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@arhs said in NZ Maori v Manu Samoa II:

Falealii and the Samoan loosies were also impressive in my view. Fomai superb throughout

The Samoan loosies were good. I think they were helped a bit by the Maori selection though. Four locks in the 23 and no specialist loose forward cover. The player they could least afford to get injured was Harmon.. so of course that's what happened

It's strange to think back 2-3 years ago when the Maori were struggling to find any locks. Now they don't know who to leave out

@stargazer said in NZ Maori v Manu Samoa:

Thanks Gazer

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@sparky said in RWC: Japan v Samoa (Pool A):

Looks like it will be cancelled too. Horrible way to go out for Scotland.

This fixture has already been played.

@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Scotland v Samoa (Pool A):

@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Scotland v Samoa (Pool A):

@African-Monkey said in RWC: Scotland v Samoa (Pool A):

Lame way for Samoa to go out of the cup, and to think I gave them a shot before the game started haha. Scotland did what they had to tonight, but on that performance, I'd back the Japanese to beat them.

@antipodean said in RWC: Scotland v Samoa (Pool A):

Samoa looked like they hadn't assembled before this week. Made Scotland look competent and dangerous!

I'd also backed Samoa to have a shot today. But they just didn't seem to pitch up.

Was that the faint hope of a Springbok nation not wanting to play Ireland in a QF?

Not really. It was more a case of making for an interesting pool.
That pool is already a shoot-out, a Samoan victory would have made it even more so.

If we get Ireland in the QF so be it. Those knock-out games are going to be tightly contested, never mind who you face.

Didn't Matu'u KO 2 people in one game in his debut season for the Canes?

@ACT-Crusader said in AB's v Samoa:

Precedent? Haha, are you kidding? You only have to look back to 05 and 93 and see a number of players that made the team that were past it, out of form or what some would say were coaches favourite.

So there will be no precedent with Savea.

Yeah, that 2005 team was shit. Full of complete no-names and has-beens.