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Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:06 pm
by bruce
Even from the anthems it looked like SA wanted it more

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:08 pm
by bruce
Kolisi just butchered that

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:12 pm
by bruce
ABs seem in all sorts of trouble here

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:14 pm
by bruce
Not even a penalty for my money, no matter the crowds ooh and aahs

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:20 pm
by bruce
Don't understand that decision, take the 3 points

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:24 pm
by Galfon
inspired play - all for nowt :|

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:27 pm
by bruce
Again take the feckin 3 points

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:36 pm
by bruce
Loved that steal

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:37 pm
by bruce
Kwagga is good

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:04 pm
by bruce
Game over. SA retain.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:07 pm
by Galfon
Juan Poynter does it again.. :)
Two quality teams .Thought Barnes and his buddy got much right.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:09 pm
by cashead
Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:11 pm
by UKHamlet
Anti-rugby wins. Dreadful final characterised by poor handling and won by a team scoring in multiples of 3.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:12 pm
by morepork
cashead wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:09 pm Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.
No it isn’t. Suck it up.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:12 pm
by Puja
cashead wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:09 pm Kolisi not getting a red is straight up bullshit.
I don't see it. The first contact is with the shoulder, so it's not direct.

Puja

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:13 pm
by canta_brian
Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:14 pm
by bruce
Du Toit has got no shoulders

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:17 pm
by bruce
canta_brian wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:13 pm Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.
Come off it. As I said earlier I didn't even think Kolisis was a penalty. It was a tight game between two good teams that cancelled each other out to some degree.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:19 pm
by bruce
Oh and although Savea is a great player, take the points. Thats what lost this for NZ.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:21 pm
by Sourdust
Well that was pretty dreadful.

I take the point about negative rugby, but that was hardly circus entertainers vs farm labourers, was it? NZ had more going forward perhaps, but not ENOUGH more to have any complaints IMO. They were the better side in the 2nd half, but only 5 points better when they needed 7. It's still a problem for the game's evolution IMO, that a team who can be so dazzlingly entertaining one week, can be so utterly nullified once they meet another team at their physical level. And that goes for both sides today, really. It's why France going out was a bad thing not just for France.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:26 pm
by UKHamlet
Why NZ persist eith Mo'unga as a kicker completely escapes me.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:29 pm
by bruce
How many medals do they have to give out ffs

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:35 pm
by morepork
canta_brian wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:13 pm Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.
They won man. End of.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:37 pm
by morepork
Sourdust wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:21 pm Well that was pretty dreadful.

I take the point about negative rugby, but that was hardly circus entertainers vs farm labourers, was it? NZ had more going forward perhaps, but not ENOUGH more to have any complaints IMO. They were the better side in the 2nd half, but only 5 points better when they needed 7. It's still a problem for the game's evolution IMO, that a team who can be so dazzlingly entertaining one week, can be so utterly nullified once they meet another team at their physical level. And that goes for both sides today, really. It's why France going out was a bad thing not just for France.
Job for a coach.

Congratulations Boks. Just better.

Re: The final

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:01 pm
by canta_brian
bruce wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:17 pm
canta_brian wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:13 pm Stats will be interesting.

SA have managed to be the most negative team to ever win a World Cup. Not sure that attracts new fans.

Also, Kilosi is a great player, but how his tackle merits a lower sanction that Cane’s is unexplainable.
Come off it. As I said earlier I didn't even think Kolisis was a penalty. It was a tight game between two good teams that cancelled each other out to some degree.
New to the game are you?