RWC Final : New Zealand vs South Africa - Sat 28th @ 20.00 BST

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Had to be quick to beat Gumboot :cool:
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Ymx wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:54 pm Had to be quick to beat Gumboot :cool:
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Pretty sure i have some ironing to do on Saturday
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The best WC final since 1995
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Bokke are cooked. England had them on the ropes. They are soft and can't handle pressure.

Peaked.

Too.

Early.
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All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.
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I’ll be pulling out my All Blacks jersey, even YourMother can’t make me support the Boks.
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sefton wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:51 pm I’ll be pulling out my All Blacks jersey, even YourMother can’t make me support the Boks.
She's English now.
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sefton wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:51 pm I’ll be pulling out my All Blacks jersey, even YourMother can’t make me support the Boks.
You are going to be disappointed. We are part of the NH now.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:00 pm
sefton wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:51 pm I’ll be pulling out my All Blacks jersey, even YourMother can’t make me support the Boks.
You are going to be disappointed. We are part of the NH now.
Still not getting in the 6N
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Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:40 pm Bokke are cooked. England had them on the ropes. They are soft and can't handle pressure.

Peaked.

Too.

Early.
You're finally on a Bok RWC match thread which your team is playing in. I expected more than this post, so much more. :cry:
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_Os_ wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:33 pm
You're finally on a Bok RWC match thread which your team is playing in.
More cutting insight from Ox. With this quality of support, we can expect an easy game against the over rated Springboks next week.
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Smiler all RWC you've been coming in at the side on our match threads and taking sly jabs at unfortunate Bok supporters who get isolated, hidden sucker punches to the face the TMO misses, before rolling away and never venturing back onto the threads. I've seen you using the classic pop up attack method of foruming, the coward's gambit.

Now you have what you wanted and there's no place to hide, and what do we get ... "peaked too early"???

Had more fight in you for the Bok pool matches. Weak.
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_Os_ wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:43 pm Smiler all RWC you've been coming in at the side on our match threads and taking sly jabs at unfortunate Bok supporters who get isolated, hidden sucker punches to the face the TMO misses, before rolling away and never venturing back onto the threads. I've seen you using the classic pop up attack method of foruming, the coward's gambit.

Now you have what you wanted and there's no place to hide, and what do we get ... "peaked too early"???

Had more fight in you for the Bok pool matches. Weak.
:lol: :lol:

Already crying.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:54 pm :lol: :lol:

Already crying.
Not tears of rage, but tears of pity. Not words said in anger but out of concern, concern for an efriend who on the eve of a once in a generation match, is more concerned with getting one over poor old Ox. :cry:
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:44 pm All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.
You had England FFS - how easy was that?

And how hard could you make it?
I drink and I forget things.
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In times past would have supported the All Blacks in this without a moments thought but would not be sad to see Kolisi skipper the Boks to his second title.

Hoping the game is as close and nail biting as 1995.
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Enzedder wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:24 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:44 pm All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.
You had England FFS - how easy was that?

And how hard could you make it?
Good preparation for the grand finally.

Good to see the Crusader fans shooting from the hip.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:44 pm All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.
No doubt they will lift for the final. I thought the Springboks looked half asleep today, like they didn't want to be there. Confused and amused by England's antics they did eventually do what needed to be done, but left it very late.

SA will try to do an England next week to try put the ABs off their game but the ABs' pack are at another level now. Might not be so easy.

Marx a massive loss for the Springboks v All Blacks. Could be the difference.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:40 pm Bokke are cooked. England had them on the ropes. They are soft and can't handle pressure.

Peaked.

Too.

Early.
Love it. ABs are back
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Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:37 pm
_Os_ wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:33 pm
You're finally on a Bok RWC match thread which your team is playing in.
More cutting insight from Ox. With this quality of support, we can expect an easy game against the over rated Springboks next week.
Ooh. Full of confidence now
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Slick wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:39 pmWe are all black
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I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
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The Boks played their final against the Frenchies last week. They looked mentally and physically fatigued last night. Add another hard and draining game to this and I doubt that they cam lift themselves again for next week.

On the other hand New Zealand had a tough game against the Irish, but then an easy semi final.

Physically and mentally they will be above the Boks.
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sefton wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:51 pm I’ll be pulling out my All Blacks jersey, even YourMother can’t make me support the Boks.
Sounds like a challenge.

Challenge accepted.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:11 am I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
You are basing this on a single pre RWC game. We just crunched the Argies in to dust in the scrums. So I’m feeling like we are in a better place now.

Now weasel off back to your SH rugby down the drain thread, with other wonderful insights.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:11 am I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
There were just three scrums in the NZ v IRE quarter final.
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Ymx wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:20 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:11 am I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
You are basing this on a single pre RWC game. We just crunched the Argies in to dust in the scrums. So I’m feeling like we are in a better place now.

Now weasel off back to your SH rugby down the drain thread, with other wonderful insights.
Argies scrum is a joke since Cheika took over. De Groot still have Twickenham mud in his big nose.
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Muttonbird wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:36 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:11 am I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
There were just three scrums in the NZ v IRE quarter final.
We fabricate scrums.
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Moodie is a must for the final. Pollard and Ox starting.
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Chilli wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:13 am The Boks played their final against the Frenchies last week. They looked mentally and physically fatigued last night. Add another hard and draining game to this and I doubt that they cam lift themselves again for next week.

On the other hand New Zealand had a tough game against the Irish, but then an easy semi final.

Physically and mentally they will be above the Boks.
The Boks looked as bad as NZ has done in many of their problem performances over the last 5 years. Luckily for them, England were so, so poor it didn't take much to ride over the top.

I'm sure they won't be as bad next week but the odd selections and undermining of players is with them now, while the ABs look settled, determined and building.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:38 am
Muttonbird wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:36 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:11 am I have much more confidence for the final for various reasons. Bokke need to be underdogs. We have been there in 2019. We put up a record score at Twickenham. All Blacks can't scrum, exct
There were just three scrums in the NZ v IRE quarter final.
We fabricate scrums.
I get that. Placing pressure on the ball carrier at tackle and ruck, but there's something different about the ABs and their pack in the last few weeks. I've not seen much like it since 2015.
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As Guy said, you guys peaked way too early and are struggling now.

Foster ingenuously ensured that we troughed for a solid 4 years to get this peak.

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Muttonbird wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:45 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:38 am
Muttonbird wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:36 am There were just three scrums in the NZ v IRE quarter final.
We fabricate scrums.
I get that. Placing pressure on the ball carrier at tackle and ruck, but there's something different about the ABs and their pack in the last few weeks. I've not seen much like it since 2015.
Agreed, they've clearly been putting the work in and learning the lessons of their learnings.

Will it be enough against the World's best, though? I cannot fookin' wait to find out.
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Muttonbird wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:42 am
Chilli wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:13 am The Boks played their final against the Frenchies last week. They looked mentally and physically fatigued last night. Add another hard and draining game to this and I doubt that they cam lift themselves again for next week.

On the other hand New Zealand had a tough game against the Irish, but then an easy semi final.

Physically and mentally they will be above the Boks.
The Boks looked as bad as NZ has done in many of their problem performances over the last 5 years. Luckily for them, England were so, so poor it didn't take much to ride over the top.

I'm sure they won't be as bad next week but the odd selections and undermining of players is with them now, while the ABs look settled, determined and building.
We look the same in 2019 against Wales and England at top of he world after smashing the All Blacks. Week is a long time in the WC and that's why I am more at ease. Like I quoted, the been there factor.

The Crusader supporters love the big talk arrogant speak. Nice to see this.
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