Gianfranco Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 South Africa’s defence is outstanding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Good response in fairness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 That's some incredible defending by SA. They are so powerful and well drilled that head on smashes just won't work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Moriarty made an arse of that - he detached then took ages to get the ball out. That is very tight on being a penalty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Was that final pass for the Welsh try ever so slightly forward? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Wales getting a hell of a lot of penalties all of a sudden. These decisions could decide the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Faf's kick to touch there was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank f**k for that. Bye Warren. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Thank f**k for that. South Africa's bench won that for them. They were totally dominant in the scrum from the moment they changed the front row, and Snyman made them more solid when he came on too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) Going have to up their game if they are gonna have a chance against England Edited October 27, 2019 by Bohemian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-coo-shed Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 England's final to lose. That was brutal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Faf's kick to touch there was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.He had some appalling kicks today, but God knows where he managed to find that angle given he was only a couple of metres in from the touchline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 If SA play like that in the final I can only see a convincing England victory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 England's title to lose now. Surely the Boks are too one dimensional to be World Champs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I think SA were dragged down by Wales' tediously conservative game, as many teams are. That wasn't necessarily a reflection of how they'll play England. IMO it's a 50-50 game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: 12 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Scotland 86-0 Serbia earlier. Tonga 14-6 Great Britain in Hamilton (NZ) to - rather embarrassingly - commence first 'Lions' campaign since 2007. Seemed strange that they would play a match in New Zealand at the same time the Union boys had a WC semi-final? The test next week is on in the afternoon with the Rugby Union WC Final in the evening their time which makes some sense, but why was this game played at night in front of a small crowd and presumably a small TV audience? Agreed... tbf watching BBC highlights crowd looks mainly ex-pat Tongans (hymns et al) - maybe few NZ locals would've come anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Agreed... tbf watching BBC highlights crowd looks mainly ex-pat Tongans (hymns et al) - maybe few NZ locals would've come anyway.To be fair Gatland’s Wales team is a fantastic advert for watching Rugby League instead, or for that matter watching Ice hockey, Golf, bog snorkelling or Tiddlywinks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Greece v Scotland this Friday is being held in White Hart Lane... not that one... aka New River Stadium in London. Serbia were late replacements for Russia so the Greeks (no doubt mainly Australian ex-pats) should be better, but shouldn't trouble Scotland - and anyway avoiding bottom means qualification for RLWC 2021 in England. Other automatic qualifiers (QFs in 2017) were Australia, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Lebanon. France and Wales had also qualified by finishing top 2 in last year's European Championship. Europe's final 4 places will go to 2 of Ireland/Italy/Spain (the Irish won 42-8 in Madrid yesterday) and 2 of Greece/Scotland/Serbia. Rather embarrassingly for the organisers Jamaica topped American qualifying ahead of USA/Canada/Chile. Remaining place goes to winner of repechage final USA v Cook Islands (who smashed South Africa in repechage SF). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 4 hours ago, come on shire said: Two similar teams not able to use their running game especially with Cheslin Kolbe and Liam Williams injured. However they're both having an arm wrestle as a Plan B. I wish Scotland could do that. Thomas Francis and George North's WC are over and could probs miss tge 1st couple of rounds of Europe maybe? Looked sore ones. Also, does anyone care to offer an explanation? Just before h/t Glasgow were 6-0 down but they get a penalty. Instead of kicking up the park for a line out to try to get points on the board before h/t Nick Frisby just taps and kicks the ball out for h/t to begin. Why would he have done that? Odd. I thought it was a decent decision at the time given how badly things were going. Get back to the dressing room and sort things out. Unfortunately Rennie sent Thomson back out in the second half to kill the game in 7 farcical minutes. I find it strange that Bradbury who played 3 RWC games can come back in for Edinburgh as well as Pyrgos and Kinghorn but Glasgow couldn't bring back Hastings, either Horne or Turner. Everything at Scotstoun seems half arsed at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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