Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

fitz

South Africa being exposed here.
Power not everything.

munsterlegend

Pollard having a nightmare 30 mins.

Rockbeast2

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockbeast2 View Post
* That awkward moment you remember South Africa WILL be able to keep this up for 80 minutes ;-)
This hasn't aged well and its only 15 minutes ago since you posted it

Yeah, it was a deliberate jinx because I have Nz - 5

lol

Larbre34

Chivito550 wrote: »

From the France Argentina game:

"This game is now all about winning. Its about having more points than the opposition at 80 minutes"

Where do Eir get these commentators from?

Usually picked up while routing in rubbish bins at train and bus stations.

shootermacg

SA missing tackles.

Larbre34

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Offside ?

Don't you know thats not a rule anymore?

SA kicking game is terrible

Rockbeast2

still be offside tomorrow

sliabh 1956

you need more than a kicking to beat the all blacks pretty poor tackling by the springbroks.

NeonWolf

SA offside all through that passage

SA are pissing into a gale force wind with their kicking.

Exclamation Marc

Kicking is muck

Paleface

South Africa goosed here I think. A lot of huff and puff for 20 mins with little else coming

Movementarian

Battle of the offsides here

Birdie Num Num

Pitch already starting to look ragged.

NeonWolf

Movementarian wrote: »

Battle of the offsides here

mo'unga has three green jerseys outside him to pass to when he gets the ball

baas baa

How did Garces miss the side entry from New Zealand there.

razorblunt

Replay of Scott Barrett scoring if anyone missed it

https://twitter.com/sweirz/status/1175354786402770945?s=21

Chivito550

Did the co-commentator just use the term "a really crap platform"?

Rockbeast2

Saffas all huff and no puff.

Expected more from pollard

razorblunt

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Saffas all huff and no puff.

Expected more from pollard

One man out, bash rugby.

Akrasia

Some day the referees might police the offside line

But not today

weiland79

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

Movementarian

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Saffas all huff and no puff.

Expected more from pollard

Yeah hes getting his ass....handre'd...to him right now

Movementarian

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

410 on virgin media if you have that

This is it

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

ITV and Eir Sport

razorblunt

Akrasia wrote: »

Some day the referees might police the offside line

Assistant Referees more than the referees themselves but they’ve not done it in years, why start now.

Rockbeast2

Beat Scotland tomorrow and we can definitely beat SA. Depending on on injuries, of course.

Jump_In_Jack

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

Try google

sliabh 1956

Maybe the Springboks wiil improve as the tournament goes on but at the moment they look pretty ordinary very one diminsional. and people talking them up before it started .

NeonWolf

Akrasia wrote: »

Some day the referees might police the offside line

But not today

It's such a blight. Ruins a game. Hansen should make more of a deal of it in the press. Im annoyed he doesn't whinge about it more.

It actually looks weird when the ball gets flashed out and you look up your tv screen to see green shirts in allblack back line.

weiland79

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

Try google

I tried here and got some answers thanks.

Faugheen

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

Try google

Rugby forum as welcoming as always...

Akrasia

Faugheen wrote: »

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

weiland79 wrote: »

Anyone know what radio/tv station is show all of the matches, we are trying to watch in work.

Thanks

Try google

Rugby forum as welcoming as always...

ah, 2 or 3 others answered his question.

Boscoirl

NeonWolf wrote: »

Hansen should make more of a deal of it in the press. Im annoyed he doesn't whinge about it more.

lol

CurryFlavoured

SA will probably lose here but their intensity still worries me for the QF. New Zealand are taking advantage of their linespeed with kicking and offloading. Don't think we can do that. No other country could have got those 2 tries in 3-4 minutes to kill the game.

Still promising to see mistakes from SA. Pollard and Le Roux have been crap.

Rockbeast2

What would be the jersey situation were we to play SA in next round.

I presume, as group winners, we get to wear the green?

NeonWolf

Boscoirl wrote: »

lol

?

Akrasia

NeonWolf wrote: »

Akrasia wrote: »

Some day the referees might police the offside line

But not today

It's such a blight. Ruins a game. Hansen should make more of a deal of it in the press. Im annoyed he doesn't whinge about it more.

It actually looks weird when the ball gets flashed out and you look up your tv screen to see green shirts in allblack back line.

The. all Blacks are offside at every Ruck too. If the referees aren’t gonna police it, then the teams have to play offside or else they’re at a huge disadvantage

DGRulz

Based on that first 40 minutes I'm not sure who I'd prefer in a quarter final. Great to see them tearing lumps out of each other from an Irish point of view.

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

The. all Blacks are offside at every Ruck too. If the referees aren’t gonna police it, then the teams have to play offside or else they’re at a huge disadvantage

The reffing has been poor, but the reality is that SA have had the rub of the green with big calls.

Enzokk

sliabh 1956 wrote: »

Maybe the Springboks wiil improve as the tournament goes on but at the moment they look pretty ordinary very one diminsional. and people talking them up before it started .

They are one dimensional, it has been that way since 2007. Nothing has changed, Pollard isn't given the responsibility to run the match, ever and they look good once they are able to power over a team. Once you stand up to them physically, they are lost. That is why they have a 55% win percentage, they aren't great when you can stand up to them.

Bridge93

DGRulz wrote: »

Based on that first 40 minutes I'm not sure who I'd prefer in a quarter final. Great to see them tearing lumps out of each other from an Irish point of view.

With the guts of a month to recover, unless someone takes a heavy injury I don’t think it’ll make a difference

sliabh 1956

The Boks scrum is gone now only one result here folks

Rockbeast2

That would have been best try ever contender

mangobob

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

SA will probably lose here but their intensity still worries me for the QF. New Zealand are taking advantage of their linespeed with kicking and offloading. Don't think we can do that. No other country could have got those 2 tries in 3-4 minutes to kill the game.

Yeah this is my thinking too. Its all very well to say SA are looking vulnerable, but do Ireland really have to same capacity as NZ to punish them by scoring tries like that? I don't think so. When you consider the amount of effort it often takes us to get across the line, its obvious that NZ are in a completely different universe offensively. We might beat SA, but it wont look anything like this.

Birdie Num Num

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

That would have been best try ever contender

Not far off

Rockbeast2

deserved

Exclamation Marc

Great try and what an entertaining phase of play.

Birdie Num Num

That one maybe not