Mark Connolly Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank f**k for that. Bye Warren. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank f**k for that. South Africa's bench won that for them. They were totally dominant in the scrum from the moment they changed the front row, and Snyman made them more solid when he came on too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) Going have to up their game if they are gonna have a chance against England Edited October 27, 2019 by Bohemian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-coo-shed Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 England's final to lose. That was brutal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Faf's kick to touch there was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.He had some appalling kicks today, but God knows where he managed to find that angle given he was only a couple of metres in from the touchline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 If SA play like that in the final I can only see a convincing England victory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 England's title to lose now. Surely the Boks are too one dimensional to be World Champs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I think SA were dragged down by Wales' tediously conservative game, as many teams are. That wasn't necessarily a reflection of how they'll play England. IMO it's a 50-50 game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: 12 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Scotland 86-0 Serbia earlier. Tonga 14-6 Great Britain in Hamilton (NZ) to - rather embarrassingly - commence first 'Lions' campaign since 2007. Seemed strange that they would play a match in New Zealand at the same time the Union boys had a WC semi-final? The test next week is on in the afternoon with the Rugby Union WC Final in the evening their time which makes some sense, but why was this game played at night in front of a small crowd and presumably a small TV audience? Agreed... tbf watching BBC highlights crowd looks mainly ex-pat Tongans (hymns et al) - maybe few NZ locals would've come anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Agreed... tbf watching BBC highlights crowd looks mainly ex-pat Tongans (hymns et al) - maybe few NZ locals would've come anyway.To be fair Gatland’s Wales team is a fantastic advert for watching Rugby League instead, or for that matter watching Ice hockey, Golf, bog snorkelling or Tiddlywinks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Greece v Scotland this Friday is being held in White Hart Lane... not that one... aka New River Stadium in London. Serbia were late replacements for Russia so the Greeks (no doubt mainly Australian ex-pats) should be better, but shouldn't trouble Scotland - and anyway avoiding bottom means qualification for RLWC 2021 in England. Other automatic qualifiers (QFs in 2017) were Australia, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Lebanon. France and Wales had also qualified by finishing top 2 in last year's European Championship. Europe's final 4 places will go to 2 of Ireland/Italy/Spain (the Irish won 42-8 in Madrid yesterday) and 2 of Greece/Scotland/Serbia. Rather embarrassingly for the organisers Jamaica topped American qualifying ahead of USA/Canada/Chile. Remaining place goes to winner of repechage final USA v Cook Islands (who smashed South Africa in repechage SF). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 4 hours ago, come on shire said: Two similar teams not able to use their running game especially with Cheslin Kolbe and Liam Williams injured. However they're both having an arm wrestle as a Plan B. I wish Scotland could do that. Thomas Francis and George North's WC are over and could probs miss tge 1st couple of rounds of Europe maybe? Looked sore ones. Also, does anyone care to offer an explanation? Just before h/t Glasgow were 6-0 down but they get a penalty. Instead of kicking up the park for a line out to try to get points on the board before h/t Nick Frisby just taps and kicks the ball out for h/t to begin. Why would he have done that? Odd. I thought it was a decent decision at the time given how badly things were going. Get back to the dressing room and sort things out. Unfortunately Rennie sent Thomson back out in the second half to kill the game in 7 farcical minutes. I find it strange that Bradbury who played 3 RWC games can come back in for Edinburgh as well as Pyrgos and Kinghorn but Glasgow couldn't bring back Hastings, either Horne or Turner. Everything at Scotstoun seems half arsed at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Just a few things now we know the finalists. This morning was the 11th time Garces has reffed SA. It was only SA's second win in those games. If South Africa win next week, they will become the first team to win the RWC in 3 different continents. If England win, they will join Australia as having won it twice without either of the wins in their home continent. England will have done it in 2 different continents, while OZ won both theirs in Europe (both at Twickenham). In the professional era, South Africa have only faced the British and Irish Lions as the World Champions. The Lions next tour SA in 2021. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Just a few things now we know the finalists. This morning was the 11th time Garces has reffed SA. It was only SA's second win in those games. If South Africa win next week, they will become the first team to win the RWC in 3 different continents. If England win, they will join Australia as having won it twice without either of the wins in their home continent. England will have done it in 2 different continents, while OZ won both theirs in Europe (both at Twickenham). In the professional era, South Africa have only faced the British and Irish Lions as the World Champions. The Lions next tour SA in 2021.They have also never lost a World Cup final.So who does every one think will ref the final?My guess is Oweneas ref with one of the French refs and Kubo(only Japanese official named) and Skeen (only non English or SA TMO) as TMO.Barnes will get the 3d/4th play off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Wales beating England in a World Cup Final would be utterly beautiful.It really wouldn't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Brillianthttps://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50205293 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Brillianthttps://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/50205293Don't like siding with Eddie but that is a cracking put down.Andy Nicol did make the point on the radio on Saturday that nobody remembers how well Australia played against the All Blacks in the 2003 semi because they went on to lose the final. The same would happen to England if they don't follow up Saturday's performance with a win in the final.Will be interesting to see how SA line up, it was the extra power they got from the introduction of their subs that won them the match on Sunday. Do they start with some of those guys or look for them to make the same impact off the bench? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Don't like siding with Eddie but that is a cracking put down.Andy Nicol did make the point on the radio on Saturday that nobody remembers how well Australia played against the All Blacks in the 2003 semi because they went on to lose the final. The same would happen to England if they don't follow up Saturday's performance with a win in the final.Will be interesting to see how SA line up, it was the extra power they got from the introduction of their subs that won them the match on Sunday. Do they start with some of those guys or look for them to make the same impact off the bench?Endorse everything you say there, but the sheers mention of Andy Nicol fills me with rage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 refs for the final and 3rd/4th play off have been named New Zealand v Wales Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 1 Nov 2019 6.00pm Referee Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant 1 Jaco Peyper (South Africa) Assistant 2 Pascal Gauzere (France) TMO Marius Jonker (South Africa) England v South Africa International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 2 Nov 2019 6.00pm Referee Jérôme Garcès (France) Assistant 1 Romain Poite (France) Assistant 2 Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) TMO Ben Skeen (New Zealand) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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