The Rugby Thread

[E17yid]

Nòooooooo

We would rather have played the AB's.

Good to see Itoje win MOM .

He was outstanding.

Doesnt matter anyway as SA will beat us tomorrow which is fine by me.

 

[Barmy_in_Palmy]

@Barmy_in_Palmy u ok mate?!

? didn’t watch the game, don’t really care about the result, it all had to end at some point. Still annoyed about the cricket if anything.

I’m probably more disappointed that Dave Rennie will be the next Australian coach instead of the All Blacks.

Also I’m going to have to put up with a few weeks of the media second guessing everything.

Hope Wales win now.

 

[SugarRay]

So,if NZ would’ve beaten by 50 points how many are you going to put on us if we get to the final? 100?

My brother, who’s a twat, says he’s buzzing as if we get to the final against England it’s 50/50 but I can’t say I’m as optimistic

Styles make fights. You don’t match up well with NZ at all. You match up much better with England. I also don’t believe for a minute England will play as well against Wales or South Africa next week, as they did today.

I don’t think it’s quite 50/50 and on paper England are stronger but how many times has that been the case in the past ( vice versa too ) and the underdog has prevailed in that fixture? Come on, only an idiot would say Wales stood a better chance in the final against New Zealand!

 

[E17yid]

I hope all of you fuckers know that if we somehow manage to pull off a win tomorrow I’m going to be mentioning the fact you’ve played a game less every day in the build up to the final.

 

[E17yid]

Styles make fights. You don’t match up well with NZ at all. You match up much better with England. I also don’t believe for a minute England will play as well against Wales or South Africa next week, as they did today.

I don’t think it’s quite 50/50 and on paper England are stronger but how many times has that been the case in the past ( vice versa too ) and the underdog has prevailed in that fixture? Come on, only an idiot would say Wales stood a better chance in the final against New Zealand!

Oh yeah we have a much better chance of beating you but I’m not a gambling man. I’ll take the loss tomorrow thanks. ?

 

[John48]

Eng played one of their best ever games under Eddie, just hope they haven't peaked too early.

 

[Japhet]

I hope all of you fuckers know that if we somehow manage to pull off a win tomorrow I’m going to be mentioning the fact you’ve played a game less every day in the build up to the final.

We'll also have had an extra day's rest which will obviously be an absolutely massive advantage.

 

[teok]

Oh yeah we have a much better chance of beating you but I’m not a gambling man. I’ll take the loss tomorrow thanks. ?

Gatland knows exactly how to beat england and has done it more often than not. SA will think they have it in the bag now as well. It makes the WC massively more interesting now.

 

[Japhet]

What an epic performance. Took NZ on at their own game and smashed them. Hansen's cunning ploy to put Barrett in the back row missed by a mile with Itoje and Lawes nicking their lineout ball. Curry and Underhill got right up in their grille and our defence was superb. I can't remember an AB team looking that rattled. Best of all, at 60 mins when NZ usually come alive and switch on the burners, we did it to them. Score should have been 30 - 0, what with Nigel losing his specs and us giving them the rugby equivalent of an own goal. Hardly any daft penalties either which is testament to the focus in the squad.

 

[Arnoldtoo]

Had to watch it on +1.

The better team won. Huge performance.

MOTM ?

MARO !

 

[teok]

Why do people always do this.

 

['O Zio]

The pundits on ITV were massively underselling SA and overstating how good Wales are IMO. The way they were going on about SA you'd think they were just a motley crew of big bastards but they've got far more strings to their bow than that. Other than the first game vs the All Blacks, SA have cruised through the tournament comfortably, while Wales have had a hard-fought victory over Australia and got extremely lucky to go through against France thanks to one of the most idiotic moments in WC history.

I'm not saying Wales are a bad team, I think it should be a good contest tomorrow, but the way Woodward and co. were talking about it was like it was a foregone conclusion that Wales would go through but personally I make SA slight favorites.

 

[E17yid]

The pundits on ITV were massively underselling SA and overstating how good Wales are IMO. The way they were going on about SA you'd think they were just a motley crew of big bastards but they've got far more strings to their bow than that. Other than the first game vs the All Blacks, SA have cruised through the tournament comfortably, while Wales have had a hard-fought victory over Australia and got extremely lucky to go through against France thanks to one of the most idiotic moments in WC history.

I'm not saying Wales are a bad team, I think it should be a good contest tomorrow, but the way Woodward and co. were talking about it was like it was a foregone conclusion that Wales would go through but personally I make SA slight favorites.

They’re always going to talk up a Wales England final.

 

[teok]

The pundits on ITV were massively underselling SA and overstating how good Wales are IMO. The way they were going on about SA you'd think they were just a motley crew of big bastards but they've got far more strings to their bow than that. Other than the first game vs the All Blacks, SA have cruised through the tournament comfortably, while Wales have had a hard-fought victory over Australia and got extremely lucky to go through against France thanks to one of the most idiotic moments in WC history.

I'm not saying Wales are a bad team, I think it should be a good contest tomorrow, but the way Woodward and co. were talking about it was like it was a foregone conclusion that Wales would go through but personally I make SA slight favorites.

I genuinely don't think woodward even watches rugby any more. He talks complete nonsense, just ignore him.

I think the welsh injuries make SA slight favourites. For me their bench is frightening. They can just bring on a whole new front/second row and batter you.

 

[E17yid]

We'll also have had an extra day's rest which will obviously be an absolutely massive advantage.

I wonder what you’d say if World Rugby moved the final back a week and made you play France next Saturday giving Wales or SA 2 weeks rest and prep for the final while you play a game in between. ?

 

[Ronwol196061]

Great performance by England tougher and up for it
Quality
NZ looked a bit washed out

 

[Japhet]

I wonder what you’d say if World Rugby moved the final back a week and made you play France next Saturday giving Wales or SA 2 weeks rest and prep for the final while you play a game in between. ?

Stop grizzling for fuck's sake.

 

[talkshowhost86]

I wonder what you’d say if World Rugby moved the final back a week and made you play France next Saturday giving Wales or SA 2 weeks rest and prep for the final while you play a game in between. ?

Like Wales did against Uruguay we'd probably just play our B-team.

 

[Japhet]

Like Wales did against Uruguay we'd probably just play our B-team.

Which we'd most likely have played anyway.

 

[E17yid]

Like Wales did against Uruguay we'd probably just play our B-team.

Maybe half and half but I’d take that. Even your bench playing is good but, most importantly, we’d have an extra week prep and rest.