RWC Final: England v Springboks

[Toddy]

@geebee I'm sure the Boks won't sleep because of that

[NTA]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

Dick statement

[Kirwan]

@geebee said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

we beat them,i don't view them as world champs.

Pathetic and wrong.

[Billy Tell]

That is a great comeback. Proper coach proper selection and SA back at the summit.

[Cyclops]

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).

[A Former User]

I'm so sad. Better team won then.
The whole game lacked sexiness.

[Kirwan]

Quite a turnaround from 57-0 a few years ago

[NTA]

First nation to win after losing a pool game. So that hooodoo is broken.

Boks built into the tournament after that first tough loss to the ABs.

Good on them

[Disgusted of TW]

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!

[kiwiinmelb]

@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

[chimoaus]

@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.

[KiwiMurph]

Really enjoyed that.

Well done Boks!

Brilliant performance. Their defence was sensational.

Great to see the World Cup stay in the south.

[Unite]

Well done Springboks! Enjoy the win.

[NTA]

Oh fuck yes this is worth it just to watch Stu Barnes eat crow in the FoxRugby studio

[sparky]

@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.

[MadGav]

SA deserved winners, magnificent, peaked exactly when they needed to.

[MiketheSnow]

No answer.

Outmuscled, outthought, outcoached

[Damo]

@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.

[Disgusted of TW]

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.

[NTA]

@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?