in the way of the forces of darkness
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@mariner4life said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@Kiwiwomble France crashing our really took away my emotional fallback option.
We're the only thing standing in the way of the forces of darkness
you've summed up my feelings perfectly
like, i watched from home with cold pizza....have already started rounding up people from the club to go to the pub on sat morning
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If not ABs, then England. I know they are a completely boring team with a right bunch of tossers who go on all the time. But if SA win, then they are the undisputed greatest rwc team ever. More wins than us, done the double, and in a few less games. And I'll take boring both over Rassie the cheating twat anyday
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
i was pretty accepting that we might have lost against ireland...and baring the obvious individuals like Sexton...i dont actually mind Ireland and France as both teams seemed to have made real improvements over the last few years....but now theyre out....and of the 4 teams remaining...us winning is the ONLY result that wont fuck me off.....i hope we smash everyone
Ireland winning would have annoyed me more than any other team bar England and then it would have been equal.
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@foobaNZ said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@canefan agree. However I think he will pick Roigard lol. Justify his horses for courses call.
Well I hope he does and I think I might spend the next 4 days solidifying this view.
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@Machpants said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
If not ABs, then England. I know they are a completely boring team with a right bunch of tossers who go on all the time. But if SA win, then they are the undisputed greatest rwc team ever. More wins than us, done the double, and in a few less games. And I'll take boring both over Rassie the cheating twat anyday
I don't care about any of that shit, we have the winning record over them, they're better at lottery comps. I'd rather you piss on my leg than England win.
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@Nepia said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@Machpants said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
If not ABs, then England. I know they are a completely boring team with a right bunch of tossers who go on all the time. But if SA win, then they are the undisputed greatest rwc team ever. More wins than us, done the double, and in a few less games. And I'll take boring both over Rassie the cheating twat anyday
I don't care about any of that shit, we have the winning record over them, they're better at lottery comps. I'd rather you piss on my leg than England win.
Haha, I'm half English and lived/served there. I enjoyed the 03 win almost as much as ours - in Cyrpus with halloumi and bacon butties after live air-to-air gunnery. So, I'm more than happy for them to have a second. Every one of my English acquaintances has been great over this RWC, almost every Bok I know has been a whiny 'we're the best' and 'the ref is out to get us' git, who believes Rassie is actually not a stain on rugby's good name.
EDIT: Tho the Eng supporters are probably so bearable ATM 'cos they are really quite shit!
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@Machpants Haha, my Saffa mates have been great this RWC, well except for the English one (as in he's dual citizen) as he supports England. Aside from my English/Saffa mate I have avoided making acquaintances with the English.
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@Nepia said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@Machpants Haha, my Saffa mates have been great this RWC, well except for the English one (as in he's dual citizen) as he supports England. Aside from my English/Saffa mate I have avoided making acquaintances with the English.
My wife is one, so hard not to! Tho she calls herself Cornish and British not English - she hates the idea 'English' (with it's white supremacist skin head implications) and supports Wales more haha
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Hugely respect Courtney Lawes
But Owen Farrell - World Cup Winner makes me feel sick
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@Machpants said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@Nepia said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@Machpants Haha, my Saffa mates have been great this RWC, well except for the English one (as in he's dual citizen) as he supports England. Aside from my English/Saffa mate I have avoided making acquaintances with the English.
My wife is one, so hard not to! Tho she calls herself Cornish and British not English - she hates the English more than I do and supports Wales more haha
Oh shit you reminded me I lied, I do have an English mate, but he supports the ABs (and the Poo so he's not perfect).
The Cornish are very proud of being Cornish, I have a half Cornish friend, she's still happy to say she's English though but will say Cornish-English. Her family are a lot darker than the usual ENglish look.
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@mariner4life said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Hugely respect Courtney Lawes
But Owen Farrell - World Cup Winner makes me feel sick
Me too, he's my favourite English player, but in that vein Itoje RWC winner makes me feel sick.
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i could accept england winning over south africa...their fans were bad enough when they won last time...can you imagine doing two in a row 4 in total?
plus almost all my family live in the UK now....
....but i really hope we win
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The only way South Africa beat us in a final is if they poison us again.
