RWC Final: England v Springboks

[Victor Meldrew]

Wonder if all the long-lost English friends who called me last Saturday to ask if I saw the game are waiting by the phone...

[Toddy]

Has Will_G popped in yet.

[sparky]

South Africa's name engraved on the cup.

[NTA]

@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Biggest final win?

Think us against Frogs 35-12 in 99?

But that is under threat

[kiwiinmelb]

Before the wc , I thought it was between us and the boks except I thought it would be the team that won the pool

[chimoaus]

Well done Rassie and the Boks, showed us all how it’s done. You start up front and win that battle first.

[Kirwan]

@Toddy said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Has Will_G popped in yet.

He wasn’t a dick when he did, let’s not be dicks for someone else’s win.

[No Quarter]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Before the wc , I thought it was between us and the boks except I thought it would be the team that won the pool

Ireland really threw a spanner in the works for us there

[geebee]

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

[sparky]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

Rubbish. They won the games that counted. Worth world champions.

[Kirwan]

Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem

[Toddy]

@geebee I'm sure the Boks won't sleep because of that

[NTA]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

Dick statement

[Kirwan]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

Pathetic and wrong.

[Billy Tell]

That is a great comeback. Proper coach proper selection and SA back at the summit.

[Cyclops]

First time we've had a RWC champion that lost a pool game. Not that that's relevant, but doubtless to pop up in pub quizzes and the like.

I guess we can put that into the moral victory cabinet though (along with the 2010 soccer world cup, only unbeaten team trophy).

[A Former User]

I'm so sad. Better team won then.
The whole game lacked sexiness.

[Kirwan]

Quite a turnaround from 57-0 a few years ago

[NTA]

First nation to win after losing a pool game. So that hooodoo is broken.

Boks built into the tournament after that first tough loss to the ABs.

Good on them

[Disgusted of TW]

Boks fully deserve this on the day. Clear simple plan, well executed, awesome defense and dominant scrummaging. Coupled with some bad luck (subjective view) and a few poor performances (objective view) for England, it was a comprehensive victory. Well done Boks!