RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00

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Simian
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Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:41 pm Billy V hasn't been a force for years now, Shirley there is someone else in English rugby?
How he makes the 23 ahead of Ludlum is really puzzling to me.
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The whole field to look at with no pressure and Farrell calls mark.
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Random1 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:43 pm Let’s hope we can get curry’s nose stuck back on.
Get him a new nose after the game.
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BnM
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Take the 3
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sefton wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:43 pm Whoever called these two rugby cancer clearly didn’t have this magnificent match up in mind.
England's kicking advantage is gone now Pollard is on.
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Lol
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LOL
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Caterpillar rucks. What a joke.
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Harsh call there I thought, okay replay good call.
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Blimey May nearly caused a card, and could have crunched his neck.
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Vunipola's valuable contribution is complete.
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This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
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What a load of old shite.
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Best 40 from a Borthwick side even with Farrels twattery
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Get Kwagga and Fourie on. Duane and Kolisi are ruck watching.
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Jethro
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Rain getting heavier here, England 12-6, time for the Bokke forwards to step up and grind it out.
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Looks like Rassie has spent too much time on Twitter instead of preparing his team.
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Dare to dream, England!
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tc27 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm Best 40 from a Borthwick side even with Farrels twattery
Absolutely. And by a long way too.
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BnM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
I'm almost there, but still not really. Expect us to start losing once the subs start coming on.
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Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:43 pm
PCPhil wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:42 pm Haven't seen an England pack like this for a while.
They're playing really well.
They are. I think SA are the right type of pack for this England side to look good against. There's no Real subtlety in the SA forward play. No shifting the contact or offloads (granted weather is bad).
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Enjoying this.
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Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:49 pm Dare to dream, England!
Never.
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Ymx wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:47 pm Blimey May nearly caused a card, and could have crunched his neck.
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Could have killed him!!!!
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BnM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
Dont worry, they are toying with you, giving you hope only to tear it cruelly away in the second half...make it more painful
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BnM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
It is cruel. Hopefully they will kill off all hope in the third quarter instead of leaving it till the last 20 minutes.
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England are offering all they have to offer - defence, kick the leather off it and chase, take three points if an opportunity. Saffers have been very charitable so far in aiding our limited game plan, hope it continues :lol:
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ASMO wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:50 pm
BnM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
Dont worry, they are toying with you, giving you hope only to tear it cruelly away in the second half...make it more painful
Probs true.
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Bokke look done en dusted.
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Not a great advertisement for the game.
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Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:49 pm Dare to dream, England!
We are shit. We lost to France by 43 points at home. It just shows how bad at bottling world cup matches the French and Irish are.

Edit we also lost to Ireland by 13 and Scotland at home by 6.
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Fair fecks to England. Got the better of the Bok pack for 40 minutes and that's not something you see every day.
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Blimey!!!!!
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Extremely funny half of rugby. Manu's shithousery costing us. England pack spoiling like fuck. Wingers existing just to chase kicks (and doing a great job). Farrell having his regular SA mental disintegration, putting in shit kicks, yelling at the ref, getting penalised for even more backchat, but nailing the penalties. Marler being huge in the tight but giving away a million penalties. Lawes picking the SA rucks clean. Mitchell raising his game finally. Mbonambi being incapable of throwing. SA losing their fucking minds over facing a team that simply refuses to play any rugby.

I thought the plan was for SA to play some rugby with Libbok at 10? Did Big Brain Rassie not realise than England's biggest weakness was teams willing to move the ball and run at them? This is weapons grade stupidity from the Saffers. Sadly I expect all change in the second half.

Absolutely no fear of a game of rugby breaking out in that half but it's been enjoyable for fans of absolute shithousery. Very funny stuff.
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Raggs wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:49 pm
BnM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:48 pm This is cruelly giving me the slightest sliver of hope. That not only are we not losing by more than 20 already but we're slightly ahead.
I'm almost there, but still not really. Expect us to start losing once the subs start coming on.
I expect the scrum solidity to melt away once Marler and Cole head off and that could well be the game in conditions like these.
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I’ve never enjoyed a caterpillar or aimless kick so much in my life. Such a strange experience being an England supporter
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Amazing the every Bok maul that goes to ground is caused by Boks falling over. :think:
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Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:56 pm Amazing the every Bok maul that goes to ground is caused by Boks falling over. :think:
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Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:56 pm Amazing the every Bok maul that goes to ground is caused by Boks falling over. :think:
Clumsy :thumbup:
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Slick wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:55 pm I’ve never enjoyed a caterpillar or aimless kick so much in my life. Such a strange experience being an England supporter
:lol:
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