RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @Billy-Tell there's going to be 8 or 9 days between the Uruguay game and the quarter. If we beat Italy roll the top team out again vs Uruguay. Max for one half though. Don’t need a Dupont like injury while well ahead 
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Is that the best pool match of all time? Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents 
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: Is that the best pool match of all time? Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents World number 1 Vs no 2. Yeah never happened before and hopefully won't happen again 
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: Is that the best pool match of all time? Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents All Blacks England in 1991. 
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@Smuts said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: Helluva match by Ireland. They could’ve won by far more if their lineouts hadn’t been total gash. Books would've won if they had a kicker and a spare hooker. At least you'll have one of those missing pieces for the rest of the tournament 
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Assuming we meet Ireland in the quarter, both sides have a monkey to shake: Ireland their quarter hoodoo and us with Ireland having the better of us the past handful of encounters 
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: Is that the best pool match of all time? Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents Rivals include: 
 South Africa v Aussie '95
 NZ v England '91 and '99
 NZ v SA '19
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@stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game. 
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@taniwharugby sounds like the exact same scenario as 2019  
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The Kiwi Irish are stars in green. 
 Why have we struggled?
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@BerniesCorner not enough Irish Kiwis? 
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@BerniesCorner said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: The Kiwi Irish are stars in green. 
 Why have we struggled?Our coach is an absolute muppet. Super Rugby no longer prepares players terribly well for Test match footy. 
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: Is that the best pool match of all time? Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents World number 1 Vs no 2. Yeah never happened before and hopefully won't happen again Apart from that other time in 2019. 
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@MN5 said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game. Ireland have a week off,The Scotland game is not until 8th Oct, They have plenty of time to recover. 
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@Chris said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @MN5 said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland: @akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game. Ireland have a week off,The Scotland game is not until 8th Oct, They have plenty of time to recover. Don’t ruin my optimism 
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@BerniesCorner Coaching is clearly part of it. Ireland are an exceptionally well-drilled team, cohesive, disciplined, strategically smart and all on the same page. All the things the ABs aren’t, in other words. 











