Was at Twickenham on Friday and taken aback by how overwhelmingly the Springboks bullied the All Blacks - ominous?
general rule, more than ever seems to be, the physically bigger the team, the better the results, see what Fiji did to England and France to Australia .. also, NZ convincingly beat SA just a couple of weeks back, the difference was the SA back row, Kolisi was fit and firing, and remember NZ had one of their top forwards sent off.. also the new SA stand off was given a vote of confidence and played a blinder As ever looking forward to the Cup irrespective of what Borthwick and Co can conjure up in these desperate times The opener, France NZ should be an absolute cracker
Can only see either SA of France winning it, hopefully it’ll be France absolutely love the way they play the game. On an international and domestic level France are streets ahead of England, the powers at the RFU have not moved English Rugby forward and having won the World Cup all those years ago failed to build on that success. Bunch of toffs looking out for a bunch of toffs and until that changes English rugby will struggle. Ireland might do something but I always have this feeling they are extremely overrated but they seem a bit more resilient this time around but not expecting them to win.
Scotland should be on cloud nine (if not a little surprised) at being ranked 5th in the world; if it weren't for being in world cup group with the teams ranked 1 and 2!!!!
Scotland should be on cloud nine (if not a little surprised) at being ranked 5th in the world; if it weren't for being in world cup group with the teams ranked 1 and 2!!!!
Never understood why the groups are so far in advance based on rankings that obviously gonna change
Can only see either SA of France winning it, hopefully it’ll be France absolutely love the way they play the game. On an international and domestic level France are streets ahead of England, the powers at the RFU have not moved English Rugby forward and having won the World Cup all those years ago failed to build on that success. Bunch of toffs looking out for a bunch of toffs and until that changes English rugby will struggle. Ireland might do something but I always have this feeling they are extremely overrated but they seem a bit more resilient this time around but not expecting them to win.
The opening game NZ v France will surely decide who wins group A.
Given you'd expect SA to win group B, they will face the runner up (either NZ or France) in the quarters.
SA v France (which would be a great final) possibly meeting in the quarters is huge.
weirdly was in France last week nice and generally the south of France and was surprised at the lack of advertising given that they have games in nice.
south Africa are my pick will take a lot of beating
France a bit nervy but probably expected, they have some serious talent and should get better. Marchand, the hooker who is brilliant, went off injured hopefully not too bad as he would be a big miss, saying that his replacement was excellent. They have great depth. Aldrit, the 8, was awesome, as always.
Thought it was a pretty good game. France on top for most of it. Got some serious talent in that squad.
Just spoke to my cousin who is well into his Rugby (used to play for a semi professional side) and he thought it was an ordinary game. Too much kicking and the ref was giving too many penalties and New Zealand were very ill disciplined. still, i enjoyed it.
Shame that Penaud touched the ball for that counter attack nearly try. thought it was great when he slide on the floor and threw it back for the other guy to pick up and score.
I’m really not enjoying the Irish commentary. It’s painful at times.
Apparently there are real issues with getting into the stadia. I noticed there were loads of empty seats in Bordeaux & now it’s happening at the England game.
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As ever looking forward to the Cup irrespective of what Borthwick and Co can conjure up in these desperate times
The opener, France NZ should be an absolute cracker
Hopefully it isn't indicative. The SA supporters were out in full - full in numbers and full in SA 'reaction'!
Given you'd expect SA to win group B, they will face the runner up (either NZ or France) in the quarters.
SA v France (which would be a great final) possibly meeting in the quarters is huge.
south Africa are my pick will take a lot of beating
Shame that Penaud touched the ball for that counter attack nearly try. thought it was great when he slide on the floor and threw it back for the other guy to pick up and score.
The playing conditions look utterly brutal though.
We need a big performance to win this one COYE
It’s painful at times.
Apparently there are real issues with getting into the stadia.
I noticed there were loads of empty seats in Bordeaux & now it’s happening at the England game.
Weird 🤷♀️