RWC Final: England v Springboks

[MiketheSnow]

All the English pundits are talking about is Sinckler going off.

No mention of the Boks players being subbed.

[MiketheSnow]

Fuck Kolisi's dad must have been 12 when he did the deed

[canefan]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

All the English pundits are talking about is Sinckler going off.

No mention of the Boks players being subbed.

They lost 2 inside the first 10, the others had to tough it out because any substitution strategy went out the window right then

[booboo]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@canefan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@canefan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@No-Quarter said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

No unbeaten team in the tournament is a reflection of how close it was this time around. Been a fantastic World Cup.

SA got some luck in the draw that allowed them some easier lead up knockout games (no slight, that's tournament sport). They used all of the powder they were able to keep dry tonight, and were far too good

England had a far easier ride up to the NZ match

Reinforces the idea that it's very hard to string 2 or 3 top performances together versus quality opposition

Or they read their own press and were underdone

Kinda interrelated

[booboo]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Totally unreasonable

[booboo]

@MajorRage said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@canefan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

This from Matt Dawson:

"I don't know where this has come from. It's come from the gods. Their defensive line, their line speed, their discipline, their energy, has been simply fantastic. England have no answer. An amazing performance from a Springbok team who everybody wrote off."

Only a disrespectful prick who knows bugger-all about Rugby would ever write the Boks off.

Matt Dawson wrote last Monday that England's name should be engraved in the trophy already.......

And they wonder why people dislike them ‍️

Yeah cos our media don’t do stuff like this ....

“Just give us the cup now”

Wasn't that Rattue? Doesn't count.

[geebee]

@NTA nah its true,and remind me where you are from and why you are here please?

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck Kolisi's dad must have been 12 when he did the deed

Hah! His mum was 16, dad the same age I think?

[geebee]

@Nepia seeing as you are barking orders from Australia,ill give you a quick summary of what I thought of the game. It was a shit advertisement for rugby,luckily Japs don't know the game and are easily pleased. Filled with box kicking and kicking penalties interspersed with big forwards running one out. Only time it got good was when Kolbe had his hands on the ball and that was twice in 80 mins. The springbok 13 who is usually useless had the best game ive seen him play. The scrum war where the Boks gained the majority of their points was mystifying as it seemed the Poms had the upperhand on a few occasions as well. All in all,running rugby wasn't seen tonight. Neither team knows complexity nor subtlety with ball in hand.

[junior]

@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.

As with most countries, the real rugby people are wonderful. Sadly, it’s the bandwagon jumpers, bringing their petty footballing fan culture, that ruin it for everyone. England, quite naturally given the size of their population just tend to have more than most

[Luigi]

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck

Been there. Comisserations.

My advice. Live through it. Learn from it.

I think England will be there or there abouts in France in 2023.

Serously?

[Bones]

@geebee

[sparky]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck off Dayglo.

SA had a higher purpose.

Repeat after me

OUTMUSCLED, OUTPLAYED, OUTTHOUGHT, OUTCOACHED

Lawrence D didn't exactly cover himself in glory as a pundit tonight.

[MiketheSnow]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Nepia seeing as you are barking orders from Australia,ill give you a quick summary of what I thought of the game. It was a shit advertisement for rugby,luckily Japs don't know the game and are easily pleased. Filled with box kicking and kicking penalties interspersed with big forwards running one out. Only time it got good was when Kolbe had his hands on the ball and that was twice in 80 mins. The springbok 13 who is usually useless had the best game ive seen him play. The scrum war where the Boks gained the majority of their points was mystifying as it seemed the Poms had the upperhand on a few occasions as well. All in all,running rugby wasn't seen tonight. Neither team knows complexity nor subtlety with ball in hand.

Are you the CEO of this mob?

https://www.rugbyx.com/

Do I win my fiver?

[junior]

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Eddie Jones looks devasted. What a difference a week makes.

He’s done a 2003 all over again - I honestly think that he’s gambled on winning this tournament by knocking out the ABs and then relying on talent alone to get him to that point and onwards

[sparky]

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck

Been there. Comisserations.

My advice. Live through it. Learn from it. We

I think England will be there or there abouts in France in 2023.

Serously?

England made the final despite having the toughest draw of the major teams.

Sky is the limit for guys like Itoje, Underhill, Curry, Sinkler and Ford. All excellent players. All will be there in 2023.

I'd ditch Farrell as captain and give the gig to Itoje. He's developing into an outstanding player.

[junior]

@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Helps with disappointment that a quality bloke is lifting the trophy

This.

I’ve been listing to A Captain’s Cup podcast recently and it’s become really evident that win a WC your team has to have a fundamentally outstanding and decent human being as it’s captain. I think Siya fits in well with the current group of RWC winning captains, as a leader and human

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck

Been there. Comisserations.

My advice. Live through it. Learn from it. We

I think England will be there or there abouts in France in 2023.

Serously?

England made the final despite having the toughest draw of the major teams.

Sky is the limit for guys like Itoje, Underhill, Curry, Sinkler and Ford. All excellent players. All will be there in 2023.

I'd ditch Farrell as captain and give the gig to Itoje. He's developing into an outstanding player.

Agree about the personnel.

But the draw?

Poor Tonga team
Poor USA team
14-man Argentina
Week off
Average Australia team
Excellent SF against NZ
Hammered by SA

Not exactly stellar

Compared with

NZ
Poor Namibia team
Average Italy team
Poor Canada team
Japan
Wales
England

[Luigi]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck

Been there. Comisserations.

My advice. Live through it. Learn from it. We

I think England will be there or there abouts in France in 2023.

Serously?

England made the final despite having the toughest draw of the major teams.

Sky is the limit for guys like Itoje, Underhill, Curry, Sinkler and Ford. All excellent players. All will be there in 2023.

I'd ditch Farrell as captain and give the gig to Itoje. He's developing into an outstanding player.

Agree about the personnel.

But the draw?

Poor Tonga team
Poor USA team
14-man Argentina
Week off
Average Australia team
Excellent SF against NZ
Hammered by SA

Not exactly stellar

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Four years ago we got you and Oz in the pool at a home World Cup.
That shit ain’t happening again ...

[MiketheSnow]

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Luigi said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Fuck

Been there. Comisserations.

My advice. Live through it. Learn from it. We

I think England will be there or there abouts in France in 2023.

Serously?

England made the final despite having the toughest draw of the major teams.

Sky is the limit for guys like Itoje, Underhill, Curry, Sinkler and Ford. All excellent players. All will be there in 2023.

I'd ditch Farrell as captain and give the gig to Itoje. He's developing into an outstanding player.

Agree about the personnel.

But the draw?

Poor Tonga team
Poor USA team
14-man Argentina
Week off
Average Australia team
Excellent SF against NZ
Hammered by SA

Not exactly stellar

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Four years ago we got you and Oz in the pool at a home World Cup.
That shit ain’t happening again ...

And?