RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
Is that the best pool match of all time?
Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents
All Blacks England in 1991.
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@Smuts said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
Helluva match by Ireland. They could’ve won by far more if their lineouts hadn’t been total gash.
Books would've won if they had a kicker and a spare hooker. At least you'll have one of those missing pieces for the rest of the tournament
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Assuming we meet Ireland in the quarter, both sides have a monkey to shake: Ireland their quarter hoodoo and us with Ireland having the better of us the past handful of encounters
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
Is that the best pool match of all time?
Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents
Rivals include:
South Africa v Aussie '95
NZ v England '91 and '99
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@stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock
Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game.
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@taniwharugby sounds like the exact same scenario as 2019 😉
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The Kiwi Irish are stars in green.
Why have we struggled? -
@BerniesCorner not enough Irish Kiwis?
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@BerniesCorner said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
The Kiwi Irish are stars in green.
Why have we struggled?Our coach is an absolute muppet.
Super Rugby no longer prepares players terribly well for Test match footy.
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
Is that the best pool match of all time?
Off the top of my head I can’t think of a better one for quality of opponents
World number 1 Vs no 2. Yeah never happened before and hopefully won't happen again
Apart from that other time in 2019.
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@MN5 said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock
Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game.
Ireland have a week off,The Scotland game is not until 8th Oct, They have plenty of time to recover.
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@Chris said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@stodders said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
@akan004 may as we’ll go home now then, as SA will likely now be on the other side of the draw from NZ unless Scotland pull off a shock
Not out of the question. Ireland will be pretty fucked after that game.
Ireland have a week off,The Scotland game is not until 8th Oct, They have plenty of time to recover.
Don’t ruin my optimism
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@BerniesCorner Coaching is clearly part of it. Ireland are an exceptionally well-drilled team, cohesive, disciplined, strategically smart and all on the same page. All the things the ABs aren’t, in other words.
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Ireland using clever tactics at the breakdown, regularly putting a guy in front of their jackler on defending rucks, rarely get penalised for it. Boks unlucky. Ireland defended extremely well in their half but were not great with everything else from what I saw (2nd half)
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3 observations:
- Better for us as I think we have a better chance vs Ireland than SA. Ireland strong favourites tho.
- Ireland better all around, but SA blew so many points and only lost by 5. In a rematch (likely final?) SA to win.
- Line between rugby and NFL smaller than ever.
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@Steven-Harris said in RWC Week 3: Springboks v Ireland:
What a novel idea having winger with a really big boot that can carve off huge chunks of territory..?
Yeah. If only Foster had the smarts to try Jordie on the wing, eh?
