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The boks again with poor execution in this 2nd half. No composure.

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That was an interesting "line out jump" in open play to draw a penalty advantage. They also deliberately gave away a scrum at the start of the game, unfortunately that time the pack engaged to quickly. I love that they keep on testing out different things during these games Kick off was deliberate ...

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But there is still a lot of unforced errors from them. And Libbok keeps his one game good kicker, one game bad kicker trend going. I assume the team against Georgia will again be completely different so that he can give the full 50 squad a run. Wiese is a card machine for the Boks, we need someone e...

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That was an interesting "line out jump" in open play to draw a penalty advantage. They also deliberately gave away a scrum at the start of the game, unfortunately that time the pack engaged to quickly. I love that they keep on testing out different things during these games

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It’s a weird enough one. His insistence that Leinster players are just in a different league implies that Leinster have massively underperformed in bulls’ two knock out victories. In light of these recent victories, is it a little self serving to throw your arms in the air and say “nothing I can do...

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It maybe just me looking from afar but cricket looks to be dying in SA. I looked at the twitter trends earlier and there was very little comment from Saffers and mostly it was Inds. Cricket will never die in SA. We have the same schoolboy structure for cricket as rugby. Its our main summer and wint...

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Bulls have beaten Leinster before in Dublin Think it was against a much weakened Leinster if I recall. No it was against most of the star players, in the first season knockouts. The Bulls played a very good game that day with very few mistakes. Unfortunately this year's vintage make to many mistake...

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Hard as it is to believe but it's the attack and not the defence that's the problem. Man Utd came 8th last season. With the 6th best defense and the 9th best attack. This year in 16th with the joint 15th best attack and joint 11th best defence. Some of the mix ups are school boy but it's up front w...

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I have the opinion that Leinster's constant rotation of players throughout the season also affects them come the knockouts. No other team in any of the other leagues have their top players play as few minutes as Leinster's over a season. So even though they are fresher, they are not battle hardened ...

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The babyboks looked really unfit, specially the forwards, the were struggling by the end of the first half already. They also looked really slow in movement and reacted very slow to loose ball and ball on the ground. New Zealand is going to hammer them if they play like this again. From the 2 games ...

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That loss to the Bulls didnt help any other team in URC. I agree with Freddie regarding the home and away derby matches. It should only be one match like the others. The derbies are the lifeblood of most teams. He's correct they put the Irish and SA teams at a disadvantage but it'd be mad to get ri...

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Oh how the might have fallen! So winning the Europa league is the mighty fallen? 14th in the premier league is. Yes it is a fall, an no Man Utd fan think otherwise, but a Europa League win will be 1 trophy more than the majority of teams will have, even more than some in the top 4 most likely. You ...

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So it is Liberation Day today...will this be the day that the rest of the world slowly get liberated from the influence and control of the USA? Or will the EU and G7 continue to bend the knee to their overlord like they have done for the last couple of decades. It seems Trump is doing wonders for As...

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ZuLurk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:27 am FT
Airlink Pumas 46
Toyota Cheetahs 38

My home province, the Pumas, going strong, even though they keep losing players every year to the other provinces.

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Unfortunately the Willie experiment at FH has had limited success, with him playing good one game and then having a shocker the next. He had 2 shockers against the Sharks and the Stormers. But it is a symptom of the Bulls this season in general, no consistency in performances and a complete lack of ...

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Jake White and the Bulls are disappointing. The Bulls collect so many old age SA players from all over. They had the best youngsters but White love to buy/poach. Serfontein, Pollard WTF? Serfontein maybe, but Pollard is definitely needed. Non of the current flyhalves on the Bulls books, except for ...

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Trump invokes 18th-century wartime act to deport five Venezuelans Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US. In a presidential proclamation issued on Saturday, the White House said: “Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Te...

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What a sh*thouse by the bulls and Willie having a shocker. Bulls not handling the wet well at all

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The rain is back to a drizzle now, so they are trying to get most of the water off the field now and players are coming out for warmups

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:56 pm Looks like there’s at least an hour delay

Yeah the screen in the stadium just says delayed until an inspection can be done.

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FT: Lions 38-14 Sharks Was 38-0 until the 76th minute Great win for the Lions. Im sitting at Loftus and the rain is pouring down and some lightning as well. This is not going to be a great game if the rain continues like this. Very worried about the Bulls error rate in this rain. First half at EP w...

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Loftus starting to look like a swimming pool with this downpour, i will not be surprised if the game gets postponed by a few hours

the rain coming down so much now you can barely see the opposite side of the stadium

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:14 pm FT: Lions 38-14 Sharks

Was 38-0 until the 76th minute

Great win for the Lions. Im sitting at Loftus and the rain is pouring down and some lightning as well. This is not going to be a great game if the rain continues like this. Very worried about the Bulls error rate in this rain.

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i thought saffer rugby was strapped for cash, how can they afford all this ? Until this year I think the South African teams did not share in the money of the URC and the other European competitions, so they had to budget on their own dime, but from next season they are full financial partners I be...

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Ukraine's problem is that they trusted the USA to begin with. The USA's history getting involved in conflicts since the 2WW does not shout "we are trustworthy allies" Every conflict they got involved in since the 2WW they have stabbed the people they "helped" in the back. And left them worse off tha...

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Zelensky should invite him to come see the rare earth sites... see-before-you-buy tour... Raw earth... :thumbup: scorched earth... I think Zelensky will be better off not inviting the USA to come and see the RE metals. That revelation would turn the USA even more towards Russia :lol: I minerals rep...

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Only drills the Bulls need to run through the week is handling drills, exceptionally bad handling, soon as they god to the red zone they dropped it, their own worst enemy today. But this has been a theme all season so far, screwing up loads of try opportunities through unforced errors. The bulls coa...

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Bulls are throwing this game away. So many opportunities messed up by unforced errors. Handling has been really bad. At the stadium but very frustrating half to watch if you are a bulls fan.

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Why don't Stormers play in Cape town? Justin Bieber or Monster Trucks again? Decided long ago. They're taking some of their games to their fan base in the Eastern Cape Yeah I think it is nice to play some games in areas that are far away and give the fans a chance to see some live rugby. In Super r...

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Checks and balances are good until you get to a point where you have enough people in government that are willing to do anything for you. With enough supporters in government you can overwrite the Constitution of a country and just about anything else. Not sure what majority is required in the USA t...

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+1 40% of all US bankruptcies ate due to medical debt. the system is designed by these CEOs to reject as many legitimate case as possible. They get away with it because Big Pharma and the like put so much money into sponsoring news media, a sometimes reported 70% of TV news advertising. Logically t...

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If the score ends like this Australia can feel very hard done by with that try that came after the Ireland knock. Ireland getting a proper rub of the green with their mistakes and infringements being missed quite a few times.

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Someone please let me know when he overtakes Joost. Because right now, nope. He's on the long list with Joost, Edwards, Gregan, Fourie et al., but not clearly the greatest 9. Let alone the greatest full stop. More broadly, it's impossible to judge whether someone is the GOAT or not while their care...

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3 out of 3 but was a tour full of errors. Glad they are winning when not at their best. But frustrating to watch them being so inaccurate all over the park through all the games. They barely competed on Wales lineouts today as well, only did it 2 or 3 times. Not sure why they made it so easy for them.

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Really disappointed by this bok performance. So many points wasted and just overall bad unforced errors. Great defensive performance by Wales. Moral victory for Wales

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Bad finishing by the boks, but all that tackling might balloon the score in the 2nd half

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:50 pm Boks are glad they avoided Ireland and France. Handy tour for them.

Next year they'll have to play both as well as two away games in NZ

Though most bok fans would have loved a 3rd test against Ireland this year and France. So i think its unlucky we did not get to play them this autumn.

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One can't compare apples with pears. They're playing totally different positions. In Nz and pretty much elsewhere in the world the Openside flanker is a nr.7 while in SA the Blindside flanker is a nr7. If the team needs an Openside flank and one can go back in time then its McCaw. else if the team ...

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Springbok team to be announce today. Heard through the grapevines Fassie, Kolbey, Kriel, Ellende, KLA, Pollard, Williams, Wiese, PSdT, Kolisi, Etsebeth, RG, Tank, Bongi, Ox This is pretty much what I think the team will be as well, the team almost picks itself for this week I think. So just a quest...

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Ireland definitely rusty and their backrow is a shadow of it's former power with POM headed for knackers yard. Excellent game management by Dmac , definitely his best performance in Black. Bench working well , Roigard hitting starting form. AB backrow continues to improve in balance , the condition...

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