Aura watch

[MajorPom]

British journo's whinging about ref treating us differently, writing comment columns about us ...

we must be decent again!

[Tim]

@MajorRage Chippy Irish scum will be wailing about forward passes constantly again.

[sparky]

Sadly she didn’t make an appearance tonight.

[canefan]

@sparky said in Aura watch:

Sadly she didn’t make an appearance tonight.

I disagree. There were brief flashes. She's a sleeping giant right now. I'm hoping Razor can properly wake her up

[MajorPom]

All jokes aside, when it comes to world cups, the Springboks rightly have a claim on the aura.

[dogmeat]

@MajorRage without meaning to sound churlish I think the Boks have Lady Luck in their pocket rather than aura.

Not their fault but
1995 - France semi AB's sickness
2007 - Didn't face decent opposition all tournament. The closest they got was a poor England in pool play and again in the Final
2023 - Fair play France, England, NZ in the knockout is some run, but they did enjoy more than their fair share of luck.

[MajorPom]

@dogmeat I think you sound Churlish honestly ...

Played 8, won 4. Thats a phenomenal return.

[OomPB]

@MajorRage

Boks WC achievements

1. The most WC's
2. 50% success rate.
3. Boks never lost a WC final
4. Only Boks and All Blacks could defend the title
5. Only Boks could lose a pool match and win the title.
6. Its the first time that a team played against the top 6 ranks team in one tournament.
7. All Blacks only lost to the Boks in finals.

[Victor Meldrew]

@canefan said in Aura watch:

@sparky said in Aura watch:

Sadly she didn’t make an appearance tonight.

I disagree. There were brief flashes. She's a sleeping giant right now. I'm hoping Razor can properly wake her up

Here's hoping he can finish uncovering Aura, out-do Foster and win the 2027 RWC .

[dogmeat]

@MajorRage It is a phenomenal return, but I still contend luck (as always) had a lot to do with it.

and I agree it does sound churlish which I'm not meaning to. I haven't even gone near the match thread for that very reason.

[pakman]

@dogmeat said in Aura watch:

@MajorRage without meaning to sound churlish I think the Boks have Lady Luck in their pocket rather than aura.

Not their fault but
1995 - France semi AB's sickness
2007 - Didn't face decent opposition all tournament. The closest they got was a poor England in pool play and again in the Final
2023 - Fair play France, England, NZ in the knockout is some run, but they did enjoy more than their fair share of luck.

Boks weren't best team in 1995, 2007 nor 2023. They were in 2019. That said, not their fault fate has delivered them four wins.

[pakman]

@canefan said in Aura watch:

@sparky said in Aura watch:

Sadly she didn’t make an appearance tonight.

I disagree. There were brief flashes. She's a sleeping giant right now. I'm hoping Razor can properly wake her up

Aura/belief is why ABs were only one point behind having played 59 minutes with 14 men.

[canefan]

@pakman said in Aura watch:

@canefan said in Aura watch:

@sparky said in Aura watch:

Sadly she didn’t make an appearance tonight.

I disagree. There were brief flashes. She's a sleeping giant right now. I'm hoping Razor can properly wake her up

Aura/belief is why ABs were only one point behind having played 59 minutes with 14 men.

It was a superhuman effort

[Nepia]

Boks RWC record is great, but nothing has changed from back in 07 when they had two wins to our one - I'd still rather our head to head with them.

[canefan]

But the superior RWC would be nice too....

[OomPB]

Springboks arrival in South Africa

[Bones]

@Nepia said in Aura watch:

Boks RWC record is great, but nothing has changed from back in 07 when they had two wins to our one - I'd still rather our head to head with them.

Pffft even Australia had two wins to our one back then.

[nzzp]

oh yeah

[Machpants]

Aka chokers

[Victor Meldrew]

@nzzp