NPR

Ymx wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:54 pm Had to be quick to beat Gumboot

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.

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.

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.

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.

_Os_ wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:33 pm
You're finally on a Bok RWC match thread which your team is playing in.

_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.

Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:54 pm

Already crying.

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:44 pm All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.

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?

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:44 pm All Blacks had the easy draw.

Don't worry, Boks will lift for the final.

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.

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.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:39 pmWe are all black

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.