RWC Final: England v Springboks
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That is a great comeback. Proper coach proper selection and SA back at the summit.
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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).
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I'm so sad. Better team won then.
The whole game lacked sexiness. -
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!
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Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem
@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem
I think having an easy quarter and possibly semi is a massive help
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I'm so sad. Better team won then.
The whole game lacked sexiness.@RLx31 said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
I'm so sad. Better team won then.
The whole game lacked sexiness.SA tries were pure old fashioned porn to me.
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@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
England and their arrogant coach celebrated beating the All Blacks like it was VE day. Hubris.
Nemesis comes in the form of the Springboks.
What a load of rubbish.
@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
England and their arrogant coach celebrated beating the All Blacks like it was VE day. Hubris.
Nemesis comes in the form of the Springboks.
What a load of rubbish.
Most of the English fans are great. I was thinking about some of the rubbish that has been in the UK media this week.
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No answer.
Outmuscled, outthought, outcoached
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@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem
I think having an easy quarter and possibly semi is a massive help
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem
I think having an easy quarter and possibly semi is a massive help
Our mistake was beating the Boks in the first game.
Oh well, thems the breaks sometimes. They were excellent tonight.
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Plus I feel less pain than I might have expected. I listened to a BBC Sounds podcast earlier in the week where they were talking about what it would mean to the SA public for Kolisi to lift the trophy, and I thought that whilst I really want an England win, I'm able to live with the Boks as champions.
