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Akkerman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:59 pm Dupont, in the press conf, saying the ref wasn't at the level of the match

He is really not one to complain about referees usually so there might be some truth in it.
Though the main difference between the two teams was SA's bench

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Ramos not playing well. Despite his world class goalkicking, I've been saying for years that he was the weak link in that French backline. Let it be clear, with Keanan instead of him and even with just a little weaker goal kicker, France would have won it. He looked out of his depth against the lik...

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I did think France choked a bit. They had a poor last 15 or 20 minutes. ref was a bit shit for them. But 2 terrible kicks from their own 22 and the general slowness of their forwards to react on top of DuPont's general shitness when he needed to be an actual scrum half , not support runner. South A...

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Ramos ultimately costed France the game. Great goalkicker but poor in open play and slow as fudge That was your Doris moment. Funny how these uncharacteristic things happen at critical points in the game Ramos has often been poor against both Ireland and Leinster so that shouldn't be a surprise

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Ted. wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:57 pm Would France have been better off without Dupont?

Lol what the hell are you Talking about, he was amazing during the first half and still was superb in 2nd half despite playing behind a dominated scrum and with an out of his depth fullback

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Ramos ultimately costed France the game.
Great goalkicker but poor in open play and slow as fudge

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Kolbe and KLA are having legendary games

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:11 pm Jailbait is saving DuPont's arse here. The latter might have had some flash moments, but he's not running the game well at all.

Lol are you serious?

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Ramos is really the weak link in that French backline if you except his goal kicking ability

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France are really unlucky in this game

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Kolbe and KLA on a same team is just unfair

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Tuivasa wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:43 pm Amazing first half.
Almost as good as All blacks vs Ireland - I think a bit more mistakes though

It's better I would say
France are playing unbelievably and SA are simply ruthless on half opportunities (and some lucky bounces)

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Yellow at most tbf

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SA's back 3 is too much cheat.
To have only Kolbe is already incredible but to also have KLA is just unfair to opponents

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Etzebeth is having an incredible game.
What a player

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Ramos is having a shoker

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Auckman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:15 pm Fast start. Have France met Arendse before? You can’t give him 20cm

Ramos is too slow anyway

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Etzebeth is single-handedly keeping SA in the game

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Good luck to SA, they'll need some to stop that French team

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gtb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:52 pm A game worthy of being the Final

Wait until tomorrow

Fantastic game anyway, commiserations to Ireland

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Mirmydon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:35 am Dupont kicking

Guy is just naturally talented.
Even if it was on his 100th attempt, that would still be impressive, especially for someone who is not goal kicking.

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I just hope at the end of the day its France or Ireland (or Fiji) lifting the thing. Ireland probably deserve it the most, while France look like the most talented team, and they are at home. This Ireland group of players and coaches might deserve it the most but in term of past history both at RWC...

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For South Africa, notable absentees are Marx who is as important to them as Marchand is to France , and Mapimpi, the winger, who suffered the same injury as Dupont. I am not too keen on Dupont risking his whole rugby career on this game. I hope they all know what should be done.... It will be an ab...

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Where do you get these odds ? I don't see Ireland and France as favorites, 50/50 games. Let's see what teams line up. France at home with DuPont back are definitely favorites against anyone. It's funny to see how they've been a bit under the radar because of all the talk about the "awesome" level s...

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I see France is still favourite to win WC Only slightly ahead of Ireland though. But I can't see them beating Ireland myself I think NZ has the best chance of all teams left to beat Ireland but I think, like the bookies, NZ is not the favourite for their QF I think people are forgetting that France...

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France were always going to beat Italy regardless of missing players or how well Italy played. It was the appalling referee that really stood out last night. Utterly dreadful performance. Shameful actually. France though have never putted 60 pts to Italy, not to mention they beat by 14 pts a NZ tea...

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France were bloody good i thought actually against a better Italian side than the one who played NZ (they sure tackled tonight, just look at some of France's tries which were after very long phases of play where Italian players were barely missing any tackle ). Even more impressive considering DuPo...

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France were bloody good i thought actually against a better Italian side than the one who played NZ (they sure tackled tonight, just look at some of France's tries which were after very long phases of play where Italian players were barely missing any tackle ). Even more impressive considering DuPon...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:46 pm Who is the bigger loss, in order?

Willemse, Ntamack, Marchand, Baille

Baille then Willemse then Ntamack then Marchand

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Very well constructed argument TheFrog. Your not fooling experienced boredies though. Its a nailed on France win in the final. DuPont will be back. I fancy England... they are good defensively and have good kickers... they could easily go all the way with a bit of luck. I can't see Wales doing it. ...

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Well well well... https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/66925380?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Dupont had surgery a day after sustaining his facial injury and Servat added that he expects the Toulouse scrum-half, 26, to return to training at the weekend. "The operation went well, he is resting,"...

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Good news for France. He will be back for the QF, no doubt. Etzebeth will be targeting his cheek all night. Will be a fascinating encounter. That is if France beats Italy first. And Scotland doesn't beat Ireland by more than 7. No he won't. (Can he even get that low?!). But Dupont might think twice...

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McCaw, Carter, Dupont That's the podium, in some order. I tend to put McCaw first It's unfair to compare backs and forwards for a beginning. For now, I have McCaw as my GOAT forward and DuPont as my GOAT back with Carter not far behind (it's really the defensive aspect with makes DuPont better than...

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Etzebeth will be targeting his cheek all night. Will be a fascinating encounter. That is if France beats Italy first. And Scotland doesn't beat Ireland by more than 7. Etzebeth and his teammates would better have to worry about getting red carded if they try to do that cause I can only imagine the ...

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Good news for France. He will be back for the QF, no doubt. Etzebeth will be targeting his cheek all night. Will be a fascinating encounter. That is if France beats Italy first. And Scotland doesn't beat Ireland by more than 7. Etzebeth and his teammates would better have to worry about getting red...

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Kahu wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:35 pm
terryfinch wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:33 pm
Akkerman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:13 pm looks like all NH winners for all 4 pools

No one would have predicted something this a few years ago. NH rugby has come on a lot.
The Kiwi discards have definitely improved them

And more importantly the kiwi coaches who went to NH (Gatland, Cotter, Hansen, etc....)

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So Dupont may have a remote chance to make the semis, maybe even the quarter final. I don't know what is the risk, but I understand another hit in the same area could severely damage his face. Don't know if the staff and he will risk it. Back up to be called would be Serin. And I think I'd prefer S...

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Scary game to watch as an AB fan. Both teams are lightyears ahead of us right now. South Africa are too big and strong. We can't compete with their physicality at the tackle and breakdown, or with their lineout. And Ireland are just far too clinical and organised. Everything they do is with cohesio...

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That's irrelevant. The 2015 All Black forwards were individually and collectively better at the breakdown than the current AB side and they were collectively a better attacking side both as a backline and as a complete team. They were a better defensive side also. The scrum was just as good as it i...

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The 2015 side would need to play differently... rugby has changed. Rush defence didn't exist then. Everything feels quicker. Just rewatch those matches and it hits you straight away how much the game has changed... . I must have missed the 5 minute water breaks in those 2015 games. There were at le...

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