RWC SF: England v Springboks

MajorPom

Kudos to SA. Really have the players and tactic for the big ones.

We should spend all week moaning about the water carriers.

Damo

Scrum decisions were the difference in the end. I'd like to see the last one again from a good angle.

Bovidae

@sparky said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

Sinkler and Vunipola should have been no where near the squad, let alone the 23. They are low below Test standard these days. Nostalgia picks that bit England in the arse.

Although the two old props were much better than their replacements, and the game changed after that. Vunipola was shit.

Dodge

@Damo said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

Scrum decisions were the difference in the end. I'd like to see the last one again from a good angle.

To be fair, from above it looked like SA turned in first, from BOK’s view it looked like genge followed him and lifted him - probably would have given the same even if it may not have been right.

BerniesCorner

@kev said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@Darren said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

The scoreboard is keeping things interesting, and if I had a team in this I'd be on the edge of my seat.
But from a neutral point of view, it is about everything that is wrong with rugby in one game.

Rugby like it or not is competing for the peoples time re entertainment. That was everything that is wrong with rugby. Teams that don’t want to play with the ball. Endless kicking. Close and tense but just a shit game.

Sorry you just don't get it

mencey

@chimoaus said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@mencey said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

Ref need shooting. That last penalty was a joke.

If Farrell had kept his mouth shut that call would not have mattered, just saying.

Very true

W32

@Dodge is that you Owen?

mencey

Coach looks fucked.

Stag

Wayne Barnes will be the only happy Englishman on the planet right now…

Dodge

So much better than I expected us to be, they gave me hope and it hurts now but I’m proud of how they muscled up and turned up. Right now feel hard done by but we had plenty of opportunities not to shoot ourselves in the foot.

Congrats to SA, they find a way. They’ll be hard to beat but they didn’t look the monster pack they have done and I think NZ have at least a 50:50 chance

game_film

Love me some Brer O’Keefe and feel really sorry for him that he’s never going to ref a RWC final.

mencey

AB's by 10. Go Fozzie and the boys. LOL

Bones

Great, emotional interview from Farrell. Wasn't expecting that.

Bones

England bottled that though. I was cheering a bit too hard for them in the end.

kev

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@kev said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@Darren said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

The scoreboard is keeping things interesting, and if I had a team in this I'd be on the edge of my seat.
But from a neutral point of view, it is about everything that is wrong with rugby in one game.

Rugby like it or not is competing for the peoples time re entertainment. That was everything that is wrong with rugby. Teams that don’t want to play with the ball. Endless kicking. Close and tense but just a shit game.

Sorry you just don't get it

I get close rugby. As entertainment this game gave very little opportunity for the players to show a wide range of skills. What I want to see is players running with the ball in hand. I think most people would.

Bones

I spoke too soon "had all sorts, had cards thrown at us". Fuck off you prick

Winger

@Bones said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

Great, emotional interview from Farrell. Wasn't expecting that.

Both captains spoke very well

akan004

Does BOK hate the ABs? Some very favourable calls to SA at the end, just like last week. We would have definitely preferred to play the English.

Winger

@kev said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@BerniesCorner said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@kev said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@Darren said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

The scoreboard is keeping things interesting, and if I had a team in this I'd be on the edge of my seat.
But from a neutral point of view, it is about everything that is wrong with rugby in one game.

Rugby like it or not is competing for the peoples time re entertainment. That was everything that is wrong with rugby. Teams that don’t want to play with the ball. Endless kicking. Close and tense but just a shit game.

Sorry you just don't get it

I get close rugby. As entertainment this game gave very little opportunity for the players to show a wide range of skills. What I want to see is players running with the ball in hand. I think most people would.

In some ways it good that England lost. Because if teams win it all that play like England do, I would almost stop watching rugby.

LABCAT

Why are people complaining about the try?

I couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Shame England didn't win as I doubt they would have any chance against the All Blacks.

The Silver Fern

RWC SF: England v Springboks