RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks
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@broughie said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Biggest question is whether we can win the territorial game with our average kickers. Based on the last 2 games we can be more that competitive in the forwards.
Never mind win the kicking game, let's hope for parity.... We have a score to settle after the 1995 final and the Twickenham game, it's the old enemy and we know them better than anyone, along with the fact it's the swan song for Fozzie and a bunch of veteran ABs. Come on boys, let's fuck them up!
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@Dodge said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Fascinated how THEGENIUS manages his 10s this week.
I think Manie starts again. And the party line is the wet suited Pollard better, cause he is used to it, thats why he came on early.
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@rustycruiser doubt it. Faf to start as well. Excuse - he knows how to win finals 😬
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@Hooroo said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Well fuck a duck.
Well done Fozzie. You have exceeded our expectations and in four years you have got this team just right.
Win or lose, it’s a great achievement.
Fuck the naysayers
Yeah, fuck me. In fact I dare you to do that one more time!
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Would rather have been playing England.
Playing SA in the Final is all going to be about the Scrums,Line outs and probably the winning of the game will be with the boot and the battle of the Air.
The kicking and the battle of the air is my main worry where we could falter. -
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All the concerns about the Springboks scrum, the ABs handling has been superb the last two tests so if they can keep handling errors to a minimum, they should have a steady enough platform to play off.
If ever there is a time for the kicking to come right, it's next week. We have a real good shot at this. But since it has worked to date, Foster is shit and the ABs are going to get smoked. -
@Chris totally agree
Firstly on the official , it would not surprise me if Mathieu Raynal is given the final primarily because of political purposes
The long range weather forecast for Paris is not great so conditions could be very similar to what we saw this morning
My concern coming out of this morning was the impact from Springbok bench , it was out the gate especially the 2 props Ox Nche and Vincent Koch who very influentialThe question for the All Black coaches is , do we go for stronger scrummagers off the bench ..? Eg Tu’ungafasi and Laulala or do we stick with these young guns we don’t want to be in a similar position to England this morning
For me the other learnings from the game this morning was the kicking game of England especially in the last 20 minutes , it worked for the first 60 minutes but at 15-6 up they needed to kick long as opposed to high kicks ..
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@Steven-Harris said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
Mathieu Raynal i
Would probably suit the Boks and is inclined to do something radical which is a worry.
I would prefer Barnes he lets the game flow more.
Props are a question Nepo can be a penalty magnet and is not the best defender.
50/50 call for the reserves props I think.
Williams might be handy with some go forward in the last 20 minutes. -
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@Joans-Town-Jones what about if the Boks drop the ball on purpose to force the ABs to scrum 😉
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@stodders said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Joans-Town-Jones what about if the Boks drop the ball on purpose to force the ABs to scrum 😉
I'm not worried about the scrum, in the game we got smashed we had a forward red carded halfway through and lost one scrum, SA lost 2.
In the game we smashed them, we lost one a piece. Our scrum is fine versus Boks.
If the weather is crap, our poor exits and lack of kick chase will be what I am worried about. That and we get a card or 2, pretty much every game. Even when we are not under pressure
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@stodders said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:
@Joans-Town-Jones what about if the Boks drop the ball on purpose to force the ABs to scrum 😉
As I said, on our ball we're fine.
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Fuck we're talking refs
But Barnes loves a free for all at the breakdown and so do the boks
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I'm interested in the defensive pattern this week. The soak defence works so well on that northern style attack.
But I'm not sure I am happy sitting back and letting big suffer forwards roll.
I'm strangely confident the coaches have a plan though.
