RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool B)
-
Barnes' said after "losing their way" under previous coach Pieter de Villiers, the Boks have found their mojo with Rassie Erasmus
Barnes is obviously an idiot.
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
Barnes' said after "losing their way" under previous coach Pieter de Villiers, the Boks have found their mojo with Rassie Erasmus
Barnes is obviously an idiot.
True. I'm not sure of the words for Mr De Villiers but I'm probably not allowed to say "pot calling kettle black".
-
Barnes' said after "losing their way" under previous coach Pieter de Villiers, the Boks have found their mojo with Rassie Erasmus
Barnes is obviously an idiot.
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
Barnes' said after "losing their way" under previous coach Pieter de Villiers, the Boks have found their mojo with Rassie Erasmus
Barnes is obviously an idiot.
Agreed.
I am not a de Villiers fan, but to be fair to his tenure, the Boks actually did ok - mainly because he was wise enough to leave the coaching to the senior players.
The slide started post de Villiers. It's only now under Rassie that some semblance of "finding their way"seems to be coming back. -
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWC
Nah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
Oh f#ck.
Aura, Aura wherefore art thou?@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWCNah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
Oh f#ck.
Aura, Aura wherefore art thou?Meh.
Aura was recently spotted in Tokyo having sushi... with Secret Pact.
Insiders report a bit of a romance blossoming...On a more serious note - anyone who even remotely discounts the All Blacks is going to end up with egg(roll) on their face.
-
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWCNah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
Nah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
When have we ever paid any attention to UK rugby scribes here on the Fern?
-
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
Nah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
When have we ever paid any attention to UK rugby scribes here on the Fern?
@Billy-Webb all the time, if only to ridicule them
-
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWCNah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
Oh f#ck.
Aura, Aura wherefore art thou?Meh.
Aura was recently spotted in Tokyo having sushi... with Secret Pact.
Insiders report a bit of a romance blossoming...On a more serious note - anyone who even remotely discounts the All Blacks is going to end up with egg(roll) on their face.
-
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
Egg roll is more a american chinese thing. Chawanmushi perhaps?
-
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
Egg roll is more a american chinese thing. Chawanmushi perhaps?
@canefan said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
Egg roll is more a american chinese thing. Chawanmushi perhaps?
Tamago no?
-
@canefan said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
Egg roll is more a american chinese thing. Chawanmushi perhaps?
Tamago no?
@MiketheSnow said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@canefan said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb Why egg roll?
Egg roll is more a american chinese thing. Chawanmushi perhaps?
Tamago no?
Yup, Tamago was what I was going for
-
I've got a pretty strong feeling there will be no dual playmakers for this one in the starting XV. Barrett at 10 and Smith at 15.
@rotated said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I've got a pretty strong feeling there will be no dual playmakers for this one in the starting XV. Barrett at 10 and Smith at 15.
Yeah, I actually think the dual play-maker thing is more likely to be something we pull out at the 50-minute mark in all the big games. The question then becomes, who plays in the back three? I'm not sure what they'll do for this game - I suspect it will be the same combo they played against Tonga - but I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
-
@rotated said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I've got a pretty strong feeling there will be no dual playmakers for this one in the starting XV. Barrett at 10 and Smith at 15.
Yeah, I actually think the dual play-maker thing is more likely to be something we pull out at the 50-minute mark in all the big games. The question then becomes, who plays in the back three? I'm not sure what they'll do for this game - I suspect it will be the same combo they played against Tonga - but I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ... -
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ...@nzzp said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ...Or better yet 10 man rugby for Richie to slot over drop goals....
-
@nzzp said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ...Or better yet 10 man rugby for Richie to slot over drop goals....
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
Richie to slot over drop goals....
I really do hope that is in the plans somewhere - if needed.
-
@nzzp said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ...Or better yet 10 man rugby for Richie to slot over drop goals....
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@nzzp said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@junior said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
I reckon there's an outside change we might see Rieko, Jordie and Bender in the back three in one of the "big" games during this tournament.
How funny would it be if our super secret powder dry game plan was to grind in the forwards to win penalties and then have Jordie slotting them from 55 m out with an aim to score 15 points
The meltdown would be something to behold ...Or better yet 10 man rugby for Richie to slot over drop goals....
1999 Jannie just came back into fashion
-
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Gunner said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
1st time these teams have met in a RWC group match.
Really? I could have sworn we’ve had them in our pool once before...
Played them in 95 Final, 03 QF, 15 QF
15 SF. Being pedantic.
@Billy-Tell said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Gunner said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
1st time these teams have met in a RWC group match.
Really? I could have sworn we’ve had them in our pool once before...
Played them in 95 Final, 03 QF, 15 QF
15 SF. Being pedantic.
99 3rd place playoff being truly pedantic
-
@Gunner said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
1st time these teams have met in a RWC group match.
Really? I could have sworn we’ve had them in our pool once before...
Played them in 95 Final, 03 QF, 15 QF
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Gunner said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
1st time these teams have met in a RWC group match.
Really? I could have sworn we’ve had them in our pool once before...
Played them in 95 Final, 03 QF, 15 QF 99 Bronze.
-
@taniwharugby said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy or they'll spanner us all and throw SBW/Crotty into the mid-field.
Quite likely - they do talk up experience a lot.
So we then need two mid fielders on the bench.
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@taniwharugby said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy or they'll spanner us all and throw SBW/Crotty into the mid-field.
Quite likely - they do talk up experience a lot.
So we then need two mid fielders on the bench.
The thing is, Crotty isn't that much more experienced that ALB.
OK, Crotty's been around a bit longer, but ALB has played almost as many tests (38 caps vs 45), and while Crotty has a lot more Super Rugby games, it's not like someone gets that much better after the first 70-odd.
The only reason I'd start Crotty is because if he breaks as a starter he can be replaced. Whereas if he breaks as a replacement then we are in a bit of poo.
-
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@taniwharugby said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy or they'll spanner us all and throw SBW/Crotty into the mid-field.
Quite likely - they do talk up experience a lot.
So we then need two mid fielders on the bench.
The thing is, Crotty isn't that much more experienced that ALB.
OK, Crotty's been around a bit longer, but ALB has played almost as many tests (38 caps vs 45), and while Crotty has a lot more Super Rugby games, it's not like someone gets that much better after the first 70-odd.
The only reason I'd start Crotty is because if he breaks as a starter he can be replaced. Whereas if he breaks as a replacement then we are in a bit of poo.
@Chester-Draws said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
The only reason I'd start Crotty is because if he breaks as a starter he can be replaced. Whereas if he breaks as a replacement then we are in a bit of poo.
that has often been talked about as the way to do things when a player was coming back from injury or wasnt 100%, you start them, then you control thier gametime, whereas you have them on the bench, and the guy they are to replace injures themselves in minute 3....
-
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWCNah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
@Machpants said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Billy-Webb said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Snowy said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
99th time the All Blacks will have play the Old Foe.
That's pretty cool.
So possible for the 100th on the biggest stage.
That, my friend, would be a storyline from Boys-own.
Which, if the case, and given that they will be the underdogs, of course means the Boks win the RWCNah Buff Boks are def favourites
A Sunday Times rugby panel at a London World Cup gathering saw three of the four pundits opting for the Boks to win their third World Cup.
They look like they are on an interesting training program
-
@booboo said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@Gunner said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
@sparky said in RWC All Blacks v South Africa:
1st time these teams have met in a RWC group match.
Really? I could have sworn we’ve had them in our pool once before...
Played them in 95 Final, 03 QF, 15 QF 99 Bronze.
