RWC Final: England v Springboks
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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.
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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.But... there were heaps of scrums?
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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.
@Disgusted-of-TW yeah I can understand that. Commiserations
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@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.
@Damo said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
@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.
If you think that was your mistake you've learned nothing from your SF loss
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@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.
@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:
@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.
The booing at the ground was shite
